Friday, Apr 28, 2006 at 23:22
Interesting figure for the diesels!!
I've got a fuel consumption spreadsheet that spans back to '02 which is "very detailed" that'd
bore you to tears!! :)
'98 V6 DualCab @ 385000klms, on LPG, which does 99.9% highway work on cheapie chinese 31x10.5/15 AT type tyres.
Old style alloy bullbar fitted, and vehicle weight 1960kgs (with my 105kgs on board)
used as my my everyday courier vehicle, and averages about 75-80K klms/year...explains the 99.9% highway use!!)
fuel consumption on
Gas:
Av: about 5.5-6 km/l
.... generally 6km/l on a hwy run at the limit, 5.5 when stuck in the 'burbs! :( (always using cruise control...beause of my crook knee)
Worst: 4.9km/l
running very hard....and normally would be doing this, only when there are 10 urgent deliveries that needed to be delivered yesterday!!
Best: 7.55km/l
gentle run to Swan
Hill, all hwy @ 90km/h (cruise)
Petrol:
Av: 6.75-7.5km/l
....this varies a lot because the car starts on petrol and turns back to gas........run out of petrol and you can't start the car!!! :(
some months I don't use petrol, other months I use 2 tanks.
Worst: 5.5km/l
...driven harder than when on gas in 'fury mode'!! :)
Best: 9.5km/l
I've lost the actual figures, 300klm round trip (Melb-
Bendigo) which is quite steep in some
places....speed limit on the freeway.... 90km/h on the non-freeway sections.
these are the actual speedo figures, so I have to add 3% to the klm figures because of the oversized tyres!
seems to me I need to stick to petrol/gas, and forget about the idea of a tdi!!
ps.
average fuel cost/klm
2002 Gas: @ 29c/l cost 5c/klm......PETROL: @ 82.9c/l cost 12c/klm
2006 Gas: @ 50c/l cost 8c/klm......PETROL: @ 135c/l cost 18c/klm
I'm tending to try to get more klms from a tank, rather than less minutes to get there nowadays!!
the only side benefit of the doubling of fuel prices, it's totally eliminated my yearly speeding fines expenses!!
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