Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23741
Disregard the figures from the vehicle information.
I use a fuel app. Road Trip Lite (free version) as recommended by others here, for accurate fuel use. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
31st Mar 2017 6:58 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14047
Davethegeo wrote:
There is a fiddle factor that can be applied to the MPG readouts using an IID tool. Sorry I can't remember in which section of the CCF the fiddle factor is as I'm nowhere near either my car or the IID. I tweaked mine, and now the displayed MPG agrees pretty well with what I calculate.
thks, found out that is for the D4s only
31st Mar 2017 7:49 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14047
LT wrote:
Disregard the figures from the vehicle information.
I use a fuel app. Road Trip Lite (free version) as recommended by others here, for accurate fuel use.
thks, don't take any notice of the onboard display
as i haven't done a long trip yet it was just generally what u guys get out of a tank
on searching through the forum it seems around 350 miles is an average figure
There is a fiddle factor that can be applied to the MPG readouts using an IID tool. Sorry I can't remember in which section of the CCF the fiddle factor is as I'm nowhere near either my car or the IID. I tweaked mine, and now the displayed MPG agrees pretty well with what I calculate.
Think it's -7% (Thanks to Robbie) it's pretty much spot on at that, only differs in the winter when using the FBH.
31st Mar 2017 8:41 pm
JMack
Member Since: 02 Aug 2014
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 1517
gstuart wrote:
as i haven't done a long trip yet it was just generally what u guys get out of a tank
on searching through the forum it seems around 350 miles is an average figure
I'd be disappointed if I didn't get at least 450 miles per tank, if not 500+.
But I often do longer runs, not just around town all the time.
1st Apr 2017 11:23 am
Discologist
Member Since: 19 May 2014
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 541
I'm going to continue to tell myself that it was under-reading this morning...
1st Apr 2017 11:29 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14047
JMack wrote:
gstuart wrote:
as i haven't done a long trip yet it was just generally what u guys get out of a tank
on searching through the forum it seems around 350 miles is an average figure
I'd be disappointed if I didn't get at least 450 miles per tank, if not 500+.
But I often do longer runs, not just around town all the time.
didn't realise u can get that amount of mileage out of a tank , suppose if i stick to around 65mph the mpg will improve
averaging around 25mpg to get that kind of range
1st Apr 2017 4:00 pm
Davethegeo
Member Since: 01 Oct 2015
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 908
On average I get 350 miles/tank. My biggest mileage between fill ups is 535 so far. Which makes you realise, looking at the average, that sometimes I get very few miles per tank driving mainly round town.D1 300Tdi - gone
D2 Td5 ES (Alive remapped...mmm) - sadly gone
D4 2012 SDV6 XS - Stolen
D4 2014 SDV6 HSE - Shiny
1st Apr 2017 4:26 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14047
surprising how low it drops in the winter , think mine was doing around 10mpg around town
will be doing a 2-300 mile round trip soon so will be interesting to see how it averages out
still wouldn't change it for anything else, such an awesome drive
1st Apr 2017 10:08 pm
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2571
Put 51 litres in today for 171miles so 15.2mpg for urban / extra urban
Computer was telling me 18.2mpg
8th Apr 2017 7:15 pm
timmyt79
Member Since: 18 Oct 2016
Location: Pemrokeshire
Posts: 588
SafariDave wrote:
Thursdays.
Last time I was there it was hot and sunny for about a week. I was thanked for bringing the dry warm weather. Would Love to surf while I am out there, but one of my boards is in Souther California and my other here in NYC probably to expensive to fly with them to do a surf trip in the UK or Ireland, seen some of the great surf spots in Ir they do look beautiful and cold. Maybe while we are there and near a surf-able beach I might rent a board and surf the spot.
Dave
If you happen to head to west wales (Pembrokeshire) We have great surf and i have (way too many) surfboards i could lend you
Oh and the obligatory wet suit!
On the:
Length of journey....cold or hot start
Speeds you travel at....steady or Emerson Fittipaldi
Type of roads used .....Motorways or ordinary roads....ability to keep up an average speed
State of engine.....is it serviced ?..air filter good ? Quite a few other things..... others will advise one item by one item
The weather.....winter or summer.....winter the fuel burning heater comes into play
Have EGR's been blanked ?
Auto or manual?
My well serviced in good nick D3 with almost 120k - ten years old
on long trips - low 30's.....regardless of load....but on motorway & dual carriageway....not over legal speed that much
Around local.....maybe mid 20's
Lots of variables.
Are you wanting to re chip to get more oomph or more mpg ?
Is it already chipped ?BREXIT - done properly.
Right now ...We need Government - not Politics
Save the Dipstick Flagbearer-keep it simple, less likely to fail campaign-agenda items:Starting Handles, Acetylene Lamps.
Founder: Dipsticks-R-Us Inc
D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
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Thursdays.
