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Originally Posted by doctamick
greenfoam, assuming that you're getting 5.2 L/100km, this would give you range of at least 770km (i.e. 40L per tank). The best I have got is about 650km and had to fill up about 41L. Has anybody done more than 700km on a single tank?! (in a WS manual)
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The best I've done, and my best economy so far was on a return trip from Bega to Sydney via Canberra. I stuck to the gauge speed limit and drove for economy, except up Brown Mountain
Just to frighten my mum who was in the car :evil3: . Good cornering in spite of the load.
Distance at travelled: 523 km
Distance to empty : 162 km
Total : 685 km
Refilled with 32.47 litres and the DTE after refill said 703.7 km.
The real fuel economy was 6.20 L/100km, my gauge said 5.5 L/100 km.
I had A/C on 1 and recycled air all the way (there were breaks to avoid CO2 poisonning) - don't drive more than 2 hours on recycled air!
The trip is quite hilly and I travelled with me mum and about 80 kg luggage (say equaivalent to 3 persons total). I get the impression that extra load and hills really drag down fuel economy.
On the way down to Bega - before I picked up my mum at Bowral - the gauge dropped to 5.2 L/100km, but my mum brought the proverbial (kitchen sink) and the total load in the car must have been around 400 kg (I had to adjust the headlights and the mirrors!), so the real economy was 6.45 L/100 for the trip down.