Planing of going to liverpool somtimes this week with the family, how many miles would i get from a full tank from London to Liverpool? anyone ...

It does depend on how fast you are going to travel, which obviously depends on time of day & traffic conditions etc.

I would guess on a single long run doing about 65mph you will get 350miles, possibly 380-400 or so.
It does also depend on how heavily laden the car is with passengers and luggage etc.

Another tip is to have the "snow" mode on, makes your throttle less responsive and so if you are raising and lowering speed on the motorway shouldnt affect your MPG as much.

Stav

Is your IS200 an auto or manual? If it's a manual I'd expect it to be at the top range of what Wozza has said above. I get 200 miles to 1/2 a tank on my IS200 manual and that's mostly round-town driving, so a motorway run should be better.

If it's an Auto, the Snow button works great with cruise control too

On a run down to devon last year in mine i got 454 miles from 60ltrs, But i average around the 400 mark, I could of probably got more out of it but my lead right foot came into play now and again

nice one people !

mines a auto, change of plan only me & my brother are looking to go upnorth no extra weight other then our selfs really

So snow mode would be a trick then ?

Yep, definitely worth a try.

i get about 400 to a tank with town and Mway driving mine is a manual box

cheers guys! i will defo get bk to you lot regarding how many miles i got from a fulltake on snow mode!

I just broke my own record last weekend, when I drove 862,2 km (535,7 miles) on 61,73 litres (13,4 gallons) of petrol, that's an average of 39,5 mpg, with three people and quite a lot of luggage in the car. With that same consumption you could theoretically get 608 miles on a single tank

Wow !

That was using snow mode, as per your picture, right ?

That is correct I also found out that if you drive in the 'slip stream' of big trucks you consume even less, but they tend to get really annoyed after a while.

hi,i generally get about 300/350 miles to a full tank,worst one i think was about 250ish ,but i will try this snow mode trick and see what happens will report back soon,a full tank nomally lasts me about a week and a half!!

hi,i generally get about 300/350 miles to a full tank,worst one i think was about 250ish ,but i will try this snow mode trick and see what happens will report back soon,a full tank nomally lasts me about a week and a half!!

'slip stream' ?? whats that then

Some drivers have been known to draft behind other vehicles, particularly tailgating larger vehicles, to save fuel. For example, hypermilers using this technique can achieve 75 mpg or more . Some sources say that the most common tailgating does not save gasoline even at freeway speeds because one is likely to accelerate and brake so frequently that any aerodynamic savings are lost through the brakes . On the show Mythbusters, drafting behind an 18-wheeler truck was tested and results showed that traveling 100 feet (30 m) behind the truck increased overall mpg efficiency by 11%. Traveling 10 feet (3.0 m) behind the truck produced a 39% gain in efficiency. Of course, they warn that this type of driving "is insane" because the truck's blindspot is in that area, and if the truck stops quickly there is much less time to react .However, since trucks simply cannot stop quickly because of their mass it is much safer (and more efficient) to draft behind a large truck than it is to draft behind a car or van.

formula one and most racing cars do it no to save fuel but to gain a few extra mph to overtake the car in front on a long straight.

oooooo ok, yeh I get where your coming from now! thanks for that pal

just remember to be smooth on the accelrator and brakes!
we go from liverpool to london afew times a year in a 04 ls430 got around 28mpg from that
gs300sport we have cruised at 70mph liverpool to manchester, managed 25.5mpg.

should get mid 30`s from the is

i use this aswell mate

http://www.torquecars.com/tools/uk-mpg-calculator.php

where abouts in liverpool u goin?

waaaw thats good mate, thanks alot for this link too ! I will be using this alot more from now on.. See the thing is, im only 23 & wen I see other drivers right up my a$$ it makes me feel like im going to slow & that I should let others pass all the time during none motorway driving so local. I end up accelrating abit more harder then as it makes me feel very discomfort knowing b'cos of me people are held up!

The heart of liverpool mate, ANFIELD... U NEVER WALK ALONE

is right mate,

we are travelling the opposite way this weekend, Liverpool to London in the ls430

gunna see what we can get out of it, will give snow mode a go aswell
best we`ve had is 440 miles and the computer was saying over 60miles. not bad. for a 4.3 v8

loolz where abouts in london are u lot going ? sfe drive & watch out for da crazy traffic