3.0 Fuel Consumption (again)......!
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I had a bit of a change of my usual fuel economy today. It's normaly about 35mpg.....
Today after about 7/8ths of a tank, it was reading at 16.8mpg
I bet Plowy can beat that though.
Today after about 7/8ths of a tank, it was reading at 16.8mpg
I bet Plowy can beat that though.
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Check your fuel tank, I thought mine had bad fuel consumption as well and it turned it had a hole in it, the mechanic said it was a quite normal error with the Z4's fuel tank :x
Hehe, no fuel tank leak 
Just a bit more fun than usual, I'll post a thread later in the gallery section :wink:
Just a bit more fun than usual, I'll post a thread later in the gallery section :wink:
are you doing short journeys?
I reset my meter last week and drove 79 miles from West Berks to near Northampton, a mixture of A34, M40 and country roads. Taking it easy I got 41mpg .I reset it again for the rest of the week, driving 4-6 miles twice a day and over the court of 5 days it dropped to 24.5mpg. Short trips don`t help, stop-go also (obviously).
On average mine returns 30-31 mpg most of the time using 98ron, this is what I get if I don`t reset if for 2+weeks doing different types of driving (motorway, urban, rural)
Do the obbious, check tyre pressures etc. Also it`s worth getting a fuel card of some sort. I`ve got a Shell drivers card which returns some dosh now and again in the form of discount coupons ( but not much). I`ve also picked up a Citi-Shell credit card recently that I intend to use for fuel only, this gives cashback of 6pence per litre for the first 60 days and then 3p a litrer after that. Every little help.....
I think it`ll be hard to sell a car of decent value at the moment - don`t get buggered! But if you must......
I reset my meter last week and drove 79 miles from West Berks to near Northampton, a mixture of A34, M40 and country roads. Taking it easy I got 41mpg .I reset it again for the rest of the week, driving 4-6 miles twice a day and over the court of 5 days it dropped to 24.5mpg. Short trips don`t help, stop-go also (obviously).
On average mine returns 30-31 mpg most of the time using 98ron, this is what I get if I don`t reset if for 2+weeks doing different types of driving (motorway, urban, rural)
Do the obbious, check tyre pressures etc. Also it`s worth getting a fuel card of some sort. I`ve got a Shell drivers card which returns some dosh now and again in the form of discount coupons ( but not much). I`ve also picked up a Citi-Shell credit card recently that I intend to use for fuel only, this gives cashback of 6pence per litre for the first 60 days and then 3p a litrer after that. Every little help.....
I think it`ll be hard to sell a car of decent value at the moment - don`t get buggered! But if you must......
I picked up one of those Shell credit card applications the other day, the 3p a litre off is very attractive since I use about £60 a week. I'll do the same and use it just for fuel.
My 16.8mpg reading came from a day on Croft race circuit, about £45 worth of fuel burnt off purely for fun :evil:
It's nice that a tank of fuel has fallen about 10% in the last 6 weeks, I could only squeeze in £50.66 worth of Vpower today.
My 16.8mpg reading came from a day on Croft race circuit, about £45 worth of fuel burnt off purely for fun :evil:
It's nice that a tank of fuel has fallen about 10% in the last 6 weeks, I could only squeeze in £50.66 worth of Vpower today.
It`s 6 pence a litrre for the first 60 days too, double ya manny. It`s typical that I`ve now cut my weekly milage down by staying local rather than commuting home each day, but it`ll still help in the long run. Until recently I was putting in about £50 every 2.5 days so I could of done with the shell credit card two months ago.
16.8 MPG on track - ha haha, but oh what fun eh? How do you find the Z4 on track? I think they must be pretty good fun. I was tempted to take mine to Castle COmbe a while ago but decided not to as I needed it for work
and didn`t want to bugger me brakes. When it`s worth a lot less (next week :thumbsdown: ) I will definately take it on track, I`ve tracked a few older cars in the past (an old 1987 BMW E30 M3 for one )
16.8 MPG on track - ha haha, but oh what fun eh? How do you find the Z4 on track? I think they must be pretty good fun. I was tempted to take mine to Castle COmbe a while ago but decided not to as I needed it for work
and didn`t want to bugger me brakes. When it`s worth a lot less (next week :thumbsdown: ) I will definately take it on track, I`ve tracked a few older cars in the past (an old 1987 BMW E30 M3 for one )I thought I'd add my 2p worth... I drove from Southampton to Great Yarmouth yesterday which is around 230 miles and mostly motorway with some A roads. I set the cruise control at 72mph and that combined with hard acceleration from sliproads and roundabouts and the usual M25 congestion, some 50mph stretches on A roads and the drive around town on arrival I averaged according to the trip computer 40.3 MPG.... OK so from previous checking I've found this to be 1-2 MPG ambitious than actual calculations but its not far off and seems a darn sight better than a lot of people on here... Maybe I should drive faster! 
I just filled up here in Northampton and it was 97.9 !!!!! It was great the litres were going up faster than the pounds LOL.... Almost feels cheap LOL..