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

[tww]

3-4 years ago, I'd get 600KM's easy, but now it's down to around 400. In the last few years, it's been mainly round town driving. Now I'm back to 300KM's per week of 100KM/H driving, I've already noticed I'm getting more - 450KM's maybe. Doesn't help that the fuel guage is stuffed and I never remember to note how many litres I've just dropped in the tank.

Big service to be done in the next couple of months; new plugs, belts etc. I'm hoping I can get her back up towards 600KM's again.

Tank is 68 litre in a TF?

Regards, Tony

[slowtl]

I drive my TL like I stole it & still get over 600km per tank. I do a combination of City & highway driving but mainly highway driving. My only mod is an EZ Boy throttle body. Cant complain.

[doddski]

i seem to be getting better econ outa my car now.

fill it up, and it gets me around 500 km or more depending.

right now, my trip computer is telling me im getting an avg of 10.2L/100km - which i am STOKED about, considering that its mostly 50/50 city / highway.
(when i drove the 1100 km to mackay, TC was telling me that i got 9.8l/100km for the trip - i reset all the meters before i left to get an accurate reading so to speak. that was the best reading i have EVER gotten! when i filled up again in Rocky, the DTE said i had 710km to empty! i didnt know it was able to go that high! haha)

although, this last week, i havnt had to have the aircon on... so that makes a big difference, and i have also been doing a bit of driving at night with cooler air.. which all helps i spose.

also discovered that cruise controll is GREAT for fuel savings!
the road out to my parents place is 80 most of the way, with a couple of roundabouts and i just set it and let it drive itself!
i do try to avoid using the cruise thru town tho.. it does present a slight safety hazzard when doing 50km/hr...

[tww]

Filled up this morning. 30.87 lites, trip meter was on 279.3kms. Cost $42.26 ($1.369 per litre).

So that comes out to around 11L/100km's. Better than I thought. Once I do the big service (belts, plugs, filters etc) in a couple of months, I'll measure it again.

Regards, Tony

[Life]

I am proud to say that I get a whopping 720 KM's out of a tank in my 3.0 TH Exec, about 1/4 of that would be city driving and the rest highway. The average economy is 9.0-9.4 L/KM. In addition to that, I am a red P-plater and get lots of random urges to burst which are reguarly acted on.

In addition to the above, the car's odometer is sitting at a massive 233,000 KM's.

Mods are... Well, None! I'm too poor at the moment

[Boozer]

I am proud to say that I get a whopping 720 KM's out of a tank in my 3.0 TH Exec, about 1/4 of that would be city driving and the rest highway. The average economy is 9.0-9.4 L/KM. In addition to that, I am a red P-plater and get lots of random urges to burst which are reguarly acted on.

In addition to the above, the car's odometer is sitting at a massive 233,000 KM's.

Mods are... Well, None! I'm too poor at the moment

thats really good, if and when you do an exhaust upgrade to 2.5inches and a less restrictive muffler, you'll get better mileage

3Tank is 68 litre in a TF?

supposed to be 71 litres