Elise, Economical?? Your Joking!!

[GhostDriver]

Picked my Liz up noon Thursday, now monday morning and have spent over £140 on petrol,
and she's empty.

I'm gonna have to invest in an oil field at this rate!

Edited by GhostDriver on Monday 9th June 11:13

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

lol, well that's what you get if you blat about and clock plenty of miles. At 33-35mpg I thought I was set, little did I know that I'd put more petrol in it than any other car I've owned/driven - But that's what comes from driving the long way home all the time.

[Lawrence5]

Should have got a lighter K series car then

[Thorburn]

Lawrence5 said:

Should have got a lighter K series car then

Got 40mpg out of mine driving from Swindon to Glasgow last month, was pretty impressed.

[patmahe]

I run a 2.5 litre BMW 5 series alongside mine - helps keep things in perspective. The elise is an incredible machine - not least on fuel consumption

[bogie]

lol ...thats it, if you run a German saloon etc as your daily driver, everything in the Elise is cheaper by comparison

[kambites]

bogie said:

lol ...thats it, if you run a German saloon etc as your daily driver, everything in the Elise is cheaper by comparison

Except insurance.

[chris7676]

Should have stuck to the Krap series engines

[Redlake27]

My S1 135 was surprisingly frugal....... 25 - 30 to the gallon when blatting, and 35-40mpg on the motorway.

[S Works]

Compare it to other cars. My 174bhp Sport 135 is considerably better on the juice than Ms S Works 350Z roadster. But that V6 is worth every pound of juice that flows through it

[GhostDriver]

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

lol, well that's what you get if you blat about and clock plenty of miles. At 33-35mpg I thought I was set, little did I know that I'd put more petrol in it than any other car I've owned/driven - But that's what comes from driving the long way home all the time.

Congrats the only one that actually understood the thread,
My old SuperCharged Cooper S wouldve drunk about £200.

I cant get out the bloody thing! Racked up 500 odd miles.
Spent more time in the car than out over this weekend,

I think im in love

Edited by GhostDriver on Monday 9th June 18:34

[andy_s]

ha! That's nothing, I've just spent £36 going from home to home this morning, I'm convincedit gets more expensive in direct ratio to sunshine quantities.

[GhostDriver]

andy_s said:

ha! That's nothing, I've just spent £36 going from home to home this morning, I'm convincedit gets more expensive in direct ratio to sunshine quantities.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

In the last 7 days, I have filled up 3 times, just shy of £100.

[fatwomble]

This kind of thing is a problem, took the scenic route back from work tonight, normally 45- 50 minutes, tonight 1 1/2 hours

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Talking of spending plenty on filling up, anyone find they get more miles from V-Power/Super? If so, how many roughly? Had to go careful in my last car, depending on whose super it was, it did less miles per tank (about 40 less).