The "What your Car's Fuel Consumption" Thread

[StrickenAza34]

Ok, so I thought I would start a sort of E-Peen competition between us OpelAus Owners. The prize will be bragging rights until someone else beats you! Sure, you could lie, but, would your conscience let you do that?

How to enter:
Copy and Paste the below with your details filled in, in reply to this thread.
Try and beat your previous figures!

Model: Car Model, Year
Engine: Engine Type
Transmission: Auto, Manual or on the road behind you
Driving Style: thrash it, or baby it
Driving Type: City, Country, Highway
Fuel Type: Diesel, 95, E10, 98
KM's since refill: How far have you gone, since you last full tank
Litres to fill to first click: how many L's did you fit in?
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): Maybe use a calculator

[StrickenAza34]

Model: 02 TS 5dr

Engine: 1.8

Transmission: Manual

Driving Style: Like a bat out of Hell

Driving Type: City

Fuel Type: BP 98 Ultimate

KM's since refill: 520.4

Litres to fill to first click: 42.91

Consumption figures(KM/Litres): 8.24L/100km

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[hazrd]

Model: AH SRi (auto / 95RON)
Engine: Z22YH (direct injected 2.2)
Driving Style: moderate
Driving Type: short, 15ish km daily round trips
KM's since refill: 600ish
Litres to fill to first click: dont actually check
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): according to last check of the trip, 9.1l/100

[StrickenAza34]

Model: AH SRi
Engine: Z22YH (direct injected 2.2)
Driving Style: moderate
Driving Type: short, 15ish km daily round trips
KM's since refill: 600ish
Litres to fill to first click: dont actually check
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): according to last check of the trip, 9.1l/100

Knew I forgot something, Transmission, as that does factor in...
I wish my TS would give me fuel consumption readouts, but I think only the SRi's do that?

[hazrd]

Yeah only an SRi feature in the G as far as i know. Updated original post to show transmission (being auto)

So technically there will be 4 1st place goers here.... lowest diesel reading (manual and auto), and lowest petrol reading (manual and auto) lol

[StrickenAza34]

Yeah only an SRi feature in the G as far as i know. Updated original post to show transmission (being auto)

So technically there will be 4 1st place goers here.... lowest diesel reading (manual and auto), and lowest petrol reading (manual and auto) lol

Could be more, if we go by Model too. I'm no expert, but Turbo would use a different amount, and newer models "should" use less. BUT, it's more for shits and giggles, I guess we could let the Barina and Corsa guys in on it if we wanted, make it an OPELAUS comp. Are there many diesel Astra's in Aus?

[hazrd]

yeah there are heaps, but not many are on here unfortunately. would still be interesting to see what people are getting, my X18XE1 (2000 Astra City) was getting roughly the same as yours is now, which is good for the age

[StrickenAza34]

yeah there are heaps, but not many are on here unfortunately. would still be interesting to see what people are getting, my X18XE1 (2000 Astra City) was getting roughly the same as yours is now, which is good for the age

I was pleasantly surprised when I did my sums! Thought consumption would have been ALOT higher.

Considering it came from factory with 7.8L Urban, it's pretty close, although, since I bought it, I've been running it on BP 98 Ultimate, to clean the system out. Will drop it back to 95 in a couple of fills.

[StrickenAza34]

Elliot_O , kts350 and MikeCheck ? should be my rivals in this, as I know they have Non-Turbo TS's.

[Bloodnok]

BUT, it's more for shits and giggles, I guess we could let the Barina and Corsa guys in on it if we wanted, make it an OPELAUS comp. Are there many diesel Astra's in Aus?

If there's a Corsa section, can there be a Vectra section too? :-)

[StrickenAza34]

If there's a Corsa section, can there be a Vectra section too? :-)

Only if you tap your heels together 3 times, while filling the gas tank ;)

[faneca]

Model: VXR
Engine: Z20LEH
Transmission: manual
Driving Style: moderate
Driving Type: short trips daily 20kms each way
Fuel Type: 98 of the closest variety but usually shell
KM's since refill: 579kms
Litres to fill to first click: didn't check saw the price and that was enough
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): dash computer says 9.3L

[hazrd]

If there's a Corsa section, can there be a Vectra section too? :-)


Only if you tap your heels together 3 times, while filling the gas tank ;)

Would you look at that, the title was changed to cover all cars, and was moved to the gerneral section, how about that. He must have been filling up and tapping away

As you were

[StrickenAza34]

Would you look at that, the title was changed to cover all cars, and was moved to the gerneral section, how about that. He must have been filling up and tapping away

As you were

LOL, thanks for that Hazrd.

I should have done it from the start I guess.

[andrew]

Model: corsa c sri
Engine: z18xe
Transmission: manual
Driving Style: fast
Driving Type: semi hard
Fuel Type: avgas
KM's since refill:210
Litres to fill to first click:44
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 20.95L per 100km

Higher the number better the score? lol

[sooty]

How on earth do you get 20L/100, hole in the fuel tank?

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[Shadow110]

I would say o2 sensors are gone

[andrew]

How on earth do you get 20L/100, hole in the fuel tank?

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its easy when you start making power and taking it around the track

[andrew]

I would say o2 sensors are gone

nope sensors are all good,

[sooty]

its easy when you start making power and taking it around the track
unless you're making over 300 atw that's still really poor.
on e85 with over 200 at all 4's i'll still be well under 15

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[andrew]

unless you're making over 300 atw that's still really poor.
on e85 with over 200 at all 4's i'll still be well under 15

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e85 is a really poor fuel, does more harm then good, and as I said the car is driven hard, it was track only so the rev did not stay below 5000rpm for long, and avgas burns faster

[sooty]

E85 a poor fuel...that's funny! 200 degree cooler engine charge temps, 107 octane and 30% higher density tells me different.
As long as you're enjoying your 'economy'...

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[andrew]

the problem with e85 is your engine wears out faster then normal fuel, eats seals so in the end your engine life is shorter
that's just one thing I would not trade for a little bit more power, to me I don't really care how much it use's it all about the fun it has,

[adam_92]

Thats why you build your car for e85. You dont run e85 from a factory engine...

[andrew]

that's true, but a lot of people don't do that, they just do the basic things and tune it to run with out doing all the things needed to keep your safe,
but that's off topic now, back to the topic, lol

[sooty]

The only thing e85 will do is clean all the surfaces better (why you slowly introduce ethanol before you then change to final fuel filter) and cause the oil to break down quicker. Only negligence in maintenance will result in any decrease in engine life.
Given my car will do 3,000 km a year and I'll change the oil every 6 months you'd be a fool to pass up 40% extra torque below 2700rpm because of rumours and heresay. E85 also basically eliminates any chance of knock with no fine learning knock correction required and up to 5 degrees of added timing resulting in less wear on the block.
On small n/a cars it's not worth it, but turbo and higher displacement cars relish it

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[StrickenAza34]

So, back on topic, your consumption stats sooty and adam_92 ?

[Ice]

I agree Ain... Rumours and hearsay re E85.

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[chris_r]

Model: Corsa C SRi
Engine: Z18XE
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Moderate
Driving Type: Mixed between short trips and 200km highway drives
Fuel Type: BP Ultimate 98
KM's since refill: 450
Litres to fill to first click: 40
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 8.88

Model: Volkswagen. Transporter T4 van
Engine: 2.0 AAC petrol
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Courier
Driving Type: Courier work
Fuel Type: 91
KM's since refill: 420
Litres to fill to first click: 64
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 15.23


Model: Hyundai iLoad
Engine: 2.5 D4CB
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Push/tow
Driving Type: Garden ornament
Fuel Type: Diesel
KM's since refill: Can't remember
Litres to fill to first click: More than the van is worth
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): Well, it'd take a long time to push it that far, by which time many litres of fluid would be consumed by the poor buggers pushing it.

What will be interesting is if the new Transit I'm getting lives up to it's 7.1L/100km figure. On a 95 litre tank, that's near on 1400km to the tank.




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[StrickenAza34]

Model: Hyundai iLoad
Engine: 2.5 D4CB
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Push/tow
Driving Type: Garden ornament
Fuel Type: Diesel
KM's since refill: Can't remember
Litres to fill to first click: More than the van is worth
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): Well, it'd take a long time to push it that far, by which time many litres of fluid would be consumed by the poor buggers pushing it.

What will be interesting is if the new Transit I'm getting lives up to it's 7.1L/100km figure. On a 95 litre tank, that's near on 1400km to the tank.

Used to drive an iLoad filled with Coin Bags, at least 200-400kgs in the back, and the damn thing still had some guts. Was manual, thankfully. No idea about the consumption though, as we just used the fuel card at the start of every shift, never got to fill it from empty. While it wasn't the best car, I enjoyed it more than the Hi-ace, which used to wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah while overtaking on the M7!

7.1L/100 is amazing for a van, although, as soon as you put a tool box in, I'm sure it would be 10L/100 lol. Let us know how it goes.

[StrickenAza34]

Model: 02 TS 5dr

Engine: 1.8

Transmission: Manual

Driving Style: Like a bat out of Hell

Driving Type: City

Fuel Type: BP 98 Ultimate

KM's since refill: 520.4

Litres to fill to first click: 42.91

Consumption figures(KM/Litres): 8.24L/100km


Model: AH SRi (auto / 95RON)
Engine: Z22YH (direct injected 2.2)
Driving Style: moderate
Driving Type: short, 15ish km daily round trips
KM's since refill: 600ish
Litres to fill to first click: dont actually check
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): according to last check of the trip, 9.1l/100


Model: vxr
Engine: 2.0 turbo
Transmission: manual
Driving Style: moderate
Driving Type: short trips daily 20kms each way
Fuel Type: 98 of the closest variety but usually shell
KM's since refill: 579kms
Litres to fill to first click: didn't check saw the price and that was enough
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): dash computer says 9.3L


Model: corsa c sri
Engine: z18xe
Transmission: manual
Driving Style: fast
Driving Type: semi hard
Fuel Type: avgas
KM's since refill:210
Litres to fill to first click:44
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 20.95L per 100km


Model: Corsa C SRi
Engine: Z18XE
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Moderate
Driving Type: Mixed between short trips and 200km highway drives
Fuel Type: BP Ultimate 98
KM's since refill: 450
Litres to fill to first click: 40
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 8.88

Model: Volkswagen. Transporter T4 van
Engine: 2.0 AAC petrol
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Courier
Driving Type: Courier work
Fuel Type: 91
KM's since refill: 420
Litres to fill to first click: 64
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 15.23


Model: Hyundai iLoad
Engine: 2.5 D4CB
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Push/tow
Driving Type: Garden ornament
Fuel Type: Diesel
KM's since refill: Can't remember
Litres to fill to first click: More than the van is worth
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): Well, it'd take a long time to push it that far, by which time many litres of fluid would be consumed by the poor buggers pushing it.

All the entries so far. Keep them coming. Bloodnok - your turn now!

[dutchy]

Model: Opel Astra J sports 1.6T
Engine: A16LET
Transmission: manual
Driving Style: sensible but pushing it at times
Driving Type: town driving, short trips
Fuel Type: 98
KM's since refill: approx 500
Litres to fill to first click: never checked it but normally it fits around 40 to 45 ltr to fill up. Depends on petrol station too. Not much more fits in after a click.
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): average guess around 6 to 7 lt per 100 km

Model: Peugeot 4008
Engine: 2.0
Transmission: automatic
Driving Style: female.....
Driving Type: mostly town driving, short trips
Fuel Type: 91
KM's since refill: approx 350
Litres to fill to first click: 45 ltr or so
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): average guess around 6 to 7 lt per 100 km when on highway and using cruise control

[StrickenAza34]

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Got this reading from Coff's to Ipswich. Consumption quickly went up as I drove through Inala. I always reset trip when filling to full. So 425km's in just under half a 50lt tank!

[StrickenAza34]

Model: Opel Astra J sports 1.6T
Engine: A16LET
Transmission: manual
Driving Style: sensible but pushing it at times
Driving Type: town driving, short trips
Fuel Type: 98
KM's since refill: approx 500
Litres to fill to first click: never checked it but normally it fits around 40 to 45 ltr to fill up. Depends on petrol station too. Not much more fits in after a click.
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): average guess around 6 to 7 lt per 100 km

Model: Peugeot 4008
Engine: 2.0
Transmission: automatic
Driving Style: female.....
Driving Type: mostly town driving, short trips
Fuel Type: 91
KM's since refill: approx 350
Litres to fill to first click: 45 ltr or so
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): average guess around 6 to 7 lt per 100 km when on highway and using cruise control

Not bad! Even my partners 2010 WS Fiesta only gets 8-9L/100k with me driving.

[chris_r]

After 4 years, 205k km, 3 blown engines, 3 turbos and 2 clutches, all I can say is the iLoad is the biggest piece of shit to ever get ADR certification. Sure, it might have been nice to drive and had plenty of guts, but they're far from being reliable and Hyundai's "award-winning" customer service, should be investigated by the ACCC for misleading customers, as there is none. I've been driving vans for the best part of the last 15 years and I've never seen anything like this with any van I've owned or driven.

Sorry to carry on off-topic, but to think people think the iLoad is a good van, really need to listen to horror stories such as mine. And yes, I'm far from alone on this.

Going back on topic though, from what I've heard from other new Transit Custom owners, fuel economy figures are about right on the money. As for the SRi, I believe the cat may be blocking up, so I may need to do something about it.

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[StrickenAza34]

After 4 years, 205k km, 3 blown engines, 3 turbos and 2 clutches, all I can say is the iLoad is the biggest piece of shit to ever get ADR certification. Sure, it might have been nice to drive and had plenty of guts, but they're far from being reliable and Hyundai's "award-winning" customer service, should be investigated by the ACCC for misleading customers, as there is none. I've been driving vans for the best part of the last 15 years and I've never seen anything like this with any van I've owned or driven.

Sorry to carry on off-topic, but to think people think the iLoad is a good van, really need to listen to horror stories such as mine. And yes, I'm far from alone on this.

Going back on topic though, from what I've heard from other new Transit Custom owners, fuel economy figures are about right on the money. As for the SRi, I believe the cat may be blocking up, so I may need to do something about it.

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That is a crapy car! I guess I was lucky that the work can only had 80k on it, and was Petrol, although, the clutch was long gone by the time it reached 80k, WTH is with that Hyandai?! I only did Cash In Transit for a short while, and was contracted, so gave it to the van, probably adding to its demise, which going by your post will be very soon!

BOT:
Are Turbo's meant to get better fuel consumption than NA's?
I will be keen to see what Elliot_O's consumption is, as we have almost the same cars, and while I give my car a good flogging sometimes, I am far from Brocky, so will try to decrease my consumption further with this tank, no promises though!

[Shadow110]

Depends on the tune, fuel used, heavy right foot, all those things go into the fuel consumption.
For example, my astra when I picked her up had an average on 10.6l/100kms, and average speed was 34km/h... now its 10.5l/100 and the average speed stands at 46km/h.
Mind you, watching the fuel usage go to 45L/100km when she is on song scares the crap out of me...

[chris_r]

Mind you, watching the fuel usage go to 45L/100km when she is on song scares the crap out of me...

I used to have a BA Mk2 XR6T that produced around 280kW at the wheels and watching the instantaneous fuel consumption was interesting. Hit it on song at 13psi and the readout displayed 99.9L/100km. At the rate that car burnt fuel, it wouldn't have been far from the truth.

[Shadow110]

I used to have a BA Mk2 XR6T that produced around 280kW at the wheels and watching the instantaneous fuel consumption was interesting. Hit it on song at 13psi and the readout displayed 99.9L/100km. At the rate that car burnt fuel, it wouldn't have been far from the truth.

Double the size, double the fuel usage... makes sense... ;)

Strangely enough I have friends with 450kw-660kw xr6ts and they get amazing fuel consumption with e85.

[mickos]

Model: Astra VXR
Engine: Z20LEH
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Boost cruise boost
Driving Type: Around town, freeway
Fuel Type: 98
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): Custom box 20+ on track, 9.1 local, 6.2 freeway on cruise control
CDTI box- 9.3 local, 7.1 freeway on cruise control

[tbclose]

Model: Vectra C, 2003

Engine: 3.2L V6

Transmission: Auto

Driving Style: Spirited :P

Driving Type: City/Country

Fuel Type: PULP 95

KM's since refill: Just came back from the country and did about 750km

Litres to fill to first click: 52L

Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 6.7L/100km on last trip but is usually 10.2 around Melbourne. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/19/4uhyhyzy.jpg

[StrickenAza34]

Model: Vectra C, 2003

Engine: 3.2L V6

Transmission: Auto

Driving Style: Spirited :P

Driving Type: City/Country

Fuel Type: PULP 95

KM's since refill: Just came back from the country and did about 750km

Litres to fill to first click: 52L

Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 6.7L/100km on last trip but is usually 10.2 around Melbourne. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/19/4uhyhyzy.jpg

Not bad! I think the 6.7 Highway driving will be hard to beat!

[tbclose]

The V6 Vectra always surprises people on the highway. It can have a drinking problem in the city but with cruise set at the usual 105 anywhere between 6.7-7.1 is normal provided there's no headwind or I'm not towing. A trailer soon upsets things

[rocky424]

Model: Astra J Sports Tourer
Engine: A16LET
Transmission: Automatic
Driving Style: Moderate, revs hard once in a while.
Driving Type: Short trips, within 10 km.
Fuel Type: 98 of any brand
KM's since refill: 500 km
Litres to fill to first click: ~45
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): Urban (ave under 25kph): ~11.5-12.5; Highway: ~7.5 on cruise control.

[Nick965]

One of my great disappointments in my Astra J, which is otherwise excellent, is the fuel economy.

Model: Astra J Sports
Engine: A16LET
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Pretty Conservative
Driving Type: Mostly short trips, covering lots of hills.
Fuel Type: 95, any 'brand'.
KM's since refill: 450 km
Litres to fill to first click: Don't know
Consumption: 11 (Urban), 7.2 (extra urban)

[Bloodnok]

Bloodnok - your turn now!

Model: Vectra B Hatch
Engine: Y26SE
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Not hanging around.
Driving Type: Commuting*, local trips and some stop-start (ingress).
Fuel Type: I think this last tank was Mobil 98.
KM's since refill: 644.1
Litres to fill to first click: 53.52
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 8.3 by the maths, 8.0 by the dash.
Average speed: 72km/h.

* For those wondering, my commute does involve a fair amount of motorway driving, hence the average speed.

[adam_92]

Model: mk4 astra sri turbo
Engine: z20let 2.0 turbo
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: like a teenage p plater
Driving Type: mainly city
Fuel Type: 98
Consumption figures: 9.2l/100kmh (according to trip computer)

386.6L since last reset
Average speed of 42 kmh

[gravy258]

Model: 2007 AH Astra CDX
Engine: Z18XER
Transmission: Manual
Driving style: don't hang around
Driving type: 14km round trip daily heavy traffic
Fuel type: 98 or 95 if available
consumption: 8.6L/100 (board computer)
average speed 33kmh
distance to empty 522 (above 3/4 tank left)

Model: 2006 Astra AH CDTI
eng: Z19dth
Trans: manual
driving style: pretty much flat out
Driving type:14km round trip daily heavy traffic
Fuel: Vortex diesel
Consumption: 6.2L/100 (board computer)
average speed 48kmh
distance to empty 802km (almost full tank)
the car will show about 1030km distance to empty on highway runs.

the missus has a company car so i alternate between the two cars week by week.

[guy 27]

figures from yesterday and today. car was fully loaded. probably the equivalent of 3 passangers.

Model: Zafira
Engine: z22se
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: cruise control (mainly 110km/h no aircon)
Driving Type: Highway
Fuel Type: 98 BP
KM's since refill: 400km
Litres to fill to first click: 23
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 5.75

Model: Zafira
Engine: z22se
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: cruise control (110km/h, aircon used for a few hundred km)
Driving Type: Highway
Fuel Type: 95 BP
KM's since refill: 500km
Litres to fill to first click: 45
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 9

[chris_r]

Model: 2014 Ford Transit Custom VN 290S
Engine: 2.2 turbo diesel (same as Ford Ranger ute)
Transmission: 6sp Manual
Driving Style: Running in
Driving Type: Mostly city and some highway
Fuel Type: Diesel
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 8.2 (according to trip computer)

Travelled 550km so far in this thing, used just shy of half a tank of diesel. 8.2L/100km certainly kicks the sh!t out of the iLoad's economy. I worked out that based on worst case scenario being 9.0L in the Transit, I'd use about 25-30 litres less per week than I would have used with the iLoad. Based on current pricing of around $1.59/L, that's a saving of around $39.75 to $47.70 per week.

But it will be interesting to see if this figure changes once the engine has settled itself in.

[Vectracious]

Model: MY13 Skoda Octavia vRS
Engine: 2.0 Diesel
Transmission: 6 speed DSG
Driving Style: Normal
Driving Type: 50/50 Urban/Extra Urban
Fuel Type: Diesel
KM's since refill: 709
Litres to fill to first click: 45.45L
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 6.4L/100km (trip computer reported 5.9L/100km)

Compared to the Volvo's 10.4L/100km average consumption on 91/95/98 and the fact that it's quicker than the Volvo as well - I'm happy.

[nigelh]

Model: 2013 Opel Astra opc
Engine: 2L turbo
Transmission : manual
Driving style: normal (90% of the time without the stop/start BS on)
Driving type: extra urban
Fuel type: 98
Km since refill:574km
Litres to fill tank 51L
Consumption figures (Lx100/km) 8.8, dash 9.0 average speed 55km/h

[chris_r]

Model: 2014 Ford Transit Custom VN 290S van
Engine: 2.2L turbo diesel
Transmission: 6sp manual
Driving style: Still running in
Driving type: Mixed urban/highway
Fuel type: Diesel
KM since refill: 930km
Litres to fill: 78.13
Consumption figures: 8.4L/100km (trip computer said 8.2), average speed 29km/h

This is the first time I've had to fill the tank since new. Will be interesting to see how it goes as time goes on and the engine is settled in.

[mondo]

Model: 2013 Opel Corsa OPC
Engine: 1.6L turbo
Transmission : Manual
Driving style: Daily driver
Driving type: Urban
Fuel type: 95
Km since refill:
Litres to fill tank 45L
Consumption figures (Lx100/km) 8.0 @ 52km/h average speed. (this is over the past 6000km since picking it up new )

best we've seen on a tank is 7.1/100


Model: 2010 Ford Focus XR5
Engine: 2.5L turbo (modded)
Transmission : Manual
Driving style: Mix of Daily Driver and let the hair down on the weekend
Driving type: Urban and Twisties/Country
Fuel type: 98
Km since refill:
Litres to fill tank 55L
Consumption figures (Lx100/km) 10.4 @ 59km/h average speed. When my missus was driving it all the time the average was 12.9!!

[hazrd]

mrs broady is a leadfoot!!!! :lol:

[mondo]

Yes!!!!

[OPC1]

Model: OPC Astra 2013
Engine: 2.0T
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: speed limit, gentle (mostly)
Driving Type: City 35k's to work - occasional short trips or freeway trips to town (45k's)
Fuel Type: this tank - half Shell 98, half United 100 (I had to fill up just before price went up)
KM's since refill: 504
Litres to fill to first click: exactly 50l
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): just under 10l/100km (9.9 on the trip meter).

[OPC1]

mondo, does your trip meter remember back to the beginning? Mine resets every 2000km, and who uses a trip that small, except for a single tank of petrol?

[mondo]

there's 3 memory settings. one is life of the car, and two are re settable. i set one on delivery so it is 28km different to the life of the car. the other i reset when i go on a journey somewhere and want to know what it has been doing. not sure if it will keep doing that or reset at 10k or something? the mondeo used to reset at 2000km. oh and there is a single line trip meter on the dashboard too in the Corsa. it probably resets at 2000km

[GUN16V]

Model: 2003 SRi-T
Engine: Z20LET 2.0L
Transmission : Manual
Driving style: Daily driver but sees WOT a fair bit
Driving type: Urban
Fuel type: 98
Km since refill:*451 (just under 1/4 left)
Litres to fill tank 43.14L
Consumption figures 9.5L/100km

Pretty happy considering im running 17psi over boost/ holding 15psi and I give it a few squirts ever day.

[kts350]

Elliot_O , kts350 and MikeCheck ? should be my rivals in this, as I know they have Non-Turbo TS's.
Wish I could tell you but I think my Astra is ready to go to god haven't drivent it for a month or two.

[OPC1]

Model: OPC Astra 2013
Engine: 2.0T
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: speed limit, gentle (mostly) - I let it warm up to 50 degrees before I drive it
Driving Type: City 35k's to work - occasional short trips or freeway trips to town (45k's)
Fuel Type: this tank - United 100
KM's since refill: 492.4
Litres to fill to first click: 48.08l
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 9.9l/100km (10.2 on the trip meter).

[kovert]

I normally fill up before the fuel warning light and the !!!RANGE!!! alert.

The figures below are from my last visit to the petrol station. I refueled before getting the warning.

Model: Astra SRi coupe (MY07.5)
Engine: 2.2 Direct
Transmission: Automatic
Driving style: To road conditions (speed limit, AC normally off)
Driving type: City (40 km approx round trip)
Fuel type: 98 (Shell V-Power)
Distance since refill: 422 km
Litres to fill to first click: 44.63 L
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 10.58 L/100 km

I have been recording fuel consumption for a while now and my best figures for the SRi are from April 2011:

Fuel type: 98 (Shell V-Power)
Distance since refill: 472.7 km
Litres to fill to first click: 45.77 L
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 9.68 L/100 km

The computer has my average consumption at 9.6 L/100 km. I would have to do an average of collected consumption data to determine whether the computer is accurate if not. Too much to add up.

[DWS 92]

Model: 2001 Vectra B
Engine: C22SEL
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Spirited
Driving Type: Mostly short commute to/from work (7km each way). Did include 1 200km country drive.
Fuel Type: BP Ultimate 98
KM's since refill: 543.0
Litres to fill to first click: 49.77
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 9.16L/100km

Best I recorded was 6.67L/100km on a trip from Brisbane to Newcastle. Don't have the economy indicator in my car so had to calculate it manually.

[OPC1]

Model: OPC Astra 2013
Engine: 2.0T
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: speed limit, gentle (mostly) - I let it warm up to 50 degrees before I drive it
Driving Type: City commute
Fuel Type: this tank - Shell 98
KM's since refill: 418.4 (petrol going up today)
Litres to fill to first click: 40.50l
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 9.7l/100km (10.3 on the trip meter).

I'm going to keep this up to see if I can find a relationship between actual and trip meter consumption.

[guy 27]

Model: 2004 Astra Sri
Engine: z22se
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: cruising
Driving Type: spirited
Fuel Type: BP 98
KM's since refill: 670
Litres to fill to first click: 49.xx
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 7.31

[poita]

Model: 2013 Focus ST
Engine: 2L Turbo ecoboost
Transmission: 6sp Manual
Driving Style: daily. Lots of short trips under 10km
Driving Type: spirited - like it was stolen
Fuel Type: BP 98
KM's since refill: 499.5
Litres to fill to first click: 47.xx
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 10.6.

Consumption so far in the car over 6200km is 9.6km. Lots of short stop start trips don't help

[DWS 92]

Model: 2001 Vectra B
Engine: C22SEL
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Spirited
Driving Type: Commute to/from work. City driving.
Fuel Type: BP Ultimate 98
KM's since refill: 514.7
Litres to fill to first click: 52.06
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 10.11

[vekara]

Model: 2001 Vectra B2
Engine: Y26SE
Transmission: Auto
Driving Style: No breaks
Driving Type: Suburban and highway
Fuel Type: BP Ultimate 98 sometimes with octane booster 102 RON
KM's since refill:
Litres to fill to first click:
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): Suburb 9.2, highway less than 8.2

[Hilikus]

Model: 2003 SRiT
Engine: Z20LET
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Normal with some squirts here and there.
Driving Type: Suburban and Highway, average speed is 57km/h according to MFD.
Fuel Type: This tank, Caltex 98, normally BP 98 but I had a sweet discount docket to use at Caltex.
KM's since refill: 440
Litres to fill to first click: how many L's did you fit in? Haven't filled it up yet.
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 7.9L/100km. Usually 7.8 with BP 98. MFD figures.

[tatugirl]

Model: 2001 CORSA C
Engine: Z14XE
Transmission: AUTO
Driving Style: NORMAL WITH SOMETIMES FUN
Driving Type: CITY/HIGHWAY WITH SOME TRAFFIC
Fuel Type: V POWER (COLES EXPRESS)
KM's since refill: 450 (I THINK)
Litres to fill to first click: DONT CHECK
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 8/100KM

FUEL WAS GOOD BUT NOW IVE JUST NOTICED IM GETTING 86KM IN 1/4 A TANK

[chris_r]

Model: 2014 Ford Transit Custom VN 290S van
Engine: 2.2L turbo diesel CYFF/ZSD422
Transmission: 6sp manual
Driving style: Courier
Driving type: City
Fuel type: Diesel (Costco, supplied by Shell)
KM since refill: 850km
Litres to fill: 77.63
Consumption figures: 9.13L/100km (trip computer said 8.9), average speed 18km/h

Can't say those figures aren't impressive in a two tonne van doing consistent stop/start city driving. Van now has about 48000kms on the clock. I'm probably filling the tank once a week nowadays, instead of twice per week with the iLoad.

[DRMAT]

Model: 2014 Holden Commodore SS-V Redline
Engine: 6.0L L77 (OTR, extractors, exhaust and remap)
Transmission: 6sp auto
Driving style: Me - spirited, wife - careful... usually
Driving type: Urban/fwy traffic
Fuel type: Mobil/711 98
KM since refill: 405km
Litres to fill: 64.12L
Consumption figures: 15.8L/100km

If you want a real laugh i should have put up the figures when i ran a tank of E85 through it the other week and the average shoots up to about 20L/100km!

[gadget]

Model: 2004 Vectra CDXI
Engine: 3.2V6
Transmission: Auto
Driving Style: Normal
Driving Type: commute to work during week, short trips on weekend (eg to shops etc)
Fuel Type: shell 91 octane
KM's since refill: 642
Litres to fill to first click: 53.2
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 8.3 (calculated) 8.5 on trip computer

[pd-xc-72464118]

Hope people don't mind my abbreviated contribution.

Model: 2004 Corsarina xC
Engine: Z14XEP
Transmission: Manaul
Driving Style: Efficiency-minded
Driving Type: City / Freeway
Fuel Type: United E10 (http://www.unitedpetroleum.com.au/ethanol) (95 octane)
Consumption figures(Avg Lx100)/KM): 5.5L/100KM
Consumption figures(Avg KM/L): 18KM

I don't bother setting up the OBD Bluetooth / Torque (Android App) too often to check this but on Friday I was doing an unusual trip (for me) and had a new phone with a larger screen so I thought, what the hell. I was interested to see my average speed on a peak time freeway trip I highly expected to have a lot of low-speed driving, if not one or more full first gear stops, on a freeway no less.

Trip was from North Fitzroy in Melbourne, down Alexandra Parade and on to the Eastern Freeway, then through the Mullum Mullum tunnel on to Eastlink and Monash Freeways. Basically the kinda ring road from inner northern Melbourne to outer South-eastern Melbourne. Trip started about 4:40PM and surprisingly I got on the Eastern, through Alexandra Pde, fairly easily. Within a kilometre or so I'd hit stagnant traffic. Surprisingly that cleared up just after Ringwood though, perhaps due to the Eastlink being a tollway? Stagnant traffic then hit me again as I merged from Eastlink on to the Monash.

Anyway, I think I probably averaged higher than 5.5L/100KM on that trip, but a late-night trip home up the Monash with no traffic gave me 5.5L/100KM despite needing the A/C on every so often to defog the windscreen.

I'm pretty happy with those figures. Did nothing major to get them other than a bit of clutching it downhill; not bothering to keep or gain speed on long constant uphill climbs; turning the A/C off whilst the screen isn't fogged; bit of slipstreaming behind trucks and SUVs where possible.

[pd-xc-72464118]

What sort of loads are you tending to carry Chris, weight wise?

[Purplehazeffc]

Model: 2001 Astra City Hatch
Engine: Z18XE
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Normal. Change gear between 3000 - 4000 rpm
Driving Type: City / Freeway
Fuel Type: Puma 95
Consumption figures(Avg Lx100)/KM): Between 5.7 & 6.2
Consumption figures(Avg KM/L): 16 - 17

Car has now got 290,000 klms & still drives nice & smooth.

[chris_r]

What sort of loads are you tending to carry Chris, weight wise?

Most of the time, I'm carrying anywhere upwards of 200-300kg worth of parcels/mail. Van just passed the 100,000kms mark last week and still running fine.

Weekend just gone, I was helping my parents move house. They live 100kms north of Adelaide. I hired a 12' x 6' enclosed furniture trailer to help with the job. I did approx 350kms with the trailer on and another 400kms in city traffic. Filled up today with 79.38L of diesel. 750kms / 79.38L = 10.584L/100km. Man, I love diesels. Reasonable pulling power for a two tonne van with "only" 92kW/350Nm and awesome economy.

[pd-xc-72464118]

That does sound fairly mad chris_r ... if only those ruddy new turbo diesel models weren't blowing shiteloads of pollutants into city streets already choking with truck and bus diesel fumes. Makes sense in trucks and buses until alternative power sources become mainstream but to have turbo diesels as a genuine short term answer to increasing requirements for economy, simply on the basis that diesel fuel has a better natural efficiency and turbos can solve the low-end (or mid range? I forget ...) power delivery deficit ... well I guess perhaps those pretenders over at VW proved it's not only highly dubious but a mirage (not the Mitsubishi type) as well.

But yeah, damn that's a lot of driving on minimal fuel carrying a sizable load. Sweet! Hopefully your rental at least had a roof-level exhaust pipe to blow the fumes above city pedestrians heads instead of in their faces like these flipping turbo diesel cars!

[adclawrence]

09/2003 Astra TS 1.8 CDX

Engine: Z18XE

Transmission: 4 speed Automatic (Aisin AF17)

Driving style: Sensible and to the natural liking of the transmission with the once or twice a day pedal to the medal through an intersection moment. Stop start in the week and expressways on the weekends.

My car behaves very differently depending on the fuel in it.

Caltex Vortex 95: Absolutely hates it. Consumption rises to ~9.0/100km, idles like shit and accelerates like an old Camira on heroin. Threatens to stall when A/C is engaged.

BP Premium 95: The preferred choice. ~8.1/100km, starts, idles and takes off fine providing the car isn't fully loaded. The slight savings and the fact I cart myself around most days makes this one the better option.

BP Premium 98: Pretty much the same but with a slightly quieter and smoother operation. Handles payload and hills with a smidge more gusto.

Liberty PremiuMax 100: ~8.3/100km Car seems to like it, acceleration is a bit more snappy in the lower range but I wouldn't call it more powerful. Fuel consumption slightly higher than the rest. Ethanol blend?

Mogas 98: ~7.8/100km. If I swing by Mogas and need to fill up this one is great. Especially if the car had garbage in it previously. Behaves very well and I feel that this offers the best economy. Never had a bad experience with it.

Caltex 91: Emissions+spanner light, rumble jolt burbrbrbrb and stall. (I shit you not, that was a horrible experience. It was a very hot day too.)

A full tank of the good stuff usually yields me 650-ish km.

Bad fuel has caused me a ton of strange and obscure problems. It puzzles me because even my mum's 09 SRI just takes any old fuel like a champ.