Use Sooo MUCH Petrol!!!

[Lil Sammie]

Can anyone tell me if my little Corsa 1.2 should be using as much petrol as it does! �15 seems to last a day! only drive on small roads and maybe a few A roads! Prob about a hundred miles in total for �15 ! Im Working To DRIVE it seems!!!! Is there any way i can change it?
Sam

[NORMANTHEDOG]

it should be doing more then that,when was the last time you had a service on it.

[Monster-S]

Its usually �10 to a 100 miles but it all depends how fast your driving.
If your doing 50-60 mph up and down the gears on small country roads then you will use alot more, so it swings and roundabouts.
But where on earth are you doing 100 miles a day lol.
As norman says it may need a good service or not so heavy lead foot.

[RATTER15]

When you say you only drive on small roads and a few A roads, if you are driving around the lanes all the time, that is where your fuel is going, probably a lot of stop starting in low gears hard cornering, and braking, accelerating etc very uneconomical indeed.

[meltoadhall]

i have a corsa 1.2 and do about 300 miles on a tank of fuel (�33)ish. I think you need a service or check whether you have a fuel leak somewhere.
mine btw is an elderly M reg and it can do 42 mpg. and i live in the middle of nowhere which is all rural.

[Lily_b]

For comparison if you have a newer version, I have a '03 1.2 Corsa. A full tank does about 330 miles driving a mixture of motorway & rural roads.

[Lil Sammie]

Thanks Guys!!!! I Have booked into a garage for a service! im so baffled lol! its my first car and its all new language! lol! is there anywhere you can get a manual book on how the car works??