Fuel Economy

[marcus]

i dont get it im not getting the gas mileage as advertised on this car .. in canada 5.5liter-6.9liter per 100 km.. this car got 7000 kms on it and im still doing about 7-7.1l/100. 30% city 70% hwy. no a/c, perfect shifting around 2700rpm down shifting @ 2000 rpm.. running about 110-120 km /hr on hwy..I just dont get it..

1st bar = 110-120
2nd bar= 190-200
3rd bar = 255-275 this bar runs me the least fuel
4th bar= 325-345
5th bar= 400-420
6th bar= 480-495
7th bar= 540-570
last bar= average gas fill up from 38.5-41.5 liters

[swidd]

How about trying to keep the RPM below 2000 all the time? That's what I used to do driving manual...

[voodoo22]

Originally Posted by marcus

i dont get it im not getting the gas mileage as advertised on this car .. in canada 5.5liter-6.9liter per 100 km.. this car got 7000 kms on it and im still doing about 7-7.1l/100. 30% city 70% hwy. no a/c, perfect shifting around 2700rpm down shifting @ 2000 rpm.. running about 110-120 km /hr on hwy..I just dont get it..

1st bar = 110-120
2nd bar= 190-200
3rd bar = 255-275 this bar runs me the least fuel
4th bar= 325-345
5th bar= 400-420
6th bar= 480-495
7th bar= 540-570
last bar= average gas fill up from 38.5-41.5 liters

Those are low numbers. Our car is an auto and I sometimes get over 140 on the first bar. The auto shifts really conservatively, I accelerate slowly and the rpm rarely goes over 2500 rpm. Our car will pass 3000 km's this afternoon, so I think our car still is getting broken in as well.

I'm not paying close attention to it, but I'm guessing that when accelerating our car shifts at 2500 and shifts at 1500 when decelerating.

We haven't gone over 5.6 l/100km consumption yet with about 85% hwy driving.

I do not go over 100 km/h and use the a/c close to 50% of the time.