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

[Magna Rookie]

Replacing all three filters regularly (oil/air/fuel) as well as maintaining correct tyre pressures at all times will help achieve optimum economy.

Running a thicker oil will raise consumption considerably as well.

[Preacher Man]

I recently upgraded to a TL .
My fuel economy has now improved to 12.5L per 100km (approx 550 per tank).
Country drive sat on 8.5L per 100km without even trying.

Big improvement over my 3.0L TE.

[Nemesis]

Last fill I managed 405ks from 46 litres - so that makes it 11.36l per 100ks and I had been flooring it.

Going to drive more conservatively this week and see how it goes.

Have only used V-Power and V-Power racing (yeah i know, bit of a wank but it was cheap that week) since changing Fuel Filter.

[Nexus]

Weird I took out the fuel rail kit and although lost a bit of power my fuel efficency became much better. Laterly can go 600kms easily on city drive. I went country side driving and I was at 630kms with 20l left in the tank!

I also find my car runs best at 100km/h for best fuel economy as 110 km/h tends to take more fuel. If I do not overtake too often the car really goes well.

[MitchellO]

I also find my car runs best at 100km/h for best fuel economy as 110 km/h tends to take more fuel. If I do not overtake too often the car really goes well.

I found exactly the same thing on my car, not that I ever go above 100kph on the freeway anyway.

[Sports]

So you guys dont go on 110kph highways?

[MitchellO]

So you guys dont go on 110kph highways?

Well I'm a green P plater, that's my excuse

[Nexus]

So you guys dont go on 110kph highways?

No we do, except this is what I notice on the country side roads. 10kmh more does not really save much more time and I seem to burn the fuel faster. Travelling at safety speed is always better, not to mentioned a magna with P-Plate got caught by police in front of me.
I like using my cruise control when on long drives at normally I set to less than the limit slightly but when no rush 100km/h seems to be the best speed for the car.

Yes, it may different on other magnas, but my 2.4L engine seems to do really well at 100km/h

[Magna Rookie]

I also find my car runs best at 100km/h for best fuel economy as 110 km/h tends to take more fuel.

Funny you say that, my first week of driving my 3.0 on the freeway to work doing 90km/h my average usage was 9.8/100

Then the second week sitting at 100km/h it was 9.1!