VTR as a daily driver

[ben306]

Hi all,

Whats a vtr like to use as a daily driver, for the commute to work and the like? How do they find them on the petrol.

Ive got a 306 rallye and Ive been stuck using it for work and at the minute its averaging 22-27mpg so looking at a vtr as a second car

[dan_furnival]

i use my vtr daily to work (60 mile round trip) and its alrite on fuel

[frankie]

before i modded mine i was easily get 100 miles from £10.

now im lucky to get that from a £20 lol

but standard, they are very good on fuel.

[ben306]

it would be getting left standard as I have my 306 for the fun/track

[babyhayley]

i think myn is pretty good, i do 10miles a day average for work, i have CDA on myn and i get bout 300 miles per tank.

[Kev_Vtec]

my old vtr was very very good on fuel even with a heavy right foot ;) ide get about 95-105miles to £10
my vts drank like a fish lol.

[Liam_]

VTRs are great on fuel. Mine would do 40+ mpg easily around town.

[Ash1711]

my VTS does 90 miles on half a tank of VPower :n:

[babyhayley]

oooo thats not good, im normally not far off 200 miles by the time i get to half a tank.

[Saxo_theedge]

Great dailys imo, as you have the mpg of a 1.1 if you drive sensible, but you can still overtake and and cruise at a sensible speed on the motorway without any problems.

[ben306]

Great dailys imo, as you have the mpg of a 1.1 if you drive sensible, but you can still overtake and and cruise at a sensible speed on the motorway without any problems.

yeah thats what Im after really!

[Ben-crow-vts]

my VTS does 90 miles on half a tank of VPower :n:

haha omg, you must be raggin it constantly, half a tank of v power gets me around 150-160 miles thats with putting foot down every now and then.

[hard_corejoeboy]

My VTR is really economical easily gets 40mpg average. If i drove round sensibly im sure i'd get loads more. I can usually got 450ish miles on a full tank!

[wicked-vtr]

The best I ever Got out of mine on a motorway run is 38mpg :(

[ben306]

seems to be a bit of difference in what people can get

[Kev_Vtec]

The best I ever Got out of mine on a motorway run is 38mpg :(

has it been serviced?

[VTR-Chris]

my VTS does 90 miles on half a tank of VPower :n:

lol why even bother with v power in the first place?

[Pixie]

It costs me around £30 a week on fuel commuting :(

[craig180]

VTRs are great on fuel. Mine would do 40+ mpg easily around town.

Same, if you drive carefully you can get far better economy than a lot of the newer "eco" cars

[Easty]

my VTS does 90 miles on half a tank of VPower :n:

do you drive everywhere in first gear ffs ?!

[ben306]

It costs me around £30 a week on fuel commuting :(

It costs me that every 1 and half days in the rallye at the moment :(

[Jarhead]

I have a completely standard VTR and its pretty good on fuel. Filled up just over half the other day and have gone over 100 miles easy and still got a little bit left. Depends how you drive it.

[Ash1711]

haha omg, you must be raggin it constantly, half a tank of v power gets me around 150-160 miles thats with putting foot down every now and then.

230 miles my car did on a full tank of VPower so 115 miles on half a tank... thats driving like a complete tool everywhere!!

lol why even bother with v power in the first place?

i jst think its a better and cleaner fuel that only costs like 7p more than standard fuel so a full take of say 40 litres equals an extra £2.80 per tank and i use about 1 tank per week...so for an extra £10-£15 per month i get to use cleaner fuel which may save me money in the long run which is a little faster anyway :P

do you drive everywhere in first gear ffs ?!

lol yup :y: no as above i got 115 miles to half a tank driving like id stolen the car... iv now refilled it and im driving sensibly (changing gear at 3000rpm etc) to see what i get :D

[Mieran]

before i modded mine i was easily get 100 miles from £10.

now im lucky to get that from a £20 lol

but standard, they are very good on fuel.

Even my 2.0 does better mpg :geek:

What have you done to it?

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And not sure about VTR mpg but in my VTS I did 225 miles on half a tank.

[Gordon]

I average 42 to the gallon in my R, and thats with a combined city/country road 60 mile commute every day. I'd say for the fun they offer that that's pretty good.

340 miles to a tank is regular for me.

[yorkie]

I use mine everyday and i get 300 miles to £45 nowadays which i think is ok like

[ben306]

yeah, its better than my rallye how ever I look at it.

Ive been looking on ebay and pistonheads at the minute for vtr's

Are there any for sale on here, cheap (cant see in that section yet as I dont have enough posts)