car - fuel - gallons - litre

[caretaker]

We always say my car dose 30 to the gallon but we don't bye in gallons we bye in litre's.
Why is this?

 

[andycktm]

My car does 60 mpg
Metric!, but for me the smaller the unit the smaller the price......seems.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Why is this?

Probably because £1-10 a litre sounds affordable whereas £5 a gallon doesn't :shock:

Cheers :wink:

Paul (who still measures in feet and inches 8) )

 

[caretaker]

So if my car did 30 mpg what will it do to the letre.
I am no good at maths.
What sort of engine has a car that dose 60mpg ?

 

[wizer]

What sort of engine has a car that dose 60mpg ?

 

[gardenshed]

So if my car did 30 mpg what will it do to the letre.
I am no good at maths.
What sort of engine has a car that dose 60mpg ?

When I worked in the oil industry, a UK gallon = 4.45622 lts.
The last 2 fractions I believe have changed slightly, but 4.45lts is accurate enough to worked out the mpg

 

[garywayne]

caretaker

I think I have this right. (I hope I have this right). :lol:
There are 4.546 Liters to the Gallon. (according to my converter thingy).

30mpg = 30 miles divided by 4.546 Liters, Which equal 6.6mpl.

I hope this is what you where after.

 

[frugal]

caretaker

I think I have this right. (I hope I have this right). :lol:
There are 4.546 Liters to the Gallon. (according to my converter thingy).

30mpg = 30 miles divided by 4.546 Liters, Which equal 6.6mpl.

I hope this is what you where after.

Although all car brochures will advertise the fuel comsumption in litres per 100 km. rather than mile per gallon. So the measure is now volume per distance rather than distance per volume.

Fortunately Google calculator will convert it for you. Just stick "30mpg in l/100km" into the google search and it will do the converstion for you.

 

[Jenx]

Check out an issue of WHAT CAR magazine.... they quote figures in MPG, because most of us still 'understand' miles per gallon clearer than we do litres per mile.

60MPG is not a particularly astounding figure for many of today's 'refined' diesels.... the Mini Diesel is quoted at 72.4 Mpg,

others for example on the 'combined' cycle ( or average Urban / rural, as we used to call it ) ......


BMW 320d SE - 53.3 MPG

AUDI A3 Sportback 1.9TDi - 62.8 MPG

FORD FIESTA 1.6 TDCi Ghia - 64.2 MPG

FORD MONDEO 2.0 TDCi 140 Edge Estate - 47.9 MPG
( interesting, as this is my car - and at now 8500 miles, the car's own computer is telling me average consumption is 40.4 MPG.... but then I do have a tendency to 'enjoy the performance of the vehicle' a little, on relatively uncongested roads up in N.E.Scotland )

JAGUAR X-Type Saloon 2.0D SE - 49.1 MPG

PEUGEOT 207 HDi 90 1.6 - 62.7 MPG



We all are probably aware that diesel fuel is a bit more expensive than Petrol... but diesel engines are up to 15% More efficient than a petrol engine * and produce correspondingly lower levels of C02 emissions as a result, so one would have thought that in these 'eco-clown' times, the government would be encouraging people to go for diesel powered cars in preference to Petrol.... and consequently lessen the amout of taxation levied on this particualr fuel....... but that would of course, show way too much common sense and raise much less revenue for HM Gov's coffers.

Taxation to the individual driving a company car, should it be a diesel, attracts an additional +3% loading ( or liability ), which seems crazy, for the same reasons. The government is coming under increased pressure to abandon this... but of course, they are much more inclined to maintain the level of revenue raised from business motorists than they are in encouraging 'greener' motoring, which they pay 'lip service' to, but not a lot more.

In summary though... your 60MPG figure is reasonably easily achieved with today's efficient diesel engines.

* From the SMMT & The BVRLA research.



:wink: 8)

 

[bugbear]

Check out an issue of WHAT CAR magazine.... they quote figures in MPG, because most of us still 'understand' miles per gallon clearer than we do litres per mile.

This is of course self-perpetuating.

BugBear

 

[woodbloke]

Jenx wrote:

your 60MPG figure is reasonably easily achieved with today's efficient diesel engines.

...wish my Landy did 60mpg ...filling it up on the forecourt is a truly eyewatering experience now - Rob

 

[Jenx]

Last motor for me was an ISUZU 3.0 Rodeo Max Truck... did about 18 to the gallon. :shock:

Crap thing, hopeless in every respect. never again.

If I had to buy a car this afternoon... Skoda Octavia 2.0 Diesel Estate.
absolutely no doubt about it.
:wink:


well maybe a Lambo' Murcelago if I was really honest ! ha ha ha

Check out an issue of WHAT CAR magazine.... they quote figures in MPG, because most of us still 'understand' miles per gallon clearer than we do litres per mile.

This is of course self-perpetuating.

BugBear

Why ? --
its more to do with most people being familiar with what a two gallon bucket looks like, or a gallon of ice cream, or how long it takes to fill our 12 or 13 gallon tank while standing at the pump, or a motorbike's 4 gallon tank, its familiarity, isn't it ?
I cant see how its WHAT CAR's fault for the perpetuation of something which we as a nation, as a general rule, understand. :?:
I dont get your point. :?
We all understand MPG much better than we do MPL.

I guess its similar to Temperture... when its warm, we all quote the figure in Farenheit... " Oh its 80 degrees out there today".. and yet, when its cold.. we all seem to go for Centigrade ... " 4 Below today, Mildred.. better look out your best winter bloomers"

We're a bizarre nation sometimes !

Jenx wrote:

your 60MPG figure is reasonably easily achieved with today's efficient diesel engines.

...wish my Landy did 60mpg ...filling it up on the forecourt is a truly eyewatering experience now - Rob

Its a Landrover. Its gearing alone will make it a guzzler.
It develops huge torque... that makes it guzzle fuel..

As I say, my 4x4 Truck was the same... huge appetite for diesel...
however, the fact remains from the figures shown above for CARS with modern, performance / commonrail diesel engines, a figure of 60MPG is emininently achievable, if not indeed commonplace.

8) 8) 8) 8)

 

[Raggy]

I wish I was getting some of those figures, I own 2 cars and I am extremely lucky if I get Over 20mpg from either of them

 

[Jenx]

diesels ?

if your getting 20mpg from a modern diesel car... i'd imagine the cloud of smoke following you must be incredible !


you cannot possibly be talking about two modern diesel cars ????????

 

[Sawdust]

I wish I was getting some of those figures, I own 2 cars and I am extremely lucky if I get Over 20mpg from either of them

Try changing to second gear :wink:

 

[Escudo]

My car does 23'ish miles to the gallon on the average and now costs approx £80 to fill up.

Saw petrol today outside Kings Lynn, Norfolk £1.28 litre diesel and £1.18 petrol. That is high. :shock: Oil prices up today as well. It is only going to get worse.

T

 

[Jenx]

Petrol car ? :?:

 

[Raggy]

diesels ?

if your getting 20mpg from a modern diesel car... i'd imagine the cloud of smoke following you must be incredible !


you cannot possibly be talking about two modern diesel cars ????????

Definitely not oil burners, both are 6 cylinder beasts so I can't expect better

 

[RogerS]

Recently tried driving the 18 miles between home and 'work' without using the brakes. Does wonders for ones' anticipation but p**ses the hell out of the people behind you who are still locked into the 'accelerate fast, brake hard' mentality.

Still not sure if it's doing much to improve fuel consumption though :wink:

 

[Jenx]

It'll certainly be helping to maximise the economy of the vehicle....

the brake/throttle style of driving is highly inefficient.


What you describe there, about making a concious decision not to brake on a specific journey, is something that myself and others do deliberately on motorcycles as a 'practice exercise', but for different reasons -- nothing to do with trying to achieve maximum economy, but to practice 'smoothness' in riding.... to practice true 'roadcraft' in anticipating whats ahead, the road conditions, one's own abilities, etc etc, to constantly adjust and 'fettle' ones speed and riding to take account of the conditions and to try and ride in accordance with them , in the smoothest possible manner.
Its good fun ! 8)