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Originally Posted by Martyvan
Scribbly,
Did you get your average fuel consumption for the entire trip???
Im guessing you went the Newell then, which is normally not such a bad road...
How did you go with overtaking any Grey Nomads towing Caravans at 75kph?
Or even trucks in the 110kph sections? Enough grunt to get up and moving past them?
Would be a pain filling up with the bigger nozzles... But at least you are not at the pump for quite as long  |
No I didn't but the overall l/100km consumption average decreased from 6.6 to 6.5l/100km.
I noticed that on the Newell Hwy the 110 km/h limit increased the fuel consumption so that I only got approx. 1050 km per tank but at 100 km/h that increased to more than 1200 km per tank.
I had no problem with power for overtaking. The car was loaded to the max with luggage 2 adults, 2 kids but I frequently got the chime as I exceeded the indicated 130km/h - (gps read 125km/h). You've got to be thankful for cruise control or I would have been pinged several times by cops. This car just zooms along up and down hills with none of the slow down associated with other front wheel drive cars. An absolute delight for the long drive - mind you I spec'ed leather seats and they are very comfy.