Thread: D4 update - opinions and a few facts

D4 3.0L Fuel - Mixture of city and highway driving.
As you can see the onboard reading is not accurate.
Btw I use an iPhone app CarLog.
About to head off to the Kimberleys with a camper trailer.
I'll be logging the fuel.

Onboard Actual Km's
10.6 12.8 7660
9.6 10.9 7129
10.2 11.9 6585
9.6 11.2 6011
9.8 11.0 5436
9.5 10.1 4863
10.7 12.8 4125
9.0 10.5 3644

My figures have been much like yours, Next Door - perhaps not quite as good. I still have not recorded a "real" figure of less than 10l/100km, no matter how hard I try. Highway figures consistently high 10s and low-mid 11s, and anything with a mix of town/city in it is 12s or more. And I left my lead-foot years behind decades ago! I had hoped that the recent QA update might have made a difference, but any improvement has been negligible. Having said that, I am definitely not complaining!! I reckon figures like this are just fine, given the size & weight of the vehicle - and given all the benefits it delivers. But mine does seem to register consistently "worse" fuel outcomes than others who post from time to time. I guess cars are "individuals", like people - some take more to make 'em go!

I'm a bit spolit with this new trip computer fan-dangle stuff!

With my previous car I meticulously kept each fuel receipt on a clip in chronological order in the car. Whenever I re-fuelled I wrote the mileage on the receipt and attached it to the clip - this way I had the date, litres, cost, and even the location. Periodically I then entered the mileage, date, town, litres, and amount figures into a spreadsheet I'd created. I had the spreadsheet colour coded so that I could identify town driving, country driving, and towing and see what I was getting for each.

At the moment I'm keeping the fuel receipts for the new D4 but haven't got around to developing a new spreadsheet - this will happen shortly.

But I have been using the trip computer a bit. Last weekend I towed a heavily laded trailer about 280k's up the Hume. I got 10.3l/100k going there. The whole round trip worked out at 10.0l/100k. I'm stoked!

I'll be recreating the spreadsheet shortly. Let me know if anyone wants a copy.

Regards, Ron

PS I must be anal, because I also use an iPhone app called VehiCal (I don't find it as good as the spreadsheet, but you do get to load a picture of the car into it and look at it even though you are sitting in the car you are looking at!).

Hi all,
My lovely beast has just hit the 6K mark & i am averaging just on 10.2L/100k's. At the moment it is mainly city driving as my wife normally drives the vehicle during the week & i get it on weekends, If we go for a descent drive the fuel economy drops to mid 8's & thats with my 2 daughters, My wife & me.

In the workshop on average we see them drop especially after the 10K mark & it pretty much stays there.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by Watpub

With my previous car I meticulously kept each fuel receipt on a clip in chronological order in the car. Whenever I re-fuelled I wrote the mileage on the receipt and attached it to the clip - this way I had the date, litres, cost, and even the location. Periodically I then entered the mileage, date, town, litres, and amount figures into a spreadsheet I'd created. I had the spreadsheet colour coded so that I could identify town driving, country driving, and towing and see what I was getting for each.

Until now I thought that I was alone in this world....

Originally Posted by Duck's Guts

Until now I thought that I was alone in this world....

I seek solace and therapy in the bottom of a bottle (...stubby actually)!

Originally Posted by Duck's Guts

Until now I thought that I was alone in this world....

You guys need to get out more !!

Originally Posted by ADMIRAL

You guys need to get out more !!

And then you can make even more entries in your log books.

Must say I am a little bit the same. Any car I have had from new, I have always kept a log of fuel, tyres, servicing, etc, even if the factory log book is maintained for dealer services.

Have downloaded the CarLog app referred to by Next_Door to my iPod Touch, but wants a WiFi connection each time you want to use it, so not very practical. Will try the VehiCal mentioned by Watpub.

Cheers