Euro fuel consumption

[aaronng]

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

So you didn't fill the tank up til the pump stopped on its own? Without letting the pump fill to the top, it is difficult to calculate fuel consumption with any accuracy, like buddah51au pointed out.

[buddah51au]

Thats like saying it cost me a little over $70 to fill the tank this week, it tells no one about accurate fuel consumption. On the other hand if i said i used 58.57 liters to travel 844km people can use a calculator and work out from that tank of fuel I got 6.94L/100.

Then i guess i would draw comments like impossible, some may ask how do you manage that, others may even think I am evaluating a Diesel CU2.

[Crapdaz]

Yeh blitzen !!!

[Ken-f]

during this last fill up:

-the fuel gauge reached exactly half mark, $31 of 95 Premium

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

In your terms,

From Full to Half I get about 370km. From half to yellow light (bit more than empty). I get about 270km. Don't be cheap :P, fill up a whole tank then measure the K's. The first 'half' always lasts longer.

Oh yea, im 6MT

[Blitzen]

27/11/2008 - 25.22 litres = 200km = 7.9km/litre = 12.6L/100km?
1/12/2008 - 27.8 litres = 240km = 8.6km/litre = 11.6L/100km?
9/12/2008 - 27.8 litres = 245km = 8.8km/litre = 11.4L/100km?

last year's figures, I would fill up everytime the fuel gauge reaches the exact point in the photo I posted on previous page, these figures were recorded after resetting the ECU and before servicing the car, cbb to measure fuel consumption since returning from holidays, will continue records now.

[aaronng]

27/11/2008 - 25.22 litres = 200km = 7.9km/litre = 12.6L/100km?
1/12/2008 - 27.8 litres = 240km = 8.6km/litre = 11.6L/100km?
9/12/2008 - 27.8 litres = 245km = 8.8km/litre = 11.4L/100km?

last year's figures, I would fill up everytime the fuel gauge reaches the exact point in the photo I posted on previous page, these figures were recorded after resetting the ECU and before servicing the car, cbb to measure fuel consumption since returning from holidays, will continue records now.

Not sure if I missed it, but is your car an auto? If it is, those numbers (11L/100km) is typical of an auto Euro driven in only city conditions.

[Blitzen]

yeah Auto, just had a quick glimpse at the fuel dockets for the amount of fuel I purchased and the distance travelled so far, I have a feeling there will be improved figures after servicing and changing my driving style, will update soon

[Sludge]

Just back from a trip to Melbourne in my CU2 Auto, aircon on all the way and mostly on cruise, I stayed four days in the CBD and had to navigate in and out of Melbourne each day for sight seeing. Did 2600km from my door to return and finished with 7.8 litres per 100km.

I have my trip computer set to restart the A meter when I tank up, the B meter was started when I left Sydney.

The shot below was taken twenty minutes after filling in Melbourne and cruising west on the freeway at a 100km. A little while later in dropped to 6.7 before we hit some road work and it was gone.

[unity]

That trip computer looks cool. Does that screen come up on the navigation unit? Does it still have the trip computer on the dash under the speedo?

[Sludge]

That trip computer looks cool. Does that screen come up on the navigation unit? Does it still have the trip computer on the dash under the speedo?

That’s on the Nav screen and yes it still has the trip computer on the dash.

It looks cool yes, but can you see a button or instruction to change what your viewing?

Its not there! The dash is so much more functional.

[unity]

I rarely do any freeway driving but I made a trip this morning from home to the Melbourne International Airport. I reset my trip computer once I entered East Link did a drop off at the airport without stopping the car then back home again. I stopped my measurement once I exited East Link. Getting 5.4L/100km over 106kms isn't too bad for an Auto not using cruise control.

[Ken-f]

no. way. Thats pretty crazy.