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[mudflap]

With unleaded petrol prices reported to possibly be going up to 1.20 pounds a litre (that's 4.80 a gallon, i used to fill my tank for that when i began driving!),  assuming you car is tuned, tyre pressures correct etc. post your fuel saving tips here - my suggestions i have tried and tested as follows...

1. Excess weight - leave tools, spare wheel and assorted  boot junk at home except when going on a long journey, also only fill the tank halfway fortnightly instead of filling up once a month on payday.

2. Speed limits - stick religiously to speed limits, keeping  well away from the car in front therefore avoiding harsh accelerating and braking, coast when possible.

3. Necessary journeys only - kids can walk to School, i had to, it will give them excercise away from their play stations, shopping can be done using Granny's shopping trolley.

4. Car sharing - ask that pretty blonde up the road who works at your place to take turns using each others cars - savings!   

 

[Lazydocker]

All good advice... But just to make things worse, you're a bit out on the price/gallon

It's actually £5.46/Gallon

[Entwood]

With unleaded petrol prices reported to possibly be going up to 1.20 pounds a litre (that's 4.80 a gallon, i used to fill my tank for that when i began driving!),  assuming you car is tuned, tyre pressures correct etc. post your fuel saving tips here - my suggestions i have tried and tested as follows...

1. Excess weight - leave tools, spare wheel and assorted  boot junk at home except when going on a long journey, also only fill the tank halfway fortnightly instead of filling up once a month on payday.

2. Speed limits - stick religiously to speed limits, keeping  well away from the car in front therefore avoiding harsh accelerating and braking, coast when possible.

3. Necessary journeys only - kids can walk to School, i had to, it will give them excercise away from their play stations, shopping can be done using Granny's shopping trolley.

4. Car sharing - ask that pretty blonde up the road who works at your place to take turns using each others cars - savings!   

 

4.546 litres to a gallon ... £1:20 x 4.546 = £5:45.52

not good which ever way you do the maths ...

Thank god for LPG ... 

[Welung666]

And diesel

[mudflap]

4.546 litres to a gallon ... £1:20 x 4.546 = £5:45.52

...i stand corrected, though i still think in gallons, at the pump roughly calculate number of litres divided  by 4 = 1 gallon, will take off a bit in future 

so 20 litres divided by 4.5 = 4.44 gallons. :-/

30 litres....... = 6.66 gallons 

should improve my mpg figures 

 

[Entwood]

4.546 litres to a gallon ... £1:20 x 4.546 = £5:45.52

...i stand corrected, though i still think in gallons, at the pump roughly calculate number of litres divided  by 4 = 1 gallon, will add on a bit in future 

 

Sorry to be so pedantic ... but having spent 28 years getting fuel in litres/gallons/US gallons/lbs/kgs (and on one occasion even in cu.ft) and having to reconcile that to the aircraft takeoff weight as well as the paperwork for the penpushers (who would only accept litres on their magic forms) ....  accurate conversions became second nature ...

Old habits die hard ....   

[duggs]

Also !   I was told its always best to keep the tank as full as possible.

Yes ! There's more weight to transport around BUT fuel evaporates very quickly in "air" so the more empty the tank is leaves more "space" for evaporation. Hense why we practically all notice that the last half of a tank seems to go a lot faster than the top half.

It was also suggested that to fill up with the trigger half open opposed to full on means that you won't pump so much fumes in to the tank, costing money and that if you fill up early in the mornings, fuel is colder and more dence....supposed to be a good thing apparently. Might be 'dangle berries' but we've convinced ourselves it works, especially the wife with her Vectra. There again, she sais she saves a fortune by shopping at Lidl ?

[Kevin Wood]

Any fuel that evaporates in an Omega's tank is collected by the charcoal canister, and burnt once the engine is running.

Kevin

[duggs]

Does it not filter out through the cap...although the world would be a very stinky place if it did.

[tunnie]

1) I fill up every 2 days as it is, only filling up half way would result in more detours petrol station!

2)

stick religiously to speed limits

   

3) I live in the country, its 15 miles to nearest decent shops, and its 75 miles to my job.... i'll keep using the car

4) Would like to do that, but i work slightly odd shift ours, 8am-6pm, and plus i live miles away. Also... i don't really want to share my car, i can fart, pick my nose, have music up loud, drive like Miss Daisey or like TB, don't want to share 

 

[Lazydocker]

Does it not filter out through the cap...although the world would be a very stinky place if it did.

Not if it's been inspected properly for the MOT... Cap must make a good seal

[albitz]

Omegas are big heavy cars. If fuel consumption is a real concern you LPG IT or buy something with better consumption (as I did). Taking the spare wheel out etc will make such a small difference you wont notice it or be able to measure it imo.

[mudflap]

^ every little bit help so they say, but my suggestion was aimed mainly at the portable garage workshop "better take this trolley jack and oxy cylinder along it might come in handy if i break down"  types 

[duggs]

Will put the wife and kids on a diet then....that should help tons

[pscocoa]

as said - if you are doing big miles buy something more economical. 1.9 cdti gives a good balanced return between power and cost - maybe a bit boring for some but there is a price to be paid for 3.2 V6 motoring unfortunately.