8th Gen Civic - Concerns on fuel economy

[buddah51au]

i am impressed with the overall figures i get....not yours....every car is used in deifferent conditions.....fuel consumption reflects those conditions as well as they different driving styles people have

[andyhui01]

^yea... I agree, just curious... could you give me a percentage of highway/city driving?

[aaronng]

Since he uses cruise control most of the time, I think he does highway. When I did highway, the Euro's 2.4L returned 7.2L/100km, inclusive of a few runs to redline.

[buddah51au]

no highway work...mostly rural back roads with 35% town

[buddah51au]

as for cruise control........ i only use that on flat roads

[buddah51au]

Since he uses cruise control most of the time, I think he does highway. When I did highway, the Euro's 2.4L returned 7.2L/100km, inclusive of a few runs to redline.

So that people such as aaronng get their facts straight i did some measurements today. each weekday i do 4 trips of 22.4km, of this 10.3km is in a 100kph area, 7.8km in a 80kph area, and 4.3kn in a 60kph area. cruise control is used for 9.5km each trip (traffic permitting)

[andyhui01]

and because you are in the country, I assume that there are almost zero traffic lights? or maybe 1... so the journey is non-stop with no stop start traffic as well?

[buddah51au]

LMFAO......people & there assumptions.....sorry to say andy that your wrong as well, i think it is 11 or 12 sets of traffic lights.....stop start traffic is variable from day to day, but yes it is not like heavy city driving.

[krogoth]

LMFAO......people & there assumptions.....sorry to say andy that your wrong as well, i think it is 11 or 12 sets of traffic lights.....stop start traffic is variable from day to day, but yes it is not like heavy city driving.

if its rural, then thats considered highway driving

i get 450kmz from 38L of 98 octane

generally thrashed driving, 80% in a fair bit of traffic, and tons of traffic lights

[denot]

LMFAO......people & there assumptions.....sorry to say andy that your wrong as well, i think it is 11 or 12 sets of traffic lights.....stop start traffic is variable from day to day, but yes it is not like heavy city driving.

hey buddah... just curious, can you do me a favor to time your 0-60km/hr from stopping at the trafic light on a, say, 60 km/hr area? I try to follow your suggestion on the email before, and now Im driving 0-60kms in a very very slow time and still the consumption is fairly sitting around 9-11 kms/L.

hope you get what I mean... thanks ^_^

[andyhui01]

^denot... unless you live in the country, you'll never get the same consumption as buddah... when I accelerate to 60, my rpm doesn't go above 2200rpm and my consumption didn't change much.

[buddah51au]

if its rural, then thats considered highway driving

i get 450kmz from 38L of 98 octane

generally thrashed driving, 80% in a fair bit of traffic, and tons of traffic lights


secondary back roads are a lot different to highway. some time in the next few mths i am planning a trip to sydney & i will then report what highway consumption is. it will definately be under 6l/100k.....but how far under is the question. but a round trip of 4000km will give a very accurate reading.