Fuel economy thread

[RacingManiac]

98 Camry LE 2.2, 7.5-8.5 L/100km.....with a 20 Gal tank means I only have see the pump once in 4 weeks....

[cmcpokey]

what year was your mini? mine was an 04 with the unrevised gearbox that came out in 05, which provided better economy and better performance on the autox track.

i have a friend with an 07 who is averaging about 32 US mpg. although, she really doesnt romp on it too much.

[Ferrer]

what year was your mini? mine was an 04 with the unrevised gearbox that came out in 05, which provided better economy and better performance on the autox track.

i have a friend with an 07 who is averaging about 32 US mpg. although, she really doesnt romp on it too much.

It's from Feb 05, the facelift model. I reckon that if you are really careful you could get it down to 7-8l/100km (34-29mpg) if you didn't do much city driving. The temptation to drop a couple of gears and floor it just for the sake of it is too great though

At 90mph (or more...) impossible.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Get between 5 and 6l/100km on my 6, depending on how I go on the throttle. Just love holding it around 6-7000rpm, when you roll on there it sounds like there's a bloody tiger in the airbox

[clutch-monkey]

flat on 40mpg (6L/100km) in the mini, no matter how i drive it lol.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Yeah, but that's probably because you can only drive it flat out.

[clutch-monkey]

that is true..if i let off, aerodynamics bring it to a halt like a giant airbrake lol.
not slowing down for corners helps

[fpv_gtho]

I normally get around 10L/100km in the Pulsar, the last tank and a half i switched from E10 to ULP to see how it'd go for a couple of tanks. So far it looks like its getting about 11-12L/100km, or my fuel guage is getting more faulty.

[SlickHolden]

First tank for the Berlina, Engine 3.8lt V6 4 speed auto. Tank size 75 litres.

502km 63 litres.

12.5l/100.

22.5mpg.

[2ndclasscitizen]

I normally get around 10L/100km in the Pulsar, the last tank and a half i switched from E10 to ULP to see how it'd go for a couple of tanks. So far it looks like its getting about 11-12L/100km, or my fuel guage is getting more faulty.

You're economy is that bad? Bloody hell, how much do you strap it around town?

[fpv_gtho]

Well 10L/100km is with maybe 5% highway driving, and even though i do drive with a bit of spirit, it doesnt get all that much lower. It'd probably only be 9L/100km even with 100% highway driving, although i got that low once on a normal cycle. From the little research ive done, 10/100 seems to be the norm for N13's anyway.

Its not the first time though the economy's gone wack after switching between E10 and ULP though.

[SlickHolden]

You trust that E10 shit?, Only short periods?.

I haven't seen it around here yet.

[fpv_gtho]

Ive been using it for a couple of months now, which is why i thought i'd go back to ULP and see how the economy goes. The last couple of times ive done a few tanks on each, theres never been much between them. I mainly use Mobil though, with the odd tank from either 7Eleven or United. Mobil reckon they put an anti-corrosive in their E10 so that doesnt worry me too much.

[my porsche]

Thou shalt bow down to my almighty 13.7mpg. (best ever )

[henk4]

Thou shalt bow down to my almighty 13.7mpg. (best ever )

and thou shalt bow down for the CEO's of Exxon and Shell, recording their highest profits ever....