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Jenko_Sport
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   7th Jan 11 at 19:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
50 miles
£10 @ £1.25.9

Out atm and phone spaz's out on anything other than a simple forum.
IvIarkgraham
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7th Jan 11 at 19:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
29mpg
deano87
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7th Jan 11 at 19:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Are you saying 50 miles cost you £10?

£10 / 125.9p = 7.94 litres.

7.94 * 0.22 = 1.75 gallons.

50 / 1.75 = 28.57 mpg.
Jenko_Sport
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7th Jan 11 at 20:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its the mpg guru himself

Yes 28-29mpg driving steady on a 1.2 8v corsa.
Engine is coming out soon as, good excuse put something bigger in!
IvIarkgraham
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7th Jan 11 at 20:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i can get 40ish out of my 1.6
Jenko_Sport
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7th Jan 11 at 20:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Exactly mark!

I bet I could get better than 29 running a tuned x16xe
jacko198
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7th Jan 11 at 20:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.fuel-economy.co.uk/calc.shtml
mattant
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7th Jan 11 at 20:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Used this: http://www.torquecars.com/tools/uk-mpg-calculator.php
IvIarkgraham
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7th Jan 11 at 20:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
he didnt use 10 litres of fuel though
Linch
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7th Jan 11 at 20:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jenko_Sport
Exactly mark!

I bet I could get better than 29 running a tuned x16xe


My tb'd one in the corsa was great on fuel if you drove it sensibly
pow
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7th Jan 11 at 20:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The 1.2 8v's are AWFUL, i never believed it till I had one!
IvIarkgraham
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7th Jan 11 at 20:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mine was good on fuel
mattant
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7th Jan 11 at 20:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
he didnt use 10 litres of fuel though


Oops, 28.63mpg then at 19.99p per mile
Jenko_Sport
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7th Jan 11 at 20:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Soon as my student loan comes through I'm pricing up a x16xe for it.
Graham88
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7th Jan 11 at 21:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£55 of 128.9 to 150 miles, what's my mpg?
IvIarkgraham
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7th Jan 11 at 21:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
16mpg
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7th Jan 11 at 21:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
16.8mpg
Graham88
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Heavy tings
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7th Jan 11 at 22:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Btw I had calculated out my own when I said 16, didn't realise yours was the same
Mike
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7th Jan 11 at 22:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
1.8 Primera boat = 35mpg, not far off what my 1.2 Corsa was doing
sand-eel
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7th Jan 11 at 23:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My nova 1.2 8v was pretty good on fuel in the days, suppose it was 79.9p/l
Mark.W
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8th Jan 11 at 00:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I get the same kind of mpg out my 1.6 engine than what i did with the 1.2 8v engine in.
tom_simes
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8th Jan 11 at 01:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Mark.W
I get the same kind of mpg out my 1.6 engine than what i did with the 1.2 8v engine in.

I got better in my 1.6 than I did in my 1.2 8v - about 5 mpg better.

Although now I've got the dirty derv, an average tank is about 400 miles to 40 litres - about 45.3 mpg.
Norcy91
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I averaged 36mpg in my X16XE going to Sunderland and back to pick some wheels up! Not as bad as i thought i was getting
SR91
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Clios meant to get 50mpg combined, its telling me its doing 42 mpg

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