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Old 15-08-2005, 05:01 PM   #61
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i think 3/4-1 tank got me too and from bathurst (with a lot of driving round the town) in the eb... auto 5.0 though.

i got 700kays in my XD and it still had a bit left. (thats including 1 hour of city/driving round a country town)
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Old 15-08-2005, 05:06 PM   #62
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WE went to Adelaide at Christmas ,travelled over 6,000k's and averaged 10L/100kms.
I was and still am pretty happy with the XRs fuel consumption,
I would gladly swap some economy for "MORE POWER" ...............LOL
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Old 15-08-2005, 05:54 PM   #63
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I get a variation between 13.9- 14.1l with the turbo.
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Old 15-08-2005, 06:03 PM   #64
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Hi there i finally took my ute for a country run.
In the city i average 17.8l per 100k
On the country run it dropped to 11.8 per 100k
thank god for that as i am about to pilot it down to melbourne
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Old 15-08-2005, 06:11 PM   #65
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Our little KA gets about 7.6 l/100km in the city, haven't worked out the highway cycle for awhile
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Old 15-08-2005, 06:31 PM   #66
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My AUIII Fairmont's trip computer has sat on 11.9/100k's for the last 3 months, with an average speed of 52kph.
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Old 15-08-2005, 06:49 PM   #67
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City Driving = 20l/100km
Country Driving = 16l-17l/100km

In the XF :
About the same here in my XF, stuffed transmission that likes to stay in 1st until about 55km/h and a heavy right foot not exactly helping me obtain good economy. Although when I do a freeway run its much better, probably closer to 14l/100km.

I expect it to improve once I replace the transmission with either the good auto transmission out of the XF I'm wrecking, or even better, get it converted to manual, as well as putting on a decent set of extractors and a good exhaust...
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Old 15-08-2005, 06:54 PM   #68
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My speedo doesn't work at the moment, but at night I can see the black smoke pouring out the back in the headlights of the car behind me....I should tune it.
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Old 15-08-2005, 07:01 PM   #69
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My speedo doesn't work at the moment, but at night I can see the black smoke pouring out the back in the headlights of the car behind me....I should tune it.
Mmmmmmmmmmm unburnt petrol. :hihi:
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Old 15-08-2005, 07:39 PM   #70
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AU2 LTD 5ltr computer says 11.4/100klm average last 6,000klms equal city / freeway
BAXR8 ute (6 speed) 16.9/100klm since new 1,000klms running in equal city / freeway - hope the ute settles down - it sounds so sweet I still havn't turned the radio on!
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Old 15-08-2005, 11:32 PM   #71
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use to get about 650kms in the xf 6cyl carby, the ef was about the same, but the misses daewoo does nearly 1000kms on the highway, but it takes the daewoo twice as long to get there/and the ride is always boring.not much fun in a daewoo.
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Old 15-08-2005, 11:51 PM   #72
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351C ZH Marquis, anywhere between 16L/100k's (cruising at 100kph) and 30L/100k's (Friday nights in town)
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Old 16-08-2005, 12:03 AM   #73
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about 9lt/100km at the moment and thats with foot down (no fun in steady acceleration). Only do about 15-20kms a day most days. Ill do about 50-70kms at least 2 days of the week when i go to school on the other side of town.

I can go down the coast from here (about 170kms) on just under 1/4 of a tank of petrol so its great on the highway. Gotta love 4cyls :P
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Old 16-08-2005, 09:45 AM   #74
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My xy uses about 25L/100km around town driving quite sedately and with 4.11 diff gears, it's even worse on the highway :(
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Old 16-08-2005, 09:49 AM   #75
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Highway 10-12 L/100 cruise
City 15-17 L/100 "spirited driving"

The highway is better than my old stock AU 6 auto fairmont. Go figure?

Good to see all that extra fuel nets you about 10 rwhp Bish :nutsycuck
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Old 16-08-2005, 10:26 AM   #76
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Highway 10-12 L/100 cruise
City 15-17 L/100 "spirited driving"

The highway is better than my old stock AU 6 auto fairmont. Go figure?

Good to see all that extra fuel nets you about 10 rwhp Bish :nutsycuck
Haven't put fuel in it in weeks... so its not a problem :P
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Old 16-08-2005, 12:17 PM   #77
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I just drove into the city and back out for a job interview, covered 65kms and used about 7 litres of fuel, and yes, that was in the XF. Pretty happy with that. Works out to about 10l/100kms, not bad at all for an old 3 speed auto carbied 4.1L 6
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Old 16-08-2005, 02:04 PM   #78
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BA XT I6 Auto. (SR) 65,000 on clock,

Drinks between 11.2-11.9 litres/100Km.
I put about 60 litres (std ULP these days) in and that gives me 500km-ish.

I do about 700-800Km a week, combination city traffic, freeway (read FAST!), and hilly mountains, and I got very heavy right boot at times.
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Old 16-08-2005, 02:57 PM   #79
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15.7 and 16.2 in the city

I didn't check the only highway run its done yet. But haveing said that, its only about 2 months old, and she's only done a little over 1000kms.
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Old 16-08-2005, 06:10 PM   #80
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ED I6 auto, got 460km+ out of ~60L, I'm stoked
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Old 16-08-2005, 07:05 PM   #81
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I get about 100-120km per 60 litres just wondering if anyone has heard of worse its a highly modified motor but i dont know if it should be so bad?
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Old 16-08-2005, 11:17 PM   #82
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My XC ute gets between 250-270k's per tank whether i boot it or not.........lol
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Old 17-08-2005, 09:32 PM   #83
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I get between 13-14litres per 100ks city and between 9-10 for highway in my BA Fairmont Ghia v8.
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Old 17-08-2005, 09:37 PM   #84
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dimi ghia what do you call city driving. Average speed reading just to get an idea?
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Old 17-08-2005, 09:41 PM   #85
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My fuel gauge is weird sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt.

Bloody VLs. lol
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Old 18-08-2005, 01:42 AM   #86
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EF II XR8 manual, 12L/100k's half city, half country. 15 or so city.

ZK Fairlane 351, 21L/100k's last tank, thankfully on gas.
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Old 18-08-2005, 04:05 AM   #87
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AUII XLS EGAS Ute (4-speed auto)
City/Metro courier work (heavy throttle) 450km/75L = 16.6L/100km
Metro/Highway (haven't done a long distance run yet) 650/75L = 11.53L/100km

Car needs a service and will be putting new leads in as well ... so should be getting a bit better soon.
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Old 18-08-2005, 10:33 AM   #88
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In the XF i get around 100kms/10litres on the highway (pretty impressive) but it really sucks around town. I'd say it would have to be atleast 100kms/15litres. The XY on the other hand. We worked out on the highway with 4.11's sittin on around 90k's it got about 14mile/gallon. Does anybody know what that is in km's to litres?
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bout 18l/100km... ish. Depends if thats a US gallon (3.78 litres) or a UK gallon (4.54 litres)
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Old 18-08-2005, 01:36 PM   #90
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dimi ghia what do you call city driving. Average speed reading just to get an idea?
I only live 12kms from work where the highest speed I will do is 80kms per hour for 5 minutes. I haven't been stuck in a big traffic jam yet as I only have had the car for a month.
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