Nissan R34 Skyline How many miles on one tank of fuel & what MPG can you get? A Surprising result!

[@AutoShenanigans]

The question is... Do I go for the 500 mile jackpot....

[@andykilvington1651]

Yeah course you do!

[@HighMiler330d]

Yes

[@bryan3550]

Most decidedly! Only this time get yourself a little placcky petrol can to get you going after you really run dry!!! 😉

[@Dave-bo9uz]

Yes, absolutely do it!

[@lifebites21]

YESSS

[@MrGreatplum]

I’m very impressed with both the car’s economy and your ability to stay sane driving behind lorries all day!

[@AutoShenanigans]

I'm not in a rush to repeat it! If the car had cruise control it'd have been a lot easier :D

[@HT-jy7dv]

I love the commitment of these videos. 🎉

[@scarface4758]

Did genuinely enjoy that video 👍 more like this please

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks for watching mate!

[@phildenyer3790]

I’m inspired to try this in my 400bhp Impreza next time I drive to wales from Kent, would be a result to get there on a tank! Great videos by the way, very entertaining 👍

[@AutoShenanigans]

Let me know how you get on.. I've had a couple of Imprezas and a legacy.. Subaru don't do fuel economy :D

[@phildenyer3790]

@@AutoShenanigans fuel economy is certainly not its strong point!

[@bazzerpeck25]

this is brilliant and funny at the same time gotta try these things!

[@micbsounds]

Savage overtaking maneuver. Next challenge Jon goes to Millbrook or similar bowl and sees how low milage you can get over a full tank of fuel in a Nissan Skyline GTT.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Now that sounds like a far more fun experiment!

[@Antjuan28]

Can you say daily!!!! This sold me thank you

[@MrFlazz99]

I'm reminded of Clarkson doing London-Edinburgh and back in an Audi A8 TDI - fuel pumps fizzing away for the last hundred miles or so and he got 40mpg out of a 4-litre car.

[@chillybrit2334]

I was always surprised by how fuel efficient my Pulsar GTiR (meddled with of course, 320hp / 330lb.ft on dyno) was if I drove it without angering the turbo too much. 40+mpg all day long. Of course, get on it (on a professionally run race / test circuit naturally) and I'd be lucky to see double figures mpg, more like 5. Of course the tuning strategy back then was turn up the boost, pour in the fuel - send it. I believe tuning has advanced somewhat since those caveman days :)

[@johngreen8693]

Just watched to end - I was soo close!!

[@AutoShenanigans]

Good call, thanks for watching.

[@ssportugal]

My 24 Civic type r did 38mpg at 70mph, but I have a 45ltr tank, so I only did 380miles, probably could've done more if I hadn't done a few pulls on the slip road to the motorway and less speed

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Great video Jon, that's impressive from a Skyline, be interested to see another run ie like a certain petrol station to another petrol station in a certain location.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks for watching mate, it's pretty good.. although I think it could do more... I chickened out! :D

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

@@AutoShenanigans when I got my Rover last month it had 1 mile of range left in the tank, let's just say I was getting range anxiety but I made it to the garage just under a mile away!

[@AutoShenanigans]

You mean to tell me there's a rover out there with a range computer!!?

[@jhareng]

33mpg x 14.4 gallon tank considering a mild tune. Helps a lot in lorries slip stream. Edit 55.6 ltrs = 12.355 gallon English of course think im within 22 miles.

[@XclusiveAaron]

I actually did this exact test recently and I got 480 miles from a full tank on my 2000 BMW 330i - very very careful driving and when I filled up it was literally FULL 🤣 but I was impressed from a 3.0 straight 6.

[@AutoShenanigans]

We've got a 2004 330ci. Fantastic car.. useless on fuel.

[@vincebarber1909]

My r33 only got around 25mpg on a slow long trip, that's insane!

[@AutoShenanigans]

It was certainly a surprise to get that far! I think we can do 500 from a tank :D

[@vincebarber1909]

@@AutoShenanigans if conditions are optimum and you get behind a lorry from the start then its got to be close, you still running standard injectors? There quite small on the standard neo maybe that's part of it.

[@AutoShenanigans]

@@vincebarber1909 yeah indeed and you may well be right there!

[@danvitesse]

Great video! I was well into it and then i remembered.... I drive the Rover Vitesse Fastback. Still it will come in handy should i ever get myself a Datsun :)

[@AutoShenanigans]

A Vitesse!!? I've not seen one of those for years.

[@danvitesse]

@@AutoShenanigans I also own an SD1 vanden plas. Yes I know i am a man of impeccable taste i thought that much was obvious as i am subscribed to Auto Shenanigans ;)

[@sammcauley]

Do you still have the Skyline John? Would love to see it make a cameo in Secrets of the Motorway!

[@johngreen8693]

Steady driving helps, 35 mpg on such a run? My 911 996 (the cheap one) does 25 locally, 34/ 35 on a long run like this (A1 to Northumbria, Mway to Belgium etc but doing 80ish) and 12 on track. But, I'm an old git.

[@ukroadtrips2102]

You need to start up a Top Gear style TV series. This reminds me of when Jeremy Clarkson went from London to Edinburgh and back again on one tank of fuel in an Audi 😂😂😂

[@AutoShenanigans]

Careful, you'll give away where I stole all the ideas from... I mean, "took inspiration" rather. I passed my driving test pretty much the same week Clarkson rebooted the Top Gear series so it shall always be an inspiration for me. ghey. If you haven't seen it already... our "Race the Sun" film was also inspired from Clarkson ;) It is my goal to be top gear... we'll get there ;)

[@Scrubworks]

That is very good. I average 500 kilometres to the tank in my 180SX, which is the same capacity.

[@AutoShenanigans]

I'm not in a rush to repeat the "test" but certainly some good figures for a 90s car!

[@robertbarker5981]

Such fun! 😁

[@dibley1973]

Ah... Not enough likes to trigger the 500 mile quest. Here, I've pressed it three times.

[@mrivantchernegovski3869]

My 25DET Laural did 350 km 70 litres maybe up north to the lakes and back ,my 2 kids ,9 ft mal on the roof all our crap and tents lol 1000cc mid size ebay china garret studs gapped rings new bearing bored block and decked ,link storm ,close ratio C33 RD28 diesel box,3500rpm 100 kph 5 th ,180 kph 3rd gear 7900 rpm then off clock rest of gears to 7900

[@bigtiny42]

Never understood why a car would tuck in behind a truck. Any time I've noticed it I've figured someone was squaring up to rob me. Happens our wagons often but admittedly not on the motorway.

[@tomwilliams330]

Never thought an RB25 would achieve that! I have a manual m140 and I want to try the magic 500 mile mark now. Best I’ve had so far is 427. Be interesting to see if both can make it being straight 6 and around the same power. See if a 23 year old engine is as good on fuel as a 5 year old.

[@AutoShenanigans]

I imagine with 20 years of extra development the BMW should do a better job.

[@tomwilliams330]

@@AutoShenanigans hmmm I don’t know. I reckon it would be close. Nothing beats the Japanese for tech. Good old JDM. I think there could be a challenge in here somewhere 😂

[@rickydub6950]

Must have been a challenge and a half to stay off boost for that long 😁👍

[@AutoShenanigans]

The Carnival by Gordon Giltrap. It was also used for the "Wish You Were Here" Holiday show. It's such a great tune.

[@andrewmullen4003]

would be nice to know how big the tank is?

[@AutoShenanigans]

16mins45secs... ;)

[@mattpearce5437]

Great video mate currently looking at moving into one of these moving from the vag world, would you recommend these as a long term daily car? And has it been reliable in your ownership? Cheers 😎👍

[@AutoShenanigans]

For the money they cost nowadays, I wouldn't recommend as a daily, the fear of someone crashing into me, dinging it in a car park or a badger taking out the front bumper (all of which has happened) is now too much, parts are silly money and difficult to find. Sure.. 2nd hand parts exist but who wants a 20 year old 2nd hand part thats had 100k on it. Not to say you can't run it as a daily though.. I did run mine as a daily for 3 years without any major issue but I think that came down to not tuning it up to within an inch of its life and servicing it more than you would normally with a lot of preventative maintenance.

[@ioannisiordanidis3562]

Lets do it! 500 bring it!

[@keithriley3159]

Considering it's age and mileage thats a good looking car. Why drive at truck speed 56mph ish ? Try cruising along at 65 mid ish revs and just being gentle with the right foot. Full to half and refill will give you a good average mpg. I really think 500 is possible.

[@woodzy1553]

Only reason is price 62 euro for a full tank of 14 litres if I'm right and I wanna know how often I'll need that 62 euro again I'm an idiot my calculations and liters can be wrong

[@dilithium72]

Now brim a tank and drive it normally... whatever your normal is, as mine tends to involve copious uses of the rev limiter. :-)

[@AutoShenanigans]

"normal" driving rarely sees more than 300 to a tank! ;-)

[@andykilvington1651]

@@AutoShenanigans "Normal" driving rarely gets it beyond the end of your drive.....

[@dilithium72]

@@AutoShenanigans crikey! I start worrying from about 150 miles and above. Mine is purely a (dry) weekend, fun car, mind.

[@AutoShenanigans]

@@andykilvington1651 That's possibly correct

[@AutoShenanigans]

@@dilithium72 I guess I don't drive it hard enough these days :D It can be useless on fuel when pushed.

[@lsonytrl]

DID U FILIM START AT HUNTINGDON???

[@andrewnbrown]

Just fill 20% of the tank capacity in and do 100 miles. Or 2% and do 10 miles.

[@McRocket]

No offense, but I cannot realistically guess at the range since I have no idea how big your fuel tank is. However, I will guess whatever gallons you have times 33 miles per gallon. Edit - I was fairly close. Well done (to you). ☮

[@ianelliott229]

425?

[@jfv65]

Remove that silly rear spoiler, air up those tires to 3.0bar and have the front toe set to zero. Then 500miles will be a breeze. Mind you, i wouldn't make an attempt without CC and i would have to have some looooong podcasts and a great playlist to survive such an arduous roadtrip...

[@N1ckpick888]

285 miles?

[@NathanMalnaa]

I was the 500th like, get to it lol

[@ShawaebTee]

30mpg

[@prawnk1ng]

Does the yellow petrol light flash when you’re really low ? Not just low ? Most cars do this.

[@AutoShenanigans]

It doesn't! Just shows a steady glow until you run out

[@prawnk1ng]

@@AutoShenanigans I see. I’m kicking myself as I turned down a Tommi Kaira GTT around 15 years ago for 9k 😔

[@astrojack9220]

100% do try and get 500 miles