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    Question Distance to empty?

    hey just wondering what my default distance to empty should be set at in a VZ V6 Alloytech? its set at 500km at the moment but that does not seem right. any help would be great
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    pretty sure it goes off your previous tanks average fuel used. mines usually around about 550-600km when i fill up.

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    Depends on driving style, modifications to car (cold air intake, extractors, tune etc), also goes off fuel used (98Ron, cheap shit fuel), also goes off how hard you drive.. freeway driving all the time will increase it..
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    My sv6 averages around 11.5L/100km and after i fill up a full tank it usually says 690-710km till empty

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    once my vxss said 910 till empty straight after i filled up i got half that in actual k's

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    Dist to empty is based on avg spd & fuel from the previous tank used.

    Saying that depending on what ur avg fuel is weather it be 11.5 or 12.5 will have an effect on what the dist to empty will be.
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    My car's gone really strange lately. It says I'm doing 14.5L/100kms but this tank has lasted nearly 2 weeks. Usually I get 1 week and around 12L/100kms.

    All I can say is that shit happens. The computer's got a mind of its own.

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    i dont know if it should be this high but whenever i fill my tank it says i've got 760 - 780k's till empty, keep it below 2500 RPM and you'll average like 9L / 100km.
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    My car drinks fuel like Aussies drink beer. It usually sits around 14.5L/100km around town and only says 500km left when i fill it up. This is driving like a grandma....

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    Quote Originally Posted by torana355 View Post
    My car drinks fuel like Aussies drink beer. It usually sits around 14.5L/100km around town and only says 500km left when i fill it up. This is driving like a grandma....
    Yeah, If I drive pretty sedately I can get my wagon down to around 14L/100K. It's pretty common for it to sit around 17L/100K . I'm pretty sure it's cos most of the time I only drive it to and from work, less than 1KM, which has one big ass hill in the middle. Makes it look bad, but I think when I was living elswhere it was much better.

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