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ive been getting around the same figures as chylld with a 06 civic VTi on normal unleaded petrol. ive tried optimax and that had no improvement so i stopped using it. on roads where i barely stop(eg. freeway) i can get over 400km's easily, but as soon as i hit the normal roads.. lol, my petrol consumption just dies.
i also had the same petrol pump problems, and i also did what chylld did lol.
My auto Vti has done about 5600kms now and using 91RON I can get about 500kms till the low fuel light comes on with mixed driving. I can fill my tank to top every time so I'm not sure some of u know how to jiggle the nozzle properly in order to keep filling when it clicks. Sorta sounds like my GF who gets scared of petrol overflowing after the 1st click! Hehe... A bit disappointed with the fuel consumption as i estimate I'm only getting about 8.0L/100km, not low 7's as claimed by the yellow sticker. My manual Jazz Vti-S could easily beat the factory fuel consumption figures, about 6.1L/100km, that is until it stolen and stripped bare.... :(
And they will put a trip computer on the civic next year!
I tot we already got the trip thing on civic, what's the difference?
I am on 91RON.
I have done about 440klms and had two bars left on the fuel indicator before I filled up. The car had 95 kilos on it when I got it, so I can't say if it was a full tank when I got it or partly used.
My driving is a mixture of city with some intermittent 80-100kph stuff. I have the Civic Sport. The claim of 8L/100klms seems about right (reckon mine is about 8.4) taking into account I haven't done much highway stuff.
Also do not mix up overseas Civics with our own. The are various features missing, one of which includes the fuel calculator, MP3 aux etc.
sounds like ur getting pretty good fuel efficiency there, chrissara! my last tank clocked in at 10.5L/100km - hardly any hard driving and only using the aircon occasionally. the best i've gotten with ron91 is 9.5, ron95 9.0. the lowest i've gotten ever is 7.8, that's using premium driving from syd-canberra! i can't realistically get anywhere near honda's claims :(
which brand petrol do you put in? i think maybe my local no-name one is giving me e10 or otherwise dodgy fuel...
Okay - I can't say what fuel was in it when I got it. It is on it's second tank now and I put in Mobil. I also have the auto - I have not driven it hard, i.e. no fast acceleration. My foot has rarely gone beyond 1/3 on the pedal. I have been gradually accelerating.
I am waiting for the magic 1000klms before starting to get a bot more floor heavy!!
heyy leave e10 alone lol thats wat i use... best ive gotten is 8.9L/100km with very very little highwayQuote:
Originally Posted by chylld
haha no offence meant :) out of curiosity, is there any way to tell whether a station uses e10? i've read that ethanol-blended fuels hurt power and thus fuel efficiency... just looking for all possible reasons that's all.Quote:
Originally Posted by davecash
not sure about how to tell if they use e10. I find no different in power compared to 95 ron. the only downside i would say is u get slighly worse consumption using e10 then what you would using 95ron. But since its cheaper than 91 ron its all good:)
well,
VTI auto
driven 750km so far
fuel consumption sucks totally.
this is my third tank, but i never fill it to full. all i do is add exactly 30L, because i don't want carry extra weight when i don't need to. (i fill about once a month or less)
never hard accelerate, only accelerate below 2k rpm over a period of time. no idel time, because i work from 10 to 6, so no traffic jam at all, constant 50-60 km (2 different zones). very granny style driving. No air con at all, never used.
use normal 91 ron unleaded from caltex. so far, my fuel consumption is about 10L-10.5L/100km
following tables was recorded from second tank, so i can keep a track of my usage, lol. i am just a bit pissed at my consumption, so don't laugh.
block: meter display
km: reading from the meter
km travelled by each block: as it stated.
block .km .km travelled by each block
16 `368 `17
15 `385 `18
14 `403 `26
13 `429 `17
12 `446 `19
11 `465 `18
10 `483 `30
09 `513 `13
08 `526 `23
07 `549 `14
06 `563 `27
05 `590 `21
04 `611 `36
03 `647
16 `656 `14
15 `670 `17
14 `687 `26
13 `713
i really wonder why some of us are getting such poor fc while others are getting such good fc. in my case, i don't think my sound deadening is the fault, because there's only 20-25kg of that stuff there, and i'm also quite religious about my tyre pressure, always keep it just a bit above the recommended. chrissara: i'm going to try your method today of not going beyond 1/3 pedal travel, perhaps i'm heavy-footed without realising it!
random thought: perhaps there's a wheel alignment problem in some of our civics causing more friction and thus worse FC?