Fuel economy

[335POWER]

Apologies if this has been talked about before. But what kind of fuel economy is everyone getting?

In my FG, I was getting normally around 10.3 going by what it shows in the car, but now it's down to 9.6! Not that I'm complaining at all, especially considering after reading that they usually drink around 11L per 100.

The petrol I use is BP Premium Unleaded 95.

[Franco Cozzo]

5.3L/100km in my TDCI Focus, 6sp manual 95% 100km/h highway work.

I only fill up at the local servo, branded Shell, owned by "Scotts Petrolium".

[Nic85]

7.8L/100km in my Mitsubishi 380, 95% highway.

5.3L/100km in my Mitsubishi ASX DiD, 95% highway.

[grandpa_spec_F6]

FPV FG F6 310 Euro IV update:

16.7L/100km 80% city, 20% highway driving.

I swap between BP Ultimate and Shell V-Power 98, not a drop of 91 or 95 has or ever will run through her veins.

[MFranchi]

14.8l/100km

95 NF Fairlane Ghia 6cyl

I do have a lead foot though

[ConradP]

26l/100km in my focus 5sp manual petrol at Winton raceway on the weekend.

8.6-9.0l/100km for normal driving, mostly city/residential.

[Halfmo Rocks]

12L/100km
BF xr6 sedan, 4 speed auto
50/50 highway & suburban, but plenty of hills & heavy right foot

[FacultY]

11.1/100km in my 2010 5spd xr6

60% city, 40% highway

[Jack960]

BF xr6 6 speed manual. I get 12.8L/100, 100% town driving. Only sees the highway once a month.

Odd thing is, i only get 450km a tank. When I fill up I only get 57L in :S

[irish2]

15 - 17l/100km's in the old muzzy. Mostly suburban runs to blow out the cobwebs.

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by grandpa_spec_F6

FPV FG F6 310 Euro IV update:

16.7L/100km 80% city, 20% highway driving.

I swap between BP Ultimate and Shell V-Power 98, not a drop of 91 or 95 has or ever will run through her veins.

Holy crap. I was starting to get concerned because my 09 F6 just hit 13.3 driving in Sydney traffic, largely like a grandma. I do ~60k+ a year, I'd be selling mine if I was getting 16.7! Phew!

[grandpa_spec_F6]

Originally Posted by Rodp

Holy crap. I was starting to get concerned because my 09 F6 just hit 13.3 driving in Sydney traffic, largely like a grandma. I do ~60k+ a year, I'd be selling mine if I was getting 16.7! Phew!

I have to say that my fuel usage is directly proportionate to my liberal application of "right foot" What can I say, I like being ahead of everyone else at the traffic lights!

If I drive it and try to keep it "off boost" or very low boost then I average 14-ish, however a few squirts from 0-60 or coming onto the highway and it's back up to 15L+

Mind you I've only got 5000km on her, apparently they get a little better as time goes on (so I hear).

[atmoxr6]

my '09 xr6 zf 6spd, in trafic can get pretty thirsty, hwy- bloody good! have a look at the avg in the pic.

[XRGhia]

EF Wagon - 5 speed manual - XR driveline

7.8L/100km's on the open road and 9.8L/100km's when driving it with my led foot around town...

[Ben73]

15.5L from 300c v8
97% city driving
My right foot moves more then it should.

[sd1800]

XR5 Turbo. 90-95% City Driving. Most peak hour. Avg Speed 27kmph (reset every tank).

11l / 100km taking it very easy. 13-14l giving it stick.

[sd1800]

Originally Posted by Jack960

BF xr6 6 speed manual. I get 12.8L/100, 100% town driving. Only sees the highway once a month.

Odd thing is, i only get 450km a tank. When I fill up I only get 57L in :S

I don't follow? That's about right?

57L / 450km = 0.1266

0.1266 * 100 = 12.66L per 100km.

[Joe5619]

Shell Vpower, FG XR6T, around 16 - 16.5L/100kms. Mainly metro Sydney driving

[blackf6]

Originally Posted by sd1800

I don't follow? That's about right?

57L / 450km = 0.1266

0.1266 * 100 = 12.66L per 100km.

Well the tank is a 68 litre if i am correct so he is wondering about the 10 odd litres that isn't used. Back on topic_ I get 380 Km's to a tank ba xr6t, around town. And it can get up to almost 600 a tank on the highway. I don't drive it much anymore though i ride a bike to work. It uses 0.00 per hundred then.

[turbodewd]

Vortex 95. FG XR6T, modest Canberra traffic - 10.3L/100km. Worst ive seen is 10.5. I dont hammer it much.

[falcon convert]

This thread (or parts of it) provides anecdotal evidence of something I've suspected for a long time - the "gas guzzling" reputation Falcons suffer from is a half truth at best.
It seems to me that a great many 4 cylinder care are only good for 10s around the city and 7s on the highway. Well in my G6E I regularly saw 11s in the city and always saw 7s on the highway. Give a Falcon some boot and sure it will drink (so will a 4). Drive it sedately and you lose very little in terms of economy. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

[IceValk85]

my MPS6 consumes 14.5l/100 (100% city) like clockwork.

i do drive it firmly, but my rubbish clutch prevents alot of smooth driving.

thing is, if i brain the car i get 14.5l/100, or drive it like grandma i get 14.5/100. 250-260 km from 50$ BP ultimate, week in week out.

i think its got issues somewhere, but not sure where.

Ice

[Powdered Toast Man]

13l/100kms of LPG
12.5l/100kms on 91 ULP

Thats about 60% freeway, 40% urban in my 4spd 3V. Not a lead foot, not a granny. Just drive smooth with the occasional squirt.

[superfly]

My 2011 XR50 ZF auto mainly all city driving and I get around 10.7 when using Caltex Vortex 98 and I get about 11.6 when using Caltex 91.

I put the boot in every now and then but I do like to be first from the lights. Although coming from a quick WRX, I'm enjoying the slower pace

[dkpioe]

LPG 20L(HWY)-25L(City) / 100km on a crappy fairmont eb v8
least economical car ive ever driven. ive owned 3 6 cylinder falcons that were better cars in every respect, i see no practicle reason anymore to own a v8. - for speed and sound - i have 2 motorcycles, a fast high revving 4 cyl that beats any car in speed, and a tought v-twin that sound better then any v8. both cost far far less then a car.

[jpd80]

FG R6 Ute with 5-speed auto gets12.6 l/100 km average with 60/40 city/ highway running.
Same running with 2009 4-speed auto Focus gives 9.8 l/100 km, all with Shell 91 ULP

[Mr Hardware]

7.6L/100klms in the Corolla - always airconditioned, mixed driving. Regular unleaded.

[2011G6E]

On the highway with the cruise on we regularly return 8ltr/100k in the G6E or sometimes a bit less if it's a nice long flat stretch. Premium on a long trip really makes a difference....but the criminal way they charge us so much more for premium in Australia doesn't really make sense to keep using it...the difference is there, it just isn't enough to make up for the extra cost which can sometimes be nearly 10 cents more a liter.

Funnily enough, our '82 Celica with a two liter and five speed (all original and well-tuned, standard except for a Ram Flo foam air cleaner) with the air con on (actually, even with the air con off...) and sitting at highway speeds gets way worse economy than our G6E...ain't technology and thirty years of progress wonderful?

[joolz]

2009 FG XR6.
Melbourne to Adelaide, full car new years eve 40c AC on 8.3l/100k.
Adelaide to Melbourne new years day 44c AC on 8.0l/100k

[irish2]

Originally Posted by dkpioe

and a tought v-twin that sound better then any v8. both cost far far less then a car.

Obviously you haven't heard any decent sounding V8's then!