{"id":4136,"date":"2014-05-26T08:16:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T22:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=4136"},"modified":"2020-06-20T01:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:23:07","slug":"how-far-can-you-go-on-one-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/fuel-2\/how-far-can-you-go-on-one-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"How Far Can You Go On One Tank?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m always trying to go for as long as possible in between trips to the bowser.\u00a0 There are a number of ways of eking out the fuel and minimising your fuel consumption, but how far can you go on just one tank?<\/p>\n

According to the Guinness Book of Records for 2014, the furthest you can go on one tank of fuel is 2545.8 km, which was achieved by a pair of Croatian drivers named Marko Tomac and Ivan Cvetkovi\u0107. They were driving a Volkswagen Passat <\/a>1.6 TDI Bluemotion which was not modified and had to carry two people plus their luggage. This is the second time that the Volkswagen Passat 1.6 TDI Bluemotion has picked up a world record for hypermilage, as the pair of British drivers who held the record busted by the Croatian team also drove one of these super thrifty little beasts. Drivers watching their petrol pennies take note.\u00a0 Crunching the numbers reveals that this adds up to 32.2 km\/litre, which is the equivalent of 3.10 litres\/100 km.\u00a0 As the drive was made over a variety of roads in Croatia, we can presume that this is combined fuel economy.<\/p>\n

The little Passat also holds the record for the world\u2019s best fuel economy for non-hybrid cars, with a team of two US drivers clocking up 3.10 L\/100 km on average as they drove through all 48 of the contiguous states in the USA (i.e. not Alaska or Hawaii), a trip that took six fuel top-ups and 13,071 km.\u00a0 However, for the same drive, the record holder overall (i.e. with hybrid cars included) is a 2006 Honda Insight <\/a>, which managed 3.16 L\/100 km.<\/p>\n


\nKia Optima <\/a>hybrid), the rest of us have to be realistic. Little hatchbacks just won\u2019t fit our lifestyles and our families.\u00a0 But we still want to save a few cents at the bowser.\u00a0 What can we do?\u00a0 Well, there are a few things.<\/p>\n

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  1. Watch what you\u2019re carrying as luggage. The official records required the cars to carry two people plus luggage to make the comparison fair. This is because every 25 kg increases your fuel consumption by 1%.<\/li>\n
  2. Keep the air-con off.\u00a0 The air-con is powered by your engine.\u00a0 Opening the windows is a thriftier option, until you get up to higher speeds.\u00a0 On the open road, having the windows down creates more drag and reduces aerodynamics, thus making you burn more fuel.<\/li>\n
  3. Drive smoothly and without aggression.<\/li>\n
  4. Pick the right gear to keep the revs at their most efficient.<\/li>\n
  5. If you can select your drive mode, put it on Eco. Most cars with selectable modes have the Eco option.\"old-petrol-pump\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Whip off the roof rails if you don\u2019t use them. Obviously, if they come as standard fitted to the car, you can leave them on, as removing them may damage the vehicle and they will have been designed to be aerodynamic. But ski pods and the like shouldn\u2019t live up there full-time.<\/li>\n
  7. Keep your tyres at the right pressure.\u00a0 All tyres leak.\u00a0 If you want to see the difference between fuel consumption with a flat tyre and with a properly pumped tyre, get a bike.\u00a0 Let a bit of air out of the tyres and ride around the block. Now pump the tyres back up and ride the same circuit.\u00a0 You will feel the difference.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m always trying to go for as long as possible in between trips to the bowser.\u00a0 There are a number of ways of eking out the fuel and minimising your fuel consumption, but how far can you go on just one tank? According to the Guinness Book of Records […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuel-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4136"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11943,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136\/revisions\/11943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}