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drewinEF
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i reset my tripmeter every time i fill up. this week, i've managed to travel 726km, and still have 1/4 of a tank left.  "econ" is good, gotta love 100km/h@1550rpm  |
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downingj
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:19 am Post subject: |
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| Guys. Seriously. Who cares about fuel economy??? |
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South
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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Fuel economy is good when you are driving long distances... You dont want a tank to disapear when you are only cruising along to a destination.
I see on a regular basis 5L/100km whilst travelling along the freeway. I travelled from Perth to Exmouth which is about 1300km, 2 people in the car with boot and back seat loaded and only used roughly 115L... The total trip, 3000km, ended up averaging 10L/100.
Somewhere around the 8s is pretty normal for country trips, but it depends on load and weather... |
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Bozz
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| downingj wrote: | Who the hell cares about fuel economy? If you and I cared about fuel economy, we'd buy Hyundai's!!!
We're interested in power, that's why we have Falcon's. |
Anybody who doesn't have an unlimited supply of money.
What sort of meaningless statement are you trying to make? Our world has a finite supply of fossil fuel and the better economy people can get, the better. Especially on the highway when you enjoy a cruise, not a pleasureable thrash around the twisty's where power (oh, braking and cornering, usually missing from non sports cars) are something to enjoy. |
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downingj
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| Bozz, you have got to be s**t me right? You're gunna give me a big speil about finite fossil fuels and call me meaningless, yet your driving an EL Falcon. Mate, if you cared that much, and I'll say it again, you'd be driving a bloody Hyndai!!! |
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boost1105
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Downingj your full of s**t
these guys are compairing there fuel consumption because they want to know how much Kms each other are getting to a tank and bragging rights on whos got the most economical car.
so stop being a yobbo and tell us how much kms you get to a tank! |
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Bozz
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:37 am Post subject: |
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| downingj wrote: | | Bozz, you have got to be s**t me right? You're gunna give me a big speil about finite fossil fuels and call me meaningless, yet your driving an EL Falcon. Mate, if you cared that much, and I'll say it again, you'd be driving a bloody Hyndai!!! |
Yes, I'm s**t you.
Trust me, if I had the room (and could justify the expense) I'd have two cars, a seriously raised turbo diesel 4WD and a real sports car. In the real world, I need to tow (sometimes 2 tonnes) and I want the best possible economy. A 4WD is out of the picture because they're dangerous for everyday driving, an real sportscar such as an R32 Skyline GTR is out of the question because they can't tow my 1 tonne ski boat. So I have about the best possible compromise, an LPG powered six cyl taxi. I used to have an R32 and I sorely miss it, not only did it have power but it could a) stop (big discs and 4 piston fronts and 2 piston rears), and b) get around corners (the suspension design is phenomenal).
So, could you suggest a better car to suit my needs? It must not be wrong wheel drive and I dont care about running costs (well not significantly) if I'm thrashing the car or having fun, I do care about running costs in mundane operation such as cruise on the highway or puttering along around town.
Oh, trust me, I wouldn't be driving a Hyundai if I didn't have the above needs. I'd drive something with better economy that was built by a company with better engineers and QC than american car companies, something like a Honda Civic sedan or Nissan Pulsar
There's nothing worse than a person who stereotypes particular people based on the car they drive, except for ricers. |
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Bluexr6
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| What are some fuel economy figures with people who have ef-el xr6's??? |
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mickysacca
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:25 am Post subject: |
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| i gto 11.6 l/100km the other day... mixture of cruising and giving it a little boot. I was quite happy with it when i seen that. Havent taken it on a long trip so dont know how economical will be, but goin to nowra after chrissy and wil b able to get some figures then |
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cooki_monsta
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hmmm i did torquay and back on around 40 ish litres, for a 300k trip.... i think thats a bit steep maby... but there was a bit of playin around involved and the car was loaded  |
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downingj
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BOZZ, I'm not going to tell you what you should drive, that's your decision. There's no need to get defensive mate, I wasn't bagging anyone, just expressing my lack of enthusiasm for watching my fuel guage. I drive my Falcon because I enjoy it, if I feel like giving her a thrash, I'll do it. If I feel like cruising, I'll slip it into top gear and cruise. If it costs me an extra $5-$10 at fill-up time, I don't care because I drive for the pleaseure, safety, comfort and performance, not to monitor how much fuel I use. Anyway, who says you can't hook a tow bar up to a GTR?  |
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ef302
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Gotta love LPG. Trip to Moama and back (for paintball), round trip exceeding 500kms (with some city driving) and drove the whole way on one tank of LPG!! Cost me $28.50... HAHAHA cop that you LPG hating bastards! Oh, and it's a modded 5.0L! |
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downingj
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| ef302, what sort of power are you getting from your se-up? You taken it down the quarter? |
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ef302
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| No quarter action yet... it's still a work in progress. Money earned = money spent on go faster goodies... heads and manifold next to go!! |
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Bozz
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| downingj wrote: | | BOZZ, I'm not going to tell you what you should drive, that's your decision. There's no need to get defensive mate, I wasn't bagging anyone, just expressing my lack of enthusiasm for watching my fuel guage. I drive my Falcon because I enjoy it, if I feel like giving her a thrash, I'll do it. If I feel like cruising, I'll slip it into top gear and cruise. If it costs me an extra $5-$10 at fill-up time, I don't care because I drive for the pleaseure, safety, comfort and performance, not to monitor how much fuel I use. Anyway, who says you can't hook a tow bar up to a GTR? |
Who started critisizing who for checking economy? |
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Moondoggy
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Brissy to Sydney I was averaging 9.0l/100kms. Not bad considering she has done 265,000kms................... |
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camh1980
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Anything around the 9L/100 kms on the highway is expected of a car this size (petrol only). Anything lower than 9L is exceptional.
Around town is different - It will vary on tyre size, engine size, exhaust modifications, general driving habits and load.
Average around town for me is 13.4L/100 kms. The range will go down in slow city traffic, but climb slowly when cruise control is used on quiet stretches of road. I have no modifications.
Petrol type doesn't matter to me - I just use unleaded, and lucky I filled up yesterday - as petrol went up 20 cpl this afternoon - was $1.069 this morning, then hit $1.269 this afternoon. |
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fordfreak ef
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:59 am Post subject: |
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ef fairmont i6
3.08 diff
5spd manual conversion..
8.2 l/p/100 @ 120 km/h to the summernats..
pbest(kinda cheatn) 7.1/p/100 behind a semi.. for the full distance of 100 kms... not just on the spot.. again on my way down to the nats.. @125km/h..
got the trip metre to show up 99l/100 when ive burried the foot on take off... tryn to crack the ton! 
btw.. 145 rwks..
14.67 sec..
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fordfreak ef
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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u sure like to s**t stir dont ya downingj!
1st bout the gto kit n now in this topic.. ur on fire!
the topic was always bout the best fuel consumption for your falcons...
not asking how many people DONT care bout fuel consumption..
anybody this side of sane take an interest in fuel economy...
i drag my car.. put it in burnout comps.... but im stil happy to know my car gets great fuel economy...
u dont have to have a crap box hyunidai to get gd fuel consumption..
my car is fast (for falcons) has 5 seats.. can tow heavy loads.. is reliable..
doesnt fall to bits after a 5 year warranty.. is a great highway cruiser n a blast point to pointand best of all- gets great fuel econemy!!! 
how many xcels can claim to do the same things???
im sure alot of people would agree?? right?? back me up fellas! |
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fordfreak ef
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my engine is 256.000 km old..
check out my gallery of me getting mad fuel consumtion... (if using heaps is great!) hehe! |
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