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Low mileage automatic

  • 06-05-2019 03:50PM
    #1
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭


    Lads I just get avg 8-9 km per liter of gas on my petrol Hyundai accent automatic...what can I do to improve it or is it a lost cause ?

    Car has been serviced regularly...


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    That’s just 25mpg. Are you mainly doing city driving ?


  • #3
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


    Yes kind of...in and around city at times on motorway


  • #4
    Max Moment
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭Max Moment


    Is it 8 or 9 l/100km you are getting from the cars display? Otherwise that’s a really poor efficiency you are getting


  • #5
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


    Max Moment wrote:
    Is it 8 or 9 l/100km you are getting from the cars display? Otherwise that’s a really poor efficiency you are getting


    No I calculate it...generally full tank of 40 litres gives me 390-400 kms in city driving..


  • #6
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Stop start driving in the city that's about the best you will do.


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  • #7
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


    Atlantic Dawn wrote:
    Stop start driving in the city that's about the best you will do.


    Thanks...is it generally the norm on an automatic ? It's a 07 model


  • #8
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Roberto_gas wrote: »
    Thanks...is it generally the norm on an automatic ? It's a 07 model


    A hybrid would work better in that the low speed stop start would be done by the battery rather than petrol engine. A manual wouldn't be much better, it's the stopping and starting that's killing the mpg.


  • #9
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,252 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Just an aside...

    I was getting 450 roughly on a full tank in the city. I'm now in the country and have a 40 km drive before I need to stop the car in work. I'm now getting 800 on a full tank. It's a petrol engine.

    So OP, you're not doing too badly.


  • #10
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭corks finest


    Roberto_gas wrote: »
    Atlantic Dawn wrote:
    Stop start driving in the city that's about the best you will do.


    Thanks...is it generally the norm on an automatic ? It's a 07 model
    Hybrid is your man,I regret trading mine in last year and am trying to bag a new one,went from 65mpg honda insight,to 45 in an automatic swift,and I drive easy, swift is gorgeous,keyless,cruise,etc ,rs body kit but if happily take a hybrid every day all day


  • #11
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,388 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    Posts like this make me feel better about getting 28mpg out of my a5 2l turbo petrol.


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  • #12
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,041 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    Roberto_gas wrote: »
    No I calculate it...generally full tank of 40 litres gives me 390-400 kms in city driving..
    Roberto_gas wrote: »
    Lads I just get avg 8-9 km per liter of gas on my petrol Hyundai accent automatic...what can I do to improve it or is it a lost cause ?

    Car has been serviced regularly...

    That's inconsistent.
    390-400km on 40 litres of fuel is between 9.75 and 10 km per litre (not 8-9 like you say).
    Better to use l/100km, so assuming your 390-400 km per 40 litres tank, that gives between 10 and 10.26 l/100km.

    If it's only city driving in regular automatic, IMO it's what i'd expect.
    My wife's 05 CRV automatic in city driving used to do about 11-12 l/100km.
    Now converted to LPG does about 13-13.5 l/100km of LPG.


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