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Finally! Made it after nearly 2 years of ownership. Colchester to past Bristol and back to Whitechapel. Had a few fun squirts around the Somerset coast but mainly behaved. Could obvs have gone farther but took advantage of a cheap petrol station. Telling Mrs New Duke that this car does 25mpg is finally the truth.
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Well done mate.
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I just got 357 miles from a tank on my S1, including some on-track time 8)

However that might not be "real" as I suspect that I forgot to reset the count when I topped-up last, plus there was the extra can at the track...

A few years ago, on a dry Blyton Park, I managed to get below 6mpg.

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warpc0il wrote:
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A few years ago, on a dry Blyton Park, I managed to get below 6mpg.
According to DashCommand and an OBD scanner, I averaged 4.7mpg around Silverstone National Track on a 20 minute stint! :lol:
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Gotta be a record right there :lol: The space shuttle gets better MPG than these rotaries :lol:
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I’m on 300 miles with a quarter of the tank left. Suggests I could get 400 if I ran to empty. Did a couple of long motorway stints with some good hooning along the way and a few short journeys.
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But remember the tank isn't constant area all the way down. The top 'half' has more capacity than the bottom 'half'
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Nah, hitting 300 at a quarter means you can get to 400. you can push 65 with the fuel light on :thumleft:

Ideally you want to be at ~325 at a quarter, but it's still doable.

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I forget to reset the trip computer most of the time and I don't really do any motorway/cruising but I consistently get under 200 miles to a tank
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The best I got so far was 285, but there are just too many things to consider, after I changed the tyres I got a noticeable higher fuel consumption, but I'm happy to give away 20 to 25 miles out of a tank of fuel for the grip I have with these tyres (Yokohama Advan sport v105). I'll give this challange a try, that's if I convince my better half to stay at home while I do it, plus I'm quite heavy footed.
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I got over 300 miles on the FD for the first time on my last tank. 311 miles for 61L. 23mpg... Still haven't done it in an 8 yet...

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So I have just done my first long drive in my Rex and I'm happy with what I have so far just wonder how much more I can get out of the rest of the tank.
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Good grief! That's good going even for a 192. There's at least another 30 miles in there.
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Nerdstrike wrote:
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Good grief! That's good going even for a 192. There's at least another 30 miles in there.
Yeah I'm shocked as well I just wish I had more motorway to be on to see what's left in it
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You should be able yo join the S1 350 club
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Nerdstrike wrote:
Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:19 pm
Good grief! That's good going even for a 192. There's at least another 30 miles in there.
:shock: And then some I'd say.
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Ok so I made it and I think it's as far as I could take it haha.
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Good grief :shock:
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The Ginga NinjRx8 wrote:
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Ok so I made it and I think it's as far as I could take it haha.
Those last few miles are stressful ones! Well done.
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Even had enough fuel left to idle while getting someone to take the photo! Do you have no brake pads in or something?
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Strong tailwind perhaps? Normally I can get 200 miles out of 3/4 tank on the European roads at 130kph(81mph), then I get scared and cluck my way to the nearest filling station.
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I have bulls of steel haha.

I was on the last dash before I got into the car and drove another 13 miles to play golf the another mile and half to the petrol station lol.

Is this a record miles then?
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Never heard of any 8 getting above 325, even a 192, that’s damn impressive! I’ve only ever seen 297, and I had a dodgy stat that went apeshit if I went over 3k RPMs!


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Its a very elite club the S1 350 mile. You really need a seriously long non stop motorway trip such as mine from Cumbernauld to Cheltenham.
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That was South London to Newcastle that is about 320 motorway and the rest was around town
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