The range game

[Col]

Right then,

(Many thanks to Erl off UKPassats for the piccy she took at the South East meet last weekend for me)

The aim of the game is to post up your maximum tank range.
You can do this at any point on a tank full of fuel by adding the 'miles remaining' plus 'miles driven.

Here is a quite extraordinary effort by me as a result of filling up and driving like an old granny for the 68 miles shown on the odo. It was actually over 800 milles at one point (as shown MFD) but the last five or six miles to the meet was very hilly which kills mpg and subsequently the range.

Anyway;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/range.jpg

My range is 755 + 68 = 823 miles !!!

Beat that !! (photographic evidence required!)

The car is a 2002 Passat Estate TDI (130) Engine code AWX

[Col]

Just to add,

Despite all the woes and problems you read about on here with this and that going wrong with our cars.

These MPG / Range figures really do show and remind us how very, very good these cars are !

[paul b]

Do you need an on-board computer for this? I've only got the standard DIS. Or is there a special series of buttons I have to press?

Paul

[Col]

I would assume your A6 would have the same or a very similar cluster to my Passat ?

The answer is in the display. Does yours have the computer readout where the clock is on mine instead ?

[paul b]

I would assume your A6 would have the same or a very similar cluster to my Passat ?

The answer is in the display. Does yours have the computer readout where the clock is on mine instead ?
It has a clock just like yours, only with red lighting like the instrument cluster. It normally only tells me the temperature outside.

Paul

[a8 tech]

i hope no one is tampering with there dash adaption channels to cheat

[andy8442]

Standby....... I regularly see over 900 miles on my T5........80 litre tank though.

Most I've had out of it, 720, and 725 out of my A6 1.9tdi 130 avant!

[Col]

Ok....

I'm currently on course to smash my previous record !!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/P7140051.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/P7140054.jpg

Not the best photos but;

880 range plus 143 miles driven (this morning) equals a total tank range of 1,023 miles !!!!!

This was achieved immediately after filling it up grannying behind lorries on the M25 and back again with the cruise on.

It did, on the outward leg and again on the inward leg go about 30 higher on the total range but a bit of stop start driving brought it down a bit.

Again, the car is a bog standard tuning wise 2002 TDI 130hp AWX engined 5 speed Passat Estate. It does however haul along my 18 stone bulk plus about 2 stones worth of ICE.

Not bad for an old banger !

[dansansome]

hmm, this should be titled "the diesel owners dahboard pictures" thread lol. i havent got a hope in hell of getting a worthy picture up here (unless i fiddle with vagcom as A8 tech has said...).

[Col]

It really does suprise me.

I thought Audi's were posh and would have more kit in them than the humble VW's.

Do you not have buttons on the end of your wiper stalk to cycle through the computer functions? Older VW's instead of the red central display had the computer readout where the clock is, you still cycled through the functions with the wiper stalk buttons though.

[prolfe]

Here's my effort:

Not the best pic. 720 miles left in tank - 115 gone already. Who says the 170 is not economical
:)


http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd272/prolfe/720miles.jpg

[Col]

Here's my effort:

Not the best pic. 720 miles left in tank - 115 gone already. Who says the 170 is not economical
:)


http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd272/prolfe/720miles.jpg

835 is good and I bet you were not trying as hard as I was either.

What car is it exaclty ? If you say A6 I will be astonished.



Edit.......

Just noticed, it is a 'lightweight' A3 !

[prolfe]

835 is good and I bet you were not trying as hard as I was either.

What car is it exaclty ? If you say A6 I will be astonished.



Edit.......

Just noticed, it is a 'lightweight' A3 !

220kg lighter than the mother of the family.

[paul b]

Unfortunately, I will never be any good at this game because my AWX A6 doesn't have an on-board computer and it doesn't have the high line dash so I can't fit it either without spending thousands... :sadwavey:

Mind you, it's good to see another AWX going strong at high mileage, gives me hope !

Paul

[Col]

Unfortunately, I will never be any good at this game because my AWX A6 doesn't have an on-board computer and it doesn't have the high line dash so I can't fit it either without spending thousands... :sadwavey:

Mind you, it's good to see another AWX going strong at high mileage, gives me hope !

Paul

I really am stunned that your car does not have this.

I've never paid that much attension to Audi's but do know they don't have as much kit as standard as the same VW. Mate of mine had a fairly flash A4 a few years ago, it was the biz but didn't even have rear leccy windows !

I suppose they want to get you to dig into the options list when buying new.


As for the AWX (fingers crossed) sweet as a nut, it normally gets thrashed, everywhere which I think helps, honestly.

[Col]

Also want to bump this thread up.

There must be other saddos on here who could join in.

[MalcQV]

Petrol, so not a hope in hells chance. I did once get the real time MPG down to 5.7 when accelerating hard. Obviously I have no proof as it would be silly if not impossible to take pictures at that time :D

[hagis]

My A4 1.9 TDi 100 usually does about 750 - 775 out of a tank (without taking it right down). I've had close to 800 in the past. The last week I've been trying to cruise at 60-65 to see if can get 850 out of a tank. I may try and spend a couple of weeks doing 55 to see what I'll get out of that.

[Col]

My A4 1.9 TDi 100 usually does about 750 - 775 out of a tank (without taking it right down). I've had close to 800 in the past. The last week I've been trying to cruise at 60-65 to see if can get 850 out of a tank. I may try and spend a couple of weeks doing 55 to see what I'll get out of that.

Go for it and post up a piccy as evidence.

My 130pd is probably the worse (most thirsty) of the 1.9's except maybe the 150, a 100 should do 1200+

[Dudey Head]

Older VW's instead of the red central display had the computer readout where the clock is, you still cycled through the functions with the wiper stalk buttons though.

My brother had a mk2 Golf GTi that was like that. My coupe hasn't got a computer, other than the diagnostic jobby that's always beeping at me for not having enough screenwash etc! (it did tell me one of my brake callipers was caput though, so I'll not slate it!)
Can't play, sorry. I'd lose quite badly anyway, it's a 2.6 petrol! :(

[prolfe]

Petrol, so not a hope in hells chance. I did once get the real time MPG down to 5.7 when accelerating hard. Obviously I have no proof as it would be silly if not impossible to take pictures at that time :D

Now THAT sounds like a good game.

[Col]

Now THAT sounds like a good game.

Quite right.

This could work both ways.

TDI's can show off their frugality, bonus points for most miles per tank.

Petrols can show off their thirst, bonus points for least miles per tank.


We are ALL winners that way. :grouphug: all at the same time.

[Dudey Head]

Now THAT sounds like a good game.

LOL :biglaugh:
Certainly more fun! (read that as dangerous, all too often one in the same! :smashfrea)

[prolfe]

Quite right.

This could work both ways.

TDI's can show off their frugality, bonus points for most miles per tank.

Petrols can show off their thirst, bonus points for least miles per tank.


We are ALL winners that way. :grouphug: all at the same time.

or the other way round.

Petrols have to show they are great at saving fuel and a high mpg.

and

Diesels can show they are not fuel efficient at all

:)

[dansansome]

i think i'll be able to join in with the least mpg thing quite nicely :)

i'll get some pics up. taken by my passenger of course ;)

[prolfe]

i think i'll be able to join in with the least mpg thing quite nicely :)

i'll get some pics up. taken by my passenger of course ;)

of course - just like us all.

I think i have managed 26.5 for a 60 mile trip

[bora(ing) nick]

My 130pd is probably the worse (most thirsty) of the 1.9's except maybe the 150, a 100 should do 1200+

Your joking right???

I think i generally get around 550 miles per tank, but it get thrashed everywhere. The most i have had is about 800 miles i think?

Must slow down for long enough to clear a tank returning good MPG.

(thing is... i often feel lees safe driving frugally due to my relaxed concentration! feel safer going a little faster as i'm constantly on the look out ;) )

[hongkongstuey]

1200?! thats roughly the same weight as my passat right?

when mine was 110, it did 630-640 per tank from brim to light, now its 143 ish, it did 590 on last tank, basically cos i give it loads in the first week :aargh4: but i would have thought the lack of power pulling the same weight would make it worse on fuel? i wouldnt have mine standard for anything in the world!!

[Col]

The point of the game and for everyones sanity (no body could possibly drive slow enough over a whole tank unless they are (a) a granny or (b) a cabby, 5th gear at 28mph anyone? or (c) a nutter).

Reason being, I always start off with good intentions and get a massive range showing on the computer but sadly it wears off and I revert back to normal hooning mode.

I keep a very detailed spreadsheet of (swear) things fuel and miles and here are a few stats;

Worse overall range on a tank (we are talking about filling up PLUS what is left in the tank) = 478 miles , on this tank full, I filled up at 414 miles = pretty poor.

Best range again at the end of a tank full = 710, filled up at 653 miles = average.

[Dudey Head]

5th gear at 28mph anyone?

Mine'll do just about do 20mph in 5th, it'd still lose though! :D

[paul b]

I really am stunned that your car does not have this.

I've never paid that much attension to Audi's but do know they don't have as much kit as standard as the same VW. Mate of mine had a fairly flash A4 a few years ago, it was the biz but didn't even have rear leccy windows !

I suppose they want to get you to dig into the options list when buying new.


As for the AWX (fingers crossed) sweet as a nut, it normally gets thrashed, everywhere which I think helps, honestly.
My Audi is kitted up quite well, generally. But the clown who bought it first paid for the standard SE Sport pack. So it got sports black leather seats with electric lumbar support etc.

But there isn't a single expensive option that has been shelled out for. It only had the single in-dash CD, not a full Bose system, no DIS, no cruise control, no multi-function steering wheel, no Sat nav or Symphony sound unit. No sunroof either ! :zx11:


Mine'll do just about do 20mph in 5th, it'd still lose though! :D
I can't lose or win, without the DIS... :(

Why did I ever get involved with this thread ? Now I'm going to be gutted I can't get involved every time there is a new post !

Paul

[Dudey Head]

I can't lose or win, without the DIS... :(

Why did I ever get involved with this thread ? Now I'm going to be gutted I can't get involved every time there is a new post !

Paul

I've not got the right gizmo either, but it doesn't mean I can't talk 'swear' about what other people claim to be getting! There's gotta be someone who's just gonna let it ticker-over & crawl down a quiet road or something like that! Confess... :p

[prolfe]

I've not got the right gizmo either, but it doesn't mean I can't talk 'swear' about what other people claim to be getting! There's gotta be someone who's just gonna let it ticker-over & crawl down a quiet road or something like that! Confess... :p

at tick over when the dpf is not regenerating the mpg is 200, when decelerating the mpg is infinite as the fuel is cut off.

so no tick over crawling.

[Dudey Head]

at tick over when the dpf is not regenerating the mpg is 200, when decelerating the mpg is infinite as the fuel is cut off.

so no tick over crawling.

Poopants, I was hoping for some outrageous claims to ridicule!
:biglaugh:

[Lis]

Another one without the gizmo.... unless i haven't discovered it yet! :confused:

Also guilty of 28mph in 5th gear... :o

No idea how many miles my car does on a full tank as i've not had it long enough to use a whole tank's worth yet but i shall let you know as and when! :D:D

[Dudey Head]

Another one without the gizmo.... unless i haven't discovered it yet! :confused:

Also guilty of 28mph in 5th gear... :o

No idea how many miles my car does on a full tank as i've not had it long enough to use a whole tank's worth yet but i shall let you know as and when! :D:D

Less typing & more clogging it then! :biglaugh: (or grently tapping it as the case may be!)

[prolfe]

fold in the mirrors

tape up all joints where the doors are etc - climb in through window.

polish car

switch off lights

switch off air con and heating

switch of radio

nearly there

now switch off the engine and find a big hill

:D

[paul b]

That's just not sylish ! :p

Paul

[Dudey Head]

That's just not sylish ! :p

Paul

Fashion before function, eh? :D

[Col]

Well my car tonight is in my garage looking like this (not very aerodynamic.

Upon re-assembly though careful and strategic use of a bit duck tape might reduce the drag a bit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/Passat/P7180076.jpg

[prolfe]

ahhh your radiator fan has had a baby.

:biglaugh:

[Dudey Head]

Crikey blimey Col, what are doing to it?? I'd be scared at that point that I wouldn't know where to put everything back again!

[LKC1]

Rather sadly I can claim a maximum of 799.9 (aaaarrrgggghhhh didnt get to 800!!!) when playing this game over the last few weeks! Not bad at all from an A6 multitronic avant 1.9Tdi

Cheers

[prolfe]

Rather sadly I can claim a maximum of 799.9 (aaaarrrgggghhhh didnt get to 800!!!) when playing this game over the last few weeks! Not bad at all from an A6 multitronic avant 1.9Tdi

Cheers

:(

perhaps it doesn't go to 800 !!

[Col]

Rather sadly I can claim a maximum of 799.9 (aaaarrrgggghhhh didnt get to 800!!!) when playing this game over the last few weeks! Not bad at all from an A6 multitronic avant 1.9Tdi

Cheers

We need photos .... (not that we don't believe you) :p

[hagis]

I'm getting towards the end of the tank of fuel I'm on and it looks like my slow driving will probably earn me another 25 miles out of a tank of fuel. Not as much as I'd hoped :(

[solskjaer99]

Your joking right???

I think i generally get around 550 miles per tank, but it get thrashed everywhere. The most i have had is about 800 miles i think?

Must slow down for long enough to clear a tank returning good MPG.

(thing is... i often feel lees safe driving frugally due to my relaxed concentration! feel safer going a little faster as i'm constantly on the look out ;) )

same here mate, if i stick cruise on at about 70, its mind-numbing!! if i stick it on at 80-90, i could tell you the make and model of every car at the side of the road for the past hundred miles!!

It aint much to shout about but twice the read-out has displayed over 500miles range with 20-30 miles done. by the time i get to half a tank someone sticks led weights on the accelerator for some strange reason

[paul b]

Poor BigCol... reminds me of doing a timing belt,tensioners, water pump change and service to the A6...

Too many plastic panels eh ?

Paul

[Col]

Poor BigCol... reminds me of doing a timing belt,tensioners, water pump change and service to the A6...

Too many plastic panels eh ?

Paul

Indeed.

Also, check this one out if you are (or any of you) electronics gurus.

I need some help sizing some resistors !

[prolfe]

Indeed.

Also, check this one out if you are (or any of you) electronics gurus.

I need some help sizing some resistors !

<prolfe is suddenly asleep>

[paul b]

<prolfe is suddenly asleep>
zzzzz...

[dansansome]

Indeed.

Also, check this one out if you are (or any of you) electronics gurus.

I need some help sizing some resistors !


how can i help ? :)

not exactly a guru, but i know what im doing...

[adstalker]

I have a Golf MkV which has a smaller tank, but often get towards the 600 miles mark. If you take into account that the Passat has a larger fuel tank by at least 15l, and factor that up by my current average mpg of 48, then I would be getting approx 760 miles on a Passat size tank. This is all without me driving like Miss Daisy.

[Col]

Well, I've just filled up from the tankfull in the quoted post below...

Laughably I only got 591 miles out of that tank full ! :p

Anyway a few stats on that tank full;

Total miles = 591
Litres filled (vented) = 64.44
Litres Remaining = 2.56
Range remaining before it ran out completely = 614 miles
Range remaining = 23 miles.
Trip computer average MPG = 44.9
Calculated MPG (vented brim to vented brim) = 41.69
Miles per litre (calculated) = 9.17

And for those who operate in miles per tenner = 72.81 (£1.26/ltr)

Just goes to show how much a heavy right foot influences what a TDI can do. I grew bored shortly after filling up and posting below. Normal driving resumed and that was the result.



Ok....

I'm currently on course to smash my previous record !!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/P7140051.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/P7140054.jpg

Not the best photos but;

880 range plus 143 miles driven (this morning) equals a total tank range of 1,023 miles !!!!!

This was achieved immediately after filling it up grannying behind lorries on the M25 and back again with the cruise on.

It did, on the outward leg and again on the inward leg go about 30 higher on the total range but a bit of stop start driving brought it down a bit.

Again, the car is a bog standard tuning wise 2002 TDI 130hp AWX engined 5 speed Passat Estate. It does however haul along my 18 stone bulk plus about 2 stones worth of ICE.

Not bad for an old banger !

[MalcQV]

Dodge Charger 6.3Litre
330 miles = £116

14.75mpg

Enjoyed every penny of it. Oh and we added a few tons of C02 and nasty stuff to Browns atmosphere and although the fuel is expensive the road tax is free :p:p:p:p

We did have two in the car though.

[Dudey Head]

Dodge Charger 6.3Litre
330 miles = £116

14.75mpg

Enjoyed every penny of it. Oh and we added a few tons of C02 and nasty stuff to Browns atmosphere and although the fuel is expensive the road tax is free :p:p:p:p

We did have two in the car though.

Didn't someone somewhere suggest that car-sharing was good for the environment?? :D

[MalcQV]

Didn't someone somewhere suggest that car-sharing was good for the environment?? :D

:D Yes, certainly helped the inside of our wallets.

[Lis]

Well my petrol light came on at the weekend, and i had done 520 miles.

So not too bad? Seemed quite a lot to me! Then it cost me £55 to fill up, which is £4 cheaper than the time before when i filled it up! :D

(Audi A3 1.9TDi)

[Col]

Right then, its been a while as I've been driving with cloven hoof.

Anyway, the range below is a standard fill up on my B5.5 Passat. No venting, no nothing, just filling up until the nozzel clicked.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/Image012.jpg

The car still continues to amaze me in what it can do in terms of frugality considering it is a massive old bus that has done a touchover 145k now !

Who needs a new car when an old one does the job just as well if not better than the current crop. Best thing is, it's bought and paid for !

[paul b]

Right then, its been a while as I've been driving with cloven hoof.

Anyway, the range below is a standard fill up on my B5.5 Passat. No venting, no nothing, just filling up until the nozzel clicked.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/Image012.jpg

The car still continues to amaze me in what it can do in terms of frugality considering it is a massive old bus that has done a touchover 145k now !

Who needs a new car when an old one does the job just as well if not better than the current crop. Best thing is, it's bought and paid for !
I don't understand how you get that much out of a tank!

I've got the same engine as you, in an A6, and get 600 and a bit to a tank full. It won't do 700 thats for sure. I do run with the CC on constantly though, and it does a 50-50 mix of motorway and town driving.

Bonkers!

Paul

[Col]

I don't understand how you get that much out of a tank!

I've got the same engine as you, in an A6, and get 600 and a bit to a tank full. It won't do 700 thats for sure. I do run with the CC on constantly though, and it does a 50-50 mix of motorway and town driving.

Bonkers!

Paul

Paul,

Note how it never ever gets to the range estimated when the tank is full. I get bored and have to go quicker. I average anywhere between 450 and 550 per tank full in real life.

To get the range up that high at the start of a tank means driving like a saint for 50 odd miles before the fill up. Or you can do a go-slow after you have filled.

When I say go-slow / like I saint, I mean tuckiing in with the HGVs in lane one at about 50 to 57mph on a flat motorway or duel carriageway. I also don't use the cruise as the acceleration is to aggresive, you can belive it or not drive more economically without it but it takes a fair bit of concentration.

Edit.. And I never ever turn the climate / aircon off either :p

[paul b]

Paul,

Note how it never ever gets to the range estimated when the tank is full. I get bored and have to go quicker. I average anywhere between 450 and 550 per tank full in real life.

To get the range up that high at the start of a tank means driving like a saint for 50 odd miles before the fill up. Or you can do a go-slow after you have filled.

When I say go-slow / like I saint, I mean tuckiing in with the HGVs in lane one at about 50 to 57mph on a flat motorway or duel carriageway. I also don't use the cruise as the acceleration is to aggresive, you can belive it or not drive more economically without it but it takes a fair bit of concentration.
The wife usually drives that slow anyway! :p

I get in, give it a beating every week or two which makes it more economical in the long term IMO. Mostly because I clear all the soot out of the exhaust... its like a dirty bomb going off! :D

Its averaging 46mpg, slightly less now as I need to service it... but you know.

The Octy has an mpg computer on it, I'm going to take the Audi off the road for a couple of months and use the Octavia, after reading what other people get, I'm hoping for at least 50mpg from it.

Paul

[po1o_madman]

Nice!!! How big is the tank on your Passat?

Reminds me of the test they did on Top Gear a little while ago haha

[Col]

Nice!!! How big is the tank on your Passat?

Reminds me of the test they did on Top Gear a little while ago haha

62 litres on a standard fill but I can squeeze in about 67 if I vent the tank.

[hongkongstuey]

vent the tank? do explain?

i always fill to the brim, always getting 65mpg on way home, an hour for 30 miles, always getting 55mpg on way to work, 40 minutes for reverse journey slightly different route, overtaking at every safe point, keeping to the speed limit of course, not using much throttle till 3rd or 4th gear, hardly ever feel the need to floor it completely, never need to? :biglaugh:

[Col]

vent the tank? do explain?

i always fill to the brim, always getting 65mpg on way home, an hour for 30 miles, always getting 55mpg on way to work, 40 minutes for reverse journey slightly different route, overtaking at every safe point, keeping to the speed limit of course, not using much throttle till 3rd or 4th gear, hardly ever feel the need to floor it completely, never need to? :biglaugh:

Venting.

If you look inside the filler neck when the cap is off, on the left hand side you will see a small black plastic button / protrusion.

If you press this in with the fuel nozzel you can fill up to the brim, literally. If you don't the nozzle clicks off with the fuel at a lower level in the tank.

Simply, it allows you to fill up the filler pipe right up to where the fuel cap is.

When you fill up, do it as normal until it clicks off, then withdraw the nozzel partially so you press the button in and hey presto you can get another 5 to 6 litres of fuel in.

It takes a fair bit of time to get it completely full as you have to go really slow to avoid spillage and to be quite honest, I don't bother any more.

Do a google for "TDI venting" or even "Ventectomy", a ventectomy is a mod where you permanently bypass the standard cut off. Not a good idea in my mind.

Note that this can only be on diesels.

[Col]

Stuey,

If you have an AFN'd Passat, I reckon they will be the king at the range game.

Get some pics up of your range. I reckon you could see past the 1,000 mile barrier non vented.

Mine above was done with a vented tank full.

[andy8442]

Ok then, what's the record so far?

Also what's the highest average mpg?

[hongkongstuey]

Stuey,

If you have an AFN'd Passat, I reckon they will be the king at the range game.

Get some pics up of your range. I reckon you could see past the 1,000 mile barrier non vented.

Mine above was done with a vented tank full.

only see 600 ish per tank? most was 640 i think.

see excellent average mpg though. best but cant find photo i used to have for sig pic was 77.9 over 30 miles back from work 'a' roads, today i got

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6554/82653806gl0.jpg


i fill to the brim taking a good 5-6 mins filling it and waiting etc for it to go down, definately to the brim though,

[kite]

This is the best avg. I've had, but it is a re-mapped 2.5 Quattro ! :approve:

Sorry about the flash

[hartry]

http://62.49.155.177/images/range.jpg

[Sp0oner]

I've got a tdi 130 sport estate and there must be something wrong with it as I have never got any more than 550 miles out of a tank and that was all motorway but currently i'm lucky to get 140 miles out of £20!

[Col]

I've got a tdi 130 sport estate and there must be something wrong with it as I have never got any more than 550 miles out of a tank and that was all motorway but currently i'm lucky to get 140 miles out of £20!

550 sounds quite normal if not good. To get the really high range readings you need to drive like a HGV !

I can get the initial range but soon tire of going so slow and so carefully.

[Col]

Two examples here from the new luxo wafting barge A6 Avant I'm now wafting around in.....

After the first 100 miles or so it was showing a range of 146 driven plus 605 indicated range = 751 miles total.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/Image018.jpg

And earlier today 335 driven plus 405 indicated = 740

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/Image028.jpg

I'm quite chuffed with this as the 1st tank full. I've really NOT been trying that hard either. I reckon I can get it over 1,000 !!!!
Not bad for a ma-hoosive luxo barge is it ?

[paul b]

You probably will get a 1,000 reading. It seems very good on the old diesel!

I'm still gutted I can't participate in this thread... Good old Col got the one with a flippin' mpg computer!





















And I didn't! :aargh4:


Paul :p

[RichardCranium]

a full tank on mine usually comes up with 590miles. I've never actually got that many miles out of it though. Usually around the 500 mark. The lowest I've gone is down to 20 miles left. I darent go much lower, even though there is probably loads left. I dont even know how big the tank is

[Col]

Getting nearer the 1,000 barrier in the A6 Avant.

Took this snap just now;

745 indicated range plus 146 driven on this tank equals a total range of 906 miles !!

I reckon when it gets warmer and ideal conditions I'll break the 1,000 barrier in it.

Astonishing results for such a big car !!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/A6/Image008.jpg

[Col]

http://62.49.155.177/images/range.jpg

What car and engine is that ?

[Eshrules]

Getting nearer the 1,000 barrier in the A6 Avant.

Took this snap just now;

745 indicated range plus 146 driven on this tank equals a total range of 906 miles !!

I reckon when it gets warmer and ideal conditions I'll break the 1,000 barrier in it.

Astonishing results for such a big car !!



how the hell are you getting that? I'll have to take piccies of the A4 when I get chance.

I'm getting around 500 miles forecasted from my tank. To be fair, a lot of my journies are town, stop-start driving so that won't help.

Initial findings on the latest stint to the trafford centre and back saw nearly 50mpg though.


Edit - piccie added

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n29/eshrules/21022009022.jpg

[Col]

how the hell are you getting that? I'll have to take piccies of the A4 when I get chance.

I'm getting around 500 miles forecasted from my tank. To be fair, a lot of my journies are town, stop-start driving so that won't help.

Initial findings on the latest stint to the trafford centre and back saw nearly 50mpg though.


Edit - piccie added

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n29/eshrules/21022009022.jpg

There is a real knack to getting it that high. Drive in with the HGV's to get the range as high as possible on what remains in the tank, then fill up and continue in at HGV speed for as long as you can bear it !!!

Which in my case is not long, I've been booting it about since I took that last piccy and the total range on the tank drive + indicated is looking like it will come in at about 600miles for the tank.

Normally in my old Passat which had the same engine as the Passat I'd expect to see anywhere between 450 and 550 per tank in real world driving.

This is NOT real life and anyone who actually can get that range at the end of a tank must be mad.

Hence me calling it the range game, as a game it is !!

P.S. I bet you could get more in your smaller / lighter A4 !

[Eshrules]

P.S. I bet you could get more in your smaller / lighter A4 !

I bet I could, if I didn't have a lead-weighted food on the gas :P

[mrgasoil]

Here is my effort :

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29/mrgasoil/DSC00096.jpg

Just filled up ..........currently only getting 27.5mpg average :eek: as i only go about 6 miles a day ( round trip ) to work.....and rarely go on the motorways :D
500 miles on a full tank is the best i have got so far.

[Eshrules]

Here is my effort :



Just filled up ..........currently only getting 27.5mpg average :eek: as i only go about 6 miles a day ( round trip ) to work.....and rarely go on the motorways :D
500 miles on a full tank is the best i have got so far.


what car's that mate?

[mrgasoil]

Sorry, forgot to say :D
2004 Passat 1.9tdi100 highline

[Col]

We'll call that 800 !!

Nice work.

And I bet you weren't going anywhere as careful as I was.

[mrgasoil]

The wife drives everywhere in 3rd gear :mad: so that won't help the economy ;)

[Eshrules]

We'll call that 800 !!

Nice work.

And I bet you weren't going anywhere as careful as I was.

hang on, I call foul play here.

The highline guy's done 300 miles already there, yet the tank's still full?

Cheat!

[mrgasoil]

hang on, I call foul play here.

The highline guy's done 300 miles already there, yet the tank's still full?

Cheat!


I forgot to reset the trip meter :Blush2: the car's done about a mile and a half from the petrol station too my house :o

I'm not cheating, i promise :D

[Col]

I forgot to reset the trip meter :Blush2: the car's done about a mile and a half from the petrol station too my house :o

I'm not cheating, i promise :D

Right then, after a stewards enquiry that lasted all but 0.5 of a second, it is in fact only a lowly 500 !!!

And switching to school report mode....

Could try harder ! :p

[mrgasoil]

Right then, after a stewards enquiry that lasted all but 0.5 of a second, it is in fact only a lowly 500 !!!

And switching to school report mode....

Could try harder ! :p

I would be happy if i could get it to 550 :D

[NickPicks]

Can us petrol heads join in here? Or should I start a new thread.

I filled up with petrol in Folkestone and after driving very steadily up the M20, recorded this:

http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/display/7d2f685f-82aa-46ee-845e-24888d2d322f.jpg

690 range + 33 driven = 723 miles

That's my 2.4 A6 Avant. I was going downhill at the time!

I've now just about finished that tank of petrol and it's come out at around 430 miles.

Apologies for the image quality, but the phone had a state of the art camera when it was new - that was a long time ago!

[Col]

Can us petrol heads join in here? Or should I start a new thread.

I filled up with petrol in Folkestone and after driving very steadily up the M20, recorded this:

http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/display/7d2f685f-82aa-46ee-845e-24888d2d322f.jpg

690 range + 33 driven = 723 miles

That's my 2.4 A6 Avant. I was going downhill at the time!

I've now just about finished that tank of petrol and it's come out at around 430 miles.

Apologies for the image quality, but the phone had a state of the art camera when it was new - that was a long time ago!

That is truely incredible for a petrol, let alone a 2.4 A6 Avant !!!

[NickPicks]

That is truely incredible for a petrol, let alone a 2.4 A6 Avant !!!

I was driving very gingerly, behind a lorry, just to see how high it would go. In normal driving, the range says about 450 miles, which works out to 28mpg, which isn't too bad for a petrol.

[paul b]

Marvellous achievement for a petrol, well done Nick. :beerchug:

[solskjaer99]

recently got 520miles out my A4 on mostly motorways at ~65mph. taught myself a whole new lesson in self discipline in the process!!!

[Col]

Normally I fill up get massive range in the first hundred miles or so, then get bored and hoon it as normal getting an average of 550 per tank.

This time I've done 277 with 570 indicated as left giving a 847 mile total range.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/A6/Image048.jpg

The target is to get over 700 before actually filling up this time.

Also this isn't as good as my previous record range but for good reason, this tank full is un-vented, that being approx 7 litres less fuel.

[RickT]

Think i need to try harder..... :D

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/RickT_album/16052009072.jpg

Rick

[Col]

Think i need to try harder..... :D

Rick

Rick,

I think you need to fill up !

What we cannot see there is how miles you managed in total on that tank?

Was, is that tank the one pre and post head gasket failure ?

If so, you have the forum record for having a tank of fuel that has lasted the longest ! Hands down, no quibbles, the only thing is you didn't drive it for 6 months ! :p

[Col]

And now onto something altogether more boring....

Finally coming to the end of my current tank and I have actually achieved the 700 mile mark.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/Image052.jpg

That is 707 driven and 40 remaining, total of 747 miles out of a massive great big A6 Avant with London traffic as well. Very pleased but that tankful was the most boring ever, don't think I ever took it over 2000 revs.

[RickT]

Rick,

I think you need to fill up !

What we cannot see there is how miles you managed in total on that tank?

Was, is that tank the one pre and post head gasket failure ?

If so, you have the forum record for having a tank of fuel that has lasted the longest ! Hands down, no quibbles, the only thing is you didn't drive it for 6 months ! :p

Bigcol, it sure is! it was actually around 9 months, :D and used around 10 litres of fuel on idle after hours of testing..

So.. 9 months to beat and the car did not move! :aargh4:

I have managed to get around 500 miles out of the Golf but that was just general motorway stop start driving..

I may give this a go the next time i fill it up!

Rick

[MalcQV]

Zero..... Petrol on a full tank :p:D

http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/picture.php?albumid=421&pictureid=1480

[elvismiggell]

Got it down to this on the way in to work...

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt67/elvismiggell/Car/10milestogo.jpg


Will be filling it up on the way home.

[Col]

905 indicated range plus 52 driven equals 957 total tank range.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/Image061.jpg

Amazed that the heavy old Hector A6 can do this. Will try to squeeze past the 1,000 mile barrier tomorrow.

[hagis]

I didn't get a photo of this as I don't have a camera phone and the wife was asleep, but...

We were on the motorway yesterday right after filling up, our toddler had just dropped off to sleep so I decided to take it slowly to let her have a decent nap and ended up sat behind a few lorries at 55MPH.

By the time I'd done about 60 miles the display was predicting I'd get 915 miles out of the tank!

[Col]

Done it (on the 2nd Sept)

Broke the 1,000 mile barrier in the A6, just, by one tenth of a mile.

85.1 driven plus 915 indicated range = 1,000.1 miles !

Sadly, shortly after that normal driving was resumed and the range on this tank is likely to come in at a more real world 600 to 650 miles.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/colin__/A6/Image071.jpg

Astonishing for a such a large car.