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Ful consumption

  • 01-02-2016 6:22pm
    #1
    billyhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,174 ✭✭✭✭


    Just curious if anyone knows how many kilometers would someone expect to get per litre of petrol. The car I have is a 1.4 litre engine


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  • #2
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Really depends on the car and whether you are around town or on the motorway but between 10-15 kilometers per liter as a guideline for that engine size.


  • #3
    Roadtoad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Roadtoad


    Don't go inventing a new system. Use litres/100 km (or if you must, miles/gallon.
    Manufacturers value*1.5 might be a good start.


  • #4
    easygoing39
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭easygoing39


    07 Focus 1.4 petrol. Last week it done 7l/100km,mixture of short hop's and motorway. Thats 39.98 MPG in old money.


  • #5
    fancy pigeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,866 ✭✭✭fancy pigeon


    I've never heard of the manufacturer or model called "a 1.4 litre engine"


  • #6
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    easygoing39 wrote: »
    07 Focus 1.4 petrol. Last week it done 7l/100km,mixture of short hop's and motorway. Thats 39.98 MPG in old money.

    Quite a reasonable figure for that car.


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  • #7
    ezra_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭ezra_


    Urban areas, getting around 7.5/100L in a 2008 1.9 BMW petrol

    Goes under 5/100L on the motorway / decent N road.


  • #8
    Bobjims
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭Bobjims


    ezra_ wrote: »
    Urban areas, getting around 7.5/100L in a 2008 1.9 BMW petrol

    Goes under 5/100L on the motorway / decent N road.

    Wait, you're at less than 5l/100km on the motorway in a 2 litre petrol BMW?? Are you sure?


  • #9
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,631 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    8.5-9.6l/100km

    Mainly motorway driving


  • #10
    ezra_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭ezra_


    With cruise control on, yep. Not much under 5l, but the needle sits to the left.


  • #11
    billyhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,174 ✭✭✭✭billyhead


    fancy pigeon wrote: »
    I've never heard of the manufacturer or model called "a 1.4 litre engine"

    I should have said has a 1.4 litre engine. BTW its a honda civic car (06-11) model


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  • #12
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    ezra_ wrote: »
    With cruise control on, yep. Not much under 5l, but the needle sits to the left.

    Oh the analogue reading in the dial of the bmw's?
    Forget that for accuracy :)

    Do the math, i was wondering how you thought it was doing 55-60mpg :D


  • #13
    ezra_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭ezra_


    Yeah, I got that consistently from my old diesel!

    If I reset the MPG on the motorway, its not that far off.
    However, the dealing with traffic and getting to and from the motorway will push it back towards the 7 mark :(


  • #14
    ezra_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭ezra_


    Yeah, I got that consistently from my old diesel!

    If I reset the MPG on the motorway, its not that far off.
    However, the dealing with traffic and getting to and from the motorway will push it back towards the 7 mark :(


  • #15
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


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  • #16
    crabbypaddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭crabbypaddy


    We had a 1.4 almera that did 44-47 for 80k miles 60% rural 10% urban 30% motorway.
    Replaced that with a 1.4 focus POS that did 37mpg average as bad as 34mpg at 130km on the motorway driven the same way by the same people. Our neighbour had the same engine with equally bad results. He changed to 1.6 and mpg was far better.
    Replaced that with my dads 18 year old 1.6 carina estate that does 36-44mpg.

    If you want a good idea look at http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/ and search for your exact vehicle set a minimum number of recorded kilometers to 15000 and you get a very accurate picture especially the mileage histogram on the right.

    Some people keep detailed record you can see mpg on motorway, rural, town, high speed, air con on, cold weather etc.

    You a good idea of the average e.g.:
    1.4 focus histogram gives 38mpg


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