Fuel Economy - What do you get out of a tank? (3rd gens only)

[motorazr]

Around town 10.3 l/100k and on a recent trip to melbourne 8.3l/100k. I usually drive fairly steady no thrashing or fast take offs.

[SupremeMoFo]

Mostly city driving, anywhere between 10-14L/100kms - depends on how bad traffic is, number of shortcuts, etc. 01 manual TJ Sports. Managed to get 8.4L/100kms on a run from Adelaide Airport> Salisbury> Glenelg once. Don't have any highway figures I've taken notice of.

[Paul Bicknell]

Just to throw something in from a completely different perspective...

I average about 17 miles per gallon on mostly around-town driving using premium (91 octane) gas. I'm paying about $4 US/gallon right now.

Ok, on your mark, start the conversion... ;-)

[cleefc86]

Just to throw something in from a completely different perspective...

I average about 17 miles per gallon on mostly around-town driving using premium (91 octane) gas. I'm paying about $4 US/gallon right now.

Ok, on your mark, start the conversion... ;-)

for the aussies
Its about 14/100km
and just over $1 a litre. lucky!

i do about 98% driving around town, short trips etc.
consistently getting around 12.7 - 13.4 /100km
thrash it a fair bit, tried driving like a nanna. but for short trips it makes no difference.

[SupremeMoFo]

Premium's 95 or 98 RON here - 91 is the lowest RON petrol, so you're not really running premium at all

17mpg = 13.4L/100kms, not that bad, and that works out at $1.214/L... we're paying ~$1.50/L.

/edit - beaten

[Dave]

Premium's 95 or 98 RON here - 91 is the lowest RON petrol, so you're not really running premium at all

17mpg = 13.4L/100kms, not that bad, and that works out at $1.214/L... we're paying ~$1.50/L.

/edit - beaten

Wrong, US system for Octane is different to Aus. 91 Octane in is called PON (Pump Octane Number) or AKI (Anti Knock Index).

87PON in the US is equiv to 91RON in australia. 91PON is about 95RON and 93PON is around 98 i believe

[SupremeMoFo]

Ah, yeah. Good point. Oh well, the US is wrong for using that and imperial anyway.

[Dave]

haha i fully agree

[Dave]

Just to throw something in from a completely different perspective...

I average about 17 miles per gallon on mostly around-town driving using premium (91 octane) gas. I'm paying about $4 US/gallon right now.

Ok, on your mark, start the conversion... ;-)

1 us gallon is about 3.8 litres, we are paying AU$1.35 a litre so it roughly equates to about AU$5.10 a gallon which is a little more than you guys.

17 miles per gallon converts into about 280miles's per tank, which is about 450kilometres. Pretty average range for a diamante/magna