Euro fuel consumption

[Crapdaz]

has anyone got a dyno/AFR chart for a cl9 euro auto? Can you post it? My 2006 euro auto lux gets >14 l/100km - sedate driving generally under 2500 rpm - mainly short trips around 10 to 20 minutes.

That's your reason for killer consumption.
How many trips a day? >3 short trips?

[aaronng]

That's your reason for killer mileage.
How many trips a day? >3 short trips?

If you do only short trips without any long trips, then the fuel consumption will be higher because it is not cancelled out by the longer trips.

[Crapdaz]

If you do only short trips without any long trips, then the fuel consumption will be higher because it is not cancelled out by the longer trips.

that's what i mean, killer consumption *edit*

[buddah51au]

Fuel consumption is dependent on the conditions the vehicle is driven under & the right foot of the driver. Give me the car for an hour & i would lay odds i could get it under

7l /100k.....short trips kill economy

[Blitzen]

Just filled up last Tuesday and before that, I did a routine photo before heading out to Caltex

during this last fill up:

-the fuel gauge reached exactly half mark, $31 of 95 Premium
-I did alot of short trips
-tyres were pumped up as usual every time after I fill up, at 230 front and 220 rear (kPa)
-had some rainy days with air con on, and occasionally 2 or more passengers
-did not VTEC the car, nor shift over 4000rpm (yeah my mind's gonna blow )
-I short shift alot, go easy on the throtle
-always try cruising at 2000rpm (1500rpm on downhill or extreme flats)
-serviced the car last month, mechanic changed engine oil, cleaned the K&N panel filter and replaced the oil filter

so ended up racking up 268.1km

how's that compared to everyone?... disappointing really... maybe in the market for a 1.8...

[eg_08_wa]

since owning my car in april 2008, i've always pumped bp ultimate 98. first couple of tanks, barely managed 580kms per tank (i have never filled more than 59L). after 2 months, fuel consumption bettered and i got easy 650kms per tank.

my average now hovers round the 650kms mark give or take 20kms. this is all dependent on my right foot, and types trips.
i average 80kms a day, most of which is hwy kms. shortest trip is 7kms, done atleast twice a day. fuel consumption doesnt change if i run aircond or not. i've run a/c from full to empty and still got the same result, around the 650kms mark

my best tank was a country trip, where i got 780kms from a full tank and that was with a/c on all the time. this was kms a half tank: half tank

also, anything below 2000rpm may not be helping u save fuel, cause your car doesnt have enought power to move, thus end up using more fuel to get motion happening. best to stick around the 2000-3000rpm range. that way it is atleast withing ur torque range and power range, so you're not loading your car as much.

[ewendc2r]

I'm going to check in other areas of this forum -- I think you need to go to Dyno thread.

[Crapdaz]

how many litres was that?

Just filled up last Tuesday and before that, I did a routine photo before heading out to Caltex

during this last fill up:

-the fuel gauge reached exactly half mark, $31 of 95 Premium
-I did alot of short trips
-tyres were pumped up as usual every time after I fill up, at 230 front and 220 rear (kPa)
-had some rainy days with air con on, and occasionally 2 or more passengers
-did not VTEC the car, nor shift over 4000rpm (yeah my mind's gonna blow )
-I short shift alot, go easy on the throtle
-always try cruising at 2000rpm (1500rpm on downhill or extreme flats)
-serviced the car last month, mechanic changed engine oil, cleaned the K&N panel filter and replaced the oil filter

so ended up racking up 268.1km

how's that compared to everyone?... disappointing really... maybe in the market for a 1.8...

[aaronng]

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Just filled up last Tuesday and before that, I did a routine photo before heading out to Caltex

during this last fill up:

-the fuel gauge reached exactly half mark, $31 of 95 Premium
-I did alot of short trips

so ended up racking up 268.1km

how's that compared to everyone?... disappointing really... maybe in the market for a 1.8...

How many litres did $31 buy you?

I just filled up last night. Put in 47.49 litres and had driven 545km. That gives me 8.7L/100km. I do 10 minutes freeway and 15 minutes slow road (60km/h + 2 school zones in the morning at 40km/h) each way everyday.

[Crapdaz]

$31 means nothing.............. puahahahhaa

[Blitzen]

ha! yeah I barley use the car, only for Friday nights and weekends. I've just found the receipt and it's $30.95 woth of petrol including discount got me 26.34 litres, I filed up on the 5th this month and it lasted me for a whole week till the 12th

But I remember I had quite some fuel left in the tank before that fill, but it was cheap Tuesday so the fill up made it to half a tank on the gauge, which is probably 30 litres?

but yeah... my short trips is killing fuel consumption, maybe I'm better of driving a smaller car :P

[buddah51au]

that is no way to measure fuel consumption and means nothing