Fuel consumption

[Byff]

The handy thing about using the plastic for paying for fuel, is that you have date/litres and price stamped on the reciept.

Having all my reciepts since I bought the car, I've just tallied it all up and I've used 680.77 litres of finest optimax since January.

For everyone thinking of buying a Cerb, that equates to £523.11p's worth of fuel between 25/01/2004 and 26/04/2004 or just over £2000 for the year, based on a 4.2 and doing normal mileage with maybe a bit faster than average right footedness.

I'll get the mileage aswell, that'll give me a good average mpg value, but that'll have to wait for now - the missus is hanging around and I don't want her to know how much I'm spending

[davetherave1970]

Come on Byff, get the misses out of the way and get the mileage on

[want2get1]

hi

as i am looking to get one, im intereseted in running costs, so your post about feul consumption would be very helpfull.

so how miles then?

thanks

[Cerbie450]

Fuel consumption. mmmm!

I didn't realise people bought cerbera's to worry about how much fuel it was using. More to the point is how much you can use when owning and driving a cerb. If youre getting more than 15 mpg then you're obviously not driving fast enough!!!

Ha Ha!!!!

[Byff]

I have had to work off confirmed miles - wrote down when filling up, so the span is over a different timescale.

1290 miles, 335.28 litres used.

Unless my maths is out, I make that an average of 17.49 mpg. This is an average of driving styles, but more often than not, it is with the loud pedal pressed firmly down.

BTW, I didn't do this because I was worrying about fuel consumption, merely doing the Cerbie buying wannabees a favour. I just happen to be in the habit of noting down my mileage when I fill up and I keep every receipt - well, more like shoved in my wallet and forgot about. I was just having a clear out and thought it would be handy to do.

[FourWheelDrift]

Byff said:

I keep every receipt - well, more like shoved in my wallet and forgot about. I was just having a clear out and thought it would be handy to do.

Ah yes, I think I know what you mean you go out thinking you have a full wallet, go to buy something, start going through your wallet only to find out every piece of paper is a fuel reciept

So you end up taking them all out and thinking they could be quite useful for someone else.

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Monday 10th May 13:41

[kojak69]

I get 23 mpg on a run, and about 12 mpg around town. I have a heavy right foot.

[suffolkfox]

For comparison, on the mini Back Home including both the long hauls to and from Suffolk and running around at both ends I averaged 24.9mpg, which I didn't think was too bad

[davetherave1970]

suffolkfox said:

24.9mpg, which I didn't think was too bad

I think more right foot is needed

[kojak69]

davetherave1970 said:

suffolkfox said: 24.9mpg, which I didn't think was too bad I think more right foot is needed

Think Dave is correct. That'll bring it down to where it should be.

[guydw]

I'm amazed at some of these mileages.... I never managed that in my Chim....

We'll see what happens with the Cerb 4.5 that should hopefully arrive on Thursday.... I reckon 15mpg will be good going... not that it should matter ;-)

[beemer]

davetherave1970 said:

suffolkfox said: 24.9mpg, which I didn't think was too bad I think more right foot is needed

I agree, I think that figure is appalling! If you try harder, you could get at least half that!

cheers
sean

[SXS]

I'm pulling around 26mpg, and thats with some harsh low-gear, high rev driving too... pretty impressive.

The other ride gives me 15mpg with normal driving, forget about thrashing, sometimes you can actually see the fuel guage slide its way down whilst driving!!! (turbos are more economical, yeah right, not in a 2 tonne TT!)

I was thinking of picking up some Toyota or something, all that money saved on petrol could cover fine-tuning the other two beasts...

Funny thing is, you dont notice how much goes on petrol, fags, drinks etc... I did a spreadsheet for last year, and the figures knocked me out literally!!! This year some budget concious thinking will have to be on the cards...

86p for a litre of 97 octane is daylight robbery...
I've already moved to roll-ups to save some dosh here and there... wish there was an alternative to the gas too... mobile nuclear reactor anyone?

[davetherave1970]

SXS said:

mobile nuclear reactor anyone?

Think we need the Doc from Back to the future

[SXS]

Great idea, flux capacitor schematics anyone?
But I wander how that would fit in a combustion engine? mmmm....

[davidd]

I got 27mpg on a recent 700 mile round trip to cumbria and back. Motorway all the way. I was not hanging about either.

I average about 20 but do a fair bit on traffic clogged motorways.

D

[malman]

All I know is it eats £20 notes faster than my chimaera did . I can see this becoming a pointer for future archaeologists. "we found a leather binder with the body, it was full of paper with numbers and the word optimax printed. He must have had a TVR"

[RUSSELLM]

Mine was always 13 to 14 mpg,

best ever, 18mpg combi of normal & motorway

worst ever 8mpg, waiting outside sainsbury's in the winter, whilst the missus picks things up & strangely puts em back down..

>> Edited by RUSSELLM on Tuesday 11th May 07:45

[al bell500]

When i changed to the Cerb last friday, running costs were the last thing on my mind.The Chimaera500 was`nt exactly fuel efficient.I`m not silly, i know they aint cheap to run but........I DON`T CARE:-))
The enjoyment outweighs everything else and my local SxxL garage luv me!

Al

[jmh99]

Guys, guys ,guys ,,,,,,,,, Please stop this thread, we do not want to know, where is PetrolTed when you need him!

Did someone really say fuel consumption and Cerb in the same sentence