Petrol

[ekay1]

Mine one is Civc Vti with 17" rims, do you think the 17" rims affect the fuel consumption?

I used to pump before the light up. is it any different, i'm a new noob

I see. Are the 17'' alloy or are they steel? I think that heavier rims effect the fuel efficiency as its heavier at the wheels making it require more fuel when turning.

Good point Blasdf, never heard that one before though. Do you mix around the petrol around alot? I would assume its better to stick to the same fuel? or does it not make a difference? I used to use Mobil before switching to Bp ultimate, the first time i switched i "felt" that the engine was smoother and responded faster. Not sure if it actually made a difference or if i fell for the pseudo effect. Well im currently happy running on Ultimate, running around 400k mark per tank until the no bars left.

[FDBenni]

Ok so today I ran the tank until it literally had no bars left, went to fill up and I was only able to fill up to 40L, it was also showing 500KM travelled on that tank.
Just a bit of info for you guys to compare with.

[ekay1]

Ok so today I ran the tank until it literally had no bars left, went to fill up and I was only able to fill up to 40L, it was also showing 500KM travelled on that tank.
Just a bit of info for you guys to compare with.

However, the car has a 50L tank. If im doing the maths right, that means on average on a FULL tank, the car can do 625km on a full tank? Do you drive manual btw benni?

[xenonkuraz]

Shit tank this week. Same fuel as usual, E10 but only managed 490km with 5 litres left. Usually I can get 560km with 10litres left

[FDBenni]

However, the car has a 50L tank. If im doing the maths right, that means on average on a FULL tank, the car can do 625km on a full tank? Do you drive manual btw benni?

Yeh with a bit of maths it works out to be about 8L/100km which is not so bad, I'm just curious as to how much petrol there is left in the tank when it shows empty, it doesn't seem consistent. I'm also driving manual, mostly city driving, gets pushed from time to time.

[ekay1]

8L/100km is pretty decent i gotta say. yeah me too, after the bars are gone, theres 10L left..... but im not sure how much there is exactly. Only if there was a more accurate measure of the fuel tank.

[xenonkuraz]

I'm pretty sure it's 7 litres when the last bar disappears

[ekay1]

Oh, is it? I always thought it was 10L. Is it 10L when the light turns on then?

[09FD1]

hi guys,

ive driven about 10km's with no bars left and still had 6 or 8 litres left by memory. a few times when driving with zero bars left for a while 1 bar will come back on lol. filled up a full tank of vortex 98 today, see how it goes.

[Willo]

580Klms with 2 bars left. It will take about 40 litres but I'll confirm tomorrow.

Pretty happy with fuel economy considering it's new. Don't they normally use a bit more fuel until they run in a little?

[FDBenni]

580Km with 2 bars left is insane.. thats about 6.5l/100km, assuming you used less than 40 litres. I'd only be able to get that if it was all freeway driving lol.

[tinymoon]

I am sure that 580km with two bars left is only achieved when freeway driving only. The best fuel consumptions for me were 620km no bar left (all city driving - Gold Coast Areas - CBD) I can actually drive with 0 bar left for more but i just do not want to take risk (or advantage of RACQ Ultimate member :-)) )(the last bar off = 600km to 620km)