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22-11-2008, 02:17 PM
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go hard or go home!!
Join Date: Oct 2006
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gday!! just wondering what the 'real world' fuel usage is for the 2.0l focus.... wife needs new car!!!
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22-11-2008, 04:23 PM
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2007 Ford Focus Zetec
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
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City - ~10L/100km Highway ~8L/100km Manual City - ~9L/100km Highway ~6L/100km |
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22-11-2008, 04:42 PM
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I wanna XR5
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South Oz
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you can take what extremist said to the bank.
I flog the car and i dont think i have ever got over 9 on long country trips 6.2 to 6.5 at 100kph our car is manual
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Great Wall X240. Bouncing around the APY Lands Ex Ford owner and member of this great site for ages. South Australia, where the RIGHT hand lane is the NEW LEFT lane??????!!! %&#@* |
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22-11-2008, 04:42 PM
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go hard or go home!!
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thanks extremist!! not overly flash on highway then.... my turbo returns around 8.5l/100km and my ol man gets 7.5-8.0l in his 6sp auto xr6. not to bad round town tho. took 1 for a spin,not to bad for small car...
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22-11-2008, 04:48 PM
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go hard or go home!!
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22-11-2008, 05:00 PM
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Focus & Territory TDCi
Join Date: Jun 2008
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i get 7.5 in my tdci city driving everyday
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22-11-2008, 05:02 PM
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I wanna XR5
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South Oz
Posts: 749
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its a little big car. its not that small inside and i am a 6'4 guy and fit easy in the back.
The daughter has one and is getting 8.8/100 on her trip from darwin to adelaide at 140 all the way, frigin naughty naughty.
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Great Wall X240. Bouncing around the APY Lands Ex Ford owner and member of this great site for ages. South Australia, where the RIGHT hand lane is the NEW LEFT lane??????!!! %&#@* |
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22-11-2008, 05:03 PM
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I wanna XR5
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South Oz
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and it flogs commys, its funny to see their face as you keep up with them!!!
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Great Wall X240. Bouncing around the APY Lands Ex Ford owner and member of this great site for ages. South Australia, where the RIGHT hand lane is the NEW LEFT lane??????!!! %&#@* |
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22-11-2008, 06:35 PM
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go hard or go home!!
Join Date: Oct 2006
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ha ha!!! yeah i guess iv just been spoilt only ever owning falcons... but the wife will drive it most of the time and she wants a small car.....so you know wat that means!!!
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22-11-2008, 06:36 PM
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go hard or go home!!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 130
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7.5 in city ausum loris!!!
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22-11-2008, 06:43 PM
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Badly Focused
Join Date: Jul 2008
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I belt mine around the city, it uses about 8.5 on short trips. Long trips, it REALLY depends on your speed. At a steady 100 it used 6.0 flat, at 120 it was 7.8, and 140+ it was 9.5. (all on the same run)
The fuel consumption gap between big cars and little ones is a lot smaller on long trips, because instead of using all your fuel accelerating a weight (obviously it takes more fuel to get a big car moving), you're using your fuel to keep momentum against wind resistance (which is pretty similar for a big car and a little one). -RM.
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22-11-2008, 07:15 PM
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Focus TDCi
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Melbourne
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2lt TDCI
highway = 5.1lt/100kms (have seen as low as 4.7lt/100 though...not sure if it was because i just filled up and went on to a highway run) city = average 5.6lt/100kms. best i have got was consistant 5.3lt/100.....worst was 5.9lt/100. |
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23-11-2008, 11:23 AM
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yum
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Commy: Is that an XR5 turbo?  Me: Nope 2.0L N/A  Commy:  Having said that you really need to pedal it.
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23-11-2008, 11:30 AM
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Noobie
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Brisbane
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^^ as extremist said ^^
In my 5spd petrol, I get high 5's to low 6's for highway driving. I've never gotten worse than 8's out of a tank. A few times I've made 700km out of a tank (<50 litres) but have never done a long highway trip anyway to see the absolute best economy it would get. I've got 50,000km on mine and it's averaging mid 7's for all driving. It gets commuted into Brisbane 40 kms each way a couple of times a week and general driving around for my two kids.
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23-11-2008, 12:04 PM
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Wheel Wally
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Ballarat
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Well I drive mainly easy flowing driving and alot of freeway.
Average speed of 50k's and I've NEVER got below 9l/100k's |
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23-11-2008, 01:04 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
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The day after I got my 08 LT CL we drove from Townsville to Adelaide and back.... ended up getting over 800km from a tank sitting on about 115 most of the way. Ended up being about 3 and a half tanks down there and the same back up.... was awesome driving nice and responsive even in top gear and overtaking was suprisingly good.... dropped it back to 4th I think once the entire trip.
So going on averages we were getting about 6.8l/100km on the highway and around town I usually clock about 600 a fortnight and thats each tank load.... so going on averages we were getting about 9.1l/100 around town... Im happy and imagine alot of other people are too!!! 
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23-11-2008, 07:34 PM
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I wanna XR5
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South Oz
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Commy = Commodore, VS VR VT
and yes up to speed limit, we have a few sets of lights in 80k zones yeah give it to it, nearly to red line each gear change
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Great Wall X240. Bouncing around the APY Lands Ex Ford owner and member of this great site for ages. South Australia, where the RIGHT hand lane is the NEW LEFT lane??????!!! %&#@* |
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23-11-2008, 08:15 PM
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go hard or go home!!
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24-11-2008, 04:10 AM
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wing nut
Join Date: May 2008
Location: S.E. QLD
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Have a Zetec auto, and my average is usually bang on 7.0l/100kms. I mostly drive on the motorway.
Best I've seen was 5.8 on a run right after refuelling, and went on the highway with quite a bit of running at 90 kmph. Worst mileage was around 9L/100kms with quite a bit of stop/go. |
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24-11-2008, 10:35 AM
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24-11-2008, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Perth
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2lt TDCI
Getting 5.3 to 5.6 with a mixture of city and country driving with 20,000 kms. Has gradually improved with about 6.5 when new. All figures are calculated from actual fuel useage and kms travelled rather than electronic readout |
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24-11-2008, 04:08 PM
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yum
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I had a bout of bad economy around town for about 6 months, was getting 8.4 or so.
Reset the ECU and went on a long long drive with the aim for economy (to Melb!), and now getting 7.5 around town.
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24-11-2008, 05:05 PM
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Regular Member
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Well my wifes 2l auto has never seen better than 10.4 round town.
Asked Ford and got the usual ' They all do that ' Pretty disappointed.
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24-11-2008, 05:12 PM
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EuroFordClub
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SE Melbourne
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I average about 8.2 in predominantly city driving, and I'm not afraid to give it a squirt either. For anyone from Melbourne I do the Mt Dandenong trail once a week, and occasionally do the Black Spur, and really push it through those tracks, so it gets a good hit of fuel use at least once a week. Went down to Philip Island a week ago and managed about 6.2 doin ~105 the whole way.
EDIT - It's manual, btw  :
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24-11-2008, 05:32 PM
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24-11-2008, 07:02 PM
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24-11-2008, 08:48 PM
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go hard or go home!!
Join Date: Oct 2006
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thanks for all the replys!!! the one i took for a drive was av. 11.4 round town..... thats by the computer tho, not an accurate reading but i still wasnt real impressed....
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24-11-2008, 09:32 PM
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Like no other..........
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Over here.... Mod:FPV & XR Owners Club of Victoria
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Hi,
I have a Zetec as a company car. generally sits at low to mid 8's. I'm in melbourne, and if it is straight to work and back using the Eastlink freeway for a week, it sits on high 7 's.
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A recent study found the average Australian walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found Australians drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means, on average, Australians get about 41 miles to the gallon. Kind of makes you proud to be an aussie. |
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24-11-2008, 09:57 PM
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Regular Member
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Location: Perth
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i run 9.5 to 10.5 and thats an avg speed of about 35 to 40kms in an auto... i just thought it was me driving to fast... |
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25-11-2008, 09:47 PM
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I wanna XR5
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South Oz
Posts: 749
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if you sit in traffic the fuel usage will go up because its using fuel and not really getting any where.
Reset the fuel usage and let it idle, watch the fuel useage go to 99/100 Do most of you reset the usage before changing from city to country?
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Great Wall X240. Bouncing around the APY Lands Ex Ford owner and member of this great site for ages. South Australia, where the RIGHT hand lane is the NEW LEFT lane??????!!! %&#@* |
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focus fuel usage per 100km???
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