YOOT Member 1,201 Member For: 21y 7m 3d Location: Birkdale Posted 21/05/04 09:42 PM Share Posted 21/05/04 09:42 PM Do the utes have a longer range considering they have an 80L fuel tank. For instance if the manual BA TUrbo can get around 10.1 on the highway, would you get 750-800 from the tank if you ran it dry? Also - does the unichip upgrade tend to improve economy a tad. Some of you must have one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/05/04 11:15 PM Share Posted 21/05/04 11:15 PM Do the utes have a longer range considering they have an 80L fuel tank. For instance if the manual BA TUrbo can get around 10.1 on the highway, would you get 750-800 from the tank if you ran it dry?Hard to say, I don't think that the gauges are calibrated for the larger tank as when you fill it up it seems to use about 10-15 litres before the fuel level even changes. With this apparent descrepancy in mind I'm not game enough yet to run the tank down low to try and find out.On the other hand though I would assume the utes to be a bit thirstier then the sedan so you would probably get the same range out of a full tank anyway.I've only had my T for a couple of weeks, so maybe others would be better positioned to answer the question so I shall shut up and move on now!Trent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOOT Member 1,201 Member For: 21y 7m 3d Location: Birkdale Posted 22/05/04 12:14 AM Share Posted 22/05/04 12:14 AM Doesn't the ute have a DTE read out anyway? You can always drive that to the last 5km or so.I used to fill my Fairmont up at 2km left, and put in 70L to the 68L tank on a number of occasions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 22/05/04 01:09 AM Share Posted 22/05/04 01:09 AM Yes it has all the same trip functions as the sedan, but I read somewhere (on here I think) that you can get another 80 km when the DTE is reading zero. So who knows!Trent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igsta Member 371 Member For: 21y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 22/05/04 02:41 AM Share Posted 22/05/04 02:41 AM My ute gets me about 13L/100 and that's from proper fuel calculations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scootre Guests Posted 22/05/04 02:47 AM Share Posted 22/05/04 02:47 AM Scootre,I have reset the trip metre a couple of times and it always ends up close to the 13L/100. I thought maybe the gauge was bit buggered but it seems bout right for the couple of times ive put petrol in the tank. I've watched it on the setting where it shows what L/100 is being used instantly...and that's up and down like a yo yo. Not too hard to get that sucker over 50L/100 :lol: Well mate I have no idea how you're doing it. But I average 16.4 and have never been under 16.2 in mine and that was during school holidays when the drive to work was an easy 30 mins instead of the usual 55min. And that includes about 10km of Freeway.I do recall other discussions on the forums ages ago about how people were finding their trip meter was out by about 1litre/100k when they did manual calculations based on the amount of fuel they put in the thing. When I did mine that way over about 5 tanks in a row, the trip meter was saying 16.5 and the calculations revealed 17.3.But 13..... that's bloody brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Member 335 Member For: 22y 6d Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 22/05/04 03:03 AM Share Posted 22/05/04 03:03 AM Shortly after I had the new code flashed at the last service, I was getting 13l/100km around the city which freaked me out.I then drove 600km 2 days later and got down as low as 9.9l/100km, but it averaged out at 10l/100km for the entire trip. Since I've got back, it's gone back up to the normal 18 or 19l/100km.It will be very interesting to see what I get on my next 600km trip in a couple of weeks Lightning..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEN 24T Gandalf the Grey, Maiar of Manwë and Varda, Team HgAg/Sneaky Member 7,371 Member For: 21y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: The Shire, Middle Earth Posted 22/05/04 05:23 AM Share Posted 22/05/04 05:23 AM Bastards...I'm lucky to get 19L per 100kms.... I have a theory ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEN 24T Gandalf the Grey, Maiar of Manwë and Varda, Team HgAg/Sneaky Member 7,371 Member For: 21y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: The Shire, Middle Earth Posted 22/05/04 05:24 AM Share Posted 22/05/04 05:24 AM Bastards...I'm lucky to get 19L per 100kms....You pussie,Kent gets around that.vik I get around 11.9-13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktford FORD FORD FORD Donating Members 9,390 Member For: 21y 10m 4d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Point In Brissy's eastern side Posted 22/05/04 05:56 AM Share Posted 22/05/04 05:56 AM I get 13.5 to 15 actual consumptionScotty CCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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