fuel consumption - gti

**saba** · 13-02-2007, 02:30 PM

how many km's do ppl get roughly from 1 tank of fuel

my average this tank has been 7.7L per 100km and im at 598km.

Hope i dont run out of petrol b4 the 600km mark!

**Rocket** · 13-02-2007, 04:28 PM

Wow, thats fantastic! How do you drive? Do you give it some stick? or drive gently. I normally pull about 450km tank.

Edit: Although on long drive i can get about 7L/100km

**saba** · 13-02-2007, 04:42 PM

i usually average around 8.4-8.5 but i thort id not give it stick at all this tank just to see how many km's i can get...

**shaneth** · 13-02-2007, 04:43 PM

i get 10l/100

**saba** · 13-02-2007, 07:43 PM

ran out of fuel on the freeway...603km's!

**Wand Weaver** · 13-02-2007, 08:16 PM

I don't believe running a car completely dry is particularly good for it.

I'm not sure what it is with you guys, or whether it's just driving in medium-density traffic for moderate distances...but I'm struggling to drop under 10L/100km. Also, does the consumption improve substantially as the car gets run in?

All in all - it's the only thing that irks me about the car. Everyone else is getting 8L/100km, and I'm struggling to break 10 driving like there's a bomb underneath the throttle.

On a long drive with no traffic, cruising at about 60-70km/h, the consumption did drop to 6.2L/100km for a half hour drive.

**shaneth** · 13-02-2007, 08:45 PM

Wand, Im the same mate. But i dont hold back on mine. WHat fuel you running? HOw olds the car?

**Wand Weaver** · 13-02-2007, 08:54 PM

The car's been running on BP Ultimate. It's a little under 2 months old - about 600km on the odo at the moment.

I don't drive it hard - but it does make short trips in medium density traffic. Oddly enough, it doesn't get much worse in peak hour?

**shaneth** · 13-02-2007, 09:42 PM

Mate its way to early to tell yet. thats roughly only 2 tanks of fuel if not less. By the time mine was 2 months i had around 3000km on it. Id give it a bit of time for the motor run in.