Golf runs 1213m on a tank
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A 1.6 VW Golf BlueMotion is claiming to have set a South African record for the distance travelled by a car without refuelling.
Setting off from the South African/Zimbabwean border gate at Beit Bridge bound for Cape Town, the 1.6 TDI BlueMotion covered 1941km in two and half days.
Fuel consumption, its crew said, averaged an amazing 3.29 litres/100km, with the Golf BlueMotion requiring only 63.8 litres to drive from the Zimbabwean border to the Mother City. If you own a Golf6 you’re bound to say,"hang on, mine only takes 55-litres" and you’d be correct.
The organiser and his team managed (somewhat miraculously) to exploit the airlock properties of the Golf6’s fuel tank (with shake-and-fill manoeuvring when fuelling up), managing to add, they said, an astounding extra 8.8 litres to the specified peak technical filling capacity…
Beyond managing to overfill the Golf6 BlueMotion TDI’s tank by more than 15%, other engineering details (such as low-resistance tyres, features subtle aerodynamic enhancements and clever energy recuperation technology as well as stop/start engine actuation) were key to enable the North-South record run.
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Fag packet tells me that's almost 86mpg. Rather impressive, especially given the altitude.
Setting off from the South African/Zimbabwean border gate at Beit Bridge bound for Cape Town, the 1.6 TDI BlueMotion covered 1941km in two and half days.
Fuel consumption, its crew said, averaged an amazing 3.29 litres/100km, with the Golf BlueMotion requiring only 63.8 litres to drive from the Zimbabwean border to the Mother City. If you own a Golf6 you’re bound to say,"hang on, mine only takes 55-litres" and you’d be correct.
The organiser and his team managed (somewhat miraculously) to exploit the airlock properties of the Golf6’s fuel tank (with shake-and-fill manoeuvring when fuelling up), managing to add, they said, an astounding extra 8.8 litres to the specified peak technical filling capacity…
Beyond managing to overfill the Golf6 BlueMotion TDI’s tank by more than 15%, other engineering details (such as low-resistance tyres, features subtle aerodynamic enhancements and clever energy recuperation technology as well as stop/start engine actuation) were key to enable the North-South record run.
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Fag packet tells me that's almost 86mpg. Rather impressive, especially given the altitude.
i alwasy find these economy runs quite interesting, usually more interesting when someone uses a big boat of a car and makes it do stupid mpg (IE the jag that Clarkson drove on top gear in the economy challenge)
I thought that most people shook the car a bit during filling up to get rid of airbubbles in the tank - i know i do when i have to do a long journey and am filling up
I thought that most people shook the car a bit during filling up to get rid of airbubbles in the tank - i know i do when i have to do a long journey and am filling up
samuelellis said:
i alwasy find these economy runs quite interesting, usually more interesting when someone uses a big boat of a car and makes it do stupid mpg (IE the jag that Clarkson drove on top gear in the economy challenge)
I thought that most people shook the car a bit during filling up to get rid of airbubbles in the tank - i know i do when i have to do a long journey and am filling up
The whole car?! I thought that most people shook the car a bit during filling up to get rid of airbubbles in the tank - i know i do when i have to do a long journey and am filling up
Pints said:
Fag packet tells me that's almost 86mpg. Rather impressive, especially given the altitude.
Altitude would have helped them - altitude only hurts peak power output rather than efficiency, and I doubt they would have had their foot to the floor much; and the lower air resistance would be handy.davepoth said:
Altitude would have helped them - altitude only hurts peak power output rather than efficiency, and I doubt they would have had their foot to the floor much; and the lower air resistance would be handy.
Less oxygen per square metre of air though surely, so would have to burn more fuel to cover same distance. No?
k driving that slow! Pints said:
Less oxygen per square metre of air though surely, so would have to burn more fuel to cover same distance. No?
Nope, it can only burn as much oxygen as is coming in, there's just less oxygen coming in. Although as the guy above said, the turbo should be able to stuff plenty of air into the engine for light throttle running.samuelellis said:
I thought that most people shook the car a bit during filling up to get rid of airbubbles in the tank - i know i do when i have to do a long journey and am filling up
I will rock the motorbike side to side, but the cars it just pours out the overflow if you try to put more in after the first click.Pints said:
Less oxygen per square metre of air though surely, so would have to burn more fuel to cover same distance. No?
Opposite, less oxygen means less fuel required the car will make less power rather than alter its air fuel ratio. Never felt that you get more power out of cars in the cold, same principle. Turbos its particularly noticable they get faster and thirstier in the dense air of winters and slower and drink less in the heat of summer.Edited by Herman Toothrot on Monday 22 August 19:46
BMWBen said:
emicen said:
I'd like to know the average speed. That's very impressive tbh
Well we have the distance and the time....It's 20.22mph by my calculations :P There HAS to be some stopping in there though, I'd have cycled it more quickly than that!
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