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big trouble with FC
Mr_chr|s:
HI guys!! :bleh:
New latio kid reporting in.. Hope to get more guidance from all of u guys.
i'm driving a Nissan Latio Sport 1.5A, extronic CVT. Below are my car and driving states:
1. Foot pressure quite heavy; most of the time move off straight go to 2k RPM and above.
2. My wheel pressure for front is 34psi, and for rear is 31psi.
3. 65% highway, 35% city.
4. half tank mark, distance clock only 230km, full tank most of the time 440 to 450km hit reserve.
5. Air con always turn only to 25 or 24 degree.
6. Rim size, stock: 15inch.
7. Fuel used esso 95. (Tried shell fuel saver on 95 too. additional distance clock 20-40 km)
8. FC base on calculation is around 12.5km/l, this is base on fuel topup and distance clock. i monitor it for 2 months.
9. Lastly i'm still using half synthetic engine oil, going for my 5000km servicing next week to change it to fully synthetic engine oil. hope it will improve my FC too. :pray:
With regards of this topic. i juz have a few cent worth of advise although my driving experience is only going 3 months old. hope this will help all of us.
1. FC heavily depend on ur foot pressure to ur accelerator. (top priority)
2. Wheel pressure. (recommend to check and pump pressure everytime u go for refuelling)
3. Air-con temperature plays a part on the fuel consumption. But the Fan wont. (read from some articles, correct me if i'm wrong)
4. types of road travel.
5. Rim sizes.
6. there is few more items that play apart too. ( like air filter, whether engine due servicing)
I have gone thru an article that for CVT engine for latio, is good to maintain your rpm to 2.5k or more while constant driving. this is where you can see ur car starts to perform wonder fuel consumption. Can anyone advise me on this? is this truth?
Hope this help too.. my 1 cent advise nia. :crycry:
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Huatster888:
nice elaboration bro......mine weekend car....whole weeks 7days i tink i use the car 3 times nia.......always hit 230km at half tank mark.....i wunder if its good enuff anot ........most of the time light footed.always remember
STEP MORE DRINK MORE, STEP LESS DRINK LESS...........
Ying:
How long does it take for you and your kaki to finish one Jug of beer?
How long does it take for you and your car to finish one tank of petrol?
if your FC is 13km/l, say you use 40L and travell 520km in total. The number make you feel good but deep down you did not enjoy it as much. So you don't care, just drive as you wish and hit 10km/l. To cover the same 520km distance, you have to pay extra $21 for petrol(say $1.75/l). That's just one jug of beer, but this jug can last for days if not weeks for your car.
you only live once, if you want to drink then just yammm sennng haha
ah hemm..... drink but dont drive :bleh:
nakshire:
I think Ying's rationale for fuel consumption is that you control the car and not the other way round.
Acceleration, rpm, etc... they are all controlled by you. Whether you want the car to really move fast and perform up to your standard is up to you as to whether you press in hard or not.
But if you are letting the fuel consumption take over your driving style, and then making life very difficult for you (e.g. slow pickup, letting tons of cars overtake u because you are slow), then you should really consider whether driving is suitable for you or not.
it is good that we monitor the FC of our car so that we know whether our car is cranking up or not. But if we overdo it and let the car determine our driving style, we will be suffering rather than enjoying the ride.
For me, i tried the fuel saving method for a tank and hit about 14.8km/l, 60%hw40%city. but not shiok!
- car no air con, hot
- cars overtake me (sian)
- cars high beam at me because i'm slow
- 80km/h at expressway. (3rd lane too fast, 2nd lane too slow)
Then I shifted my style back to heavy foot. FC drops to 12.4km/l
assuming full tank, total savings for fuel saving is $31.88.
- car with air con at 23 degrees (cooler ride)
- i overtake lots of cars who is jamming up the road now
- i dun high beam people. so i tail lor!
- Fast rides on expressways. sometimes go up to 120km/h. (some other lations here drive even faster than me)
with all that in exchange for a full tank, i will rather do it. $31.80 for 1.5weeks of good ride. Its worth every single penny. :)
Ying:
Bro Nakshire, you are so right. I can't say it better than you do.
My whole tank usual FC is at best 10km/l across 3 weeks. Most of your FC is better than mine, I should be the one who worry the most. If I drive 80km/l on NSHW I am confident the same car can hit 15~16km/l. So getting good FC figure is not a problem but at what cost?
the marginal gain in Petrol cost is way too small compare to COE cost and car value lost. Owning a car should be happy things, don't let the small things ruin your mood.
Leave things as it is so long as no serious drop in FC for the same driving pattern. Unless fine tuning the car to gain better FC make you happier than driving the car. Do what ever make you happier : FIX IT or LEAVE IT. Cheers and have a nice weekend
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