Fuel economy when you drive in the city/short distances...

JaCe · Postby **JaCe** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:29 pm

arutha wrote:drove down to sydney on sunday i managed 580km out of a single tank. was very impressed with that.

I am happy if I can even break the 450km mark lols. Amazing.

Tarquin · Postby **Tarquin** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:34 pm

Did a run from Dreamworld to the Northside of Brisbane....

I had an average speed of 98km/h and fuel burn of 15.2 km/litre

That tank gave me 715km

SIR-VRX · Postby **SIR-VRX** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:12 pm

For those who stick to litres per 100 that is 6.57l/100 which is pretty good!

arutha · Postby **arutha** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:40 pm

pretty good...thats impressively good

bongo · Postby **bongo** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:32 am

that is good. I got close on an run to Port Macquarie, just after I bought the car

JaCe · Postby **JaCe** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:11 pm

I'm starting to improve my right foot (or my car is more run-in);

vi93r · Postby **vi93r** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:23 pm

Getting it down there now esp with you having an evo.
Since the new exhaust, I'm managing runs of 6.5l/100k down from 7 before for a 24km run to/from work with couple of 80 zones lots of 60, with an ave speed of 45km/h but thats in a VR. I need a good highway run to see if its capable of getting lower.

LZY_EYE · Postby **LZY_EYE** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:32 pm

I have been getting 7.5l/100km Lane Cove to Central Coast. Average 75km/h, leaving Lane Cove at 4pm. I used to get about 8.2

Once the engine losens up you definitely should get a little bit better economy. I also find I get better economy not using cruise.

Bandit · Postby **Bandit** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:45 pm

lzy_eye wrote:I have been getting 7.5l/km Lane Cove to Central Coast.

Gee whizz - I'd be getting that looked at :shock:

LZY_EYE · Postby **LZY_EYE** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:50 pm

Edited.... give me a break I am home sick

I actually had a response typed out to say I could get better.... lol

Off topic - We factor for 1 litre/km competitive in my mates EVO7 rally car... thirsty when you are driving it hard!!

JaCe · Postby **JaCe** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:41 pm

lzy_eye wrote:I have been getting 7.5l/100km Lane Cove to Central Coast. Average 75km/h, leaving Lane Cove at 4pm. I used to get about 8.2

Once the engine losens up you definitely should get a little bit better economy. I also find I get better economy not using cruise.

Smooth driving is definitely rewarded whereas CC can open the throttle even when approaching an area you should be slowing down.

blade888 · Postby **blade888** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:29 pm

On average I'm getting 7.5L/100KM per trip. That's just driving around where I live and to and general travel across 7-9 suburbs.

Best I've gotten on a long drive with 3 people in he car and luggage was 6.6L/100kms going to the Airport. Trip back was 6.1.L/100kms. That tank also ended up lasting me 730kms, would have been a lot longer however I was hooning around up and down old PacHwy and Kuringai Chase road on that tank averaging 10.9L/100kms.

arutha · Postby **arutha** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:22 pm

it certainly seems that our non-turbo'd brothers get far better fuel consumption around town then the gas guzzling evo's lol

dazzait · Postby **dazzait** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:53 pm

I found using Caltex Vortex in my 2.4 VRX manual far better results then normal unleaded around town. Or I'm just getting over the new toy thing.(NOT)

JaCe · Postby **JaCe** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:08 am

I got 9.2L/100km over my usual drive from the Hills to the city on a Sunday night (around 35km). Surprisingly good IMO!

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