richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 24/02/03 10:53 AM Share Posted 24/02/03 10:53 AM 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliewool Member 375 Member For: 21y 10m 29d 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 24/02/03 11:45 AM Share Posted 24/02/03 11:45 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.. Thanks Charliewool, I'll take your advice and calculate it manually over the next few tanks and see how it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mals BA XR6T Member 381 Member For: 22y 18d 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 2m 10d 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 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislak Donating Members 400 Member For: 21y 11m 25d 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislak Donating Members 400 Member For: 21y 11m 25d 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m 7d 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondie Firm Member Donating Members 2,924 Member For: 22y 1m 20d Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 27/02/03 12:35 AM Share Posted 27/02/03 12:35 AM 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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