Though this may be of interest, from http://www.bridgestone-eu.com/articles.asp?ID=81283

Gerhard Plattner, an Austrian journalist and specialist in fuel economy record-breaking, succeeded in crossing ten European countries using just one tank of diesel. This remarkable feat, accomplished driving a Volkswagen Golf V TDI running on Bridgestone B390 Eco tyres, earned him a place in the world-famous

Wonder how far the Fabia would get? Anyone want to try to break the record??

Fabia has a smaller fuel tank, but Golf's average mpg was 53 mpg (if my maths is correct) so it might be able to compensate That's assuming that the record is going through 10 European countries on a tank of diesel so the mileage is fixed!

Chris

720 miles, - thats no bad going!

I reckon if you were allowed to use ferries, you could cover Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, England, Wales and France in 380ish miles - thats 6 countries.

Then from France, you should be able to go on and cover Belgium - Holland - Germany and Luxemberg in 275 ish miles.

10 countries in 655 miles is probably acheivable, but duno where I would go from there, it would take about 270 miles extra to beat the record and get to Switzerland.

I reckon that the Golf did around 60mpg (not sure what exactly 4.44 litres per 100km works out at, but 4.44 is about a gallon, and 100k is about 60 miles) My Fabia would do 60mpg on a nice gentle drive, with skinny wheels on, and with a slightly bigger fuel tank could do the same thing, IMO. I'm sure 600 is possible now if I went from brim full to empty, and did 60/70mph all in one go.

Umm...surely he could do better than that?

Running mostly at 80-85mph i saw 430 miles across Europe out of my Octy RS. Sticking to 70 i'd guesstimate 450-500 miles out of a tank would be possible at a real stretch....

average of 60.68 mpg, not bad but surely a tweaked map in favour of economy could help. now get that done and run up/down a motorway all day and see what you could get

Before a long journey I