mpg posts

[daydotz]

i know these are the hate subject of most users lives it does my head in as well but seriously i drive a derv an get 500miles an thats on the red marker on my gage an this just seems utter crap
http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=27006

claims of 400plus miles out of a tank on a 197

how can a 197 get close to a derv on economany if that was ture then why would anyone need a derv its the same with 182s an 172s



an i thought i drive like miss daisy

 

[Da]

What capacity is your tank?

Claims are claims, not proven results.

 

[daydotz]

What capacity is your tank?

Claims are claims, not proven results.

my tank is 55ltrs


i see these claims time after time an they seem to be backed up with simalar claims

i take most of these with a pinch of salt manufactors claims are worthless in the real world but its the volume of real world claim its so many my mpg doesnt seem so great in comparasion

 

[Griff]

I got from Walsall to Bruge and back to the French border on a single tank however many miles that is?!?

 

[Da]

500 miles from 55 litres equals 9.1 miles per litre of fuel.

Now equate that into miles per gallon...

55 litres is equivalent to 12 gallons, so 500 miles from 12 gallons is 41.7 miles per gallon.

What are the claims from Reanult?

 

[Gaz_]

you should be on countdown ....................

 

[Mark One]

what the cluck is a derv?

 

[Griff]

what the cluck is a derv?

Serious?

It's a diesel..

 

[seb]

see my 197 says i am currently due to get 430 miles from my tank. but it's just a load of shite. the mpg figure is not accurate either. over reads by a good plus 1 mpg easy.

people have to fill up reset the counter and run it dry, then fill up, keep a note of the milage and then get how many litres you put in to fill it back up again to see your accurate mpg.

 

[daydotz]

dci 86
urban 54.4
extra 70.6
com 64.2

 

[daydotz]

197
Fuel ConsumptionUrban 24.3
Extra Urban 43.4
Combined 33.2
CO2 Emissions (g/km) 199
i was told take the lowest value an thats the best idea of what your get

 

[daydotz]

lets be really geeky the vaiables on this are huge the use of my ac doesnt help i dont have an exact millage i some time i get more then 500miles or less before i fill up the places i drive change the only same factor i use is i fill up as soon as my gage hits the red marker i still have fuel left i normal put around 37-40ltrs i dont know exact figures again so in theroy id have 10or more left which could give me more then 100es makeing 600 the trip isnt going to know exactly you need to use science an maths on ever changeing factors

either way the trip doesnt give acturate readings an a 197 shouldnt do 400plus to a tank unless it driven to the fuel tank is dry