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V8 owners talking fuel economy, what's the world coming too?
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There will be if you have a series 1 with AFM active and do a fair amount of part throttle driving - eg freeway
Hey guys, so, I swapped my 6L manual VE for a 6.2L manual VFII and I've noticed a rather large and consistent increase in fuel consumption around town. Some might be thinking "well duh, it's an extra .2L", but according to the official specs, the combined fuel economy for the VFII should be 12.6L/100 whereas my VE was supposed to be 14.4L/100.
I could quite easily get my VE into the mid 14's (~2000km since last reset), but I'm struggling to keep the VF in the 15's. I'm certainly not driving the VF harder, so I'm not sure if the official figures are BS, or maybe something might be wrong with the VF? The VF is brand new with ~1700km on it. Neither car have been tuned aftermarket or modified.