Fuel Consumption
Discussion
I currently do a 10 mile round trip to work each day plus other shortish journeys of a weekend in my 111S and have become concerned at how much petrol i am using.
I have been monitoring this since i bought the car a month ago and im only getting 140 miles to a full tank.
Is this something to be conerned about or is this normal???
I have been monitoring this since i bought the car a month ago and im only getting 140 miles to a full tank.
Is this something to be conerned about or is this normal???
sounds far from normal to me.
my average is about 180 miles, buts thats with the toyota engine which has 30% worse economy than than rover engined cars.
a friends subarus recently had a major ecomomy drop. think he needed a new coil pack, plugs and leads to fix the problem. cost was about £400+
my average is about 180 miles, buts thats with the toyota engine which has 30% worse economy than than rover engined cars.
a friends subarus recently had a major ecomomy drop. think he needed a new coil pack, plugs and leads to fix the problem. cost was about £400+
Concerned cat said:
My 340R manages 140 miles from a tank.
Except when on the track....
Apologies for the slight highjack...Except when on the track....
Might want to consider getting this done?!?!?
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evolongtermtests/49130/lotus_340r.html
ptp170 said:
Motorway driving : 240-270 miles
Driving it like I stole it bouncing it off the 7300rpm limiter: 160-170 ish miles
Little bit of both: 210 miles
S2 K-Series with 170 bhp
Depends on your driving style!!
As i am new to the Lotus experience i currently drive like a church vicar. I will call the dealer tomorrow to get it booked in for a look at what may be wrong.Driving it like I stole it bouncing it off the 7300rpm limiter: 160-170 ish miles
Little bit of both: 210 miles
S2 K-Series with 170 bhp
Depends on your driving style!!
jfrf said:
sounds far from normal to me.
my average is about 180 miles, buts thats with the toyota engine which has 30% worse economy than than rover engined cars.
a friends subarus recently had a major ecomomy drop. think he needed a new coil pack, plugs and leads to fix the problem. cost was about £400+
If there is anything wrong, and i suspect there is, then i will expect the dealer to sort it.my average is about 180 miles, buts thats with the toyota engine which has 30% worse economy than than rover engined cars.
a friends subarus recently had a major ecomomy drop. think he needed a new coil pack, plugs and leads to fix the problem. cost was about £400+
Spank / long journey at the weekend (100 - 200 miles) Only ever pull up to the pumps when the odo clicks 300 milesptp170 said:
Concerned cat said:
My 340R manages 140 miles from a tank.
Except when on the track....
Apologies for the slight highjack...Except when on the track....
Might want to consider getting this done?!?!?
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evolongtermtests/49130/lotus_340r.html [/quote
Looked at that but they never got back to me!
Concerned cat said:
ptp170 said:
Concerned cat said:
My 340R manages 140 miles from a tank.
Except when on the track....
Apologies for the slight highjack...Except when on the track....
Might want to consider getting this done?!?!?
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evolongtermtests/49130/lotus_340r.html [/quote
Looked at that but they never got back to me!
jfrf said:
sounds far from normal to me.
my average is about 180 miles, buts thats with the toyota engine which has 30% worse economy than than rover engined cars.
a friends subarus recently had a major ecomomy drop. think he needed a new coil pack, plugs and leads to fix the problem. cost was about £400+
poo the bed! I gat an average of 220 miles per tank and on a motorway cruz I can get 250. No one has ever acused me of being "sedate", how on earth do you get 180 miles?my average is about 180 miles, buts thats with the toyota engine which has 30% worse economy than than rover engined cars.
a friends subarus recently had a major ecomomy drop. think he needed a new coil pack, plugs and leads to fix the problem. cost was about £400+
The readout on the petrol gauge on my S1 is rubbish - fluctuates all over the place, in fact I haven't let it get below 20 litres before filling it up. In fact on the way in this morning it started to read about 15L and I was sweating a bit...totally unfounded 
All I know is that people say they get between 30-40mpg so that is what I had assumed I was getting! I've done over 200miles since last fill-up though and still read 15L so must get closer to 300miles from a tank i guess.
All I know is that people say they get between 30-40mpg so that is what I had assumed I was getting! I've done over 200miles since last fill-up though and still read 15L so must get closer to 300miles from a tank i guess.
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