Whats ppls lowest fuel consumption

[maxy0987]

freeway best was 7.2L/100km
My usual average is 11.5L/100km, thats mostly short trips and traffic light stopping, no freeways.

 

[spanks]

My best on the freeway is 9.7.
Averages in the city at around 15.
Have seen 45 though...oops.
But hey,she runs 11 sec quarters and just LOVES the odd burnout..

 

[Lafanter]

 

[andyman]

lafanter, did you reset that while you where on a freeway or do you generally do alot of highway driving?

 

[Zuicider]

i have a vy srz1 ss, stock and i got it down to 12.9 on the weekend freeway driving and bout the 13.4 mark around town, did have it at 15-16l/100km for a while, but currently cruiseing at 13.2-13.4ltrs around town.

that makes me feel ****, im getting 12.6L/100km country roads and 15L/100km in the city in my vn 5 speed v6

 

[f1tzy]

lafanter, did you reset that while you where on a freeway or do you generally do alot of highway driving?

Lol. If i reset mine on the highway in neutral (manual) mine is like 3l/100k

 

[cpbait]

yeh its crept up to 14-14.4ltrs/per hundred

 

[andyman]

Lol. If i reset mine on the highway in neutral (manual) mine is like 3l/100k

if you coast down say a mountain and your using gears for compression braking, if the engine is doing 3000rpm and generally over 50km/h the ecu will shut off the injectors so if you reset it then - well you can do the sums

 

[feistl]

I guess it shows the heavier the cars get, the worse the fuel economy.

I get around 8L/100km Freeway, and about 11L/100km city driving in my VR Wagon (V6 Manual).

if you coast down say a mountain and your using gears for compression braking, if the engine is doing 3000rpm and generally over 50km/h the ecu will shut off the injectors so if you reset it then - well you can do the sums

Thats why i love manual so much, if you take your foot of the accelerator (at any speed) and you're above 800rpm you dont use any fuel. Its only when you drop below 800rpm or put your foot down due you start using fuel again. I guess thats why manuals are so much more economical.

 

[Fekason]

VYII V6 5 Speed

Hi,

I average close to 10L/100Km locally driving to and from work, plus general runaround.

Fully laden with three big kids, a boot full of luggage and aircon flat out at Christmas, I average 8.0L/100Km driving from Penrith NSW to the Sunshine Coast QLD in less than 12 hours (average speed 90 KPH). I have a three window cluster that has been calibrated to be extremely accurate.

My best consumption has been 7.4L/100Km over 800Km, driving around the speed limit.

My best "Distance To Empty" has been, 2,204Km. That was acheived when refueling after driving downhill from Bilpin towards Richmond and Penrith using 0.0L/100Km for much of it as the car was coasting in gear so much.

I know people with 4 cylinder auto buzz boxes that don't do much better than I do. I use cruise control whenever possible.