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  1. 4th July 2014, 09:49 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by garrycol View Post
    That is interesting - there is no option on my car to select instant fuel consumption, average consumption only. I also checked the Handbook and there is not mention of instant fuel consumption - my car is as listed in the handbook - average consumption only.

    Scanguage uses the same inputs but has different formulas for calculating items eg average fuel consumption is worked out from last reset - not sure what the LR one is but is definitely not from last reset - maybe averages last 100km - don't know.
    My MY13 D4 has instant as well as whole trip. It has 3 meters - auto which resets when you turn the engine off, Trip A and Trip B which you can reset if you want. Trip A and B show instant as well as average too.

    They are not at all accurate from my experience and most forum members comments I've seen indicate it's a general thing.
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    Should have read the idiots guide to RRS , must have set it up wrong when I got it or the previous owner did , all ok now Lts /100Ks . Don't know why anyone would want Km/Ltr ? , might be an English thing .
    Also Garry I have no instant fuel readout , just the ave per 100ks . Al
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    Truckies like kilometres per litre.
    I wonder if kilometres per litre is more accurate then litres per 100.....but I guess they use the same inaccurate formula for both.
    Will give it a try and see if there is any difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fatso View Post
    Don't know why anyone would want Km/Ltr ? , might be an English thing .
    The previous owner possibly went that way because we used to used Miles Per Gallon in the pre metric era and they could relate to or understand Km/Ltr better.
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    Quote Originally Posted by discotwinturbo View Post
    Truckies like kilometres per litre.
    I wonder if kilometres per litre is more accurate then litres per 100.....but I guess they use the same inaccurate formula for both.
    Will give it a try and see if there is any difference.

    Brett......
    If you want to be more accurate, try using microlitres per millimetre or the inverse of.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh View Post
    If you want to be more accurate, try using microlitres per millimetre or the inverse of.
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    Off topic a bit,but i can never find trip 'B'.
    it always stays on A.

    i have read the manual,fiddled with the stalk,but can't seem to find it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scarry View Post
    Off topic a bit,but i can never find trip 'B'.
    it always stays on A.

    i have read the manual,fiddled with the stalk,but can't seem to find it.
    On My MY13 D4 HSE it is accessed by pressing the right hand "OK" button on the steering wheel which has 4 directional arrows around it positioned N,S,E and W. That brings up a menu in the dash between the speedo and tacho. One option is Trip Computer. Select that with the OK button and then you will see Auto, Trip A and Trip B. Tab down to the one you want and press OK to select, then back out of the menu. It will now be visible when you press the button on the indicator stalk.

    At least that's what happens with mine

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    Quote Originally Posted by letherm View Post
    They are not at all accurate from my experience and most forum members comments I've seen indicate it's a general thing.
    You just need to adjust the bias, which is likely different between cars, but it's set at +7%. I think I have it at b-3.5%, and over a whole tank, is generally out by no more than +/-0.5L/100km, which is accurate enough for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by phl View Post
    You just need to adjust the bias, which is likely different between cars, but it's set at +7%. I think I have it at b-3.5%, and over a whole tank, is generally out by no more than +/-0.5L/100km, which is accurate enough for me.
    Thanks PHL.

    How do you do that? Haven't seen that option in any menus or is it an option in one of the diagnostic tools I read about here.

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