Fuel Consumption.

lcd,
yes the lexus (an ls 400 - 4 litre 32 valve v8) really was that bad. i probably spent about 40 quid a week on petrol - and i work at home! if i had to go up to brum on business the round trip would cost about 40-50 quid in petrol so 80 quid that week. oh and that was a steady 80 on the cruise control not driving it like i stole it.
fan-fecking-tastic car though. if i'm ever in the position to afford one again i wouldn;t hesitate a second to buy another.
cheers


julian.

 

Depends how you drive it - I never tried to drive my 320D economically and got 45.5mpg over the 52K miles I had it - fantastic economy for a fairly quick car. I didn't miss by Impreza Turbo as much as I thought I would so you should be okay coming from the M3 to the 320D.

The 330D is another matter though :JPS:

Matt.

p.s. I'd also say if you can find one with the Harmon Kardon hifi go for it - the standard system is a bit weedy and notoriously difficult to upgrade as it uses balanced signals I believe.

 

great choice the 320D,they are stealth weapons when remapped

 

Speaking of remaps, does anyone have experience of re-mapping the VAG 1.8T engines ? I've currently got 180bhp/173lb ft, but have heard/read that a remap would turn it into something else (with stealth) :JPS: I'm fighting off the temptation for a £500 remap, but the urge is getting stronger

 

Mmm, yummy, a VAG 1.8T unit.

AMD tuning in Oxford can give you loads for £550 http://www.auto-amd.com/a3engine18.asp

40 bhp and 40 lb/ft.

You that you can not resist for much longer

 

the 1.8T is an easy engine to tune,loads of tuners about,check out Briskoda or mrkIV forums

215bhp is easily achievable

 

My mate has a 1.8T Ibiza FR remapped to 215 bhp, and that thing is an absolute rocket of a car. He raced an M3 in it once, and although the M3 was pulling away a bit, he didnt get the thrashing I anticipated him getting. Up to an indicated 150 mph, I'd say the BMW only pulled about 10 car lengths ahead!

Not bad for a shopping trolley....

Oh as to answer the original question, I dont get any MPG, because I no longer have my car But when I did, the average was about 37.... this was in a Skoda Fabia 1.9 TDI vRS. Highest was 52 MPG, lowest was 25.

 

I've been looking on the SEAT forums and think that, if any, it would have to be REVO (although I know custom remaps would offer more "bang-for-buck"). This is purely because my car is only 1 year old and REVO is an undetectable remap which can be "switched off" when it goes into the dealers. My only real concern is reliability - I don't want to f**k up the engine in what is a fantastic car.

I must admit though, that £500 is starting to burn a hole in my pocket

 

Interestingly enough I found myself behind an Audi S4 cabriolet this morning, waiting to get on to the acceleration lane of the motorway – it was clear he was going to go for it and that the 330D wouldn’t keep up but the question was – how close would it be. The V8 engined S4 has oodles of power (344bhp) but it’s a heavy beast – torque is identical at 302lbs/ft but the 330D gives this at 1500 revs, 2000 revs earlier than the S4.

The answer is – yes he pulled away from me but not by a huge margin – I was surprised and I’m sure he would have assumed it was a 330 petrol hanging on his tail – unfortunately he never got to see the back of my car which would have revealed he’d been run close by a derv drinker!

Getting this tale back in line with this thread, the combined mpg of the S4 cabrio is a shocking 20.3mpg – less than half that of the 330D. Don’t get me wrong – the S4 cabrio is a lovely car but you’d have to have money to burn to justify that kind of consumption for the middling performance gain it buys.

I tell you what I was also wondering, given the talk of chipping, and that was how much closer our little burn up might have been with the 260bhp chip that’s available for the 330D.

Matt.

 

Batfink

be careful with Revo,although they are supposed to be undetectable,there are reports of them leaving 'Revo' in the code,whic would be a problem if you wrote the car off and the warranty company asked for the Ecu

I am currently languising in company car hell so i had to take a 2.0 Golf Gt Tdi,due to fascist tax laws and co2 emissions,and i'm not supposed to tune it,so i stuck in a 300 quid tuning box and the car is now a nice little understated road rocket

diesels are easier and cheaper to tune,all you do is dump more fuel in

 

nitrous and propane is the manly way to tune a diesel engine none of this namby pamby ecu shite.
cheers


julian

 

yes,quite

 

The latest VAG V8 4.2 in the S4 is no heavier than the 2.7 Twin Turbo it replaced. I realise the 330D is a great car with tons of low end torque, but beyond 4500 rpm the V8 petrol is going to eat it up without too much trouble right up beyond 7K. Maybe he wasnt pushing it as hard as you think?

I would add the 530D (latest) out performs the 530i in pretty much every comparison so there's no doubt the latest commonrail BMW diesels are serious powerplants.

 

Ju's is right, though I've broken 2 driveshafts on the rollers trying to get the nitrous to work, though I'm up to 448 lbs with out the gas, mind you its interesting when the UJ lets go

 

Has anyone tried mixing Toluene in with Optimax?

 

Greg,
Octane boost contains a lot of Toluene, though maybe a bit more would gop a miss. Todays cars have knock sensors which automaticial reduce the ignition timing in the event of pre-igntion, except scoobys who just blow up on anything less than 100 octane

 

actually,its Imports and P1s that do that

 

A lot of tuned ones do as well Dave

 

I know,but then again,their are a lot of crap tuners about

plus there is the infamous bigend number 3

 

Yes there are a lot of internet garage owners for sure out there, but one or two manage to get it right