RE: 4KQ Feulishness

["PAT MARTIN" <MARDKINS@msn.com>]

My only point was that a 400+ mile range is allot of miles for most small 
cars.  My car consistently reads about 6mpg low and I just want to make that 
read accurately if possible.   

Having the 19 gallon tank is definitely not great for everything.  The 4ks 
have a very small trunk and no fold down rear seat.  It also handles very 
differently with a full tank of gas as would be expected.

Pat Martin
864000csq 2 1/2 cat back, H&R-Boge,advanced and loving it.  Drilled and 
stopping it.  Koenig Cobra 16x7 with AVS Intermediates.
95 subaru legacy 
Bothell, Wa.


Pat, how many gallons, or liters, of fuel, does your 4kq hold?  What
size tires are on the car? What type of motor oil are you using?
How many miles are on the engine?

Allot of different aspects, effect fuel consumption.  The trip computers
on allot of the Audi's work on an "average scale", not absolute scale.
The computer is giving you an average figure, based on average driving.
The trip computer on my 86 Coupe, always reads 425 miles if I fill the
tank to the rim!  But on the highway at 70mph average speed, I'll get
about 325 miles to the tank, on average. Which is a 12.? gallon tank.
Thats about 26mpg on the freeway.  In the city it gets about 17mpg
I haven't played with the adjustment on the back. I never found it
nessary to try to fine tune that aspect of the car.

A quattro, weighing more, should get less milage.
However 425 miles on a tank, with a larger capacity tank is not unusual.

A large aircraft, with some 51,000 gallons of fuel, in one trans pacific
flight, burns more fuel, than you could in 65 years, driving your Audi!


                                 M