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View Poll Results: What's been your average fuel consumption?
3.5ltrs - 5ltrs (for u lucky diesel people) 9 13.85%
5ltrs - 6ltrs 3 4.62%
6ltrs - 7ltrs 24 36.92%
7ltrs - 8ltrs 14 21.54%
8ltrs + 15 23.08%
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Old 02-07-2010, 09:02 PM   #1
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Default Fiesta Fuel Economy

So whats everyone getting as an average on their fiesta's?

With mostly city, stop start driving, and a little 80-100km/h driving in an average tank...

We are getting around 6.3-6.5ltrs/100km with an avg speed per tank of around 40km/h

(this is with a mix of sedate and sporty driving styles and hills)

Now with 14,500kms on the clock.

What are you all getting?


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Old 02-07-2010, 09:25 PM   #2
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Great thread Troy. Now most of us have had our MK7 Fiestas for a while, it's a great chance to be able to gather some true data for new Fiesta drivers, and great to hear from our ECOnetic drivers about their economy and our WP/WQ drivers! I seem to have gotten a great car. Right from the get go, with under 100km on the clock I was getting high fives, and on a few stretches of hiway high fours. Over the past year (yep, we celebrated one year last weekend!) I would say very low fives to low sixs, with a good mix of all types of driving, different roads, city and hiway, it's been a bloody ripper of a car. Only in the past few weeks have I been getting high sixes, it's being serviced on Monday so hopefully we'll get a new ECU upgrade and a good service. Very happy with my economy though.
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Old 02-07-2010, 09:33 PM   #3
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My zetec ws manual 3 door is getting (over 500kms on clock now) ...

6.6 litres over 100km's.
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Old 02-07-2010, 09:36 PM   #4
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According to Gas Hog on my ipod, I'm getting 7.1L/100km costing 10¢/km in the last 35000km.
I would be interested to see if the economy readout matches a calculated economy every fill.
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Old 03-07-2010, 01:35 PM   #5
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Just clocked one person is getting/doing 8 litres per 100??....CHANGE GEARS MORE OFTEN LOL!!
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Old 03-07-2010, 03:49 PM   #6
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i get between 6-8 and thats in an auto ... sepends on the traffic aswell. I average around 450-500km a tank
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Old 03-07-2010, 08:35 PM   #7
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yeah unfortunately the auto versions are using more petrol... especially when brothers are driving hey shroomies????????? haha
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Old 03-07-2010, 09:27 PM   #8
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Lol!!!

I was hoping when i got mine that i would get it under 6 per 100 combined.....
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Old 03-07-2010, 09:29 PM   #9
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Justto confirm, the figures I have quoted are what the fuel economy readout sayson the car. They are a little off as a few have said,I think about five percent.
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Old 03-07-2010, 09:35 PM   #10
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Yeah the stop start traffic kills the economy... on a brand new fuel tank with a 60-80kmh range on free flowing roads on a weekend... we were getting
5.2-5.4ltrs easy...

and like danny said, its going to be a little out... if the speedo is out a little as well, i guess its not surprising...
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Old 03-07-2010, 09:40 PM   #11
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my 2004 WP Zetec gets around 6-7 litres per 100, which im very happy with considering the short trips to school i do (around 5 mins, majority of time just sitting at lights) car doesnt even get a chance to fully warm up anymore... however i have seen well under the 6's. thats with 106000kms on the clock. very happy.
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Old 03-07-2010, 09:53 PM   #12
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Well i did get 2 speeding tickets in may... stupid lead foot of mine... Danny has fun keeping upwith me ... i gun it ... vroom vroom..

Maybe my next car will be an XR6T! ohh yea
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Old 03-07-2010, 10:06 PM   #13
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or maybe a turbo fiesta if they ever make one!!!!!!!!

those new polo gti's have 130kw or something and are very tempting. just the interior is boring compared to the fez...
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Old 03-07-2010, 10:40 PM   #14
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I think i want a RWD.. lol
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Old 03-07-2010, 11:34 PM   #15
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I'm getting 6L Flat on 95% highway driving, but mines a Jan 09 build with no latest ECU update.
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Old 04-07-2010, 09:31 AM   #16
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7.6 for my manual 4-door zetec looks bad (95 RON) but only 3k so far, all in short city trips in Sydney's very hilly Eastern Suburbs & lower North Shore.
Yes I need to get out.
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Old 04-07-2010, 12:14 PM   #17
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9+ litres per 100km! ... XR4's love the juice!
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Old 04-07-2010, 04:40 PM   #18
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Mine has finally dropped to 6.5 per 100 litres over 550km's.....
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Old 04-07-2010, 11:59 PM   #19
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filled up saturday morning and over 140kms so far with good weekend traffic its at 5.8ltrs
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Old 05-07-2010, 09:31 AM   #20
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Almost at 12 months and after 15500kms my average is 8.95l/100km with a best of 7.40l/100km and a worst of 9.81l/100km. My wife is the main user of the car and it's 80% used during peak hour traffic with average speed at 32-33km/hr.

Oh yeah and it's and Auto....................
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Old 05-07-2010, 01:46 PM   #21
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Old 05-07-2010, 05:49 PM   #22
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msnealo... that is one slow average speed...

its funny how in the school holidays like right now, the avg tends to be 45-47kmh.. a huge difference... where do all the cars go???

surely they arnt all going to schools
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On the way from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast I was getting an average of 5.0 l/100km with an average speed of 84km/h. Got it's 15,000 service today, and it does feel a little bit more loose so hopefully the trip home is even better. I drove an ECOnetic again today, and I really think that shift indicator should on all models. It's great, and really helps with getting your car to be hugely efficient.
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Best 6.2L/100kms , Average 8.4-9.5L/100kms , Worst 11.9L/100kms = XR4
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I average around 8.0. Mainly stop/start driving tho :(

Hopefully after I get these new tires and a badly needed wheel alignment it might improve
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I get 6.5L/100km running around the burbs I inflate my tyers to 34psi to try and get better econemy. Maybe I need an ECU update. When was the last one?
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Quote:
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9+ litres per 100km! ... XR4's love the juice!
i'm hearing ya!! my XR5 mondeo uses only about the same as my fez XR4!! about 9.2/100 at the mo...
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So on the way back to Toowoomba I was getting 5.4l/100km. Happy with that because I had my boot packed, plus the trip up here is an incline so the Fiesta has done well. Not sure if they updated the ECU though.
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6.6l on my 5spd manual 5dr
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Dad drove my car for a week and he got it to 5.5L/100km manually calculated. Is the latest ECU update worth getting?
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