1.6, excellent fuel consumption!!

[kahle81]

I'm not someone who feels the need to yank my own chain but I consistently get 7.3 l/100km combined and 6.8 with 80% highway driving in my 2000 mk4 1.6. I used to own a 1990 735iL that averaged 15-16 L/100km. With it's 100 L tank it cost WAY too much to fill.
Sam

[spritle]

yeah, 1.6's aren't too bad

Syd - Brisvegas my 1.6 manual will drink around 7L/100kms with air con on for half the trip

Syd - Melbourne it'll do just under 7L/100.

Around town it'll do around 8.5L/100. Add air con and it'll drink around 10L/100 and the power falls off a cliff


Far better than the T3 Caravelle (also manual). Around 15L/100 in the city or highway. Dropped to around 13L/100 after a chip and lightening the valve train.

[Blitzen]

Thats pretty good for that drive your wife did. I'm wondering about the Commodore bit though. When I lived at Puckapunyal(95km North of Melbourne), I had a VS V6 and used to have to fill up at Phesants Nest on the way to Penrith(805km door to door, and we would get 700km to a tank)
I just drove from Townsville to Sydney Via 4 days of city driving in Brisbane(with a rather sprited drive over Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious), during which I covered 2875km, filled up 6 times with BP Ultimate, and got 8.0L/100 for the entire trip. Lowest I saw was 6.8L/100 on one tank. Alot of this was with the A/C on too.

[mikinoz]

Gratuitous pic of a 1.6 for those who just don't understand their awesomeness...

[blutopless2]

[QUOTE=gtimk5;247944] Thats 1/4 of a tank from Goulbourn wherever that is.[QUOTE]

approx 200k's from goulburn to sydney

[Tao]

As a motoring show stated recently, it's all about how you use your left foot. I.e. M3 vs toyota prius, M3 won.

Admittedly some cars are inherently going to use more fuel than others... 12 cylinders to four !!

I can get my bora pretty close to 9.0 Litres cruising around the back roads in the burbs but I have to be soooo careful

Anyway thats good work !

yeah,my 1.6 golf normally has 9l/100km comsuption, means a full tank can last 600km when the yellow alarm lit.