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Old 04-11-2007, 12:48 PM
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Just brought my first S2 Turbo, its costing me over a tenner a day in petrol! Can anyone tell me if this is normal!?!
Old 04-11-2007, 12:53 PM
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Get used to it!

Mine was just as bad mate. £10 a day was almost the norm depending on what i was upto/how hard my foor was down.
Old 04-11-2007, 12:55 PM
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ha ha great! You gota love em though!
Old 04-11-2007, 12:57 PM
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Depends how many miles your doing dont it

Mine uses quite abit, all good fun though
Old 04-11-2007, 12:59 PM
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I'm getting 30 - 40 miles a tenner?!
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your getting 30-40 miles on a tenner?
Old 04-11-2007, 01:06 PM
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Yes is that really bad?
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no id be lucky to get 15-18 out of mine if i dont boot it much.
My mates is not much better and his is pretty much standard.
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Oh right not too bad at all then!
Old 04-11-2007, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by carlyrs
Oh right not too bad at all then!
mines a frst running good power and i get 45/55 on £10
Old 04-11-2007, 03:44 PM
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I get about 140 miles from £20 quid - and I thought that was pretty bad.

The cossy will do 60-65 miles on a tenner. 15-18 miles on a tenner must be running way too rich I'd guess.
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I can do with 10 pounds about 100 kilometers maximum. standard engine
Old 04-11-2007, 04:21 PM
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mine does about 50 miles on £10
Old 04-11-2007, 07:02 PM
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Mine has just done 220miles on a tankful and I reckon theres another 20-30 miles in it yet.

Im happy with the economy.
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mines gets around 40-50 on a tenner
Old 04-11-2007, 07:30 PM
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mies used to get 60 to a tenner
Old 04-11-2007, 11:13 PM
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whoops i had mpg in my head (sorry)so yea mine does about 30/maybe 40 if i was very careful but mines still been set up rich.
Old 04-11-2007, 11:49 PM
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All my rs turbo's have done around 70-75 to a tenner but all have have had spot on set-ups, here's my standard FRST tailpipe after a 280 mile drive back from ford fair, and this was running bang on:

Old 05-11-2007, 08:15 AM
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Mines still got 3/4 of a tank of OPtimax in it since filling up on Nov 3rd 2006. Cars only been driven out of the garage at my mums place though

Must get off my backside and get her sorted
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mines had 20 quid of petrol in it for a whole year now mainly due to the fact its taking ages to get the thing put back together lol
Old 05-11-2007, 12:11 PM
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i used to get 100 miles easy out of mine in 1998
Old 05-11-2007, 06:36 PM
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I get 75 miles to £25 of super unleaded.
Old 05-11-2007, 06:38 PM
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60 miles to a tenner is about right.
Old 05-11-2007, 10:12 PM
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went to croft from south wales in mine in sept, did 260miles on a tankfull, the car is standard. Car started to cough and splutter as we drove through croft main entrance, still showing a quarter of a tank on the needle, forgot that the good old s2 can suffer from dodgy fuel senders/gague's
Old 06-11-2007, 03:42 PM
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i've managed to squeeze 100 miles out of a tenner in my RS1800, Was total granny driving though Last week though barely managed 280 miles from a full tank (€44)
Old 06-11-2007, 04:31 PM
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I get about 110 miles out of £95 worth of 102.
Old 06-11-2007, 05:36 PM
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I get 70-75 miles on a tenner unleaded & 60-65 on a tenner optimax.

Cars standard apart from mongoose exhaust.
Old 06-11-2007, 05:45 PM
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i got 260 miles out of mine on £38 of optimax (last time i remembered to press the button)
with cosworth managment with average driving so im happy
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