In todays climate, how far is £50 going to get me?

[T11MNM]

As the title suggests.

I travel ~200 miles a week combined motorway/town driving and would like to get a feel of the costs involved.

Thanks

Tim

[robedwards99]

£50 should get you 200 miles if you are efficient with the loud pedal!

The most I\'ve got with a stock FD is about 260miles, general around town it\'s about 180miles.

[johnf]

I\'d base it on:

£50 = 10.5gals

10.5gals @ 18mpg = about 190 perhaps 200 driven slowly.

Having had an FD for five years I never got to the magical 20mpg and I consider I drove with a light foot most of the time.

John

[T11MNM]

Thanks guys, is £50 going to fill the tank?

[20B_boy]

Thanks guys, is £50 going to fill the tank?

More like £70 or more if its proper empty. I used to put £65+ in FD\'s long before the recent fuel price hikes...the tanks are about 70 litres.

[gonzoninja]

I use my FD as a daily drive costs me £65 a tank, which lasts approx 250 miles.

[Nik da Greek]

I put £70 in to brim full yesterday. Lasts 220 to 260 miles roughly depending on how much town work I have to do.

[FD3SNuttah]

i did bristol and back from donny at average speed 80-90 mph there and back and it took me a tank and a quarter. expect half that if not less in town!

Dont get disheartened tho its worth the juice for the pleasure!!!

[S3TH]

I get the same as Nik, roughly £72 for a full tank but don\'t really let it go below the quarter line, I like some reserve fuel... :Giggle
Don\'t worry about consumption!
I do find tho, that if I don\'t drive for a couple of weeks I\'m a bit richer, strange phenomenon!

[T11MNM]

Cheers guys, it\'s not a real worry just something that needs to be factored in when budgeting.

[FD3SNuttah]

when you first buy an FD the fuel bill is like three times as much as it should be in the first few weeks at least cos you simply wont be able to get out of it!

[rxsevenfd3s]

i use my rex as a daily driver and i work 5 miles from home plus the odd run in to town for grocerys and general crap and it cost me on average £30 a week thats about 42p a mile that nearly .33 of a liter a mile BUT IT\'S SO FUN and lucky on big runs it dose about 250-260 a tank witchcost me about £70

[rxsevenfd3s]

sorry it\'s not Halloween yet

[m4drx]

20!!!

i only get 10-12 max!

stocko with apexi base map

[iaint]

With a sigle turbo you shoul find you\'re getting 22-26mpg.  If i\'m doing a mway run I get about 350 miles from a tank.