[kick.throttle]

MY esteem [1.3L]
City--> 11-13kmpl [with AC]
Highway-> 16-16.5kmpl [with AC, and speed of 130-150kmph]

My Indica Xeta [1.4L]
City---> 12 [with AC]
Highway-> 16 [with AC and speed of 100-140kmph]

[autozealot]

Qualis:
City- 9 (AC) & 10 (w/o AC)
Hi-way - 11 (AC) & 13 (w/o AC) (sticking to speeds of 80 - 90 km/hr)

M800:
City-12 (AC) & 14 (w/o AC)
Hi-Way - ???

[Venom_rider]

Santro XG '05

100% City Driving
AC ON 50% of the time
Shell Normal Petrol
Shell Petrol Bunk; Old Madras Road
14.31 (Measured Tankful - Tanful)

100% Higway Driving
AC ON 100% of the time
Shell Normal Petrol
Shell Petrol Bunk; Old Madras Road
16.5 (Measured Total Tankful - Drive - Tankful)

Do you guys think 16.5 is an OK figure considering that speeds were between 100-110 most of the time?

[vikram_d]

Swift ZXi 06

City 12-13 100% AC usage

Highway 16-17 100% AC usage, cruise speed about 90-100kmph.

Fuel used BP Speed.

[rks]

Santro (2000 model, 1 lit engine, all figures with AC on)
City -- 11.5-12.5 km/lit
Highway -- Expressway style driving (130+ kmph) -- 12-13 km/lit
Highway (100-110 kmph top speed) -- 14-15 km/lit

Maruti 800 --non-AC-- 1995 model, cross-ply tyres.
City -- 14 km/lit
Highway - 17-19 km/lit

[pawan_pullarwar]

Kinetic Blaze

City 30 KM/Liter
Highway 35 KM/Liter

Drive always with full throttle in Pune city. Petrol used Pure For Sure Speed only. Alsways do tankfull.
Heard odo shows very optimistic figure in Blaze.

[esteem_lover]

esteem 98 model (Carb) - 9 Kmpl - City (Driven mostly in 1st & 2nd gears)
15 Kmpl - Highways (120 kmph max)
Bolero 2001 - 9 Kmpl - City
11 Kmpl - highway (120 kmph max)

[willy]

Originally Posted by n_aditya

FE has improved by at least a kmpl or two after the K&N was fixed a week back.

Can you please confirm about this? I wat told by some of the other guys in the Team-BHP that K&N filter only improves the performance but reduces on FE for esteem 2004 vxi. Is that true? What have you got to tell me about that?

[pugram]

Peugeot 309 GLD (1527 CC Diesel for those who might not know)

City conditions (Crawling / Not more than 40kmph / Rarely 60kmph (spurts):

14 kmpl - (75% AC)

Highways:

17kmpl (100% AC / 100 -110 kmph)

18 ~ 19 kmpl (Without AC / 100 - 110 kmph)

[banny]

My Honda City 1.3EXi gives me an average of 14Kmpl, with AC on all the times. City driving as well as long distance driving in one tank full.

[raja_ys]

my wagonr 2005 gives around 11-12kmpl in hyderabad city conditions and 17kmpl on highway with ac.

[islandman]

Originally Posted by venkatrx

Baleno Vxi 2006

Done 1200 kms.

city FE : 8 km/ltr (avg of 3 readings 9 km/l, 8 km/l, 7km/l ) something wrong but dunno what?

highway FE : 15 km/ltr

Guys is Baleno Vxi less efficient than Lxi ?

or is Baleno BS-III less efficient than BS-II ?

Well The Car's Baleno
Mileage - 10000km ( Just completed 3rd service)
Tyres - 195/60 r14
Air filter - K&N Stock (Element Exchange only)
City FE: 8.34 km/l. ( Filled it to the brim drove for 75 km and filled up to the brim and it drank 9 litres)
Fuel used; speed97 (BPCL MG Road)

I drive a mixture of sedate driving in the mornings (drive and gearshifts in about 2000rpm and generally stick to 4th and 5th and come to third or lower only when absloutly neccesary) and moderately spirited driving while driving back home @9pm and above.

Guys, Is there something wrong??? I am very disappointed with the mileage.

[Rudra Sen]

Originally Posted by islandman

Guys, Is there something wrong??? I am very disappointed with the mileage.

Expect a better number after sometime. Can't really blame your car. Blame your driving condition.

Question: Why Speed 97? Are you getting anything extra???

[sandeep108]

Originally Posted by islandman

Guys, Is there something wrong??? I am very disappointed with the mileage.

You should get a shade more - 9.5 city and 15.5-16 highway, but a lot depends also on how you drive and traffic conditions at the time.

[supremeBaleno]

Originally Posted by islandman

Guys, Is there something wrong??? I am very disappointed with the mileage.

Various factors are involved.

1) Change the way you measure FE. Do not fill to the brim (apart from inaccuracies, there are other problems due to doing this). Instead stop filling when the pump nozzle auto-cuts off.

2) After filling up till auto cut off, run the car till the tank is atleast 1/2 full (1/4 is even better). Do not check FE after running for a few kms.

3) Your wider tyres (stock Lxi is 165/80R13) could have an effect on reducing FE (not much, but still significant).

4) K&N filter - I hear conflicting reports on this. Some say it increases FE, others say it reduces. I am no expert on this.

5) How you drive also matters. Riding the clutch, shifting at high rpms, unnecessary idling etc also contribute to low FE.

I have a Baleno Lxi. Gives me 12kmpl in Chennai city and 16kmpl on highways (both with 100% AC).