S3 Fuel Consumption?

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S3MUD
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Re: S3 Fuel Consumption?

Post by S3MUD » Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:16 am

Now on 150 at half a tank. Pretty good.

My tank should last two weeks. [img]images/graemlins/3flypigs.gif[/img]
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Re: S3 Fuel Consumption?

Post by Neil » Sun Oct 19, 2003 11:12 pm

So far I've been getting around 300 miles, but that's mostly town driving during rush hour, anyone know how much difference the Air Con makes?

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Re: S3 Fuel Consumption?

Post by Riz_RS4 » Sun Oct 19, 2003 11:14 pm

Im not too sure actually but would think it wont make too much difference as i think the a/c units are very efficient.

I hardly use my a/c in summer as the sunroof gets good useage.

Mind you so does the car [img]images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Re: S3 Fuel Consumption?

Post by bjacks » Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:25 am

IIRC air con robs you of 1-2MPG - I read that somewhere so can't be too sure.
Anyway, after 2 weeks of driving, my full tank ran out at 270 miles with a DIS reading of 23.8MPG. Assuming 13.3 gallons to a tank, the DIS is more than 3.3 MPG optimisitic, or 15% [img]images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
20MPG is not too hot when all that driving was really as economical as possible.
Am I right that a tank is 62 litres?

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Re: S3 Fuel Consumption?

Post by Paul-RS » Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:55 am

Jeez Ben, i never seen my dis that low.... on either of my S3's chipped or standard.

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