Turbo Fuel Economy

[richdave]

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

[Charliewool]

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!

[richdave]

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.

[Mals BA XR6T]

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

[richdave]

My trip computer is spot on based on manual calculations - 16.1l/100km (17.5MPG)

Hope it gets better

[Guest Mark]

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.

[chrislak]

I've had my car for 3 day and mines doing 19.7l/100k, at the moment I hope it gets better :(

[chrislak]

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.

[Dagabond]

I've done 6000k's down to 13L/100km's with mostly freeway km's.

Driven like i stole it since purchase.

[Mondie]

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)