Thread: looking for a d3

Originally Posted by redfender

gday
i now have the new toy and after 3 weeks in town have averaged 16.2l/100 and a country trip at 12.5 l / 100 on 98 octane

I agree with 16's for heavy city driving, but I'd expect 10's-11's for highway; but then that would assume cruise control most of the way.

As I've said before in posts on this subject: Prior to the D3 I had Subaru Liberty 2.5's and no matter how hard you drove the econ would be the same, 10s (My manual '98 2.5 liberty was the best car I've ever had, better than the 2005 2.5i) .

The D3 with the Ford V6 is not the same beast; I've had to completely re-style my city driving to slow acceleration (revs <= 2700) and to anticipate braking. Doing this I've dragged my first few months with the D3 from 19s to 15-16s.

Keep in mind though the D3 V6 should be measured on the diff between say a Falcon or Commodore V6 and the D3's figures with 2.7 ton to drag around.

Welcome to permagrin country Redfender.