Award For The Highest Mileage C4 Goes To....

[Z3M Roadster]

Me?

 

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[welshys90]

well done, im nowhere near it, my dad had the car for two years before i had it and its just over 10,000 on it, shows how much it was driven it was like 9,000 miles when i got it

[ham's c4vts]

congratulations Z3M :o :o

 

can you give us a list of whats worn eg tyres etc.

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[lee_marshuk]

wait...you have 3 notches gone on your tank, and yet 472 miles left on the clock?? *scratches head* i need to drive more sedately me thinks :o (again, getting in before Stuey twisty twist twists the knife :o )

[wozza]

For some of us it doesn't even go over 400 for a full tank :o

[C4VTS]

Must have been tricky driving at 35mph as well as taking the photo and watching the road...or was the car written off after that shot? :o :o

[c14vts]

most i ever got in my tank it also read about 400........... did about 280.......... filled it again then read 320............. gets lower every time i fill it gonna buy a push bike me thinks :o

 

 

and look at u with the speed limiter on but inactive............ bet u use it too, u girl.......... mine reads 141mph all the time ........................ now i know y i aint never got no fuel :o :P

 

who has the lowest milage then.............. 9100 on mine 18 months old

[welshys90]

when i fill up i reset my trip and after a full tank of diesel i get about 600-700 miles on my trip

[Z3M Roadster]

When I refill the tank the trip shows over 700 miles and I regularly actually return over 600 to a tank. Bearing in mind this is a company car so it gets driven pretty hard too!

 

Yes the cruise is set to a girly 31mph, I use it on a residential road which has loads of speed cameras.

 

Strangely I rolled over the 50k while on the M11 approaching the North Circular this morning and was approaching a big tail back hence the low speed(you can see a brake light of a car infront just above the speedo if you look carefully), and the fact that I didnt think I ought to post a photo showing the speed I had been travelling at.

 

Pretty good at multi-tasking and managed to take the photo on my phone whilst not crashing :o

 

In response to what is worn; had new front tyres at 35k and a rear when a stanley blade went through it. Had new discs and pads and calipers about 30k and they probably need replacing again as I am getting a nasty squeal which changes to a groan. Otherwise I have had a new headlight and grille as I hit a pheasant and 7, yes 7, windscreens as they kept mysteriously cracking. The present screen has lasted 4 months though which is a record.

[lab44]

After a full tank mine usually reads 422. Though I have had it showing 350 before after travelling 160 odd miles (was on a long motorway trip and the trip computer was showing 43mpg).

 

I reckon about £40 of petrol gets me somewhere around 370 miles normally. Trip computer usually reads about 37mpg.

 

Done nearly 12,000 in mine now (7 months old)

[wozza]

I use my speed limiter as sometimes your attention just wonders and when im not sure where i am going i use it to make sure im not speeding. Cant afford any points on my license not if i want to upgrade the car. Plus im still on 2yr probation period for another 2 months.

[Z3M Roadster]

Rarely use the limiter, usually on the M1 down from Dunstable where they have SPECS cameras through the roadworks.

 

I get 700miles to my 55quids worth of diesel.

[welshys90]

i've got a 1.6 vtr+ hdi 110bhp, if you drive it at 56mph you get a good mpg really good because if im not for drivin idiotically on the motorway i set it at 56 because it gets me best mpg can't remember what the mpg is although, £40 quid of diesel gets me a full tank which is generally 600-700 miles but then thats because i get my dad to fill it up at his works company pump and that generally does me the full month i only use the limiter in the first 2 months of having the car to get used to the speed of its acceleration etc compared to the learner car, i use the cruise control tho

[Z3M Roadster]

Mine is an SX 92hdi. How come I can get 55quid in mine?

 

I drive 85 on the motorway and still return an average of 50mpg.

[welshys90]

because its a company pump, they dont have to pay vat etc on it so a full tank is cheaper

[C4VTS]

I set my speed limiter to 95 on motorways, as anything from 79 to 95 will get you a fixed penalty 3 points and £60 fine, so I may as well get value for money :o

 

96 and over is a court appearance job and serious cash and points fine.

 

Guess what, my current 3 points was for 95 in a 70 :o (Not in the C4)

 

I think the government are changing the rules sometime next year though.

[welshys90]

i think they should put it up the first time i was on the motorway everything was flyin past me and i was doin 70mph and bein my dads old car i got the typical come on pull out put your foot down! come on! but i was a good boy and stayed at 70 :o

[c14vts]

actually mines really good on fuel i just wash it and not move it, fuel lasts forever that way ,have my van for work that does the miles, not my car ,that is pleassssssuure only thank god :o :o

[welshys90]

my cars pleasure only hence why ive had it for 2 and a half years and theres only 10,000 miles on it, one of my m8s granddad has a old bmw that has 17k and its from the 60's god only knows how he managed that

[C4VTS]

I wouldn't buy a car just for pleasure in the UK.

 

Not many places you can drive and enjoy it without worry of speeding fines.

 

Not unless you are a sunday afternoon driver that never breaks the speed limits. :o

[welshys90]

we'll at 17 theres not much else i can use my car for, and im far from a sunday afternoon driver on occasions

[C4VTS]

we'll at 17 theres not much else i can use my car for,

But you don't just drive in circles ?

 

You must sometimes go from A to B even if it's just to the shops?

[welshys90]

aye but i wouldnt see it as buisness, i see it a pleasure to be able to drive after 8 years of jumpin on and off buses and trains a car is a real pleasure to have

[wozza]

My car is something i have for pleasure as well as something i will drive everyday. Why when i get the mustang or whatever it is im gonna get either stang or vette it will be driven daily. I only do around 10k a year so not a massive amount of mileage so petrol costs are not too high.

[lee_marshuk]

Mine varies considerably, but ignoring anomalies most of my driving is motorway, and 85 in mine on the motorway will return 40-43 mpg, yet 70 will return 60+ mpg.

 

So I guess all things told I average about 35-38 mpg, after you take in roadworks, town driving when I reach the client etc etc......still not bad when I drive the car to enjoy it as well as get me from A-B....

 

And talking of pleasure driving, there are still a good number of places you can drive pleasurably in the UK, take the Lake District, or Scotland, or some parts of Wales - its all about finding them though!!