VW Passat drives 2,000km on a single tank of petrol

[Kevin Lancaster]

VW Passat drives 2,000km on a single tank of petrol

A VW Passat 1.4 TSI DSG has driven 2,029km on a single tank of petrol, setting a new South African record.

 

[Toxic T]

4.1 L/100KM. Challenge accepted. :crylaugh:

 

[f2wohf]

Was it measured by VW engineers ?

 

[km2]

I feel being able to arbitrarily extend the size of your petrol tank takes some of the difficulty out of seeing how far you can drive on a single tank of petrol.

 

[Agent_Smith]

“We filled the tank with 83.19 litres of fuel, which was 17.19 litres more than the standard capacity of 66 litres. The extra litres of fuel were important in helping us to achieve our record drive,” said Rodney Kinsey, the man behind the drive.

How did they manage to get an extra 17L into the tank? Surely there isn't that amount of extra capacity in the pipes and whatnot? Was this an unmodified tank?

 

[Dan C]

How did they fit 83.19 litres :erm:

 

[ShaunSA]

COTY 1991 could easily do this. In reverse. With aircon.

 

[Agent_Smith]

Lol, we all wondering the same thing.

In that case, I'm taking out the back seats of my Polo, filling it with a moerse fuel tank and claiming I drove to Egypt on one tank

 

[Neoprod]

Now tell us what the average CO2 emissions were

4.1l per 100km is not that exceptional with mainly highway mileage.

 

[The_Librarian]

It is easy if you put in a biggentank, and drive like there's eggs on the gas pedal...

Would love to know how they "modified" the standard fuel tank to allow overfill of 15l...

 

[Arthur Morgan]

I don't doubt they got 4.1 l/100km - those tsi engines are frugal. I once got 4.3 using cruise control at a steady 100km/h. But them not using the standard tank just negates the whole exercise.

 

[Sinbad]

How did they fit 83.19 litres :erm:

They stole the 2nd fuel tank from a 3 series BM

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Lol, we all wondering the same thing.

In that case, I'm taking out the back seats of my Polo, filling it with a moerse fuel tank and claiming I drove to Egypt on one tank

egypt, thats nothing,

I drove to Korea and back with a toyota:crylaugh:

 

[I.am.Sam]

driving 69kmh for almost 3 days ...FML

 

[FiestaST]

Was it measured by VW engineers ?

Still too soon

 

[Kevin Lancaster]

Plans and techniques used included cooling the fuel down as much as possible by leaving the jerry cans covered in cloth on the grass next to the swimming pool at the resort where we stayed in Messina.

We then soaked the grass and cloth with water and let nature do its course with temperatures near freezing point in the early morning.

Just like an alcohol thermometer, petrol and diesel contracts or expands with temperature change.

Our aim was to contract it as much as possible before filling the fuel tank.

Tyre pressures are set at the absolute maximum recommended level to minimise the rolling resistance of the car.

Another trick used was parking the car on a slope with the filler cap at the highest point to get as much fuel as possible into the tank.

http://southcoastherald.co.za/156149/zimbabwe-to-cape-town-and-beyond-on-a-tank/

 

[The_Librarian]

Plans and techniques used included cooling the fuel down as much as possible by leaving the jerry cans covered in cloth on the grass next to the swimming pool at the resort where we stayed in Messina.

We then soaked the grass and cloth with water and let nature do its course with temperatures near freezing point in the early morning.

Just like an alcohol thermometer, petrol and diesel contracts or expands with temperature change.

Our aim was to contract it as much as possible before filling the fuel tank.

Tyre pressures are set at the absolute maximum recommended level to minimise the rolling resistance of the car.

Another trick used was parking the car on a slope with the filler cap at the highest point to get as much fuel as possible into the tank.

http://southcoastherald.co.za/156149/zimbabwe-to-cape-town-and-beyond-on-a-tank/

But your average motorist won't do that - it is stop, fill up, and go. And maintain correct tyre pressure (hopefully).... and try to go as fast as possible without the traffic police noticing.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Plans and techniques used included cooling the fuel down as much as possible by leaving the jerry cans covered in cloth on the grass next to the swimming pool at the resort where we stayed in Messina.

We then soaked the grass and cloth with water and let nature do its course with temperatures near freezing point in the early morning.

Just like an alcohol thermometer, petrol and diesel contracts or expands with temperature change.

Our aim was to contract it as much as possible before filling the fuel tank.

Tyre pressures are set at the absolute maximum recommended level to minimise the rolling resistance of the car.

Another trick used was parking the car on a slope with the filler cap at the highest point to get as much fuel as possible into the tank.

http://southcoastherald.co.za/156149/zimbabwe-to-cape-town-and-beyond-on-a-tank/

So it's not a real life everyday scenario then? What normal person would go through all of this before setting off on a trip. Normal people fill up at the pumps and set off.

 

[McGuywer]

http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/General_News/Golf-runs-Zim-to-CTN-on-a-tank-20110819

Organiser Rodney Kinsey and his team managed (somewhat miraculously) to exploit the airlock properties of the Golf6’s fuel tank (with classic style taxi shake-and-fill manoeuvring when fuelling up), managing to add, they said, an astounding extra 8.8 litres to the specified peak technical filling capacity…

Perhaps they did the same with the Passat....

 

[The_Librarian]

And also this :

As in the past they were overwhelmingly co-operative and, at one stage, even gave us an unexpected police escort through a repair section!

I want to see real world results. All good and fine in going to extremes to minimize fuel consumption, but let's be honest - how many motorists will drive the way these guys did?