Your car's fuel range display on a full tank
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ging84 said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Which bit is confusing you
a car with 3 digit range, a car that can display a basic calculation, a car that can detect its fuel level, or all 3?
Some cars don't have such wizardry
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
ging84 said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Which bit is confusing youa car with 3 digit range, a car that can display a basic calculation, a car that can detect its fuel level, or all 3?
Some cars don't have such wizardry
Not the highest numbers but I was astonished by the size of the tank
Put 50 litres in a nearly bone-dry petrol engined Mercedes ML to get me the 200 miles from Manchester to London with a bit left over. The range dispayed 330 miles but the needle only went up to half full. Just glad I didnt promise a full tank!
Put 50 litres in a nearly bone-dry petrol engined Mercedes ML to get me the 200 miles from Manchester to London with a bit left over. The range dispayed 330 miles but the needle only went up to half full. Just glad I didnt promise a full tank!
Baldchap said:
Drove a Passat Diesel once (140 IIRC) that was nudging four figures showing on a fill. I had driven it uber-gently prior, though. It immediately dropped once I set off again.
Worst is my shed Jag. 220 for £96.
That nothing my Mercedes bin lorry shows 300 mimes till empty on 200 liters but that's a lie as it does 70-100 litres a day doing less than 80 miles.Worst is my shed Jag. 220 for £96.
Davie_GLA said:
I got this..
2004 Volvo S60 D5. Full tank showed 1080 miles. Briefly.
Agreed.2004 Volvo S60 D5. Full tank showed 1080 miles. Briefly.
05 V70 D5 here and having been filled after a very sedate drive, it displayed 1150 miles. Baggy D5's are hopelessly optimistic in that sense. In reality it just managed 700 miles.
Wife has a V50 and again, post sedate drive fill up will cheerily suggest it'll do 650 miles but again, in reality it does about 500 miles on a tank but does manage a true ~50mpg
The Merc has the optional extended range tank (that wasn’t optional). It suggests 500 ish when full, but driven very sensibly I’ve seen 400. Usually (much) less.
The Nissan; perhaps 90-100 if I actually ‘filled’ it and it was summer.
The Norfolk special cannot do such calculations. The fuel level can vary by about a gallon depending on which way I’m turning, and I don’t much trust it.
The Nissan; perhaps 90-100 if I actually ‘filled’ it and it was summer.
The Norfolk special cannot do such calculations. The fuel level can vary by about a gallon depending on which way I’m turning, and I don’t much trust it.
Insignia 1.6 Whisper diesel, reckons it can do 750 miles on a full tank, in truth 620 miles is closer to reality. That's motorway driving at 80 where possible, with some town and city, average journey speeds usually in the mid 60s.
The optimism of the predicted range is not linear either. When it has about 100 miles of fuel left, it will still say it has 300 miles of range.
The optimism of the predicted range is not linear either. When it has about 100 miles of fuel left, it will still say it has 300 miles of range.
600 miles with mostly commuting mileage, filling up on 540 miles withh the fuel light just having come on, so 60 miles range left.
That's commuting, 45mpg average on the computer, 2.0tdi Skoda Superb DSG. Relaxed motorway driving is 50-55mpg so I'd hope to get 750 miles from a tank on a decent run.
That's commuting, 45mpg average on the computer, 2.0tdi Skoda Superb DSG. Relaxed motorway driving is 50-55mpg so I'd hope to get 750 miles from a tank on a decent run.
My old M5 would go as high as 430 miles combined range when brimmed, ie distance travelled/range available but it was bloody boring and the reality was way worse than the computer ever showed, very low 20's vs 25 on the OBC
The 370Z is about the same range but I'm not doing the same motorway trips as before, the actual mpg is much better which for the shortish trips I'm doing is pretty good, genuine 25mpg brim to brim and not having to dump a litre of 10/60 in the engine every 800miles
The 370Z is about the same range but I'm not doing the same motorway trips as before, the actual mpg is much better which for the shortish trips I'm doing is pretty good, genuine 25mpg brim to brim and not having to dump a litre of 10/60 in the engine every 800miles
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