Now running in my 06 Euro - the fuel consumption meter reads 10.8L - and the Euro's done 500k's now ..... filled up with Vortex lately and before that was Shell Premium Unleaded .....
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Now running in my 06 Euro - the fuel consumption meter reads 10.8L - and the Euro's done 500k's now ..... filled up with Vortex lately and before that was Shell Premium Unleaded .....
Average consumption for life of car is down to 10l/100km. Typical driving has gone from 14-15l/100km down to 11-12l/100km. Typical driving meaning over a tankful I would do approx. 80-100 highway kms and the rest cold start city driving to work in traffic. I have done a couple of long highway trips which has brought the overall figure down. I still also find that the indicated economy in the trip computer is incorrect. EG trip computer will show say 10.8 when the actual is 11.5 or worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by YouRow
Mostly I put the poor economy down to running rich when cold - the average consumption increases by .5l in the first five minutes of driving, then stabilises even though the driving conditions do not change.
But as far as the figures I have seen almost all of you quote (bearing in mind mine's auto so obviously it'll be worse) mine never gets anywhere near them except on the open road. I am a very economical driver and I hardly ever get past 3500 rpm or plant my foot.
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Originally Posted by YouRow
that's really odd...i do 100% city driving with no highway kms at all...(manual trans)..
every morning mon-fri i do cold start driving for about 10-15mins driving my sis to the train station...
everything else is city driving to work, usually a 20km trip from home to the city...
and i am occasionally a lead foot driver...sometimes i just feel the urge to hear the engine rev to about 5000rpm in 2nd gear...i would say i do this about 4-5 times in my 20km trip to or home from the city...
worse i've ever done was approx 11.5L....this occurred once during the first 500kms of the car....2nd time was my last fuel tank of caltex 98 vortex...
my current tank of 98 vortex is at exactly 10.0L/100kms...averaged with half of the fuel tank used...
i'm going to pour bp ultimate the next few tanks and see again how my figures are...if consistent with my low 9's/100kms i'm gonna pour ultimate from now on...
bugger the 4c off per litre crap u get from shopping....works out to only be like $2 off per 50L anyway!
As for observation of BP vs mobil vs shell.
It's really weird, I find that if I constantly put in mobil 8000 or BP Ultiamte, I can avg 9.xL/100km, Shell optimax is only very little better than the 2 but if I mix Shell optimax with either BP or Mobil (about 50/50 portion), I seem to get a lot of more, consistently under 8.5L/100km, usually the low 8s.
Anyone else experience the same?
Maybe I'll try this - mix Optimax and Bp Ultimate 50/50 and see how I goQuote:
Originally Posted by nickowns
hehe wander what happens if you mix 98RON with 90RON, will it effectively be 95RON at a cheaper price? :p
well I dont know what the mixing does, but I always thought the difference between the 3 fuels are that they put different additives into the fuel to make it 'distinct', so by mixing these, surely you can get a super combintion additive power lol, just a thought. Ultimmaxnergy.
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Originally Posted by nickowns
Which is all good, unless the additives conflict with each other and cause an engine meltdown :p
Just my contribution on the topic of Euro fuel economy.
Euro manual 06 model. 6000km on the clock.
Running on mainly Caltex Vortex 95RON.
Usage normally 50:50 city to highway running.
Fuel consumption has been between 8.0 to 8.9 Lt/100km so far.
Overall average of 8.5Lts/100km.
Figures calculated from actual fuel refill volumes/kms and not from trip computer consumption (which always reads lower than actual).
I have run a few tanks of 98RON recently, but so far I have found this has not made any difference to fuel consumption at all. However, I have noticed that engine performance down low (1000 to 2500rpm) is much better. Today while coasting along with the traffic I pulled away in 3rd gear at 1200rpm ... it was so smooth and responsive! Normally I'd slip down to 2nd to avoid the engine labouring/shuddering, but it appears that running on 98RON has taken that problem away. Some improvement in low-down torque perhaps?
Havent noticed much of an improvement in performance at the upper end of the rev range yet.
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Originally Posted by corn_flakes
Mine's at 4300km total, this tank 100% city driving is 12l/100km... I only use Optimax, I used Ultimate once and got even worse consumption!! Normal trip to work is only 10km/20mins which is why I think it's so bad. Although when I drive a longer town trip, it's only slightly better. It has improved a lot, from 15l/100, so I only hope it gets better as the kilometres go by... Tonight from starting the car to going 100m up the road the avg consumption increased by 0.3l/100km!!
Model: Euro Sport (automatic) 2006.
Mods: No non-factory mods. 17" Bridgestone Potenza's (stock) 32-33psi front/30-31psi rear (checked every 500hm so far / full tank refuel)
Kms: According to the trip computer: 650km at an average of 10.1L/km.
Mixture of 15km freeway + short trips.
Fuel: BP ultimate.
TanaLasta: Your consumption I must say is very low. Most of the AutoTranny guys in here like me get 12L+/100km.
Whats your secret? Hammer it down often?