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[quote=\"Joff\"]WTF? Why are you driving it like that? Put some rpm through it ffs. Change at 3.5-4k.[/quote]

Chill out!

Ive started changin at 3-3.5k and ive just done 90 miles to £10! well happy!

Great.

i gota 1.2 8v, doing about 240 miles to 35 litres, works out about 33 mpg, lately been driving quite a lot in town and did 185 miles on 31 litres. Thats olny 27 mpg! From a 1.2 8v 5 speed!

I got 78miles to ma £20 that wasnt even me driving it hard (X16XE) .... and petrol is only 90.9 here! But on average i tend to get around 120 - 160.

[quote=\"tomsimes\"]i gota 1.2 8v, doing about 240 miles to 35 litres, works out about 33 mpg, lately been driving quite a lot in town and did 185 miles on 31 litres. Thats olny 27 mpg! From a 1.2 8v 5 speed![/quote]

Either the engine is knackered or you cant drive. I always get 400-450 miles to a tank in my 1.2 8v 5speed.

That includes town driving, motorways (90mph) and dual carriage ways.

im limited to 5.5k at the moment and i managed to get 190miles from a full tank of optimax...... so thats say £43 pounds of fuel! so to £20 ill get say 70 or 80 miles on a good day! WOW i rock

p.s. its an x16xe too

With my newer corsa (L-reg 1.4 8v Flair) I have just managed to scrape 298 (so say 300) miles out of a full tank.

More town driving than dual carriageway/motorway use, but still giving it a bit of hammer here and there.

I think corsa\'s wernt designed to be fuel efficient

They are full effcient, if u drive them right..

Ive just filled it up (£36.50) so watch this space... *aiming for 320miles...*

[quote=\"broster\"]im limited to 5.5k at the moment and i managed to get 190miles from a full tank of optimax...... so thats say £43 pounds of fuel! so to £20 ill get say 70 or 80 miles on a good day! WOW i rock

p.s. its an x16xe too [/quote]

what the fcuk?! whats wrong with it? is it on tb\'s? hence why its so poo?

Tell me how to drive it right then!

[quote=\"voodoo_jellybaby2k2\"]Tell me how to drive it right then![/quote]

Don\'t coast with the clutch in.
Don\'t brake, use the gears to slow you.
Only use 1/3 throttle.
Anticipate traffic in front (No point hammering up to a set of lights that are on red)
Change at 3500rpm (If you have a rev counter)
Using the gears is the best method, don\'t red-line it everywhere. Use the effectiveness of the gearbox to accelerate and you\'ll still keep up with traffic without using 1/2 > 3/4 throttle.

when you say only use 1/3 throttle do you mean, only put your foot on the accelarator a 1/3 down, or only rev to a third of the rev range.... if that makes sense.

[quote=\"Brycey\"][quote=\"voodoo_jellybaby2k2\"]Tell me how to drive it right then![/quote]

Don\'t coast with the clutch in.
Don\'t brake, use the gears to slow you.
Only use 1/3 throttle.
Anticipate traffic in front (No point hammering up to a set of lights that are on red)
Change at 3500rpm (If you have a rev counter)
Using the gears is the best method, don\'t red-line it everywhere. Use the effectiveness of the gearbox to accelerate and you\'ll still keep up with traffic without using 1/2 > 3/4 throttle.[/quote]

That would actually use more fuel wouldnt it.

If u can hear ur backbox, uve got ya foot down too hard (depending how loud ur backbox is) I just hardly put my foot down, and let the revs go up nice n slow. Dont labour, cause u\'ll have to put ur foot down harder 2 get the car moving. I change at 3,000rpm. Dont rush up to 3k, cause it will use too much fuel.

Broster is it me or did u just get ur car rr\'ed at 181bhp? why have u got 131bhp below ur car pic?

old engine was 138bhp, new one is 181bhp

Just filled the tank up 43 odd litres..... See how many miles i get

I just got 160 miles to £20 i think, im not sure if it was £20 or £30....

I have an oil leak and so need a new rockercover gasket. Although i think its more major than that as my oil went from maximum to minimum in approx a week!!! And also my waters going down quite quickly too! And its quite dirty too, even though we cleaned all the pipes out less than 2000 miles ago....