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    Posted: 20 Jul 2010 at 4:40am

Can anyone help - I bought a brand new Kia Picanto 1 on April 1st and only got 350 miles from a full tank and I am now down to 300 on a full tank, fuel is not leaking out. Help anyone

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Hello , yes i am having similar miles will a full tank of around 360- 365 miles in  my picanto 1 59 reg - but it is really very low then, i do a lot of motorway miles mostly 60 -70 mph and i think i am getting 100 miles to a tenner if my right foot is not heavy. Mine has done 7650 miles!
 
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100 miles to a tenner is around 55mpg.
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Whats your mileage?
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You cannot gauge mileage like that you have to do a brim to brim fill to establish what you are getting. These cars have tiny fuel tanks (35L), what exactly are you expecting 800 miles to a tank ??? The correct MPG seems to be in the order of 16 Km/l = +- 45mpg. Anymore than that and you are onto a winner.

By your rough maths 350miles to 35L = 10Miles / litre = 16Km/l = the figure I gave above. I suspect however you are getting more as you will not have fully drained the tank so factoring in at least 5L of reserve left you are doing well.


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theres another thread on this topic here http://...kiaownersclub.co.uk/forum/topic1134_page10.html
 
but if your getting 300 - 350 miles out of your tank that sounds about right. Keep your fuel recipts, make a note of the mileage when you fill up and you'll be able to work out your mpg using the calculator linked in the other thread.
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Well well well............some things never change !
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