The "What your Car's Fuel Consumption" Thread

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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.

[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.

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

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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.