1.3sr mpg

[novag51]

I'm taxing the car today and as with many no as my fuel gauge don't work. So I'm not wanting to run out.

What miles do you guys get to £20 of fuel

[conza123]

I got about 260-270 to £40 driving like a **** most of the time lol

[Southie]

Get a large petrol can and put £20 in it, then run your car out of petrol.
Next put the £20 worth in your tank and zero your tripometer.
Then go and get £5 of fuel in a small can.
Drive around until the £20 has run out and the car coughs and splutters.
Then look at your tripometer, this will tell you accurately for your driving style.
Oh and put the £5 of petrol from the small can back in the car to get going again.

I've be done this btw lol

[marc69]

My 1.3 will do about 50 mpg on a long motorway run but about 35 mpg for town driving.

My 1984 swing gauge doesn't work, I just use the tripometer as the fuel gauge, every 200 miles or so, just fill the tank right up, zero the trip, another 200 miles or so, fill again.

If you are going to second guess it you'll end up running out at some point and putting all the rubbish through your carb and then either being lucky enough with some work getting it cleaned properly or having to try and find an accurately working replacement carb.

[turbojolt]

if you run it dry be prepared for it to run like **** afterward. mine did till i booted it down the motorway

[Nova00]

....and another with a petrol can in the boot and a pad of paper to note mileage. up to 380 per 1.4 tank. mpg aroung 38.

Excellent that your SR is going back on the road after such a long time.

[EwanG]

I get about 130-140 miles for £20.

[novag51]

Cheers lads I'll try that, just cleaned the carb out cos it was running like poop:cry: Hope I don't drag too much crud up but needs must.

nova00, Ben did all the hard work, I've just got to get it mint and put a clutch in it but that's no hard ship in the grand scheme of things

tbh im expecting teething troubles as it was last taxed in 1999

[Steve]

40mpg around town and thats with lots of stop starting and 50mpg on the motorway is what I got from mine

Cracking engines!:)

[bazil]

I used to get 100 miles to £10


That was in 1996 tho :-/

[marc69]

That would have been about 50mpg? unfortunately petrol is a little more expensive now.......



I used to get 100 miles to £10


That was in 1996 tho :-/

[Southie]

I used to get 100 miles to £10


That was in 1996 tho :-/
Those were the days, I could fill up my mk1 1.0 for £23 and cruise all night and still have quarter of a tank in the morning to last me the week for work lol

[marc69]

Cheers lads I'll try that, just cleaned the carb out cos it was running like poop:cry: Hope I don't drag too much crud up but needs must.

nova00, Ben did all the hard work, I've just got to get it mint and put a clutch in it but that's no hard ship in the grand scheme of things

tbh im expecting teething troubles as it was last taxed in 1999

Seriously don't be running the tank low/dry, it's not worth it if you get the car running well. To test the MPG, fill the tank full, run for a few hundred miles with the trip set at zero initially. Then refill it at the same fuel pump and you can work out from the miles it has done/litres used without pulling all the rubbish through the fuel lines and carb.

[Southie]

I used to put redex in back in the day when filling back up to flush the system through.

[Pulsar_stu]

Those were the days, I could fill up my mk1 1.0 for £23 and cruise all night and still have quarter of a tank in the morning to last me the week for work lol
I used to fill my mk1 1.4sr to the brim back then for £25 and do 60 mile a day going to work and back home and drive about of an evening lol

[Southie]

I used to fill my mk1 1.4sr to the brim back then for £25 and do 60 mile a day going to work and back home and drive about of an evening lol
lol tunes on and get home at silly o'clock and feel knackered for work the next day lol

[Pulsar_stu]

lol tunes on and get home at silly o'clock and feel knackered for work the next day lol

exactly! Lol the good old days hahaha

[Southie]

exactly! Lol the good old days hahaha
It's not the same in a new car these days and getting home at 8pm knackered lol

Someone lend me a Nova for the night, I need a fix lol

[millworm]

My 1.0 drinks fuel, richest car I've ever driven, the fumes will make your eyes water I'd be lucky to get 100mi to half a tank

[novag51]

I need a fix too, still not been near it yet and it was a glorious day today

[Southie]

Don't drive it hard, give it a service and remember its a 1.0 lol

I just enjoyed having my first car in 1994 and didn't worry about fuel or cigs for that matter, regal we're 99p for 10 back then lol

[millworm]

Don't drive it hard, give it a service and remember its a 1.0 lol

It's getting retired soon anyway for something that'll be even worse on fuel lol

[Southie]

I need a fix too, still not been near it yet and it was a glorious day today
Someone on here needs to sort a passenger Nova trackday out so all the older generation who've moved on or can't be arrsed running/building them can still have a smile on there face.

[Pulsar_stu]

It's not the same in a new car these days and getting home at 8pm knackered lol

Someone lend me a Nova for the night, I need a fix lol

I don't go out after 6pm these days and my sr hasn't been off the drive since I bought it last year lol

[marc69]

My 1.0 drinks fuel, richest car I've ever driven, the fumes will make your eyes water I'd be lucky to get 100mi to half a tank

You just might want to tune your carb lol! It should be really good on fuel, those ohvs use so little that whether you drive like a granny or rev like a nutter, there is very little difference.