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I get about 9-10litres / 100km in bumper to bumper evening traffic from Sydney CBD to St Ives. I did burn 16 litres / 100km at the Nasho with some liberal use of the loud pedal!!
BTW - the trip counter is not that accurate, hell the speedo is not accurate. The GPS indicates that I am travelling 110km/h and the dial will show slightly above the 115km/h
Bought my first black Euro in June 03, the very first week the model was first released in Australia. Had done just over 81000 km. Although not supposed to, the front seats always had sheepskin cover over them. No kids so back seat hardly ever get used. It was in immaculate condition. Even the dealers admitted the car was outstanding, but I decided to sell it to my parent instead.
I kept mine (CL9 Lux Auto) for <12 months.
Great comfy cruiser, not enough fun if you don't have a weekend toy though...
I believe that is true about most cars. I've driven different cars and different brands, and I've noticed that issue with all of them. Where the speedo is always ~5km more than the GPS reading. It is either GPS reading is inaccurate or the speedo is.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBen
I've even driven ones which use digital speedos, and the issue still happens with a 5km discrepancy.
Just google this issue, and you will see that laws don't state that the car speedo has to be accurate. It just cannot show speeds slower than actual, and can maximum show speeds above which are 4km + 10% of actual speed. I think this is specified on the ADR Rules.
Which isn't a bad idea having it not accurate like that. Since it will prevent you from getting a ticket. Since I think the rules state that you can drive 5% over the speed limit without getting fined. Which at lower speeds this isn't much, therefore with the inaccuracies of the speedo, it actually helps you.