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Old 29-08-2006, 09:09 PM   #1
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I have seen a few fuel economy threads for everyone, but none just for the AU's. (please delete mods if a repost)

Just wondering the average AU i6 / v8 fuel economy. So all please post the model and engine and your average economy in town and on highway.

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Old 29-08-2006, 09:13 PM   #2
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Fuel economy and AU in the same sentence is an oxy moron.
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Old 29-08-2006, 09:14 PM   #3
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Fuel economy and AU in the same sentence is an oxy moron.
kinda like Military Inteligense.

But still. I would like to know what the average is so i can see if i am above or below par for a series I.
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Old 29-08-2006, 09:53 PM   #4
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b2tf - XR8 Ute - what's fuel economy?:
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kinda like Military Inteligense.

But still. I would like to know what the average is so i can see if i am above or below par for a series I.
Intelligence. ;)


anyway, this thread is a massive repost :P do a search.

but i get about 12.2L/100 on everyday driving.
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Well seeming its a repost can someone please delete.
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Fuel economy and AU in the same sentence is an oxy moron.
Is it?

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Casper - similar to a fully ladened 747 on vertical climb take offf.. maybe a little worse!
Worse. They can't climb vertically and often takeoff with derated thrust and a noise abatement climb, something you don't have to worry about!
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Worse. They can't climb vertically and often takeoff with derated thrust and a noise abatement climb, something you don't have to worry about!
Ok, then lets just say I rarely drive my car and when I do its usually hard. Last tank of fuel (about 63 litre fillup) lasted 312kms.. but damn it was fun.

NB: that was NOT at the drags... at the drags a tank would never get close to lasting that long.

I'm guessing 20l/100kms is about average for me.. but I enjoy every minute of it.
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Old 31-08-2006, 07:52 PM   #9
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Ok, then lets just say I rarely drive my car and when I do its usually hard. Last tank of fuel (about 63 litre fillup) lasted 312kms.. but damn it was fun.

NB: that was NOT at the drags... at the drags a tank would never get close to lasting that long.

I'm guessing 20l/100kms is about average for me.. but I enjoy every minute of it.
Well if you can afford to drive it like you stole it then why not. As long as you can control it and be sensible in a rev-head manner i cant see anything wrong with 20l/100km.
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Old 13-10-2006, 10:45 PM   #10
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i am extremly happy with my au forte as i get 500+ city driving and a huge 900-950 highway travel...
i was doing regular trips over the nullabor to get the highway k's but on a recent trip to sydney and back, camden to geelong was done on one tank thus being the standard 68 litre....no i am not yanking anyones chain this is real stats...
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i am extremly happy with my au forte as i get 500+ city driving and a huge 900-950 highway travel...
i was doing regular trips over the nullabor to get the highway k's but on a recent trip to sydney and back, camden to geelong was done on one tank thus being the standard 68 litre....no i am not yanking anyones chain this is real stats...
How many kays is Camden to Geelong?

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How many kays is Camden to Geelong?

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close on 830... 880 not to shabby
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After Oxy Sesor Replaced = 13l/100kms
Before Oxy Sesor Replaced = 14.4l/100km
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Old 04-04-2007, 08:49 PM   #14
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AU3 V8 I get:

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13.2lt/km Highway
15.5lt/km City

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16.5lt/km Highway
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Old 14-05-2008, 05:34 PM   #15
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g'day guys

my car:

2001 xr6 auto ute
164000km's

fuel consumption:
18-20lt's 100kms

on the high way (on the way home from buying it) it said that i would be getting around 600 + out of the tank.

my thoughts are that it is running rich. will change thermostat, coolent temp sensor adn oxy sensor.

the ute temp is sitting RHS of the 'N' in the temp gauge. is that too cold??

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Casper - similar to a fully ladened 747 on vertical climb take offf.. maybe a little worse!
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Around 12.2 everyday driving, 13-14 in the city, anything from 8.7 to 10 on the highway.
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Both get around 14 litres per 100kms on gas!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh LPG, I love the smell of gas in the morning! :

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Around 12.2 everyday driving, 13-14 in the city, anything from 8.7 to 10 on the highway.
From then too now, changed plugs and leads, cleaned air filter (needs doing again), and I get an average of 11.1 everyday driving, 9 on the freeway, and 13 in the city. Not too bad considering its over 200k's old.
I get 620-650 every week out of the tank.
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17.1L per hundred, LPG however.
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I have just calculated mine. It turned out to be 12.48 L/100 km. However that included a fair bit of city driving. And a bit of a work out.

Normally it is around the low 11s.
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Around 15.0l/100kms if you believe the trip computer....

I get around 390-430kms from a tank of city driving usually (Donvale - Sandringham - Donvale 80kms per day slog!!)
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AUIII XR6 - 11.3, about 550kms per tank, city driving,

AU's are pretty good on fuel economy, way better then any falcon before it, and still better then BA's
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i just got 450kms out of my last tank of fuel, all suburb driving. not sure what that equates to in L/100kms though.
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i just got 450kms out of my last tank of fuel, all suburb driving. not sure what that equates to in L/100kms though.
How many litres did it take you to fill up?

You get the L and divide it by the kms, then divide it by 100.
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How many litres did it take you to fill up?

You get the L and divide it by the kms, then divide it by 100.
so that would be 58/450=0.12888*100 which means i got aprox 12.9L/100kms
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My AU used to get around 600km a tank, i used to do alot of freeway driving from Werribee to Watsonia and back every day. Works out to around 10.8L/100kms. I wish i got that from the Turbo lol.
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Wow, i must be a baaad throttle jockey.

Around town i get 19L/100klms on gas (no stepper motor, just a straight through)

and combined city/highway i get 17L/100klms

dunno about straight highway.

I don't quite flog the crap out of it, but i certainly don't drive with economy in mind. Stuff economy. If i wanted economy i'd have stuck with the Toyota Corolla's.

But hey, i still do $9/100klms anyway. Who cares how you drive or what economy you have, it's gas!
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So what category would i be in if mine can drink 20L in 10 mins. :
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supercharged xr8 - just did 650 from a tank cruising up to North QLD.

so...... around 9L/100klms.....

stop start we measured to be around 13L/100 klms......
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