[Rahul Rao]

Has any one noticed a seasonal variation in fuel effeciency. My VW Polo TDi's city effeciency drops to about 15-15.5 in summer but remains at 17-17.5 rest of the year. Highway average on roads where 100+ is possible (Pune to Mumbai/Kolhapur) remains at 20, but some of the slower highways in interior Maharashtra where cruising speed varies between 70-80 but lot of 5th gear driving takes place (Pune to Phaltan/Aurangabad/Srirampur) 23-24 is very common.

Rahul

[subratasenn]

Originally Posted by Rahul Rao

Has any one noticed a seasonal variation in fuel effeciency. My VW Polo TDi's city effeciency drops to about 15-15.5 in summer but remains at 17-17.5 rest of the year.

Rahul

Usage of AC might be the culprit?

[CoolCarNi]

Vehicle: Ertiga ZDI
Driven: 10700+ kms
City: 15 to 17 kmpl
Highway: 20 to 22 kmpl

[freakmuzik]

Vehicle: Tata Nano
Odo: ~33,000km
City: 17.5 kmpl (70% A/C with 3 to 4 people most of the time including 20% drive in 1st gear & 2nd gear only!)
upto 21kmpl if driven solo.
Highway: not yet taken in the highways! :|

[HarshVShrotriya]

Vehicle: Santro
Odo: ~42,000km
City: 12 kmpl with A/c and 2 passengers in Bangalore
Highway: 16 kmpl, fully loaded and with A/C

[Bigzero]

i20 CRDi - for a recently completed Pune-Hyderabad round trip, gave me a mileage of 19.5 approx . Full load and luggage, with some (5-10%) city driving thrown in.

I used to get 20.x earlier.

I have another drive to Mumbai coming up in a few days, most likely solo, so that could give me a good feel of where the FE stands..

[luvtandon]

Vehicle: Chevy Cruze LTZ
Odo: ~35xxxkm
City: 8-9 kmpl with A/c in Delhi
Highway: 15-16 kmpl with A/C

Vehicle: Swift Dzire
Odo: ~69xxxkm
City: 8-9 kmpl with A/c in Delhi
Highway: Not driven on highways

[srikanthns]

Car: RITZ VDI
Distance travelled" 257.8km
Fuel filled : 17.22L
Terrain : Fully City, 70% B2B Traffic
A/C: 50% of time
FE:14.97KMPL
This is the worst FE I got but more of it is due to the
City traffic driving totally

[itsashishsharma]

Originally Posted by luvtandon

Vehicle: Chevy Cruze LTZ
Odo: ~35xxxkm
City: 8-9 kmpl with A/c in Delhi
Highway: 15-16 kmpl with A/C

Vehicle: Swift Dzire
Odo: ~69xxxkm
City: 8-9 kmpl with A/c in Delhi
Highway: Not driven on highways

The 1.2 petrol in Dzire should at least give you 11-12 in worst conditions.. Mine never gave below 12.

[luvtandon]

Originally Posted by itsashishsharma

The 1.2 petrol in Dzire should at least give you 11-12 in worst conditions.. Mine never gave below 12.

Its Dzire VXI 2008 1298 cc model. Never really gave more than 8-9 kmpl with A/c running all the time in the summers in Delhi's traffic. Got it checked at Maruti Naraina (Company owned Service Station) 3-4 times in the initial months of ownership but accepted it as it is when nothing changed.

Originally Posted by itsashishsharma

The 1.2 petrol in Dzire should at least give you 11-12 in worst conditions.. Mine never gave below 12.

My Honda City 1.3 DX 2003 model was much better and managed to give 11-12 kmpl even in the sixth year of ownership in Delhi's bumper to bumper traffic. Sold it when I bought the Chevy Cruze but still regret selling it.

No grudge against the Chevy though. I've been a glad owner all through its ownership.

Mods - Didn't find the edit post option, so can you merge it with my previous post if possible.

[Soumyajit9]

Here is my actual fuel efficiency.

Fuel: Shell Unleaded Petrol
Car: Chevy Beat LT 2011 Petrol
Driving: 100 % Bangalore City Office Hour Drive

[itsashishsharma]

Originally Posted by Soumyajit9

Here is my actual fuel efficiency.

Fuel: Shell Unleaded Petrol
Car: Chevy Beat LT 2011 Petrol
Driving: 100 % Bangalore City Office Hour Drive

For all who say Matutis are frugal, my Swift 1.2 k series gives around 12-13 kmpl in city driving conditions and 15 on long drives if driven really fast and 16-17 if driven sedately.
And here you are, getting my highway efficiency in city conditions.

[venuvedam]

XUV500 - 12 kmpl in city with AC on.

[Soumyajit9]

Originally Posted by itsashishsharma

For all who say Matutis are frugal, my Swift 1.2 k series gives around 12-13 kmpl in city driving conditions and 15 on long drives if driven really fast and 16-17 if driven sedately.
And here you are, getting my highway efficiency in city conditions.

Haahaahaa . Touchwood !!
I leave at 7 am with average traffic and return at 5 pm with > average traffic.
Drive around 25 kms in 1 hr. Shift between 2.5k to 3k RPM.
Thats my style of driving.

[ag408]

My Honda City (3rd Generation, MFD 2013) gives a mileage of 12.2 kmpl on road in traffic with full AC on at all times. On the highway, I get around 16.5 kmpl.