Fuel Economy logbook

[squala]

I don't expect the RA, let alone Evo to sip like a Colt even when driven with a light foot, but if it can be as frugal as possible, then it's appreciated. Even the Falcon itself is being tuned to be more economical, and the big 4.0 even managed below 7 litres/100 km during a cruise, not to mention its Commodore crushing performance.

[Dummer]

I don't expect the RA, let alone Evo to sip like a Colt even when driven with a light foot, but if it can be as frugal as possible, then it's appreciated. Even the Falcon itself is being tuned to be more economical, and the big 4.0 even managed below 7 litres/100 km during a cruise, not to mention its Commodore crushing performance.

Commonwhores and falcons always return low figures on the freeway, thats about the only time their motors even get close to being efficient. Hit the city though and they'll drink the petrol if you even think of pushing it. Commonwhore crushing performance form a Falcon?? The FG XR6 and the VE SV6 are more or less the same 0-100kph runs. The VF is rumoured to possibly see the introduction of direct injection for the Alloytec which should give it an extra 20kW or so.

the reduction in fuel consumption has moreso to do with the gear boxes, as you might have noticed they are now what a 5 or 6 speeder in the Falcon which helped the cut a decent amount of their fuel use.

[squala]

The SV6 has the same power as the XR6, but the latter has more torque and the Holden's 5-speed auto isn't a match to the Ford's ZF. It's about time they employ direct injection and scrap the obsolete 4-speed auto and anaemic engine in the lower models.

I'd still stick with a Ralliart if I had that much money at my disposal.

[Dummer]

If you were interested in performance you'd get a manual. Autos are for pussies.

[aznlancer08]

CVT auto, done 25000km's:

where i work, Gippsland-Melbourne: return ave of 7.6 L/100km

City driving (weekends), ave of about 9-10 L/100km.

cold starts in gippsland: 89L/100km, haha. after engine warms up, i get about 9L/100km. this is a 12km drive to work from traralgon, mind you,.

[hasu12]

If you were interested in performance you'd get a manual. Autos are for pussies.

SST the way of the future

[Dummer]

Holdens and Fords don't have twin clutch autos though

[hasu12]

lol good point .. imagine GTS with Twin clutch ..that would be one nasty beast

[squala]

lol good point .. imagine GTS with Twin clutch ..that would be one nasty beast

Yuck, pushrods

[squala]

One thing I'm trying to develop myself to help in economy has something to do with stop lights. If I anticipate that the lights are to turn red or will take a while to go green again, I step off the accelerator, let the car roll with a bit of brake tapping when necessary. As much as possible, I try not to do a full stop, so I'd slow down a bit and when the lights turn green, I don't have to build speed from naught, because this uses a lot of fuel.

Of course this method requires some caution, like checking the car behind you and stuff.

[Micoa]

580 km with 49.89 Litres of fuel...

works out to be about 8.6 L per 100km
all city driving, and the occassional stepping hard on the accelerator

not bad for a VRX CVT 2.0 Litre

however i am wondering why the fuel guage was empty when i had 10 litres of fuel left...

[Dummer]

Mine does that too. Always seems to be 10L left when it's telling me to fill up.

[SIR-VRX]

They do that for a reason folks.

There must be at lest 10 or 15L of fuel left in the tank at all time! 2 reasons: 1. To lubricate and cool the fuel pump 2. To ensure the crud on the bottom of the tank does not get sucked up

[tryg]

Good point Sir VRX, although most of my mechanic mates advocate using it right down to there every so often, to use up the water in the fuel.. not letting it accumulate with frequent fill-ups and not getting down to near nothing...

[SIR-VRX]

You will only get so much fuel out of it. There will still be some left in there, even if the car stops. It's because the fuel pickup is raised to avoid all the gunk.