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Saving for a Jet Car
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: richmond.nsw.au
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I was referring to unleaded, diesels do, do well, one of my work mates raves about his i30 diesel, says he's disappointed when he gets less than 1200kms a tank. Although he does highway travel to work from the central coast to Sydney each day, probably sitting in 6th gear most the way.
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Go the Hogster!
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Brisbane
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I recently did a trip up the coast and I saw 7.8L on the dash and a theorectical DTE of 720ks. I was very happy with that mileage
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,128
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Best I've achieved, all open road
FG XR6, 7.2l/100km BA Fairmont Ghia 4.0, 7.5 AU Futura, 7.6 BA Fairlane 5.4, 9.0 And I was most impressed with a rental 6.0 Caprice I had, 8.2l/100km over 700km 99k average speed. Keep your cramped **** boxes, the price to pay to drive something that can cover big distances effortlessly isn't much more. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 2,252
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Jesus, low figures
My old EB Tow wagon averaged 19.7 over the 6 years I owned it. had it at ford and others trying to work out its high consumption, nothing wrong!. Now the AU Tow ute is slightly better averaging 14.6 in the 14 months Ive had it though has recorded mid 9s on trips while empty 13's towing the race car. I have feet of lead obviously. Econo box will run sub 7's all day everyday 4 up but wont tow hmmm. JP |
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Regular Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: ACT
Posts: 208
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I drove from Canberra to Campbelltown in my G8, and averaged 8.6l/100. Not bad for a barge!
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: brisbane
Posts: 2,039
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 2,252
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The AU is about to get a new motor so new 02 might be worth a go, but it could be because its only got 4 working cylinder and 2 half working ones. Not a major issue as the towing is the cheap part of the weekend and the additional cost pales into insignificance... Cheers for the thought JP |
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 47
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I no it's not the same trip but I did Coffs Harbour to Brisbane in my 2009 G6E turbo with average fuel Econ of 7.4L/100
Also done it in my 2007 VE SSV and it's average was 8.5L/100 |
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normality is boring
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Location: Up in the hills on the QLD/NSW boarder
Posts: 1,803
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I am getting 10-11/100km in my el 5L wagon combined driving (city and hwy) Now if I actually drove it gently and it had a better tune, I have no doubt that it would be more economical but even as it is I am still rather happy with it, especially when I find a hybrid owner driving under the speed limit.
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The Original ChopstaR
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 277
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My 300c (v6 petrol) is brilliant on the highway.... i can get over 800kms a tank, averaging 8-9L per 100kms. Thats sitting at 105km/h with the adoptive cruise control on. At 105km/h, the 300c sits about 1300rpm (8th gear)
Around town, totally different story... lol! A 1950kg car without passagers in stop start traffic will see about 13L per 100km/h. Still better then my BA XR6 4spd which saw 15L per 100kms combined. But ba falcons were known to eat fuel. But i am sure the fg would be quiet good with the 6spd zf.
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Car History: May 2006 – October 2006: 2002 Proton Persona October 2006 – July 2013: 2004 BA Ford Falcon XR6 (Blueprint – 4 speed Auto – Premium Audio - No Tracton Control ![]() July 2013 - ???: 2013 Chrysler 300c Luxury (Bright white – Panoramic Sunroof – 19 speaker 900 watt Harmon/Kardon stereo) November 2013 - ???: 2013 Ford Focus Sport (the missus's car, white, manual) |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2008
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I don't have any exact figures, but I was massively impressed with the economy I got from an FG series 1 XR6 with just over 100,000km on the clock that I hired in January this year in New Zealand.
The first part of the road trip I went right around the East Cape with just my girlfriend in the car, so unsurprisingly given all the bends, economy wasn't so great on that stage... But then I drove from Wellington to Mt Maunganui which was around 550km, with 4 people plus luggage, several foot to the floor overtakes but otherwise relatively sedate driving. At the end of the trip the DTE was showing 250km+ which gave a theoretical range of 800km! Absolutely insane economy for a big six I reckon. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 691
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I was averaging 8.9 l/100km in my last focus st. Now I have travelled 1650km so far in a mk2 GT auto. 22.6 l/100km. But my last long distance drive was Melbourne to goulburn in an FG G6E. 7.4 L/100km. The stock six is a ripper.
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Ford screwed the Falcon
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 7,031
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My 2009 FG XR6 is averaging 11.5l/100km over the last four years of mostly city driving. I am very happy with this figure.
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Falcon: 1960 - 2016 My cars Current ride 2016 FG X XR6 - 6 speed manual Previous rides 2009 FG XR6 - 6 speed auto 2006 BF MkII XT ESP - 6 speed auto 2003 BA XT V8 - 5 speed manual 1999 AU Forte - 5 speed manual 1997 EL Fairmont - 4 speed auto 1990 EAII Fairmont Ghia - 4 speed auto |
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