higher fuel consumption

[The_Hawk]

A few points first:

- I run 100% BP Ultimate which I am very happy with.
- I drive like a bat out of hell most of the time.
- The car is very well maintanted otherwise with about 170,000km's on the engine.

Now lets talk some figures. I have kept a log of every time I filled up and the stats for each time I have traveled in my VR6.

- On average I do about 320km's before filling up, I don't like to let it get too low so I don't pick up the rubbish in the tank.
- My average over the 3,200km I have travelled is currently 11.99L/100km
- Best consumptions for a tank is 10.18L/100km
- Worst is 13.18L/100km

I tend to drive round town mostly with the ocasional trip keeping the average down.

I have seen numbers down round 8L/100km, but that is on the freeway at a nice even 110km/h. When I first bought mine I was asking about consumption and have seen quoted anywhere from 6-7L/100km up to 12-13L/100km. Unless you literally cruise up and down the freeway all the time, I think it's impossible to get 6-7. If your getting much under 12 I don't think you should be driving a VR6

Any more questions?

If anyone is interested I can upload a copy of the excel log sheet I use which covers:
Date, Odometer, KM Trav, Litres, L/100KM, Tot L, This Tank, Av L/100KM, Days, This Tank, Av KM/Day.

Makes more sense when you see it in real life and for me it's great since I have a smartphone and update it when I'm at the petrol station

[DubSteve]

I get high 12 through to high 13s I don't so anything wrong here, highway I get 10s low 9s after a while. I get maybe 350-400kms pushing of normal then my driving is anything but normal, you should be privilegded others get more!

[gareth_oau]

LOL guys, I dreeeeeam of getting 10 - 14.

My current drive is a modded 5.4L FPV GT-P. It typically only does suburban kms and I average 19L/100kms.

On the freeway, it drops to a remarkable instantanous of 7, but at the other end of the scale, when i'm enjoying myself, the instantaneous reading jumps
to 99.9

[95vr6]

In my low km (55950km) vr6 i average 12.4l/100k and 8.9 on the hwy.

[static1800]

Just to make you vr6 guys jelous, I have gotten 6L/100km down the freeway a few times, I average about 6.8-7 on a trip upto Sydney all according to the gauge anyways.

[evorobin]

Just to make you vr6 guys jelous, I have gotten 6L/100km down the freeway a few times

I had that all the way back from canberra (with 8v) at 130 (indicated 140)

The 16v on the other hand needs to be revved...

[anarchycamp]

LOL guys, I dreeeeeam of getting 10 - 14.

My current drive is a modded 5.4L FPV GT-P. It typically only does suburban kms and I average 19L/100kms.

On the freeway, it drops to a remarkable instantanous of 7, but at the other end of the scale, when i'm enjoying myself, the instantaneous reading jumps
to 99.9

one of the many reasons not to own a car like that