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big trouble with FC
Ender:
I had began to accept the variance for FC of the Latio is alot. In manufacturing, all factors have a variance from nominal value, and FC seems to varies alot from car to car.. Mine, also not good, around 11+ km/l
Jazz:
--- Quote from: dsrio on October 12, 2009, 08:02:43 AM ---I ever tried all brands of petrol(SPC, Mobil, Caltex, now using Shell), I doubt it will make so much difference. I also can travel till at least 500km then top up 37litres+/-, 380km a bit on the low side considering you light footed. Mine is CVT but dun think will differ so much from 4AT.
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Yep, different types of petrol won't affect much, it depends on your driving style, condition of your car and mods.
Lorddraco:
--- Quote from: Ender on October 13, 2009, 04:38:43 PM ---I had began to accept the variance for FC of the Latio is alot. In manufacturing, all factors have a variance from nominal value, and FC seems to varies alot from car to car.. Mine, also not good, around 11+ km/l
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Seriously ... variance not pertaining to only Latio ... I believe all car similar...
11km/l is common for me but I do know my driving style affect it greatly. Even Honda Fit/Jazz has big variance....
Lorddraco:
--- Quote from: mazha on October 13, 2009, 04:35:07 PM ---Been driving for about a year. Very light footed. 40%highway - 60% city. Latest fuel top up: 38.5L after travelling 420km. So its about 10.9km. Still topped up SPC 95. Will continue to monitor one more tank and then see how its improving.
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From the look ... your 40% highway is low to achieve good FC. It means in most of the time driving in City, you have a lot of stop/start and max 60km/hr.
The optimal speed for good FC is 80km/hr constant for at least 70% to 80% of the time. It reminds me in the previous forum, there is also a member complaining about poor FC but later we found that it is poor because he travel almost 90% of the time in short distance (< 10 to 15 min drive to work) and no more than 60km/hr. Such condition is never optimal for FC consumption, if you look at the recent Nissan Frugal challenge... the winner is driving around 80km/hr, light load without Air-Con!!!! to achieve around 28km/l for Latio. But we know we dont travel in such condition.
So ... in mainly city driving... 10 to 11km/l is a good number. Mainly smooth highway travel .. 13 to 14 @ 80km constant is good.
Why I say only 13 to 14 @ 80km/hr is good? cause if one is driving above 100 and 110km/hr ... the FC will dropped down to close 11... in fact will be between 11 to 12.
Please also know that pumping will also determine the variance. One pump uncle may squeeze extra 1 to nearly 2 litre of petrol after click, but another could squeeze a little or not at all. I found that after the pump stopped by itself, typically you still can potentially squeeze up to 2 litre in Esso Station.
Overall Latio FC is good in its category.
Cheers ...
crusty69:
--- Quote from: Lorddraco on October 13, 2009, 09:55:57 PM ---From the look ... your 40% highway is low to achieve good FC. It means in most of the time driving in City, you have a lot of stop/start and max 60km/hr.
The optimal speed for good FC is 80km/hr constant for at least 70% to 80% of the time. It reminds me in the previous forum, there is also a member complaining about poor FC but later we found that it is poor because he travel almost 90% of the time in short distance (< 10 to 15 min drive to work) and no more than 60km/hr. Such condition is never optimal for FC consumption, if you look at the recent Nissan Frugal challenge... the winner is driving around 80km/hr, light load without Air-Con!!!! to achieve around 28km/l for Latio. But we know we dont travel in such condition.
So ... in mainly city driving... 10 to 11km/l is a good number. Mainly smooth highway travel .. 13 to 14 @ 80km constant is good.
Why I say only 13 to 14 @ 80km/hr is good? cause if one is driving above 100 and 110km/hr ... the FC will dropped down to close 11... in fact will be between 11 to 12.
Please also know that pumping will also determine the variance. One pump uncle may squeeze extra 1 to nearly 2 litre of petrol after click, but another could squeeze a little or not at all. I found that after the pump stopped by itself, typically you still can potentially squeeze up to 2 litre in Esso Station.
Overall Latio FC is good in its category.
Cheers ...
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hmmm after reading your post,..now I dont feel so bad abt getting 10-11km/l,..coz normal driving pattern, my wife and I seldom go to expressways,..mainly Ubi to siglap then back to Ubi,..but mileage during trips up north are amazing for this car,.. once drove up with a santa fe and another with a matrix,... both of them need to top up more times than this humble latio...
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