brisbane - melbourne - brisbane vital stats

[clayton4115]

brisbane - melbourne

car was on for 1144 minutes (19 hrs 4 mins)
travelled 1693 kms
consumed 95.54 litres of fuel
average speed 84km/hr

melbourne - brisbane

car was on for 1118 minutes (18 hrs 38 minutes)
travelled 1687 kms
consumed 98.80 litres of fuel
average speed 89km/hr

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[wilkie]

whats this for? to calculate fuel usage or something?

[clayton4115]

just some interesting stats incase someone wants to do the same route. Newell Highway, i like keeping stats on my car, have an excel file full of data on it.

[wilkie]

ahh ok, reasonable enough!...stats told u anything interesting bout ur car at all?

[markCivicVti]

Regret driving to melbourne and back? I drove Briz -> sydney in a single go as the only driver. On the way back I did it in a single go as well except that I had been awake for atleast 13/14 hours that day cos was at a wedding + reception.

I vowed to never do something that stupid again - then again I did it in a festiva that would shake (steering) badly at 90km/h and up.


Good economy though. Sub 6ltr/100km.

[clayton4115]

no i dont regret driving, it was good fun, my mrs drove 25% on the way down and 35% on the way back, havent driven down for 10 years, this is the third time ive driven down and back in 13 years.

drove down bc i hardly use my car otherwise, work in the city and catch the bus to work and back so the car doesnt get used much.

our next road trip is to Cairns, in a few years, very similiar distance to Melbourne.

[denot]

clayton, is that stats for 7th gen civic? Its not 8th gen right?

[clayton4115]

yes 7th Gen, Oct 2005 built.

by using the above data you can also work out the whole average fuel consumption

5.40/100kms to melbourne

and

5.90/100kms on the return

exceptional i would say given this little car took two adults plus full baggage and also odd bits n pieces placed in the boot!, plus some hilly terrain !

[Alpine]

That is very impressive economy indeed. Almost as low as a Prius Hybrid.

[clayton4115]

yea i think its as good as the hybrid on the country roads, but in the city bumper to bumper the prius craps all over any other car i reckon!

[buddah51au]

slightly better economy than i achieved from central QLD to sydney and back via Leichardt - Newell - New England & Pacific Hwy's. I averaged 6.38 for just over 3,000km with a best of 5.8. 1490km each way & i only stop for fuel & 1 meal break.

[Alpine]

clayton4115 & buddah51au, were you guys just using regular 91 unleaded, premium or 98 octane to achieve these figures?

[buddah51au]

i have always used standard 91RON unleaded

[clayton4115]

yeah im just using regular unleaded, had my tyres up to 40 psi though.