Doug at MRC again!

[KiwiRS4]

Out of curiosity what mileage is everyone getting on different fuels. I primarily use BP/97 I'm getting a constant 350miles per tank. Before the MAF/lamda's and airfilter replacement this was around 280miles per tank.

[jimbo1234567]

180 on a tank

[TopBear]

Out of curiosity what mileage is everyone getting on different fuels. I primarily use BP/97 I'm getting a constant 350miles per tank. Before the MAF/lamda's and airfilter replacement this was around 280miles per tank.

That seems an inordinantely high tank range. Are you constantly crusing in 6th on mostly empty roads at 50mph? What does your DIS Av\MPG read?

I'm getting ~250 miles now from a tank, often less but rarely more.

[KiwiRS4]

That's what I thought when I looked at the others on this forum. Typical scenario: 6th gear along the M4 from Windsor to Bristol return travelling at 80mph is approx 30mpg.

When it's fun time with B-roads and stress relieving accelerating/braking it drops down to 300 per tank.

[ollys]

That's what I thought when I looked at the others on this forum. Typical scenario: 6th gear along the M4 from Windsor to Bristol return travelling at 80mph is approx 30mpg.

When it's fun time with B-roads and stress relieving accelerating/braking it drops down to 300 per tank. I used to see 250 per tank with a dodgy MAF/Lamdas.

Blimey!! that's incredible mpg- I drove like a granny (well mostly) in wales recently mixture of fast A roads, bumpy B roads and a bit of the M4 and got my best ever out of a tank - about 260 miles (some of that with roofbox on the way home tho'). 350 miles out of tank has nothing to do with type of petrol IMHO.

[rtd]

most i've ever managed was 290 my average is 240/50-ish.......

[rhunter203]

250 for me, although for the last 2 weeks its been 150 – still can't get enough of the extra power/torque!!!

[rsmonkey918]

Easy there guys tou must have your feet buried in the carpet! Mines been chipped by MTM for a supposed 460 (Doug says probably more like 440) and manages about 300-320 on a regular, 150 mile trip, traffic permitting.
First RS was standard 380 and managed about 260-280 on similar trips- I put it down to superior torque characteristics- have always run this and the previous one on V-power and Tesco 99 where available or Esso Super at a push- find BP is far and away the most expensive and everyone has their limits....

Cheers
Steve

[jc..]

i was running on vapour and filled up with BP Ultimate. got to say the difference between that and whatever blend of motorway meths was outstanding. felt a difference almost immediately. very satisfying.

[KiwiRS4]

Hi JC, be interesting to see what the MPT difference you get compared to other the fuels you've used.

[graemep]

That's what I thought when I looked at the others on this forum. Typical scenario: 6th gear along the M4 from Windsor to Bristol return travelling at 80mph is approx 30mpg.

When it's fun time with B-roads and stress relieving accelerating/braking it drops down to 300 per tank.

Best I've ever seen on basically the same journey was about 27mpg, and I thought I was driving like a nun!!

[Hiltoa]

200 miles per tank is normal for me, but I spend a fair bit of time in traffic. Mostly run on VPower, with a 420ish MTM map.

[Contigo]

21 mpg round town and up to 28-30 on slow long motorway run. I've done 300 miles on one tank and that was with Miss Daisy in the boot.

[wreckxxx]

Got my RS4B5 at MRC now, Doug has just pointed out the same melting fuel line problem - I've run exclusively V-Power for over 6 months, mostly sourced from the Shell garage by M4 J11.

Will be switching to Tesco 99 if I can find one near me!

[Contigo]

Nice! Good quality fuel then, never liked or run any of my cars on V-max/Optimax.