23mpg on a long run at 60mph......

Robin330i · 02-02-2013, 04:06 PM

......towing my trailer. Ouch.

Took my Polo track car on my trailer to a rolling road and used half of tank of fuel to do 140 miles - the DIS read 22.8mpg.

On the plus side my Polo produced 205bhp at the flywheel and 158bhp at the wheels - not bad for a 1.3 litre 8 valve designed in the 80's!

Anyone else had worse mpg figures (exc track days!!)?

Danny.B. · 02-02-2013, 05:31 PM

Thats not bad towing tbh!

In for pics of the polo!!!

andy9188 · 02-02-2013, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Robin330i

......towing my trailer. Ouch.

Took my Polo track car on my trailer to a rolling road and used half of tank of fuel to do 140 miles - the DIS read 22.8mpg.

On the plus side my Polo produced 205bhp at the flywheel and 158bhp at the wheels - not bad for a 1.3 litre 8 valve designed in the 80's!

Anyone else had worse mpg figures (exc track days!!)?

Look on the bright side its better than I've ever seen on my dash lol

jimmylad · 02-02-2013, 06:45 PM

used to get 29mpg towing a 1500kg caravan with my 335d fully loaded & 4 passengers.

Still amazed now how it would hapily go along at just 1300/1400 revs in top gear up quite an incline on the motorway at 50-55mph.

verysideways · 02-03-2013, 04:13 AM

G40? Pics please

Used to get 34mpg towing my 'ski with my 130i, haven't tried in the 330i yet but hoping it wouldn't be too disimilar...

Robin330i · 02-03-2013, 04:36 AM

Here are a few pics of the Polo - it's a genuine G40 which there are only about 150 left in the uk now.

This is at Santa pod fitted with drag slicks - 13.5 second 1/4 mile time.

AdrianSi · 02-03-2013, 06:19 AM

Like! Impressive figures! Any trackdays planned for the year yet?

Robin330i · 02-03-2013, 11:25 AM

Yeah I have got oulton park on the 1st of march and then Santa pod in April for some drag racing.

verysideways · 02-04-2013, 02:30 AM

Errr, have you dumped the supercharger for a turbocharger? Or am i seeing things?

SiofChester · 02-05-2013, 07:34 AM

Looks familiar - are you anywhere near Wrexham by any chance?

sheps · 02-05-2013, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Robin330i

Yeah I have got oulton park on the 1st of march and then Santa pod in April for some drag racing.

Oulton Park is my fave track - love it.
Great looking car.

Robin330i · 02-05-2013, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by verysideways

Errr, have you dumped the supercharger for a turbocharger? Or am i seeing things?

Yeah the standard G lader supercharger was too unreliable and was only capable of 14psi of boost whereas now I am running 23psi of boost.

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Originally Posted by SiofChester

Looks familiar - are you anywhere near Wrexham by any chance?

Nope - I am about 40mins from Wrexham.

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Originally Posted by sheps

Oulton Park is my fave track - love it.
Great looking car.

Yeah I love oulton too - love it even more because I am 12 miles from the circuit which makes life easy to get there.

Amini77 · 02-05-2013, 01:37 PM

looks like fun. I probably have the worst mileage..15mpg on a good day. Most of it city or freeway traffic though.

dxb335d · 02-05-2013, 03:22 PM

18mpg average for a year in a 335d

DarkAnt335i · 02-05-2013, 05:12 PM

Nice car.

DXB - You must have hammered that D everywhere

Averaged 9.2MPG over 23 miles to work the other day due to the closure of the A2. Generally nowhere near that bad though.

Robin330i · 03-02-2013, 03:47 PM

Video of my Polo at Oulton Park yesterday toying with an E46 M3 - 1:45mins onwards

jester77 · 03-02-2013, 04:00 PM

Jeez - you did well to avoid that Civic that span at Lodge! (2:05) great reactions - then straight back on it with the M3!

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jimmylad Lieutenant 44 Rep 565 Posts Drives: e92 335d sapphire black Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: DERBY iTrader: (1)	used to get 29mpg towing a 1500kg caravan with my 335d fully loaded & 4 passengers. Still amazed now how it would hapily go along at just 1300/1400 revs in top gear up quite an incline on the motorway at 50-55mph.
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Robin330i Lieutenant 36 Rep 512 Posts Drives: E90 330i M Sport Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Cheshire iTrader: (2)	Here are a few pics of the Polo - it's a genuine G40 which there are only about 150 left in the uk now. This is at Santa pod fitted with drag slicks - 13.5 second 1/4 mile time. __________________ E90 330i M Sport - Honda S2000
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Robin330i Lieutenant 36 Rep 512 Posts Drives: E90 330i M Sport Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Cheshire iTrader: (2)	Yeah I have got oulton park on the 1st of march and then Santa pod in April for some drag racing. __________________ E90 330i M Sport - Honda S2000
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Robin330i Lieutenant 36 Rep 512 Posts Drives: E90 330i M Sport Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Cheshire iTrader: (2)	Video of my Polo at Oulton Park yesterday toying with an E46 M3 - 1:45mins onwards __________________ E90 330i M Sport - Honda S2000
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