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« Reply #140 on: August 12, 2008, 05:59:47 pm » |
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« Reply #141 on: September 12, 2008, 04:39:04 pm » |
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Hey guys, the results from the challenge is very interesting. I drive a 2007 honda civic ex automatic. My experience is quite different. I try to use gentle acceleration (the transmission changes gear near 2500rpm), and I try to obey the speed limit. However, I find that I can only get around 450kms before my fuel light comes on.  Comparing to your findings "The Honda Civic, the outright winner last time around, placed second this time. Its warning light turned on at 821 km (eight clicks before the Corolla's), and all went dark after another 126 kilometres. " The difference is huge! 450km vs 821km. The tester civic traveled nearly twice as far as mine did!  Is there an update on the 2008 civic for this to be possible? Or should I be worried that my civic is a lemon? Are there any other civic owners want to share their real life fuel consumption on this generation of civic?  |
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« Reply #142 on: September 12, 2008, 04:48:39 pm » |
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You only get 450? in what city driving? Heck I've seen 450 in much less fuel efficient cars on the same amount of litres. |
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« Reply #143 on: September 12, 2008, 05:13:10 pm » |
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450km mostly sub urban city mix with some highway...
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« Reply #144 on: September 12, 2008, 06:41:43 pm » |
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my truck gets more then 450  |
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« Reply #145 on: September 12, 2008, 07:02:06 pm » |
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on 40L? hehe |
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« Reply #146 on: September 12, 2008, 07:13:59 pm » |
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maybe 90L  |
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« Reply #147 on: September 12, 2008, 07:52:20 pm » |
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How many liters are you putting in it after the low fuel light comes on? |
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« Reply #148 on: September 13, 2008, 09:07:25 am » |
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during the time of my tests, i fill it up when light comes on. |
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« Reply #149 on: September 13, 2008, 06:17:38 pm » |
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during the time of my tests, i fill it up when light comes on.
Yes, but how many liters is it taking to fill it? |
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« Reply #150 on: September 14, 2008, 08:15:45 pm » |
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Hey guys, the results from the challenge is very interesting. I drive a 2007 honda civic ex automatic. My experience is quite different. I try to use gentle acceleration (the transmission changes gear near 2500rpm), and I try to obey the speed limit. However, I find that I can only get around 450kms before my fuel light comes on. Comparing to your findings "The Honda Civic, the outright winner last time around, placed second this time. Its warning light turned on at 821 km (eight clicks before the Corolla's), and all went dark after another 126 kilometres. " The difference is huge! 450km vs 821km. The tester civic traveled nearly twice as far as mine did! Is there an update on the 2008 civic for this to be possible? Or should I be worried that my civic is a lemon? Are there any other civic owners want to share their real life fuel consumption on this generation of civic? Wow! Something must be awry here. In mixed driving I always get over 600kms on my 2001 Civic DX-G auto with the light having just come on. Anything going on with worn wheel bearings, parking brake sticking, poor alignment etc which is affecting your milleage? |
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« Reply #151 on: September 15, 2008, 06:02:54 pm » |
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 ...FILLINGS oww woww.... FILLINGS..Ow wowwww... FILLINGS OW WOWWW.....  |
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« Reply #152 on: September 16, 2008, 08:31:46 am » |
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Thanks for the replies.
I guess the only way to find out is to have it checked. |
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« Reply #153 on: September 28, 2008, 08:25:21 pm » |
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I believe these are a bit skewed in the sense that I own a 2008 Nissan Sentra S-ER (2.5L with CVT) and on highway driving (more than once) I have gone about 725-750 Before the fuel light comes on... I wonder why the smaller 2.0 CVT in this test does worse than mine?
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« Reply #154 on: September 28, 2008, 09:18:56 pm » |
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I routinely go 800km on the highway before the low fuel warning light comes on. If I fuel up right away, it is ALWAYS 42L if I cram in as much as possible.
Given that I have 8L left and have just averaged 5.25L/100km, then I should be able to go another 152km until 50L is consumed. That would take me to 952km. This is very attainable and realistic mileage for the Corolla. On my last trip to the mountains and back I consumed 5.1L/100km.
Were I able to drive mostly on 90 posted highways (instead of 110 like the highway to Jasper) I think it quite feasible to break into the 4's (I do have a half tank between Canmore AB and Vernon BC at 4.8 ) and I could see going 1000km before dying.
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« Reply #155 on: September 28, 2008, 09:23:39 pm » |
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I believe these are a bit skewed in the sense that I own a 2008 Nissan Sentra S-ER (2.5L with CVT) and on highway driving (more than once) I have gone about 725-750 Before the fuel light comes on... I wonder why the smaller 2.0 CVT in this test does worse than mine?
The test didn't consist entirely of highway driving. |
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« Reply #156 on: October 02, 2008, 09:30:20 am » |
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Here is a link to a real test:http://www.auto123.com/en/news/car-news/the-vw-jetta-tdi-sets-a-new-guinness-world-record-in-fuel-consumption?artid=101736
There are flaws in every test but the flaws in this 50 liter challenge are so large they render the results completely inaccurate. Toyota now uses these flawed results in their advertising as winner of the "50 litre challenge".
Come on Canadian Driver, set the record straight. |
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« Reply #157 on: October 02, 2008, 10:09:08 am » |
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« Reply #158 on: October 02, 2008, 10:22:28 am » |
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I think what you would have to do , to make everyone happy ( if that is possible  ) is to drain the cars gas tanks, and re fuel with one the tanks they use in nascar , where the volume is know |
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« Reply #159 on: October 02, 2008, 10:44:24 am » |
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I propose drain all the tanks and then make it a 1L challenge first car to burn out the fuel pump loses. |
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