Can An Old Car Achieve Over 800 Miles On One Tank? 

A Brit-german in a Czech car in France learning Italian..... Mr Worldwide

Thanks for converting miles to kilometers! And that's just like good old top gear!

"His MPG must be terrible!" The last thing you'd expect hearing at the Nurburgring 😂

Seeing 126p/l at the petrol station was very nostalgic.

this is the best car throttle series so far

Used diesel skoda Octavia sales are gonna go through the roof.

it bothers me that you can drive for 400 miles and go from britain to germany, and if i drive for 400 miles i’m still in my state

"the only thing left to do now is to peel back the fuel lid tape" *pulls the clear coat and paint off 😂😂 16:10

So you and I could have easily done a few more laps? Frustrating.

I was more excited about watching this video than the royal wedding

"Its 23 degrees" - Me laughing in Australian

Well done guys! My father died a week ago and I am currently sat in his 2001 Skoda Fabia estate. A great car owned by a greater man!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for translating it into litres/100km :)

This is “Clarkson/May/Hammond”quality stuff right here!! EPIC!

Our family had about 4 of these Octavias and 3 Golfs MK4 and they are just irreplaceable. The 1.9 TDI has to be one of the greatest engines ever made.

It's an old Skoda, I had no doubt it was going to make it. Old cars ftw

it is weird to see the hyper-active Alex so calmed and quiet.

Please restore Miles back to how it came from the factory and make everything work. This will be one of the most wonderful things on RU-vid ever. :)

As fresh owner of Mazda RX8 i'm offended by this test

I know this is an old video now, but anyway. On a fuel economy run, it's amazing how much your MPG goes up if you sit behind a truck. Once drove behind a truck in a Prius. Set the radar cruise control to Nissan Qashqui mode (formerly known as Audi mode), and just let the car ride along. Achieved 90mpg on the 22 mile run, which did include a significant 2 mile climb at the start.

Make some love to him. Mod it. Not to power, but hyper-millage. Try to make smooth undertray(belly pan). Lower the car, put some crazy high tire pressure, eco-tune reduce weight and try beat the record.

Such an amazing edit! It was so much fun helping with the (very long) day, thanks for the invite guys!

Can you pls just write an application to the BBC for hosting Top Gear??? You could make TG great again

I did 872 miles (1400km) with 1 tank of diesel. Car was VW Passat b6 1.9tdi From Doncaster to German/Poland border.

Challenges like this are what make this channel so great!

Takes spare wheel out. Goes on a 800 mile journey.....

I love the stories of Miles, kudos from Czech Rep. This TDI model is famous for its reliability and MPG, it is kind of an icon in CZ and also at the same time something to laugh at. I am wondering if any Czech guy tried something similar that Alex did.

My guy is dying in 73 degree weather, that's called a perfect day here dude.

I laughed when he removed the tape and the clear coat came of the fuel lid 😂

Too easy. What a fine automobile 👍

Simply Amazing and fully shows how these VAG 1.9 TDi are well built and economic. Even these bloody hybrid wouldnt be able to do this challenge or come any where near 400 miles. Another good engine similar economy and reliabily is the Renault 1.5 Dci K9K 6 Speed Variant now used by Mercedes. By the way, excellent challenge, top gear and grand tour would have never showed something like this. Keep it Up Alex & Car Throttle Family !

Everything Alex said that had something to do with MPG is what Prius drivers say every second

The glorious 1.9 TDI. One of the best engines ever build: quality, durability, mileage and decent power. Never disappoints!

16:13 Rip Paint

A car from VW group reporting false mpg. Who'd have thought it? 16:15

Thanks for showing the stats in the Kilometers as well!

Eastern European taxi drivers blank out their EGR and get leaner tune on the engine to get crazy l/100 numbers

I just love videos about actual everyday cars that one is able to afford, buy second hand and use it reliably. This was amazing. Thank you and greetings from Portugal.

Alex, you're a champion for toughing all those miles in Miles. Love your content man

reminds me of when I picked up a car a few weeks ago, was already in need of refueling but I figured "it'll get home, still got about 90km left of diesel". about 20 minutes into driving home, I get a call from the dealership asking if I could come back to sign another paper. Said yes and figured "I'll fill it up before getting on the highway" Didn't find a station before getting on the highway, but figured "can fill it up along the highway" Didn't find a single station for more than half the trip home, with the warning saying 10km left of fuel for like 15 minutes straight. Turned off everything, even the daytime lights, and I guess got lucky enough to find a station like 20km away from home or less. What a save.

Can I get through the entire video on 1% battery???

It's so similar to old Top Gear…

I haven't been that excited about anything on youtube since ages!! Thank you 😃

73 degrees without AC seems amazing. I wish mine broke when it was like that instead of 90+ in a black car.

In the late 80's, I had a '75 Dodge Monaco. When I first got the car, I noticed that, if I stopped quickly, and the gas tank wasn't full, the car would rock back and forth for awhile. I took notice of that, and purposely ran out of gas to see how much it would take. I put 38 gallons of gas in, not including the gallon that I was keeping in the trunk for emergency. About a month later, I decided to hypermile for a whole tank of gas as the car seemed to get good mileage on highway driving. I got 996 miles before the car started sputtering. That gave me my numbers. The spare gallon was dumped in, and I got my gas, and went home. With the 38 gallons that went in giving me 996 miles, that came out as a shy hint over 26 MPG. In a modern car, 26 MPG is no great achievement. However, in a two ton car with the aerodynamics of a filing cabinet, and a V8, it's nothing short of a miracle. The car... 318 V8, automatic, no tag on the rear end... However, two turns of the drive shaft turned the wheel once... The car was very fast, but about as quick as a snail off the line. I believe that the car was probably ordered new for highway use, which would explain its poor city performance, and city MPG.

This reminds me of the Top Gear episode from 2004 when Jeremy Clarkson took a diesel Audi A6 800 miles from London to Edinburgh and back.

Really enjoyed this whole series, amazed by the MPG!

@9:18 and many more places, mr Misha sounds like pre-programmed. No need to look at corner or turn and just describe it. I won't be surprised he would say exact same even if blind folded. Hats off Mr Misha!!!

5:20 How on earth is Alex traveling in mainland europe without a bottle of candy up

The us army HEMMT 8 wheeled truck does 1000km on a tank... Then again it does have a 1000L tank.... MURICA

I am italian. And huge fan of this Channel. Listening my hero speaking italian is F amazing. Love ya mate.

Wow, fantastic stuff - great work again guys!

Love watching this high mileage hero. Makes a change from just watching about new cars all the time!!

"Don't Brake Don't Brake!" 😂😂😂

Thanks for the L/100km, we from south europe donu understand mpg,so bi S/O to u Alex!

Excellent clip, well done Alex and team, enjoyed it

Best part of the video SEEING L/100km ... it made it feel complete

reminds me of Jezza and his excursion to scotland and back in a 4.2 Audi A8 15 years ago. Old diesels are the best and the gouvernment can shove their idea's about efficiency up their arse. great video ;)

Boosted Boris is awesome. I had not noticed how short you were before, until you stood next to Boris. Great episode. Thank you for sharing.

My dad had a 2005 seat alhambra 1.9tdi drove it from Dublin to Algeria only filled Up 3 times and still had half a thank when we arrived. Got it up to 185k miles. Now replaced it with a hyundai santa fe 2.2 crtd. Did the same journey filling Up 4 times. That shows 1.9 tdi engines are the best and the most economical

Please do justice to Miles and rebuild it as nicely as possible

Well done sir. I once went to the ring in a Daimler 3.6. our mpg was appalling.Our diff ran a constant loss oil system which billowed white smoke on every descent ( which also came into the car). But we did set cruise control at 120mph on an autobhan. Doing it solo is a heroic drive. Well done.

I'm going to check out Benson's tire channel. Glad you guys are back making videos. Loved your previous videos.

What a cool video. I was pretty confident. My PD150 Golf has done almost 700 a, b and m roads, so 800 is achievable. Now I need to try it. Cool stuff.

Big Turbo time

Great video - hope you got the sleep you needed after! I've done 550 miles in a day and that was something....I feel the pain of 800+!!

A few years ago I drove my passat TDI 1.6 2010 from Liverpool to first petrol station in Poland - 940 miles in one tank. At petrol station I still had 30 miles to go. I drove with full boot + 1 more person. my average mpg was 66mpg. The best tactic is to stay behind lorries :-) and be gentle with acceleration.

This dude is complaining about 73 degrees, but here I am working in 90-100 degrees pretty much every day.

It was entertaining to watch! Nice challenge and thanks for converting to L/km! I respect the whole team's (especially Alex's) effort

This is a channel with original content, very hard to come about

The new top gear 😂😂😂

"Oh, that is fucking BANGING mate!"

Would love an episode based on giving the car a thorough detailing, using a machine polisher on the paint and bringing it back like new

The MPG calculator is not "lying". When you fill up all the way to the top of the filler neck, the computer is registering speed and distance traveled, but is not detecting a decrease in fuel level, so it'll keep adding range to your trip. I've got a petrol SAAB with the 2 liter that I took on a trip to Greece (from Romania), and on leaving Bucharest, just doing 90km/h it was showing over 1000 km range and climbing, which I knew couldn't be true, no matter how light-footed I was going to be. The fact that the VW 1.9 Diesel is economical anyway lead to it taking longer for it to start registering your fuel consumption. That's also why you'll be potting along with the fuel gauge staying steady and then it'll seem like it's suddenly started dropping without you changing your pace. That being said, awesome trip regardless and well done to you guys :D

the 1.9 ALH series TDI is a flipping fantastic engine. barely needs any wires to run, reliable, economical. lots of the VW guys will swap them into older models, it's a popular swap.

Fabulous vid !!! I had NOOOOOO idea Skoda was still in business, let alone making cars. It may not be all high tech and swoopy curves but.......if what you want is low running cost, this is the kitty. Good on yer !!!!

I love this series and this was an enjoyable episode from start to end!

Best video series so far. CarThrottle should be on TV! :D

Awesome video cool journey and can you find more cars with high mileage Nice video Alex

YAY well done Miles & Alex of course for the driving prowess that brought such glory ;)

Thank you for this brilliant tribute to the old Top Gear economy run challenges.

Some of these German diesels can do over 1000 miles on a full tank. You should have carried on to see how much more miles you can get until it coughs out

Damn... Car Throttle, Tyre Reviews and Misha in one video... This is better than the avengers! Why haven't I seen this before😵

This is brilliant. But poor miles; the paint work didnt deserve duct tape.

A good diesel can make a strong argument for not buying a new electric car 80+mpg

I could get over 600 miles on my old Golf estate without trying before hitting the reserve. That had over 200k miles on it before it started making clunking noises from the suspension, engine was still smooth though.

This is the best series ever

Got from Dublin to Birmingham in 75% fuel tank in a Citreon Picasso with about 600kg of people and luggage in so pretty good

Great video Alex, I have had 2 x 1.9 TDI Golfs but never got more than 54mpg so great driving I think that it is a brilliant engine.

Thumbs up for doing a favorite Top Gear challenge!

Loved this one, more especially because you were on the Nurburgring!

I stayed at work longer than I had to in order to watch this video. If that doesn’t tell you how much I enjoyed it then I don’t know what will.

Probably, I have faith in Alex's driving skill.

The 1.9 TDI engine is a masterpiece a true legend

This one is right out of the school of Jezza/Hamster/Slow, well done!

Miles and 330d were the most exciting series on this channel!!!!

This Škoda Octavia is more economical than my scooter which eats at least 3,5l/100km of petrol

But can a Prius do it?

I did it too but my wife is tired from pushing.

Good video. I had the old X-Type Jag diesel and that would comfortably give 700 miles without even waiting for the fuel light coming on. I miss that car. 100'000 miles in 3 years and apart from new tyres and the usual services nothing went wrong. A family friend has had Skoda's for 30ish years and think they are wonderful.