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uneet

Hello Guys,

Iam starting a new thread wherein everyone can record there city and highway milaege.

Pls join in with the data guys.

My Fabia diesel has clocked 6700 kms in 11 months and is due for its first service next month.

The city milaege was constant at 17 km/l in winters which has come down to 13 km/l in peak summers in Delhi.

The highay milaege was 21 km/l with 50% AC on.

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uneet · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject:

I even managed to touch 18 once!

The only logical answer is the costant use of AC while driving, not swithing off the engine at trafic signals, and overall heat inside the car.

But still i feel that the milaege should have been around 14 in summers.

k_ajay · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject: Mileage feedback

Well mates.. Unphortunately, my 1.4 White boy only allowes me to travel between 9.5-10kms per litre of fuel. Any more pushing and I fear the car might stop in its tracks. lol

Truth be told, I'm certainly disappointed my car 'sometimes' does not even give a full 10/ltr. I did expect more efficiency, but def not more than 11 or in the whereabouts.. Afterall the 1.2 only gives 12.5 so cannot expect more than 11 for the 1.4.
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uneet · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject:

@Ajay, Well these figures are really quite less. Hope you are trying to follow a basic regime of driving and not pushing yr car beyond 2000 RPM as this helps in increasing around 8-10% of milaege.

Invinsible · Newbie Joined: 05 Jun 2009 Posts: 31

The best I am getting now in city is 17kmpl with 90% AC. On the highways I regularly get 21 +/-. But, once I did manage to get around 25kmpl on the expressway. It has 32k+ kms on the odo.

Invinsible · Newbie Joined: 05 Jun 2009 Posts: 31

msbala · Newbie Joined: 02 Jul 2009 Posts: 14 Location: Bangalore

Hi ,
I now envy all those who chose to buy diesel car despite the noise . I am not getting even 10 on my petrol 1.2 with all my 34 years of driving experience .There is a romour that Skoda may intoduce turbocharged 1.2 petrol . Any one has any news on this . Dealer denies any knowledge.

Bala [/i]
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nipunkul · Newbie Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 8 Location: Bangalore

On my 1.4 P I get 9.5-10 in the city (only 500 kms a month, mostly in traffic) and 14kpl on the highway.

Have crossed just 8K km in 13 months.

BTW I have used Speed/Premium except 1 or 2 occasions.
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admin · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:36 pm Post subject:

msbala · Newbie Joined: 02 Jul 2009 Posts: 14 Location: Bangalore

hi all
well still strugling at 8 to 8.5 km in bangalore citi roads with premium petrol from IOC and over 35 years of driving exp.. The last bit 38 ltres and 331 km - have not taken it for high way trip yet . will do so shortly . the car went to the workshop twice to check mileage and came back with a report - everything technically ok -i dont know what it means . I still do not know why these salesmen bluff and mislead people . They are not losing a customer as I had fixed on fabia . The question was - shd it be noisy diesel or petrol . If thses guys had told me that it will deliver only 8 wd have prefered noisy but more cost effective diesel over 1.2 petrol .

Bala
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Invinsible · Newbie Joined: 05 Jun 2009 Posts: 31

Admin@ that would be a better idea to have this topic in engine block section.

k_ajay · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject: Hiya

Hi newbies and msbala in particular. Welcome..

I've never pushed my Fab much in city driving conditions but have crossed 2500rpm over 3rd gear and above...

Based on Uneet's suggestion, i'm now upshifting on all gears between 2000 -2200rpm. I'm not sure if this will yield better results yet, but initial look at the now reset trip computer shows 8.5 litres of fuel consumed every 100kms.. Of course, this is just a rough indication and I don't take this as concrete mileage, until my fuel goes almost empty and total kms driven...

And I haven't done the tankful to tankful check yet. I only tank up on out of city and loong drives, never in city [due to worry of fuel evaporation; unless, that's a myth] Smile

Will keep you folks posted once tank gets empty... I better get atleast 10kmpl [damn]..
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uneet · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:18 pm Post subject: Re: Hiya

Kunal · Newbie Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 18 Location: Surat

I am getting around 15 in city with 99% AC on.
on highway I am getting around 21.

uneet · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:46 pm Post subject:

Rudy · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:55 am Post subject:

I am getting 10 Km/Ltr inside the city and 14 on Highways. (with 100% AC)
I am having Fabia 1.2 ambient petrol version.
Meter reading 5000+ Kms

k_ajay · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:30 pm Post subject: Fuel Efficiency

Hi Gents,

I am here to report my observations from my fuel fill yesterday. I always fill fuel, almost every week, for 20 ltrs.. I went in to fill fuel at almost empty [i go in for re-fill when trip comp shows about '20kms to empty'] and saw the tripmeter read 219.4kms, with the 'distance to empty' showing 20kms.. That averages to 10.97 kms/litre.

Now from initial observations, it looks like that is close to 11kms a litre. NOT BAD at ALL... Afterall, keeping revs under 2300rpm does help.. I also noticed the trip computer show fuel consumption at 8.8/100 [that is litres/100 kilometers]. Though the two don't match, the difference is quite close, about 0.4 kms/litre..

While I'm not going to shout from the roof tops that the FE is now 11kmpl, I'm going to observe this for 2 more fuel fill cycles and confirm. Let me see if I'm successful in wringing this engine off every drop of petrol Wink

cheers... aK
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k_ajay · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:35 pm Post subject:

Kunal · Newbie Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 18 Location: Surat

I have diesel only..