Damo Donating Members 403 Member For: 21y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/08/06 12:08 PM Share Posted 23/08/06 12:08 PM yet the fuel consumption doesnt go under 16l/100k's. its costing me about $75 a week to go less than 300k's!Try towing a tonne or so!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snail Member 83 Member For: 19y 6m 7d Location: Perth WA Posted 23/08/06 12:14 PM Share Posted 23/08/06 12:14 PM OK...the old fuel consumption issue!!!!!I have a bewtiful 2004 MK1 Manual 5 speed which has clocked up 60k klms and is used as a work car - my company went to Holdens for their fleet. It's always run on premium fuel.I regularly check my fuel consumption and in city driving I average at 13 lts per 100...out on the open road from Perth to Albany the average drops down to 10.8.I would take it back to Ford and get them to check the fuel filter, injectors, plugs, air filter and mix...is it sooty around the exhaust? - rich mixture can blow away your consumption figgures...Good luck....the T is a great car and should return 6 economy with the occassional boot full of v8 power!Snail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford number 1 Donating Members 602 Member For: 20y 5m 4d Gender: Male Location: N/W Sydney Posted 23/08/06 12:16 PM Share Posted 23/08/06 12:16 PM another thing is to check what the average speed is on the trip meter..id b interested in what it is for the guys who get good economy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Donating Members 403 Member For: 21y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/08/06 12:16 PM Share Posted 23/08/06 12:16 PM :imwithstupid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FANTASY Member 24 Member For: 18y 10m 5d Location: Canberra/North Cooma Posted 23/08/06 12:47 PM Share Posted 23/08/06 12:47 PM another thing is to check what the average speed is on the trip meter..id b interested in what it is for the guys who get good economy..←You are going to hate me then. I now have 10k on the clock, trip to QLD, 4 or 5 trips to Syd, 1 trip to Melb. Rest of the time zipping around Canberra.Avg speed 70km, 10.5/100. I guess half my Ks have been on long trips but its still pretty good. I can still manage anything between 490-550 driving in Canberra. 490 is when I am keeping people honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Member 43 Member For: 18y 5m 20d Posted 24/08/06 12:57 AM Share Posted 24/08/06 12:57 AM (edited) Well I've only had it for a couple of weeks, but my consumtion is terrible. If I drive like an absolute granny, only using like 1cm of throttle, the best I can get is 16.7l/100k. If I drive it like a normal car, I'm on like 19L/100k. If I drive it like a sports car, it's well into the 20's, and if I thrash it...This thing drinks more fuel than my RX7 ever did. Edited 24/08/06 12:58 AM by johng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driftpig01 Member 67 Member For: 19y 2m 12d Location: "NORTHERN GOLD GOAST" Posted 24/08/06 01:16 AM Share Posted 24/08/06 01:16 AM Don't be afraid to use the boost. Your car generates more power using less fuel while on boost. If you just put around it is never on boost, essential you are driving a decompressed 6 cylinder.I use approx $170 per week and average 12l/100, mixture of city & highway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Member 150 Member For: 18y 9m 16d Location: Qld Posted 24/08/06 05:14 AM Share Posted 24/08/06 05:14 AM hi guys,I've had my T for aproximatley 2 weeks now and love every thing about the car apart from the fuel bill. its an 04 5spd manual done 58000k's. I dont drive it that often. when I do I give it a bit of a squirt now and then but mainly the mrs just putts it around town during the week yet the fuel consumption doesnt go under 16l/100k's. its costing me about $75 a week to go less than 300k's!I'm not going to mod the car for more power because of warranty concerns but what can I do to improve the blasted fuel economy? otherwise if petrol gets much dearer it will be the shortest ownership in history.cheersmike.←Hi Miker,Presently have a BF Turbo with 6 speed auto & have found not to rely on the average per hundred reading too much. Mine say's that I am averaging 15.5 around town, but when I work it out at each fill it equates to about 12.8 average when filled to the second click. The car has has only done 4,000k's & is improving every day. When I first got it I was lucky to get 100 k's from full to 3/4 but now get close to 150. I run it on 95 Ron. All I can say is that it is a lot more economical than the BA XR8 that I had before it. Check your consumption manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTec TEAM BA Donating Members 1,755 Member For: 20y 1m 26d Gender: Male Location: North of The Bridge Posted 24/08/06 06:22 AM Share Posted 24/08/06 06:22 AM cheaper fuel? buy this... gaurateed to fix your problemshttp://yaris.toyota.com.au/toyota/vehicle/HomePage/0,4666,1861_662,00.htmlotherwise stop biatchin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo Donating Members 403 Member For: 21y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 24/08/06 06:29 AM Share Posted 24/08/06 06:29 AM Cruel, a bit full-on, but !!Actually, I've driven them a couple of times as hire cars when nothing bigger was available and they're not too bad. Sucks once you get a passenger and a suitcase or two though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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