richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 24/02/03 10:53 AM Share Posted 24/02/03 10:53 AM Superoo said: What % of your driving is city/highway?At the rate I'm going, my first fill of Optimax will cost me $1.30/litre. :( Must admit mostly city driving and playing about alot but not giving it HEAPS. Have run it along the freeway a few times and the consumption does drop down to mid 14's. Still seems a bit high though. I'll give it a few weeks and try for a real good run on the freeway before I get concerned.BTW - just using BP supplied ULP and paying about $1.04/lt. Haven't bothered with PULP since I donot believe it will make a worthwhile difference in performance Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/329-turbo-fuel-economy/page/5/#findComment-11085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliewool Member 375 Member For: 22y 5m 8d Location: Melbourne Posted 24/02/03 11:34 AM Share Posted 24/02/03 11:34 AM Dave , are you going by the computer Re: mid 14s?.... I really think this gizzmo is guessing?.. Only sure way is to set the kms when you fill up & take reading next fill.. Ours was pretty ordinary 1st couple of thousand Kms.. ( doesn't help having the "mandatory new toy play" either! ) Now over 3000 ks & big improvement! I'm a MPG man ( can't get my head around litres per Ks, or Ks per litre or whatever!).. But now averaging approx 22-23 MPG city, & taking it easy highway, up near 30mpg.. BUT put the boot in & watch the needle fall!.. I'm talking a manual also, which I reckon makes a big difference on the 100 -110ks open road stuff! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/329-turbo-fuel-economy/page/5/#findComment-11087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 24/02/03 11:45 AM Share Posted 24/02/03 11:45 AM Charliewool said: Dave , are you going by the computer Re: mid 14s?.... I really think this gizzmo is guessing?.. Only sure way is to set the kms when you fill up & take reading next fill.. Thanks Charliewool, I'll take your advice and calculate it manually over the next few tanks and see how it looks. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/329-turbo-fuel-economy/page/5/#findComment-11090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mals BA XR6T Member 381 Member For: 22y 6m 26d Location: Sydney Posted 25/02/03 12:12 AM Share Posted 25/02/03 12:12 AM Don't ask me why, but my fuel consumption is worse now (after 5000kms) than it was early on. Sure I'm giving it a little bit more throttle now, but the difference is about 12.5 at the start, to at least 14, 15 and higher a tank now (about the same mix of driving; city with some freeway)This is more than my old windsor 5ltr AU XR8!!!! I'm not impressed actually Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/329-turbo-fuel-economy/page/5/#findComment-11150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 25/02/03 09:33 AM Share Posted 25/02/03 09:33 AM My trip computer is spot on based on manual calculations - 16.1l/100km (17.5MPG) Hope it gets better Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/329-turbo-fuel-economy/page/5/#findComment-11251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mark Guests Posted 25/02/03 10:43 AM Share Posted 25/02/03 10:43 AM I have now been driving mine since December 14 and with a trip from Sydney to Melbourne and return and 5000ks on the clock, I am getting just over 14litres per 100. Mainly Sydney Metro driving. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/329-turbo-fuel-economy/page/5/#findComment-11267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislak Donating Members 400 Member For: 22y 6m 4d Location: Sydney Posted 26/02/03 07:07 AM Share Posted 26/02/03 07:07 AM I've had my car for 3 day and mines doing 19.7l/100k, at the moment I hope it gets better :( Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/329-turbo-fuel-economy/page/5/#findComment-11441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislak Donating Members 400 Member For: 22y 6m 4d Location: Sydney Posted 26/02/03 04:06 PM Share Posted 26/02/03 04:06 PM I've gone through 2 tanks of petrol now and mines down to 18.9l/100k, it seems to be coming down slowly, did any of you guys notice that when you first started driving you car, higher fuel usage. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/329-turbo-fuel-economy/page/5/#findComment-11514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 7m 15d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 26/02/03 11:02 PM Share Posted 26/02/03 11:02 PM I've done 6000k's down to 13L/100km's with mostly freeway km's.Driven like i stole it since purchase. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/329-turbo-fuel-economy/page/5/#findComment-11530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondie Firm Member Donating Members 2,924 Member For: 22y 7m 28d Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 27/02/03 12:35 AM Share Posted 27/02/03 12:35 AM Dagabond said: I've done 6000k's down to 13L/100km's with mostly freeway km's.Driven like I stole it since purchase. Were pretty much identical, good considering the performance B) Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/329-turbo-fuel-economy/page/5/#findComment-11547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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