Fuel Consumption

[hueandcry71]

My car has now done 400 miles and it has been filled up twice, onre full tank on collection and one full tank since ive had it, surely that is not right even though i only do 5 mile trips to and from work through congested traffic???

The last Elise i had was equally as poor so perhaps it is my driving or is the fuel gauge on Elises so inaccurate???

[veridien]

My 111s does 250 on a full tank pretty regularly

But I think the gauge is unreliable too

[Doug Ward]

Suprising. I used to get ~220-230 consistently out of my 54 plate 111R before the light came on, I now have the Exige S with performance pack and so far i've been getting ~240 per tank which fits in line with the improved mpg quoted in the spec.

I guess driving style and fuel (octane rating) will make a difference.

[21TonyK]

Sounds okay to me. I had the same when I first got mine but you get used to it. Realistically I was getting 220+ from a tank. Just filling up a bit too early really.

[kevin ritson]

The 111R is up to 10mpg thirstier than the K-series your old 111S had. The mileage on a tank is roughly the same as Lotus fit a bigger tank to the R. 200 miles is roughly normal for urban driving.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Just done 250 on a tank and had 8 litres or so spare.

[boobles]

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

Just done 250 on a tank and had 8 litres or so spare.

Yeah but 100miles was on the back of an AA van & that dont count! (joking ofcourse)

[riwiho]

Sounds about right to me. I fill up every couple of days and have seen a reading of 220-240 per tank.

The best I have had is 300 from the R and the worse is 190.

What were you expecting?

[hueandcry71]

kevin ritson said:

The 111R is up to 10mpg thirstier than the K-series your old 111S had. The mileage on a tank is roughly the same as Lotus fit a bigger tank to the R. 200 miles is roughly normal for urban driving.

Really?? I didnt know that. Wish i had registered my company fuel card with the Lotus instead now..........

[ajk]

That sounds about right if you're doing mainly short journeys.
You'll probably get significantly improved consumption on longer journeys (as long as you're not ragging it!).

Cheers,
Andrew.
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Edited by ajk on Wednesday 19th December 05:34

[Beachbum]

My 54 111R regurlarly gave 240/tank. Since I had the last ECU upgrade in November that appears to have dropped to about 210-220. Anyone else noticed something similar, after this ?

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

boobles said:

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

Just done 250 on a tank and had 8 litres or so spare.

Yeah but 100miles was on the back of an AA van & that dont count! (joking ofcourse)

lol, how did you know I have AA membership. They were mainly cruising miles along NSL/50 country roads with the odd village or 10 thrown in. Was testing some Tesco99 to see what MPG I got from it.

[LotusEater666]

305 per tank

[miro]

depends how you drive doesnt it.... i get 250-200 in my Elise S on 30 Litres

[Mr Fix It]

How big are these tanks? so how many mpg's are these?

[jfrf]

my toyota engined car does about 24mpg based on a mix of driving. so about 180 miles until i first see the refill light

on motorway journey this can go up to about 32mpg

[kambites]

I average 37mpg in my 111S. That's about 220 miles from a tank.

[LotusEater666]

Mr Fix It said:

How big are these tanks? so how many mpg's are these?

Mine's 35 litres, 40mpg

[ptp170]

Just got a paltry 159 miles from a full tank :-(

[Elise111s]

My S2 111S does about 260 miles to the tank, don't dare go any further without refilling! :-)