im doing this many miles !!!

[blingsta]

Can someone tell me if doing 70-80 miles for Ԛ£20 petrol is ok?? thats all kinda driving by the way, sometimes slow and sometimes FAST...

[mark320i]

what engine you got mate?

[Chris-W]

Between 14 and 16 mpg. Not great! Is it a Range Rover 4.6 petrol?

[chu346]

What do you expect it's a 2.5 turbo!!!

Although I think it should be a little bit higher.

[blingsta]

im sorry guys, i forgot to mention.. 2.5 turbo... before turbo i was doing roughly 100 miles for Ԛ£20

[e30_Turbo]

Can someone tell me if doing 70-80 miles for Ԛ£20 petrol is ok?? thats all kinda driving by the way, sometimes slow and sometimes FAST...

Erel,

Having picked up on how you drive, ( good lad ) be happy with Ԛ£20 for 80 miles, you wait till you turn the boost up to nearer a bar..... I did Ԛ£20 in 30 miles!

This is one of the parts of the conversion you have to suck up and just live with, power is always gonna cost somehow but off boost long runs should see good returns.

Ant made it too my house & back ( 180 miles ) on a 1/4 of a tank so it's poss to get really good returns, but never while on boost or while racing everything in sight ( I know you do cos I did just to see how fast it really was back in the day, not Audi RS4 fast tho....hence the big turbo )

HTH, Mark.

[Jon_Bmw]

And i thought 21.22 combined was shocking

[blingsta]

Ha ha.. cheers for that Mark... you have picked up or been informed well on the way i drive!!!!! i tend to do 1 minute of sensible off boost driving, and the other 5mins on boost ....!! only to check and make sure everything is still there (u know what i mean)?. i suppose haveing a ferrari would do same fuel consumption?

[Ant]

whoosh-dump whoosh-dump

all that "wasted" boost, is wasted fuel dude

given the driving style and location, very not bad I'd say

wait til the 42# go in, and the boost goes up a tad

Oh yeah, fozzy is spot on, I used 1/4 tank on that trip, slow on the way up, 100+ most of the A14/A12 on the way back. 41 minutes door to door coming home

[fuzzy]

Can someone tell me if doing 70-80 miles for Ԛ£20 petrol is ok??

welcome to the turbo club i think ive had it down to about 40-50 miles to Ԛ£20 which is to work and back one day then to work the next day needing filled up again on the way home

[kam-325i]

Its not just the extra air creating all that power !!!!

[Turbo-Brown]

Crikey, I ran Brown up to the midlands over summer on a combination of A roads, B roads and motorways (and randomly saw a mate of mine in his Corrado on the way too, so had to show him how slow his car is).....had a fuel leak and still managed to get 28mpg!

[gareth]

that' not at all bad alex!

my M30 does less than20mpg but i've not been out of town more than once or twice! (other than up the strip and that was shocking!)

[blingsta]

some days i say to myself, no whooshing today, so i go out and within 10mins the devil makes me do it !!!! oh well, i gotta live with it i suppose

[Gouki]

think mine does 30-40 miles to a tenner.