ADP

Hi all,

Some of you may remember that I was "expecting to be offered a job". Well theyve offered it to me!

Good news, however the money is OK, but not amazing. 4000 quid more than I earn at the moment.........however I currently do maybe at the most 40 miles a week driving. This would involve 300 miles a week.

So my question.

Driven sensibly can I get 300 miles out of a tank (its dual carriageway and motorway all the way) and if so how much is that ??

defiant

Well done on the job...

I use mine to commute from Oxford to Newbury, 30 miles each way. I've never got more than 240 miles from my

moff

I doubt you will commuting, probably 250 - 270 at a push - too much stop / start.

I took it REALLY easy on empty motorways for 320 miles on 1 tank, but that was with virtually no VTEC and 1 bar left.

emell

260 most i've got

ACLR8

I CAN get 300 to 320 miles out of tank. That would be calm highway driving at about 75 mph (about 120 kmh).

The problem with that is that I am very low on gas. Bingo Fuel as the aviators say. That is not good for the fuel pump. I don't mean it will cause immediate damage, but if this is a normal occurence, I believe (IMO) that the repetitive cavitation will diminish the logevity of the fuel pump.

Furthermore, it is just more difficult for the entire fuel/injection system to run that low. Very low fuel, therfore low pressure in the suction-side of system, fuel pump cavitation and more work done to try and deliver a consistent pressure to the injectors, etc.

I am not an expert on fuel systems. Perhaps Road Rage will chime in and correct my errors. However, I wouldn't recommend consistently taking your fuel level that low (ie. on a weekly basis).

CONGRATS on the new job though

mikdys

I've been commuting in mine the past two weeks (and I must say its great to do this with the top down ). Slow out of the village until it warms up, thrash for 5 miles through to the main road, then 50mph constant into work, but with a 70mph sweeper to finish! 150 miles per week and averaging 28.5 mpg (in old money). Can't quite get 300 miles per tank but Optimax gaarge is round the corner from work.

Depreciation is considered to increase if you do more than 12,000 miles per year in the first two years, and more than 10,000 in later years. My suggestion would be to buy a "banger" to commute in the Winter (and keep that nasty salt off the S) and enjoy your driving in the Summer.

GSi

I reckon about 270 avg. If you can get on the MWay when it is moving I recently managed 170 without any MWay miles

ianl

I average 280 miles on my mixed 25 mile each way 'B' road / 'A' road / urban crawl commute. This trip includes liberal use of VTEC and at least 1 visit to 3 figures each day.

henrysj

when running mine in with no Vtec i was getting 300+ miles constantly and that was a mix of london and motorway driving, so it is doable, but wheres the fun in that, i think u should get a banger, maybe a civic and a mx5

PJL

What's the point of buying a 9,000 RPM Engine & Not Using it ?

I hold with the theory of Using the S2 as my hobby & Drive it Every Day - 52 Weeks a Year - Done 73k+ in nearly 4 Yrs - Never missed a beat - average 26 / 28 MPG - Although Anglesey did see that drop to circa 10mpg - Full on VTEC for 100 Miles !!

Just get out there & drive it & get to Work - Chilled & Smiling - Glowing in the pleasure derived from the S2 & the Finest 2ltr Engine / Gearbox on the world !!

Peter