Best ever tank mileage (for me)

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Post by Rupert » Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:39 pm

Filled up, drove 420 miles in a morning, on one tank! :o
25.7MPG (Yes, that leaves about 5 litres left in the tank, with the computer showing 10 miles remaining).

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Best economy was at 70MPH cruise on a 60 mile straight which resulted in OVER 28MPG average. 8)

What's your best tank mileage?
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Post by rjpatrick » Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:14 am

Hi Rupert

Reminds me of the time I drove back from Germany (other side of Frankfurt) to Calais on one tank of fuel in the S6 (didn't change gear for 400+ miles).

Much better than my best - where were you?

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Post by SteveH » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:30 am

Well done that man, was that on a tank of diesel? :wink: I think my best is about 380... Next challenge is how few miles on one tank!?
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Post by jssmith22 » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:51 pm

If you use the cruise control and sometimes manually upshift then the Rs6 is really economical - I think it is a very efficient engine. Of course in Sport mode then you can soon drink some fuel but in steady state cruising it is great. For 450 hp and 4wd it is really very good
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Post by Fen » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:36 pm

Hmm - I use cruise most of the time when I'm actually travelling and I usually get just over 300 miles. I figure at 85-90 mph (by GPS rather than speedo) it must be on boost which makes it anything but economical.
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Post by Wolverine » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:03 pm

You need to keep revs under 3000 rpm to get best fuel consumption ...... as I am told thats when the boost realy gets going.
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Post by marmite » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:07 am

SteveH wrote:Well done that man, was that on a tank of diesel? :wink: I think my best is about 380... Next challenge is how few miles on one tank!?
I did 148miles on a tank!
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Post by el_ringo » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:50 pm

I rarely manage more than 300. Too tempting to push the loud pedal!!
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Post by Fen » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:54 pm

So without checking (my car is with Dilaynx for a service just now) what speed is 3,000rpm in 5th?
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Post by W8PMC » Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:06 pm

SteveH wrote:Well done that man, was that on a tank of diesel? :wink: I think my best is about 380... Next challenge is how few miles on one tank!?
Worst is 4 laps of the Nordschleife which equates to around 48 miles in total :o

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Post by Rovi » Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:16 pm

Fen wrote:So without checking (my car is with Dilaynx for a service just now) what speed is 3,000rpm in 5th?
90MPH or thereabouts.
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Post by Fen » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:12 am

Hmm - I usually set the cruise for about that and I get terrible mpg - that's by GPS though so I guess the speedo is showing a little higher. Maybe I should slow down. Nah, don't think so.
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Post by langstone » Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:29 pm

I suppose that theoretically the maxium economy should be at peak torque, lowest revs in highest gear without labouring the engine.

So around 1950rpm in 5th whatever that works out to be.

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