That's impressive fuel economy for a such a new motor !
I could get that if I spent 15%-20% of the time coasting down hills with my motor switched off. :angel::eek:
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That's impressive fuel economy for a such a new motor !
I could get that if I spent 15%-20% of the time coasting down hills with my motor switched off. :angel::eek:
Dealer told me not to expect any decent fuel economy until 5or 6 thousand km.
If it stays like this I will be more than happy.
Aprox 300km of that trip was with the cruise control set on 110kmh:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
Andrew
Well done Andrew. I've logged every litre and kilometre I've driven since fill 1 and I've got 10.4. My computer consistently reads 1.3 to 1.4 under actual consumption.
It looks like economy and computer accuracy have improved.
I wonder in the final gearing in the 8 speed is taller than the 6 speeds.
Andrew
Folks,
I have a new RRS 2014 TDV6. On the drive home after zeroing the trip computer it read an average of 6.5 l/100km. 42mpg in the old money. The book says 6.6 l/100 I think extra urban. I don't know the actual figure but if it is anything close to accurate it is amazing. Same fuel guage thingy happened at my first fill, indicated I think 75km till empty and I put in 63 litres. Maybe 17 litres left. My gut feeling is that the trip computer might not be far off but the distance to empty when at the final few litres is not at all reliable. I need to get a few km under the belt and record actual use and distance. So far very impressive though.
Cheers, Simmo
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Originally Posted by Bytemrk
Why carry around an extra 100kg or so around town when there is easy access to fuel?
I don't normally.... long story, but there was a reason I wanted to fill to capacity...and unfortunately was stuck in town at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meken
Only time I carry more than 20-30 litres in the second tank is on trips normally.
We always fill both tanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meken
We generally do it at places with a good price. Our D4 isn't used for everyday around town driving it mostly comes out for trips.
Besides, 100 litres of diesel is around 85Kg..... no worse than many passengers...;)
The petrol D4 might be the same as the diesel regarding carrying a spare 4 litres, I have now run it down several times where the warning says 20 kilometres of fuel or less left and each time I have only been able to put in around 70 litres, so it would seem that the available fuel warning countdown is very light on in its measurements in both powered models.
One day I will read the manual to actually find out rather than just assuming. ... :angel: