Best Fuel Economy to Date!

[zy32]

Hi All,

I just thought i ought to share this positive information with you guys.

The missus and i and a couple of mates drove to dubbo over the weekend.

After the miserable wet winding roads through Lithgow, we reached a straight sunny blue skies stretch through to dubbo.

5 or so hours later we were at Dubbo (with a few stop overs in between and on cruise control pretty much the whole way) My 07 CRV clocked in on the trip meter 8.5L / 100km.

Leaving sydney with a full tank, Not once i needed to fuel up! i was laughing!! with plenty to spare (fuel guage only half with a 300km range to go) to drive in and around Dubbo.

Whilst my other mate with a small Hyundai Accent (which apparently is the fuel efficient cars) had to fuel up half way to dubbo and fuel up again at Dubbo.

All in all I only had to full tank again before leaving back to Sydney and the mate with the Hyundai had to top up another 4 times in total before reaching sydney.

Gotta love my car.

I am aiming one day i get 7.5 or 7.0L/100km! well, one day! if i find the most straight road in NSW.

cheers
Z

[[[d a n n y]]]

i've done 8.4 on our odyssey as well
the 2.4L engine is quite efficient

[PNR888]

5 or so hours later we were at Dubbo (with a few stop overs in between and on cruise control pretty much the whole way) My 07 CRV clocked in on the trip meter 8.5L / 100km.

Z

That's encouraging news. Thanks for sharing the news with us. BTW, is your CR-V manual or auto? and I assume yours is generation 3 CRV. (release feb 07)

[zy32]

That's encouraging news. Thanks for sharing the news with us. BTW, is your CR-V manual or auto? and I assume yours is generation 3 CRV. (release feb 07)

hehe yeh,.. i guess we need to get out more on those open straight roads! leave the city far far behind...

yes i have a 3rd gen CRV and its auto.

reason for auto is i just didnt quite get the hang of manual with the way the console was situated high up and the clutch all the way down there. (i am unfortunately short.) so auto all the way.. its a more pleasurable drive.

[dc2dc2dc2]

Hi,

Don't go jumping to conclusions about the Hyundai.
The main factor while he may have had to fill up is due to the size of his fuel tank in comparison to yours

[OMG.JAI xD]

Hi,

Don't go jumping to conclusions about the Hyundai.
The main factor while he may have had to fill up is due to the size of his fuel tank in comparison to yours

2nd that..

[Zilli]

third

[zy32]

Hi,

Don't go jumping to conclusions about the Hyundai.
The main factor while he may have had to fill up is due to the size of his fuel tank in comparison to yours

hey there

yeh look totally agree that my tank may be bigger than an accent and could be the reason why my mate had to fill up 4 times.

but lets do some maths on this..

im no maths genuis ok so bear with my primitive way of calulcating;

Hyundai Accent total fuel capacity is 45 Litres.

My mate did fill up every time his gauage was Half way.

So 45 litres / 2 = 22 litres (approx) The amount he had to full tank each 4 times he filled up.

So 22 Litres X 4 fill ups = 90 litres.

He had filled 90 litres worth of petrol in the Hyundai on one days worth of road tripping.

NOW, with my CRV;

Honda CRV total fuel capacity 58 litres.

I filled up my CRV when its was on the half way gauge.

So 58 litres / 2 = 29 litres (approx)

I filled up ONCE to top it back up to full tank.

I guess the comparison is clear as day.

*Hyundai Accent

90 Litres worth of fuel over 4 top ups in one days worth of road triping going thru the same conditions, environment, places, roads etc.

*Honda CRV

29 Litres worth of fuel over only 1 top up in one days worth of road triping going thru the same conditions, environment, places, roads etc.

I guess my point at the start of this thread was just how economical this car is in the "SUV" segment is.

Especially on a straight run.

You could say the Hyundai can run circles around me in the burbs, but even then a CRV is still cheap to run.

that is all hehe

[krogoth]

he had to fill up 4 times? each time half a tank?

90L???? makes no sense at all

[mrwillz]

yes the size of the tank

the crv would be ALSO more weight

so dc2dc2dc2 u do ur research n come back

[mrwillz]

he had to fill up 4 times? each time half a tank?

90L???? makes no sense at all

yeah
it sure does make senes waz

half tank approx 22L

filled up 4 times
4x 22L = 88L approcx

[krogoth]

lol not that

im saying it doesnt make sense that the accent needed to use that much fuel