lites per 100miles?

Ardennes1944

finally got my test drive in a mazda 6 the other day (:D) and flicked through the trip computer, 13.5 came up, is this 13.5 litres to 100miles? the speedo was in miles. and what mpg is this? and how many litres per 100km. roughly

and also, am i mad to buy a 1.8 now as it could be near impossible to sell in a year or 2?

Veloce

I'm just back from a 25k trip in my 1.8 and my trip computer told me I had an average fuel consumption of 12.3l per 100km!! I don't want to convert it to MPG because I know its not gonna be pretty

CiniO

It can't be litres / 100 miles.
Most likely litres/100km.
Or MPG but it would be really bad

CiniO

Veloce wrote: »

I'm just back from a 25k trip in my 1.8 and my trip computer told me I had an average fuel consumption of 12.3l per 100km!! I don't want to convert it to MPG because I know its not gonna be pretty

12.3 is not pretty as well ;P

Ardennes1944

Veloce wrote: »

I'm just back from a 25k trip in my 1.8 and my trip computer told me I had an average fuel consumption of 12.3l per 100km!! I don't want to convert it to MPG because I know its not gonna be pretty

is that a 6 or what

Veloce

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

is that a 6 or what

Oh no don't worry its not a 6.. its an alfa gt. It was mainly built up area driving.

Ardennes1944

CiniO wrote: »

It can't be litres / 100 miles.
Most likely litres/100km.
Or MPG but it would be really bad

http://forum.mazda6club.com/europe/133438-trip-computer.html
first post says his is in litres/100miles?

Veloce

If its actually in miles then happy days

Ardennes1944

Veloce wrote: »

If its actually in miles then happy days

it is i finally found out its 33mpg and its been getting only short trips around town so woohoo

vectra

As far as I know it is the same engine as was in the '02 Mondeo Zetex 1.8 petrol
if so
I had one and it guzzled juice around town.
€20 for 70Kms was nothing out of the ordinary

route66

To convert L/100kms to MPG, use the formula: 282.5/LITRES per 100 KMS.

So 13.5 litres/100 kms = 282.5/13.5 = 20.93 MPG :eek:

Or, to make it easier, go here and let the website do the work for you

Ardennes1944

vectra wrote: »

As far as I know it is the same engine as was in the '02 Mondeo Zetex 1.8 petrol
if so
I had one and it guzzled juice around town.
€20 for 70Kms was nothing out of the ordinary

dont tell me that:( most say they get 33ish round town...

Ardennes1944

route66 wrote: »

To convert L/100kms to MPG, use the formula: 282.5/LITRES per 100 KMS.

So 13.5 litres/100 kms = 282.5/13.5 = 20.93 MPG :eek:

Or, to make it easier, go here and let the website do the work for you

100 miles not kms kid

vectra

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

dont tell me that:( most say they get 33ish round town...

Not a hope Id say

Ardennes1944

vectra wrote: »

Not a hope Id say

well it seems to cover all my other requirements so i guess il just have to take the hit i do small mileage anyway so the diesel premium aint gonna be worth it

vectra

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

well it seems to cover all my other requirements so i guess il just have to take the hit i do small mileage anyway so the diesel premium aint gonna be worth it

I am only going on my old Mondeo consumption. I have a buddy with a '06 Mazda6 1.8 Petrol.
I will enquire form him how his one is on fuel

route66

route66 wrote: »

To convert L/100kms to MPG, use the formula: 282.5/LITRES per 100 KMS.

So 13.5 litres/100 kms = 282.5/13.5 = 20.93 MPG

Or, to make it easier, go here and let the website do the work for you
Originally Posted by route66

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

100 miles not kms kid

I've never heard of litres / 100 miles. If it's true, then the formula for converting to MPG is:
454.91/LITRES per 100 Miles = 454.91/13.5 = 33.7 MPG

I'm surprised that somebody would come up with a measure that mixes imperial and metric Maybe you were giving it some welli and 20.93 is the accurate figure for urban driving.

Not too unrealistic for a petrol engine if it was a short run in urban conditions, eh, kid

unkel

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

dont tell me that:( most say they get 33ish round town...

I don't know where your "town" is, but expecting 33mph in any family size petrol engined saloon car is unrealistic in the Dublin area

Alanstrainor

This "litres / 100 miles" measurement has to be wrong?

It makes absolutely no sense!

Tea 1000

vectra wrote: »

As far as I know it is the same engine as was in the '02 Mondeo Zetex 1.8 petrol
if so
I had one and it guzzled juice around town.
€20 for 70Kms was nothing out of the ordinary

Only from 2004 onwards Ford started using the Mazda block. Before that it was Ford's own unit, which was a piece of crap really.
And for the record, the Mazda trip computer is in litres per 100 kilometres, not miles! Even if the clock is in miles.

Ardennes1944

no it really is litres/100miles! ive read it on a few forums tonight. you can get a mazda dealer to change it if you wish. http://forum.mazda6club.com/europe/133438-trip-computer.html
http://www.mazda6forums.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1100.0
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=79305

route66

You could always try a more subjective measure:

I was down in the mudders on Wednesday. She asked me to go and collect de washing from de sisters. I did dat and stopped off for chips in Pa's on de way home after calling into Charlie to talk to him about the sediment in the well. Drove to work the next day and I called back to Charlie in the evening (he wasn't well). I put a tenner in on my way back from work the next day and it brought up between a quarter and a half - dat's pretty good I'd say.

Tea 1000

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

no it really is litres/100miles! ive read it on a few forums tonight. you can get a mazda dealer to change it if you wish. http://forum.mazda6club.com/europe/133438-trip-computer.html

I had a 2004 Mazda, UK import, it was litres per 100kms. Mate has a 02 one, his is litres per 100kms. Neither had been changed from factory.

Ardennes1944

route66 wrote: »

You could always try a more subjective measure:

I was down in the mudders on Wednesday. She asked me to go and collect de washing from de sisters. I did dat and stopped off for chips in Pa's on de way home after calling into Charlie to talk to him about the sediment in the well. Drove to work the next day and I called back to Charlie in the evening (he wasn't well). I put a tenner in on my way back from work the next day and it brought up between a quarter and a half - dat's pretty good I'd say.

em....

bazz26

unkel wrote: »

I don't know where your "town" is, but expecting 33mph in any family size petrol engined saloon car is unrealistic in the Dublin area

+1

I had a 1.8 petrol Avensis which is similar in same size/weight to the 6. Did well to get 29/30mpg around town. Even a diesel will do poor mpg around town, too much start/stop driving to be fuel efficent.

BTW I'd doubt that the trip computer would display litres per mile. That is mixing the old imperial system with the new metric system. It is either km per litre or miles per gallon.

route66

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

em....

Ok, fair enough; it's a story and not a measurement but based on what others are saying above, it appears to be about as accurate a measurement of fuel consumption as the 33.7 MPG

BTW, has anyone else heard MPG being expressed as a story rather than a number ?

Ardennes1944

route66 wrote: »

Ok, fair enough; it's a story and not a measurement but based on what others are saying above, it appears to be about as accurate a measurement of fuel consumption as the 33.7 MPG

BTW, has anyone else heard MPG being expressed as a story rather than a number ?

im not putting down your suggestion of mpg by story ( i am ), but i havent actually seen any mazda 6 forums that say its l/kms?

route66

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

im not putting down your suggestion of mpg by story ( i am ), but i havent actually seen any mazda 6 forums that say its l/kms?

As per above, some 6s report in L/100kms, some in L/100miles. Even if your mileage is small, there is a huge difference between 20 and 33 MPG; your pocket will feel it. Check it out the old-fashioned way before you break out the reddies!

Ardennes1944

route66 wrote: »

As per above, some 6s report in L/100kms, some in L/100miles. Even if your mileage is small, there is a huge difference between 20 and 33 MPG; your pocket will feel it. Check it out the old-fashioned way before you break out the reddies!

i am never in traffic much and although most of my trips until the summer will be short, they are usually pretty free flowing. i was going to get a 140 bhp celica until insurance fecked it up sure. surely a mazda 6 cant get 20mpg round town....can it? my 04 astra g is going to be sold this weekend for 3500 and ive a 05 mazda lined up for 3900. my main concern is selling it on again in a year or two?

slave1

Around/about the town, odd trip to relatives etc
previous = Scenic 1.4l = 8.2L/1000
now = Avensis 1.6l = 8.3L/1000

quite happy with the current 34mpg considering...

Ardennes1944

slave1 wrote: »

Around/about the town, odd trip to relatives etc
previous = Scenic 1.4l = 8.2L/1000
now = Avensis 1.6l = 8.3L/1000

quite happy with the current 34mpg considering...

dont think the 1.8 would do that though

EPM

I know someone who went from a 1.4 Mazda 3 to a 1.8 Mazda 6. They've been complaining about the poor fuel economy since. Over 30 mpg is wishful thinking about town. Tbh, you'd be doing well to crack it in the first place.

Ardennes1944

EPM wrote: »

I know someone who went from a 1.4 Mazda 3 to a 1.8 Mazda 6. They've been complaining about the poor fuel economy since. Over 30 mpg is wishful thinking about town. Tbh, you'd be doing well to crack it in the first place.

i dont know what to do. my ceann is wrecked

Alanstrainor

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

i dont know what to do. my ceann is wrecked

Buy something just as uneconomical and 100 times more fun!

Ardennes1944

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Buy something just as uneconomical and 100 times more fun!

such as....

EPM

1.7 Puma.
The Celica.
Leon FR.

You could buy some of those below budget leaving enough for insurance. Can't see there being a huge difference in economy either.

Ardennes1944

EPM wrote: »

1.7 Puma.
The Celica.
Leon FR.

You could buy some of those below budget leaving enough for insurance. Can't see there being a huge difference in economy either.

PUMA...yock.
any quotes for a celica are 2300+ if at all
leon fr are hard to come by. though if you could show me a link for a few....

Ardennes1944

**** this...im keeping the astra!

EPM

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

**** this...im keeping the astra!

You put us through all this for nothing?

//ban hammer twitches...

Ardennes1944

EPM wrote: »

You put us through all this for nothing?

//ban hammer twitches...

hey, its my money and it doesnt seem to be financially viable atm. apologies to all. there is a lot of mazda 6's put up for sale recently and none are selling so it only makes sense. gonna keep it for another year or so and see how the petrol and stuff is then.

EPM

I'm only kidding ya! The Astra you posted in another thread looks pretty tidy tbh. If it's running well id keep it and save for the insurance on something you really want. Could see you getting tired of the 6 pretty quickly...

996tt

Veloce wrote: »

I'm just back from a 25k trip in my 1.8 and my trip computer told me I had an average fuel consumption of 12.3l per 100km!! I don't want to convert it to MPG because I know its not gonna be pretty

did you go to the moon?

Top Dog

route66 wrote: »

I'm surprised that somebody would come up with a measure that mixes imperial and metric

Its the way tyre measurements have been done for years - mixing imperial with metric

265(mm)-65(%)-17(inches)

Ardennes1944

EPM wrote: »

I'm only kidding ya! The Astra you posted in another thread looks pretty tidy tbh. If it's running well id keep it and save for the insurance on something you really want. Could see you getting tired of the 6 pretty quickly...

yeah she is in unreal condition, i guess i just have to realise im lucky to be driving sucha nice car at 19 in ucc:D i have saved alot and could buy a 2011 car with scrappage with cash if i wanted but then id have **** all so i think the astra shall suffice

route66

Top Dog wrote: »

Its the way tyre measurements have been done for years - mixing imperial with metric

265(mm)-65(%)-17(inches)

Yea, forgot about that - I'd say this was a classic compromise to allow a standard to be put in place: You can have the wheel diameter in inches if you give us the width in metric

vectra

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

yeah she is in unreal condition, i guess i just have to realise im lucky to be driving sucha nice car at 19 in ucc

Met my buddy
He drives from Fermoy to CIT once a week and sticks to under 100kph on the way. He struggles to do the return trip for less than €20 :eek:

Ardennes1944

vectra wrote: »

Met my buddy
He drives from Fermoy to CIT once a week and sticks to under 100kph on the way. He struggles to do the return trip for less than €20 :eek:

ah come on that cant be true!?

vectra

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

ah come on that cant be true!?

Why not?
well actually I am fibbing a little
He actually said it takes him €18

Squall19

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

finally got my test drive in a mazda 6 the other day (:D) and flicked through the trip computer, 13.5 came up, is this 13.5 litres to 100miles? the speedo was in miles. and what mpg is this? and how many litres per 100km. roughly

and also, am i mad to buy a 1.8 now as it could be near impossible to sell in a year or 2?

God thats awful my 2.3l 300bhp Mazda 3 Mps is getting around that day to day driving and a little better on long journeys.Its average now is 12.4:D

Ardennes1944

vectra wrote: »

Why not?
well actually I am fibbing a little
He actually said it takes him €18

18...ah thats honest enough
thanks for following that up man.
glad i still have my astra more everyday:)