Top Gear: 700 miles on one tank of gas challenge.

[OutHouse]

i didnt think it was possible but i guess it is.

and here i was thinking that getting 27mpg highway in my camry was doing great. i took a road trip in july was was barely able to squeeze out 500 miles in 1 tank.

 

[Crono]

Big tanks, efficient diesel engines, careful driving. You saw how exhausted Jeremy was after that trip, though, it's not easy or fun to be watching your fuel efficiency like a hawk.

Volkswagon is taking advantage, they advertise close to 800 miles per tank with the TDIs.

Even without clean diesels or hybrids, you can do better than 27 MPG now. I get 30+ MPG on the highway with my V6 Mustang, 25 combined.

 

[mmntech]

i didnt think it was possible but i guess it is.

Chevrolet Volt can do it easily assuming you drive only 35mi at a time and plug it in at night. In theory you could go 700mi without using a drop of gas.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

hey with 2 30-gallon tanks in a ginormous truck that's only 11.666 mpg! i could do that in an ice cream truck

 

[Monster_Munch]

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-passat-tdi-travels-1626.html

1626 miles is possible if you drive perfectly.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-passat-tdi-travels-1626.html

1626 miles is possible if you drive perfectly.

woooo those 2 must be fun at parties.

 

[xSauronx]

i didnt think it was possible but i guess it is.

and here i was thinking that getting 27mpg highway in my camry was doing great. i took a road trip in july was was barely able to squeeze out 500 miles in 1 tank.

my camry gets like 29 or 30 with premium

my friends BMW still does better on the highway by 2 or 3 at least

but around town it eats fuel like its going out of style

 

[LTC8K6]

New Passat TDI should do that since it has an 18.5 gallon tank. The EPA highway number is 40-43mpg, but that's pretty easily beaten with a little attention to your driving. I'm sure you could get close to 50mpg on the highway with it.

 

[lokiju]

I've never made a habit of watching the BBC Top Gear since I don't have legal means to do so but do watch the USA one.

I did however see a clip a few weeks back now from the BBC one with that 3 wheeled Robin that was hilarious, I was literally laughing out loud so hard my wife insisted knowing what the fuss was all about and I watched it again with her and she was laughing as hard.

This is the Robin episode I'm talking about if anyone's interested.

One thing I noticed though was they stated things in miles and gallons at times, with it being a BBC/UK based show, I wondered, why?

Do they always do that?

 

[Monster_Munch]

One thing I noticed though was they stated things in miles and gallons at times, with it being a BBC/UK based show, I wondered, why?

Do they always do that?

Here in the UK we use an idiotic combination of both metric and imperial units. We still measure road distances in miles and fuel economy in mpg. But when we buy gas we pay for it by the litre.

 

[_Rick_]

Because the Empire that dubbed the Imperial units was the British Empire?
Imperial units remain in partial use in the UK.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Why even buy into this BS? Its not real world--and neither is the government EPA ratings on cars. If you drive short trips, stuck in everyday bad traffic, etc. then you can expect city EPA results at best.

 

[waggy]

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-passat-tdi-travels-1626.html

1626 miles is possible if you drive perfectly.

wow.

 

[LTC8K6]

Why even buy into this BS? Its not real world--and neither is the government EPA ratings on cars. If you drive short trips, stuck in everyday bad traffic, etc. then you can expect city EPA results at best.

Car and Driver got 45mpg with a Passat TDI on a long run, and 42mpg observed overall. I'm sure they were not gentle on the car, either. Plus, it was the automatic, which is EPA rated lower than the manual.

So I think it's safe to say that 700 miles on a tank is no problem with a Passat TDI.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2012-volkswagen-passat-tdi-se-road-test-review

 

[waggy]

hmm started doing some research on the TDI sounds perfect for what we do.

 

[thomsbrain]

If you drive with a woman, this figure is meaningless. You will need to stop every 250 miles to pee, whether you need gas or not. On road trips in my Accord, we generally need two pee stops for every actual gas purchase stop. The gas tank could be half the size and it wouldn't affect anything.

 

[Evadman]

I have driven 5,127 miles on 0 gallons of gas. I have infinite MPG so far. As soon as they put a gas tank in my car, maybe I will put gas in it. Or not.

 

[MontyAC]

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-passat-tdi-travels-1626.html

1626 miles is possible if you drive perfectly.

That is impressive. :thumbsup:

 

[LTC8K6]

I have driven 5,127 miles on 0 gallons of gas. I have infinite MPG so far. As soon as they put a gas tank in my car, maybe I will put gas in it. Or not.

You are just using a different kind of fuel.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

I have driven 5,127 miles on 0 gallons of gas. I have infinite MPG so far. As soon as they put a gas tank in my car, maybe I will put gas in it. Or not.

i wouldn't be shocked if the energy required for many of those 5,127 miles is greater than that needed by a conventional car, from factory to crusher.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I can push 400+ on my Civic if its all highway. Only a 12 gallon tank.

 

[Phanuel]

I've never made a habit of watching the BBC Top Gear since I don't have legal means to do so but do watch the USA one.

Dude, http://www.finalgear.com/ torrents for every episode. Jeremy and Will even refer to this site during episodes/interviews when they talk about the 'internets' talking about them.

 

[tynopik]

if a tanker truck was hooked up properly, how far could it go on one tank?

edit: apparently the capacity of the largest US tanker truck is 9,100 gallons

 

[Puppies04]

Guys just so you know anything quoted from the UK will be an imperial gallon which is about 0.83 of a US gallon so you can add about 20% to any UK MPG figures if you were filling up across the pond.

i.e. if you find a golf TDI that quotes 50MPG (imperial) in europe it is going to be around 60MPG (US).

 

[Baked]

With the way I drive, I'm lucky if I get 200 miles outta a tank of gas. Much more fun to drive that way.