KM to the Tank

[thebarber]

i hear you on the speeding stuff voodoo, if youre not comfortable speeding, go ahead and drive slow....

a small consolation: ive worked for the MTO and done some highway design (the stretch between k-w and woodstock, actually) and they design NEW highways for 120kph for an all-weather safe speed - - which i sort of look at like "if the road were icy" speed

i cant do long trips at the speed limit....i did it ONCE from london to sudbury and it was a lonnnnnnnnng drive!

if you look at the numbers from here to niagara falls (+/- 1400km) you get 14h at 100km/h (say 65mph which is the speed limit most of the way thru the states). by doing 115kph it knocks it down to 12h 10min. speeding makes a HUGE difference over such a long drive, trust me!

that being said, in town in f'ton i usually stick to the speed limit. its just those people doing 40kph that get to me! but thats another rant altogether

[drummerboy2004]

My best numbers are 552.7 miles/889.48 km for the highway, and 491.3 miles/790.67 km for roughly 100% city. I never go over 55, and always coast to lights...

Matt

[dybbuk]

NICE! I'm in YFCA. Are you a courier/dispatch/ramp?

[buchieboy]

Just got a second hand yaris with 20000km on it 3 weeks ago and the fuel consumption bothers me.

Mine can only go for 55km for the first bar. All in all i can go up to 300km before the fuel bar starts to blink, so thats around 9.5km/liter

This is all 100% city driving with lots of stops, and i dont even step on the pedal! (never reached 2500 RPM !!!)

Car has just been serviced by toyota and they claim that there is nothing wrong.

What can i do to improve efficiency? I was expecting at least 11 (Manila, Philippines driving)

[Jem_hadar]

Originally Posted by buchieboy

. . .
so thats around 9.5km/liter
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What can i do to improve efficiency? I was expecting at least 11 (Manila, Philippines driving)

State fuel efficiency in L/100km (not km/L)!

Even if just for your own benefit, it'll help w/ comparison purposes with others on here (which is what you would like to know, too, presumably, I assume).

We dont deal with kms per liter in Canada... but liters per 100 kms!

Anyways, just a helpful FYI.

Jem



EDIT:

But, 9.5 (kilometers / l) = 10.5263158 l/100km = 26.84 MPG (UK) = 22.35 MPG (US)


Which is definitely pretty poor. Yikes. :(

[buchieboy]

Yup, you got it right, only 10.5L/100KM for a stock 5 door 1.5L AT city driving.
City driving meaning around 45 minutes = 14 KM with lots of stops and max speed only up to 60 due to traffic..

Darn Irritating!~

[BluYrs]

The most I've done on a tank was 654 km, still had 4 litres left in the tank, which was good for another 67 km. So theoretically I could have done ~720 km to the tank. And that was city driving at 5,93 l/100km...

[gboezio]

Summer time : 600 km
Winter time 550 km from full to last bar blinking.
24 000 km 08 Yaris.
I'm not able to drive any slower than 100 on back roads and 120 Hwy.
As for safe speed, the safest speed is to follow the traffic, you encounter a minimum of cars, have a minimum of lane changes, don't have to pass, no need to be passed.

[Slinger007]

I almost always get 700km before I need to fill up again, and I usually only get 36 liters of gas back into the tank, so I guess I could travel a little more. One day Ill buy a Geri can and see where my car dies. I have pushed it as far as 740km (once) but the gas bar indicator is blinking rapidly. I have two work commutes, one is 80km return and the other is 238km return. And thats going 110km/h most of the way sometimes a little up to 120km/h and with the a/c on in the summer, but when I put my winter tires on it drops to about 600km (ish) per tank.

2009 Yaris auto, with 108,000Km