Petrol Challenge - Will you participate?

[crumpet]

ive got a fairmont ghia and i put in $50 coz i cant be bothered filling it and i get about 170 kms out of it..... fuekl guzzler it is! i hate the dam thing but while DD is rear facing its gotta stay, roll on next year and ill be looking for a 2lt buzz box again!

but next time i do put fuel in ill take more notice of the litres and kms....

[Dale]

Yep, I will give it a go. Mine is close to empty.....it has two tanks, so I will fill one up and just put $50.00 in the other and see how far the $50 gets me first. I know I get two weeks on the full tanks and I do quite a bit of running around, but not sure how many kms that is. I have always thought it was quite reasonable for the car it is (Landcruiser) but I could be in for a shock!

[LimeSlice]

We have a Volvo V70, it is a 5 cylinder, 2.5L Turbo. Does at the moment about 11-13L/100km, but it is due for a major service, so I expect it will be back down to its average of 10-12L/100km after that is done.

I run all my cars to dead empty at least once, means I know exactly how far the petrol light will take me if necessary, but we have only had the car a couple of weeks and I haven't had a chance yet.

[butterfly_warrior]

The type of driving has a MASSIVE impact on fuel economy.

My subaru forester will just stretch a tank to about 500km around town. After a trip to Canberra and back, where it was filled up half way there, it's done 520km and still has at least a quarter of a tank.

My father would swear by the fact that a regular freeway trip for his car would help its fuel economy even when it's just running around town. He used to call it letting the car "stretch its legs" and it did seem to make a difference. His fuel economy improved, not just for the tank that did the freeway trip, but for a few afterwards as well. Might just have been that car, haven't put it to the test myself. I don't keep records as accurate as my father, either - he has a little book in the glovebox where he records the date, the km travelled and how much fuel he's put into the tank. Of course, he always fills the tank completely every time he goes, doesn't work if the budget is tight and you can only put say $10 in to get through the next couple of days.

BW

[krystals]

Funnily enough, I just filled my car with $55 worth of fuel. It was 1.42 a litre I think. I'll let you know how far I get on it! I have an AH Astra (I think that's right) but will have to account for the fact I live on dirt, it's manual and there are a lot of hills!! I'll get back to you when I run out

[eza]

I have a Statesman 5.7L V8 - average L/100km is 11-12. I do a bit of highway driving as well as around town so I think it's pretty economical for the type of car it is..

[STARRYSKY]

I did have a toyota celsior v8, a full tank would cost $97-$120 (depending on premium or regular used, we used to swap every time) it would easily do 5-600k's on that.

I now have a holden commodore v6 on gas, $36 to fill the tank and do the same distances!

[briggsy's girl]

BW, your dad's theory works for us too - i love getting a long trip cos it blows the cobwebs out (as my dad puts it) and the car runs smoother. i used to do a decent trip daily for work, so we never had the drop in fuel economy, but we're noticing it now that we're living in town and lots of shorter trips.

[Mum2Romone]

[BeautifulMadness]

station wago v6 magna 2002 ,costs me $100 to fill up and it can last me up to 2 weeks....i dont drive far

[Miss.September]

My father would swear by the fact that a regular freeway trip for his car would help its fuel economy even when it's just running around town. He used to call it letting the car "stretch its legs" and it did seem to make a difference. His fuel economy improved, not just for the tank that did the freeway trip, but for a few afterwards as well. Might just have been that car, haven't put it to the test myself. I don't keep records as accurate as my father, either - he has a little book in the glovebox where he records the date, the km travelled and how much fuel he's put into the tank. Of course, he always fills the tank completely every time he goes, doesn't work if the budget is tight and you can only put say $10 in to get through the next couple of days.

BW

I agree with this. Ours is a Ford Territory and I think it'd cry if it only got a chance to do the little driving I do in a week I give it a go every few weeks, might go the long way to visit my mum where there are 100km/h roads. I think it always runs better after that. We've done a couple of long highway drives in it and it just cruises, loves it. This weekend we're going to Mildura and we won't be towing, so we'll see exactly how many ks it gives us on the highway.

ETA - Tinks, my friend just took his Mazda 323 to Adelaide from the northern suburbs of Melb - and he got there on one tank of fuel. Nice efficient car you've got there!