Post Your Tank Range Here!

[RichieRuss2000]

CLK500 22MPG around town 28MPG motorway - can get 30MPG on motorway with a feather foot at around 80MPH...

 

[scumbag]

Diesels? Pah!!!

 

[RichardM]

I'm sure if I could be bothered to sit at 50mph for 50 minutes mine would easily read 60mpg.

 

[sasha]

changed my mind - unposted

 

[scumbag]

I'm sure if I could be bothered to sit at 50mph for 50 minutes mine would easily read 60mpg.

well when it takes you that long to accelerate to 50 i can understand your point.
but i suppose i should say, even with a 5439ccV8 Petrol, you can have the best of both worlds really. performance AND economy . altho it is a bit like saying happily married. both words dont fit together in the same sentance!!

 

[Andy Stanton]

One up for the Manuals among us...

My Manual E220 W211 with 80 litre tank (not standard on the E220) averages 620-650 miles per tank.

Worst I can remember was a lowly 530ish after lots of 'fun' and town driving. Even when thrashing it I can't seem to get it any lower.

The best I've dared squeeze out was 752. i remember that figure well as I was running on air and desperate to beat the magic 750 figure.

The trick is to be very gentle with the gear box and keep moving. Stop-starts kill this heavy beasts mpg. Also, you have to drive like a complete wimp and be really gentle with the pedals, fluid with the cars momentum and coast down hills at every opportunity. It's actually really hard work and really dull (and nigh on impossible when the roads are busy). Having got over 750 miles I can't be bothered to do it again and simply enjoy driving. I'm sure being a small engine and manual box played a big part of this so great mpg is a good compromise for not being able to afford a nice big lump with the auto box.

 

[fuzzer]

My 530d was doing 12mpg (or 9 can't remember )on saturday

 

[chriswt]

MY E34 530i (V8 petrol version) gets 21mpg. Never seen 22mpg. Are all V8s that thristy or am I doing something wrong!

It was supposed to be a cheap runaround but at £70+ per tank its streching my fuel card to the limit. I'm just waiting for that call into the accounts directors office.

 

[blicky_1]

MY E34 530i (V8 petrol version) gets 21mpg. Never seen 22mpg. Are all V8s that thristy or am I doing something wrong!

It was supposed to be a cheap runaround but at £70+ per tank its streching my fuel card to the limit. I'm just waiting for that call into the accounts directors office.

Convert it to LPG!! then you will have a cheap runaround!!

 

[BTB 500]

MY E34 530i (V8 petrol version) gets 21mpg. Never seen 22mpg. Are all V8s that thristy or am I doing something wrong!

It was supposed to be a cheap runaround but at £70+ per tank its streching my fuel card to the limit. I'm just waiting for that call into the accounts directors office.

A large petrol engine in big car is never going to be cheap! I average around 21 mpg overall with my VW Sharan (2.8 V6), the SL is slightly better despite being a little heavier and having a 5 litre V8 ... I assume because it's more aerodynamic. Cruising at 'traffic speed' on the motorway it shows 25-30 on ye olde swinging needle MPG display.

 

[Mambo]

Diesels RULE!

I reset the trip counter on my car before the drive back to London today.

Just got back and by my calculations:

412+ 206 = 618miles, and thats with a heavy right foot

After a few more calculations:

70l = 15.39 Gallons

618/15.39 = 40.15 miles per gallon

 

[Thmsshaun]

I reset the trip counter on my car before the drive back to London today.

Just got back and by my calculations:

412+ 206 = 618miles, and thats with a heavy right foot

Figures I can only dream of.

Drove a Peugeot 307 HDI on Sat. Quite nice had only done 400 miles but the fuel consumption Made me realise how much the 43 uses. I was hammering it and couldnt get the average below 45.

 

[BonzoDog]

W211 range

My Manual E220 W211 with 80 litre tank (not standard on the E220) averages 620-650 miles per tank.

Worst I can remember was a lowly 530ish after lots of 'fun' and town driving. Even when thrashing it I can't seem to get it any lower.

The best I've dared squeeze out was 752. i remember that figure well as I was running on air and desperate to beat the magic 750 figure.

The trick is to be very gentle with the gear box and keep moving. Stop-starts kill this heavy beasts mpg. Also, you have to drive like a complete wimp and be really gentle with the pedals, fluid with the cars momentum and coast down hills at every opportunity. It's actually really hard work and really dull (and nigh on impossible when the roads are busy). Having got over 750 miles I can't be bothered to do it again and simply enjoy driving. I'm sure being a small engine and manual box played a big part of this so great mpg is a good compromise for not being able to afford a nice big lump with the auto box.

Mine is a 75 litre tank (w211 Break) and I get around 960kms. At that point the reserve light is on and I fill up. It takes 70 lires and I'm off again. never had the courage to see if I can get it over 1000 kms.

 

[fuzzer]

I reset the trip counter on my car before the drive back to London today.

Just got back and by my calculations:

412+ 206 = 618miles, and thats with a heavy right foot

After a few more calculations:

70l = 15.39 Gallons

618/15.39 = 40.15 miles per gallon

ehh , 54mpg at 90 on saturday dude

 

[Mambo]

ehh , 54mpg at 90 on saturday dude

But do your figures include"testing" your car on the M6 Toll Road?

 

[Shude]

Just driving to work etc and back since last november (started keeping proper records)

worst: 341.5m / 62.56l = 24.81mpg
best: 445.3m / 60.91l = 33.23mpg

I reckon on a long journey I'd be able to get about 500 miles out of a tank, not really had cause to take one since beginning the records.

I just typed this into my spreadsheet:

463.2 miles : 59.87 litres : 91.9 ppl

which works out as 35.17mpg : 12p/mile : 12.38 km/l : 8.08 l/100km

my second best recorded mpg ever (best was in April, 35.54) and I think that's my highest recorded mileage between fill-ups (some of the results are nearly double that due to pump timeout etc!)

Not bad for a daily M62 crawl (50% of the journey is 0-10mph).

 

[Vips]

worst 220 (that was after a service and had dody Bosch plugs)
otherwise I average around 340-350. 70% in town and 30% on the A40

 

[Seamster15]

Worst 130 and best 160 miles !

 

[Shude]

Worst 130 and best 160 miles !

Are we talking about the same thing here? The most you get out of a tank is 160 miles?

 

[kbhogalW126]

Saab 9-3 1.9tdi

i got 540 miles on a full 58 litre tank.

averaged 49mpg.

im sure if i was a wee bit gentler id probably get 580 miles ie 70 mph not 80mph

regards,

KJ