Display Fuel Distance to empty

craigomills · Post by **craigomills** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:52 pm

Picked up wifeys new Titanium 1.4 last week and overall am very happy with the car...

However, upon collecting it I put in £20 worth of fuel, the display said 75 or so miles until empty. We went for a 40 mile drive and the display pretty much stayed the same eventually dropping down to 50 when the fuel light came.
I then filled the tank and the distance only went up to around 250 miles. SURELY a 1.4 fiesta driven economically would go further than 250 miles??? Having now driven the car for approx 50 miles, the display hasn't moved.

I am a tad confused and/or worried that there is something wrong. I have reset the trip computer, reset the MPG but this has made no difference, I get around 38-45 mpg.

Any advice welcome...

tonyk · Post by **tonyk** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:01 pm

Cold weather maybe confusing things. I'd not go off the computer, use the brim to brim method of an accurate mpg.

craigomills · Post by **craigomills** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:23 pm

tonyk wrote:Cold weather maybe confusing things. I'd not go off the computer, use the brim to brim method of an accurate mpg.

What would you normally expect to get out of a full tank of fuel? Assuming driven economically etc (Wife)

patterson · Post by **patterson** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:20 pm

The reading changes based on way you drive.

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:27 pm

The computer is still adjusting itself to your driving style and will update accordingly.

patterson · Post by **patterson** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:37 pm

Nath wrote:The computer is still adjusting itself to your driving style and will update accordingly.

That's right

I can have a hard drive one week. Next I'm back to granny driving and the miles left go up instead lol

craigomills · Post by **craigomills** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:52 pm

Update: Done a further 300 ish miles and still no change.

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