Before anyone gets too excited about Chris' fuel mileage, note that in Aus (and Canada as well) that's a UK gallon. His fuel mileage in US gallons is 20.2 mpg. This drove me nuts when I first got my Golf, because in Canada, all fuel consumption figures are first given in l/100 km, then mpgUK. I couldn't figure out why I was getting such terrible gas mileage compared to the Cdn specs (because of course, I used a US gallon). I have a spreadsheet that does all the calculations for me in any unit I want now. Doh. Keith Adams Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia "Roxy" Chris Mundy wrote: > > Hi, > > Some of you may be interested in these figures. > > Last week our family took a trip from the Australia Capital Territory (ACT) > in Australia to lower part of Victoria to stay at Point Hicks lighthouse on > the edge of Bass straight. The road was a mixture of 2 lane highway driving, > mountain driving, and 100kms of Dirt(Yuk!). > > I kept a records of my kms/miles to analysis my fuel consumption based on my > fuel stops. > > Leg 1: Dickson, Canberra ACT -> Cooma NSW > Road type between destinations: Monaro Highway with some hills > Fuel used: Shell Optimax RON 98 > Fuel used (Litres): 12.98 > Km's Travelled: 121 > L/100Km: 10.73 > Fuel used (Gallons):2.85 > Miles Travelled :75.63 > MPG: 26.51 |
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