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[Alex]

Range changes dynamically based on the very recent fuel consumption of your last few miles. Basically it says, if you keep driving like this, then the predicted range is XX.

[snookey]

Ah, I see.  I'd presumed it was either a simple countdown from the last fill-up, or maybe a calculation of what's in the tank times official mpg figure.  Or maybe it is that when filled up, as it always displays 273 miles when brimmed, but then measures the tank against current usage as one goes.

[cecil]

Does your fuel gauge flash? I am just checking as it is a known fault and can give inaccurate readings when it happens. Alex's comment about predicted range is my experience as well.
 

[snookey]

No, it doesn't flash at all.  When I referred to flashing petrol pumps a few posts down the page that was in respect of previous cars which didn't have a range remaining counter.

[mr singh]

the 'range remaining counter' as you call it snookey is all an approximation. when it says you have 5.0l it doesn't mean you have 5 actual litres left in the tank.

iv managed to get from my work in Wakefield to me home in Leeds on supposedly 1.5l of fuel. when I got to work in the morning it was showing 5.0l. how could I have suddenly have lost 3.5 litres of fuel in 8 hours.

what your best of doing it resetting the trip when you fill drive till you think you need to fill and then see how many miles you have done. depending on what engine you have it could be anything from 420* miles (1.1) to 360* miles (1.5 120bhp)

*numbers quoted are from personal experience.

[snookey]

As a rule the 273 range indicated when brimmed isn't too far out.  Maybe 250-260.  I do mostly fairly short journeys, five to ten miles.  Last week's trip to Aberdeen and a forty mile run yesterday seem to be indicating I'll do rather better this tankful - unless I get too trigger happy with my right foot.

[cecil]

A Brab on approx 300(+-30) miles per tank is what I expect as well. Getting trigger happy in a Brab is part of the fun.

[snookey]

Too right.  That horny little growl as one floors it onto a long straight and feeling the distance to the next corner just melt away under one's wheels is spinetinglingly addictive.

[Problemchild]

For me - all town driving in traffic gives me 220 per tank (consistent over 6 years)

JJ

[snookey]

For me it's about nine miles to the edge of town (they call it a city but it's neither big nor busy by most town standards in Englandshire), then a couple of miles around town and back again.  Or, the other way, through the village and about four or five miles (usually to the vet) just through the next village.  Those are my regular runs, so on the one hand it's mostly rural roads, on the other hand just as it gets well warmed up I'm arriving.