Most miles on a tankful...

[DaveP]

Come on then chaps...what's your best figure (lets weed out the nancies from the boy racers! ) ?

I can't remember getting above 300...

[lengster1]

300!!! are you having a laugh?i dont think my missus gets that, and shes allergic to the turbos spinning up ha ha while on the subject how many miles do they do after the fuel light comes on?mine did about 20 and wasnt at the bootom of the red bit but conked out when parked up,on a bit of an angle i might add but even so 20 miles jesus,thats hardly enough time to find a good petrol station

[DaveP]

Indeed...I think the most I've ever managed was about 285..on a motorway run I might add! - Normal is about 220-240.

Been in that 'there must be a damn Optimax station around here somewhere' situation too many times which is why I carry an emergency bottle of Millers with me now!

[JohnW]

Never got more than 280.
I am normally at '0 miles left' by 260. And yes, 20 miles on reserve is what I normally allow for.

However, I did recently run out before this 20 miles was up about 2 miles short of the garage (on an uphill bit of road too as it happens).
I did however hear the fuel pump whining like crazy a few miles before this, so did have that feeling of impending doom

The least I've got to a tank was 120 miles - maybe this would be a better measure of nancies vs boy racers

I don't know what all the fuss is about optimax & millers. One tank of regular through the thing will hardly kill it. And if it was an emergency surely half a tank of regular/super topped off with optimax as soon as you get the chance can't hurt. It certainly beats running out and having to walk !

[derdle]

You gotta be joking - what colour is the sky on your planet?

I normally get the fuel warning at anything between 200 and 225, unless of course you want to buy the car, in which case I do get well over 300 to a tank full cos I am a really careful driver and don't use the performance.

Yeah right.

[JohnW]

Not joking, but the fuel warning does pop up with 25ish miles to go, so I see it too at around 230.
the 260 is when it finally days zero miles range left.

I do 50 miles each way to work, 20 of which is country lanes. The rest in Mway, all generally done at about 95 ( Of course if your using that as evidence it is kmh ) so I'm not exactly light footed

[bakerdcb]

Just filled up tonight on my way home and as I left the garage it read 410!!!!

Had been stuck in heavy motorway traffic all the way home doing a very righteous 50-60mph

When I leave tomorrow for work there won't be any traffic and I expect it to be reading 220-240 very quickly

[stevesmee]

i get 6.8 mpg on track days. what does that work out to? obviously i am talking about the least miles per tank!

[VST]

normally 160 to 180 miles before the light comes on.

[DaveP]

normally 160 to 180 miles before the light comes on.

You boy racer you!

[VST]

you did ask

[derdle]

S*d the miles per tankful - we should be thinking about the Smiles per tankful...

[simple1]

Most was 302 and 28 mpg on a 50 mph leg of journey through France on very busy motorways, the least is 128 miles on a mad blast across Scotland from Stanrear to Trune when a ferry was cancelled and had to get there PDQ

[Druggie]

Just to let you guys know from an S4 drivers perspective, that the guys getting low 200s are what I am experiencing with my s4 in city driving and low to mid 300s on motorways. So I guess the extra performance doesnt cost you much extra at the pump. Good to know when i start modifying mine to rs4 performance levels.

[TWH]

I get pretty much always 260 to a tank (my run to work every day is 30 miles each way with 60% Motorway). The most I ever got is 285 the other week whenI had to take the missus on a trip round the big London Park and Ride to Bluewater (did a pretty constant 65-70 most of the way with the occasional space to blast. Warning light normally comes on with about 20 to go, normally get fuel within 10 miles of range reading 0 driving along going boll*x, boll*x, where's a bloody Shell when you want one!!