Best milage on a tank of fuel yet!

taza said:
I have been driving with the fuel light on for the past 30km. I know I can get 40km more but after that I don't know. I have 10L of petrol in the boot for when she conks out, hopefully not at a set of traffic lights :S
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I advise you not to let it run dry too many times if at all - a replacement fuel pump is an expensive exercise, even just for a replacement pump. The modern high pressure fuel pump uses the petrol as a coolant, run it for a little bit without fuel and you're pump will **** itself... Not fun!

Venom said:
Yesterday I saved about 1L per 100km by not using my cruise control on the highway and changing gear at 2,500RPM instead of 3,000. I've noticed my cruise constrol constantly slows down and speeds up by about 1km per hour on the speedo, even on a flat road. In conjunction with my change in diff ratio (another 1L per 100km) i've got my fuel consumption down as low as 8.2L per 100km, i'm pretty happy with that :D
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Care to share on what drive train you're running there mr Venom? I mean, if you haven't already? I've got to be honest, I haven't read this thread from start to here...

Cheers

Bennie
 
For my first tank in the diesel outback I did 900km on 60 litres that was combined as I live 15km out of town and hit the freeway every morning so that would equate to 6.6l/100k.
Its not sluggish either :biggrin:
 
Thats not too sluggish indeed & half your luck :ebiggrin:
I just wish I could get that sort of mileage in my XT, but a-lass I tend to drive mine a little on the hard side :biggrin:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
Nachaluva said:
Well your name isnt Mr.Economy now is it lol :raspberry:
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I like it :lol:

It's funny you know. If I drive it hard, I tend to get better mileage compared to if I were driving it like grand-par :ebiggrin:

So I guess there's a simple answer to that hey :lildevil: :rock:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
Fuel Economy Disel Subaru

Hi,

I just posted this in the 'Intro Thread'. Now noted a more relevant thread. Sorry, just getting used to the flow of this forum.

Hi,

6.6/100 is easy to obtain with an Outback Diesel. As I said in my intro email we had a 5.4/100 on our 1000 km 2011 Easter camping run. Get 5.8 on a regular run to my wife's fathers retirement village near the Murray River.

We have an incline with our drive entrance and run to the garage. You can turn in (with 4 adults) let you foot off clutch and accelerator and the car will idle up the incline into the garage.

And overtaking!! When you want it, it has more than enough, amazing power.

Our other car is a 1996 Toyota Starlet - I commute 500km (then add other normal driving Km's) a week and not willing to put such Km's on expensive cars - and the two are about equal with regard to fuel. Had the Starlet 11 years and just put in a recon at 355,000km. Only 2 CV joints replaced and the usual tyres/consumables in the 355,000.

It is not the purchase price, but the operating costs that really matter. Think about why you get so many cheap printers these days, then look at the cartridge cost!

Do I sound converted?

Brent
 
That is so true.
Running costs can be a real killer indeed :iconwink:

And yes I'd have to say you're converted :ebiggrin:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
Brentmc said:
It is not the purchase price, but the operating costs that really matter. Think about why you get so many cheap printers these days, then look at the cartridge cost!
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Hi Brent, last year at the college I work at we spent the most out of any business in the midwest on printers, ink, toner and paper. Over $30,000 on it in the year alone (not including printers or photocopiers) :raspberry:

Welcome, your lucky to have one of the new diesels :ebiggrin:
 
New Diesel and Printers

taza said:
Hi Brent, last year at the college I work at we spent the most out of any business in the midwest on printers, ink, toner and paper. Over $30,000 on it in the year alone (not including printers or photocopiers) :raspberry:

Welcome, your lucky to have one of the new diesels :ebiggrin:
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HEllo,

Yes we are lucky and for us this was an expensive move. We have NEVER had so much dosh invested in a car! However, the research showed that if one was in for the long term and intending to do some long trips the economy offset the investment. Not just fuel, but less wear and tear etc. However the the 'after market' scene sure stacks up the dollars - tow bar, sports bars etc! More to come.

Do I deduct, from posts, that the U.S. does not have the diesel versions??

Cheers Brent
 
Barnboy said:
. It worked out to be 407 miles (655km) on 50.5 litres, so 35mpg or almost 13km/l.

I thought that was amazing for my car having never been close to this.
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That is amazing, here in Australia we usually rate it at L per 100k and my meager math skills have that at about 7.6ish per 100. I have a little runaround Daihatsu Sirion which is a 3cyl 1L motor and it gets 5.5L/100k so you're doing well to have a car that much bigger and getting somewhere close to that!
 
carljwnc said:
No:sad: Diesel vehicles, or should I say cars, are very limited in what we get here. Hopefully Subaru will bring them over here some time.
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Even in your 'pick-up trucks'??? Probably a good 70% or more of 4WD's here in Aus would be diesel. Now even hatchbacks and family cars are becoming diesel for the economy :raspberry:
 
US Cars and Economy

carljwnc said:
No:sad: Diesel vehicles, or should I say cars, are very limited in what we get here. Hopefully Subaru will bring them over here some time.
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Morning, Well that is news. I would have thought the U.S. would have everything related to cars, or maybe I am thinking of Texas?

The only thing about diesel in Australia, which is different to a lot of the world, is the cost. In other parts of the world where I have driven (which is reasonably extensive) diesel has always been cheaper than petrol. I think that is related to tax which is based on trucks using the roads over such a large landmass.

Cheers Brent
 
Brentmc said:
The only thing about diesel in Australia, which is different to a lot of the world, is the cost. In other parts of the world where I have driven (which is reasonably extensive) diesel has always been cheaper than petrol. I think that is related to tax which is based on trucks using the roads over such a large landmass.

Cheers Brent
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It must be, when I was a boy I remember Diesel or Distillate was definitely cheaper.... am I showing my age? And what I noticed when I lived in the US is that Diesel is "rare" to find, not every servo has diesel like we have here in Aus. I remember seeing signs for gas stations and some had Diesel written under the sign to advertise that they had it. My friend with a Ford F250 had a 90 gallon tank and hand pump in his tray as he did a lot of long distance travelling in his job just because Diesel isn't found everywhere. Strange don't you think? With the amount of trucks they have over there.
 
Species said:
That is amazing, here in Australia we usually rate it at L per 100k and my meager math skills have that at about 7.6ish per 100. I have a little runaround Daihatsu Sirion which is a 3cyl 1L motor and it gets 5.5L/100k so you're doing well to have a car that much bigger and getting somewhere close to that!
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I think that was a one off With a combination of freshly serviced forester and pretty easy roads at a sensible speed. Been a fair bit off this recently, but have put the AT tyres back on...

in regards to diesel, it alway used to be cheaper in the UK, but then loads of people switched to diesel cars when they stopped sounding and driving like tractors and now it is more expensive. All tax, over the channel in France,diesel is still cheaper than petrol.

I know once the diesel outbacks and foresters come down in price for the early ones, I will be looking as do a fair few miles for work every year.

Cheers

Tim
 
taza said:
Even in your 'pick-up trucks'??? Probably a good 70% or more of 4WD's here in Aus would be diesel. Now even hatchbacks and family cars are becoming diesel for the economy :raspberry:
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Plenty of diesel pick ups, which is why I said cars. Most of the diesel cars are Volkswagens and there are a few others. Diesel used to be cheaper here, but now it is above the price of regular.
 
World Diesel Price

Hi,
So, in summary, as something becomes popular the tax increases. Thank goodness the increased economy and longevity of mechanical parts helps offset this.

I loved the reminder about 'when diesels stopped sounding like tractors in the UK'. I lived there for some 6 years and one always knew when the taxi had arrived before the knock on the door.

Brent
 
I love the outback, I was driving down the highway this morning at around 120kmh and my instant fuel economy was hovering between 4.8L/100km and 5.6/100km. :biggrin:
 
Here in Texas you would be hard pressed to find a gas station that doesn't sell deisel, especially with the huge market for full size trucks we have. But like Carl said, as far as cars go, there's not much other than VW's, Audi's, & some mercedes models. They still think these stupid hybrids are more efficient even when it's been proven that deisel cars perform way better in that category.
Up until a couple years ago, it was quite a bit cheaper than gas, now i think it's hovering around the $4/gal range while gas is about $3.40/gal.
 
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