help!!! 224 miles on a full tank

[Dink]

wtf!!! and its only a 1.6

i do drive it like i nicked it but most 172s are getting better mpg

any sugestions welcome

dink

 

[Tom1600]

What kind of driving to you do? Motorway, town? Are they usually short blasts?

I get around 360 miles to a full tank of Optimax, drive it fairly hard most of the time.

 

[Clio_novice]

Dont drive so mad or dont worry about it.

 

[clio__chris]

what mpg does that work out to?

 

[Dink]

bit of both but come on its an 11 gal tank

 

[Andyman]

Try changing gear!!!......if you drive it hard youre gonna get poor mpg goes with the territory Im afraid even in a 172.

A salesman told me he got 45 miles out of a full tank full in a Scooby WRX STi driven hard... £45 to fill up as well........ouch!!!

 

[Dink]

i do change gear usually fifth to third

 

[Andyman]

 

[Tom_16v]

Have you always got this low an mpg?

If its an 11gallon tank, thats 20mpg. I could just about manage that in the valver if I kept it in 2nd all day.....

Something seems wrong........

 

[clio__chris]

yeah that does seem quite low! i recon on getting about 27-30 in my 1.6 on a rant (altho i dont really "go" for it very much)

 

[clio_lass]

i just picked my car up from renault today, 1.2 16v, i got 60 miles out of £10 worth of petrol, but there was a funny wee light on the dash board. Also id been gettin an average of 34 mpg for months..... dodgy lambda sensor! all sorted now tho and its sooo much easier on petrol (and i ragged it tonite)

 

[Kev.]

I regularly manage to get 200 - 250max miles out of £34 of optimax

It does get driven hard (like stolen!) when the engines warm enough though!

 

[matt_arundale]

i get about 34mpg outta my 1.2 16v and usually just under 300 miles outta a tank. i always assumed though this was down to my induction kit? should i get this looked at?

Matt

 

[Dink]

yeah i always let the engine warm up first

i would go and see renault but i would have to take the IK back off

 

[Lunner]

I usually get around 300 outa my 1.2, my m8 had a 1.4 and thrashes it ot f**k, were talking up to about 5500 revs each gear change, he got 215 miles outa his last tank

 

[matt_arundale]

i say i usually hit around 5k before changing gear

Matt

 

[Ali]

i get about 34Mpg as well...Hummm not all that gud seeing that my Bros 172 gets 32Mpg

 

[Clio1400]

I get 43mpg out of my tank of fuel. A full tank lasts 470 miles, according to trip computer but I usually fill up at 410 miles

Thats a 2003 model 1.4 16V Dynamique with the air con on bout 15% of the time (set on auto mode of climate control, so it comes on and off whenever the system feels its needed! )



Clio1400

 

[Kev.]

Quote: Originally posted by matt_arundale on 27 January 2004


i say i usually hit around 5k before changing gear

Matt

lol

I usually hit around 7200rpm before changing!

 

[Roamer]

224!!!!!!

Think yourself lucky mate!

 

[Dink]

yeah but you got TWICE the power

 

[Mike@Rentech]

Its cold at the mo, more fuel needed for cold starting etc, see what its like when it gets warmer, mines dropped a bit lately, but normally gets back to normal after a long run

 

[Dave]

Mine takes the piss im just about getting 30mpg ona 1.2

 

[edde]

Arrr get yourselfves a DCI, 61mpg on the way home. I couldnt drive a 172 any faster.

Ive seen as low as 20mpg on a 1.2 16V and 1.4 16V when its a courrtesy car

EDD

 

[RS-Steve]

i only seem to get high 20s mpg in my172 but thats short journeys an drivin like a b**ch!

motorway i can get 35ish! mind im normally doin ton plus !

had it as low as 15mpg before tho!

 

[Liam_Dynamique]

i been havin the same mpg worries since my fuel injection was reprogrammed, filled it up yesterday and am going to work out the mpg myself to see if the digital thing has been accurate. was struggling to get it over 28mpg at the weekend until i reset it on the motorway and after briefly flashing 68mpg settled on 53, but has since counted down to 36-37 over the last few days.

 

[MIKE-CUP]

In this sh*t weather Im currently getting 33-34 mpg. The fuel computer is approx 1.5-2mpg on the optimistic side.

 

[admob]

Quote: Originally posted by Andyman on 27 January 2004
Try changing gear!!!......if you drive it hard youre gonna get poor mpg goes with the territory Im afraid even in a 172.[


WRONG!!!! I dont go as mad as some of you guys, brisk and nippy rather than aggressive, and 85-90 on the motorways gives me always over 40mpg using supermarket gas - none of your fancy optimax rubbish!!!!!

 

[03dynamique]

mine always sits around 36.5 ish, 1.2 with an induction kit and its driven hard

 

[gazz]

i look at about 40-42 mpg and i consider myself a hard driver, plenty of welly, extract every one of my available 75 horses!

but similarly today i pootled to work and back and got between 48 and 50 mpg

 

[Ian_182]

What are you worried about...If you had an evo 6 youd be getting 150 miles to a full tank...

Ian

 

[cliopower]

mine used to do 19mpg when i first got mine. It was costing a fortune - i might as well have got a 172, anyway reno reloaded the injection software and it behaved itself.