Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 08:59:50 +1000 From: Peter Wilkins <wilkinspnopsamail.com.au> Subject: Re: Extreme fuel consumption of a 9.5
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 00:06:54 +0300, "Panos" <panosn62nopsamet.gr> wrote : >Happens to own a second hand bought , 9.5 (192 Bhp) 2.0 Lt. From the first >driving since I got the car, I became unhappy by its fuell consumption.It is >around 16 to 22 Lt/100Km in urban cycle,depending on the circumstanses.After >the car had been checked a lot of times by the official dealer/service, here >in Greece,they old me that there isn't any fault with it,but didn't manage >to give me any reasonable explanation about the aformentioned consumption of >premium (98 Ron) fuell. >Does anybody else around has got any similar experience??? HELP No, but that rate is much too high. I would go back to the dealer, or else check that someone is not systematically milking your fuel tank. My 1998 9-5 SE gives between 10 to 11 L/100km in the city (Sydney Australia), and 7 to 8 L/100km on long trips in the country. I've just come back from a 2500km trip to Queensland and averaged 7.6 over that distance. On one 200km trip from Goulburn to Sydney I averaged 6.7 at 110kmph, but that was mostly downhill on a motorway. Fuel consumption does depends a lot on how you drive. If your accelerator is only a two position switch (on or off) and you have a heavy foot on the brakes too, then your fuel consumption can skyrocket. -- Regards, Peter Wilkins
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