CU2 Auto, 1000km on 1 tank

[unity]

Great figures there Buddah51au. As some one asked earlier what tyre pressure do you use? And what speed do you set our cruise control? I gather from previous conversations with you that you used Vortex 95 correct?

Just out of interest what sort of figures do you get when you make a trip driving in the suburbs of Sydney?

[buddah51au]

I set cruise control about 3 kph above the posted speed limit.
I run 35PSI F&R in Tyres,
Yes, i use Vortex 95 99% 0f the time. I once used Mobil 98 to see if it helped with the pinging issue, and I filled with Mobil again today as i was away from my local area. every other fill has been Vortex.
I haven't been within 1500km of Sydney, so no idea

[furythree]

this is amazing. i was complaining in my head this week that ive hit above the 10l/100km average for the first time in 2 months this week. prior to that i was doing 8.2l/100km per tank. i reset the thing everytime i refuel to keep track. mind u those times were only cause i was doing 80km/h most of the time on straight road at night. But there were times i was doing city driving (or on the way to the city) and i still managed to keep it below 9L. amazing. I use vortex 98 and it doesnt seem to make much of a difference

anyway, as someone asked earlier, what RPM do u keep it at? I understand that lower RPM is less fuel consumption right? what about constantly keeping it at a certain Rev or reving it in bursts. which is better?

and is 35PSI in tires pretty high? someone on the forum told me 33psi and ive been using that. You have stock tires right?

[lingamair]

Wow! 1000 clicks on a tank. Pretty ideal conditions I guess.

Makes me want to ship my car back to AU and have a long LONG drive.

[buddah51au]

this is amazing. i was complaining in my head this week that ive hit above the 10l/100km average for the first time in 2 months this week. prior to that i was doing 8.2l/100km per tank. i reset the thing everytime i refuel to keep track. mind u those times were only cause i was doing 80km/h most of the time on straight road at night. But there were times i was doing city driving (or on the way to the city) and i still managed to keep it below 9L. amazing. I use vortex 98 and it doesnt seem to make much of a difference

anyway, as someone asked earlier, what RPM do u keep it at? I understand that lower RPM is less fuel consumption right? what about constantly keeping it at a certain Rev or reving it in bursts. which is better?

and is 35PSI in tires pretty high? someone on the forum told me 33psi and ive been using that. You have stock tires right?

Firstly, I doubt you will find any difference between using 95 or 98 fuel. The Euro is designed to run on 95 RON, so why spend extra for nothing. Fuel is expensive enough as it is.

Most of my driving is done with light throttle openings, letting gear changes happen around 2700 to 3000 rpm. Obviously when in hilly conditions i just let the cruise control do it's thing, so on long climbs it can go back 2 or 3 gears where it will maintain 3000 to 4000, depending how steep the hill is. I also have a habit of once or twice per tank I take it to the limit in 1st & 2nd in sport shift(obviously once the engine and g/box are up to operating temp), changing around 7500. As this puts you well above the speed limit I shut it down immediately I change into 3rd.

Yes I have stock tyres, I add 2 psi as 80% of my driving is rural B roads

[denot]

^^^ as always John... I'm still impressed The last two days was a horror for me sitting on 13.9L/100kms 90% city driving with bumper to bumper slow moving traffic...

[buddah51au]

Wow! 1000 clicks on a tank. Pretty ideal conditions I guess.

Makes me want to ship my car back to AU and have a long LONG drive.

I wouldn't quite call it ideal conditions as there was 240km of quite hilly driving, a few trips into town & about 30km of slow driving in a funeral convoy. I know I can achieve a better result, but that will only happen if & when i make the trip to Sydney again. I only wish there had of been a service station where i needed 1 to actually pass the 1000km mark. Overall I am more than impressed with everything about this car & to think it averages just 0.4L/100 more than a FD1 civic Auto is amazing.

[HunterZero]

For those interested the figures are 972km, 62.89 lts = 4.47L/100km. Needless to say I am more than impressed.

Err, you mean 6.47 L/100km.

Still very good though. I've managed just over 900 out of my CL9 manual, and that wasn't all highway. I reckon with 100% highway I could get 1000km from one tank.

- HZ

[buddah51au]

^^^ as always John... I'm still impressed The last two days was a horror for me sitting on 13.9L/100kms 90% city driving with bumper to bumper slow moving traffic...

you will have to move up here to gods country mate, beautiful 1 day, perfect the next. peace & quiet, very little traffic to speak of, big $$$ if you find the right job. The only drawback is Kodak's & unmarked Q cars everywhere. example a blck Liberty STI, black Maloo ute, latest is Silver V6 Accord.......what next.......lol

[primetimex]

My CU2 which was delivered around five months ago in March 09 is stuck at around 10.4L/100Km according to the reading. Occasionally it dips to 10.3L/100Km but that's rare.

buddah51au - what's your opinion then on the BP98 Ultimate fuel - supposedly they give you better kilometres and keeps your engine clean?

[aaronng]

and is 35PSI in tires pretty high? someone on the forum told me 33psi and ive been using that. You have stock tires right?

No it isn't. If you have the 18" rims with the lux, then 33psi is too low. Check your tyre pressure placard on the driver's door and use that +2psi depending on your threshold on bumpiness.

[aaronng]

its amazing what constant throttle can make to fuel economy.
for example , i have a civic with a type R engine , weight is 980kg + driver. With 98RON fuel i have got 700ks from a 32l-36l tank. (4.5-5l/100ks)

But the CU2 weighs probably 600kg more lol.

CU2 has a long overdrive gear, great for cruising and the engine can run leaner when on light throttle.