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Originally Posted by Arragonis
Possibly not at the moment. Did an experiment as my tank to tank is poor but it matches the SG2 fillups and the SG2 keeps telling every trip is fueled by Unicorn pee as I'm using little petrol.
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This is why I stick to "tank by tank" MPG's- I quite often burn through one a week, so the granularity of feedback is sufficinent for my needs- plus it means I don't "Obsess" on each individual trip- as you know, attention is better paid on the m8
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Experiment was how far before bar 1 goes on the useless*dumb*idiotic fuel gauge bars thing. When I started 90 was good, then got it up to 120 last summer, and now its about 115 - which should mean not so far from when I got 120 (and got a 68+ MPG for the tank), but tank MPGs are much lower.
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I usually get circa 90 miles to an indicated 1/8th of a tank.. HOWEVER, with the Veg oil, if cold, the sender can stick- usually on the uphill exit from my street...means it can show 1/2 tank when I have 3/4rd tank..
I just generally try to fill it befor 670 miles, as I know it'll go roughly that far on a tank
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For this tank I have not hypermiled, I have sinned (been up to 70, and explored the area over 3000 RPM a few times) - quite fun for such a small engine. 1st bar went at 113 miles.
So actually hypermiling means nothing
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Funnily enough, a couple of tanks back I did 620 miles over 3 days, lots of indicated 70 mph, holding the lower gears, attacking rural roads (as much as you can in a td golf..) and got 54mpg from the tank
I reckon Aero is gonna be the big thing for me on this car due to the motorway use- the diesel is already much more efficient than a petrol lump- making the car easier to move will be key methinks