DanH Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Hi guys I noticed that the fuel economy is pretty lame when driving mostly in town and i was wondering if its normal or not? On the motorway i can squeeze ~400 miles with a full tank and I'm fine with that but the last full tank was "emptied" after driving only 210 miles in the city of Edinburgh. Is that normal? Is something wrong with the car? Or my foot is maybe a bit heavy? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heepsy92 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 well if your in the city there is a lot of traffic so more stop starts, changing gears etc so yea mileage will go down in cities but i cant say if this is a lot or to little miles as it comes down to your driving style. i can get 400-420 miles on the motorway and about 300ish miles when driving back and forth work which is grangemouth to falkirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 sounds about normal to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Get into 5th whenever you can and try not to slow down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanH Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Thanks guys! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentao Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Gt4 does 100 miles to 30 quid around town and 130 on motorway lol. Some times i think the tank has a hole in it. Heepsy you got any pics of your car so i can keep a look out for it since your local Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoopsontoast Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) My first fill up in the ST182 and I got 32mpg with mixed motorway and town driving, roughly 300 Miles/40 Litres. IIRC its a 60 Litre fuel tank, I am just not that brave to go much below the low fuel line.... Edited December 16, 2014 by hoopsontoast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 there is a huge difference between driving a gen 6 in stop start traffic and driving on the motorway in town in the gt4 I was putting petrol in like it was a GT4 motorway is was getting around 400 miles to a tank. st202 around town worked out at about 32mpg whereas on motorway runs i managed to get a 20 year old gen 6 to return 41mpg on more than one occasion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digs Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Think I spent £10 going to tescos and back just now 30 mpg up and back to Scotland though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINY Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 My first fill up in the ST182 and I got 32mpg with mixed motorway and town driving, roughly 300 Miles/40 Litres. IIRC its a 60 Litre fuel tank, I am just not that brave to go much below the low fuel line.... from conking out completly on my flat drive last summer it took 15£ to switch the light off, shoud be about 16£.50 now :xmas_laugh: i was well bored that day and nothing else was broke at the time :xmas_rolleyes: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celicamojo Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Edinburgh is a mare Dan, even the bypass and the M8 and dead slow when I go home.....if you are getting 400 miles on open road then would say car is fine! I'm getting less due to hitting the loud pedal once I get on the M9 / backroads! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Boy 1 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Wow. 400 miles to a tank on open road. I have only ever come close to that once. Most long distance trips I do I get about 370 from full to empty. Most commuting trips I get about 300 to a tank.With some supermarket fuels I can only get 270 to a tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Wow. 400 miles to a tank on open road. I have only ever come close to that once. Most long distance trips I do I get about 370 from full to empty. Most commuting trips I get about 300 to a tank.With some supermarket fuels I can only get 270 to a tank. who supplies the fuel can make a huge difference. My gt4's and the caldina do not like tesco fuel not even the 99. and the fuel economy suffers....surprisingly the cheapest around is ASDA 95 and give me the best mpg by far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanH Posted January 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 I use only Shell Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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