Petrol Challenge - Will you participate?

[Astrid]

Cruise control can make a difference as well. We find the Commodore can be quite efficient when we can just sit on 100kph, if we are stuck behind someone who can't decide if they are doing 90 or 105, the fuel gets chewed up. We are noticing it with the new Swift, it does not have cruise control, whilst the Colt did. With about 3/4 of DH's driving being at 100kph, is makes a significant difference.

[jesses_girl]

Our car costs 80 - 90 bucks to fill up. Petrol is $1.46 here atm. We usually get 500-520kms, only lasts a week though! We do alot of driving. Its auto, ford facon BA sedan 2004. My baby :-)

[Miss.September]

Okay, back to update, we got to Mildura on one tank of fuel and we travelled just shy of 560kms and had 40kms left on the gauge. That was highway driving all the way in our Territory. We were happy with that.

[Cranky Kitten]

Whoops, I have to reset - we pick up our new car tomorrow!

[Dale]

Ok.....my car is a 07 auto turbo diesel landcruiser and for $50.00 I get 270 kms out of it. I worked that out at about 12.35 litres per 100kms - providing I've done the maths right That's not bad I think, especially seeing I did all my driving around town this week. I'm going to try again on our next long trip and afterwards as well. As BW's dad says the cars do run better and more efficiently for a few weeks after one. I am interested to see how much better it could be

[Cranky Kitten]

Did our first cruise around the countryside in the new car yesterday (2010 Outlander) and wow...averaged 9.2L/100km and travelled 330km on half a tank according to the trip display (it has avg fuel consumption, range to empty and distance travelled).

Mind you, this was primarily highway driving sitting on cruise control at 110km/hr, but there was a few hills and more than a couple of instances of either DH or I putting our foot down to overtake road trains and caravans.