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Originally Posted by CarsPG I've driven on the expressway several times. I've even averaged 25 KM/L on the Pune - Bombay stretch while keeping the top speed under 100 km/hr. On the Bombay - Pune stretch I averaged 23 KM/L. Both the above averages are on the expressway only. I can easily see some one getting 30+ KMPL if they drive under 80 km/hr without the AC and driving alone! |
Thats it! Thank you very much for that much required feedback from a Linea D owner. You pretty much summed it up for me. There were 5 of us driving back from Pune in a convoy of 3 cars - a Palio Mjet, the Linea Mjet, followed by my S10, maintaining speeds between 50 & 70 km/h without a/c. Infact, Linea was the only car with just the owner driving alone.
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Originally Posted by opendro;1315345
[B So, with A/C off, and in an 11pm night at an average speed of 60-70 Kmph, I can imagine about 28-32 Kmpl if driven purely on highway and gently.[/b] But then even Logan was driven to give 37Kmpl just for the sake of it by Autocar India. They did even worse, only one driver and no music system. Co-driver has to come in a separate car following the Logan. In that kind of drives, it could be possible. But for real scenarios, I would rather settle between 19-23 Kmpl on highway at an "average" speed of 65 Kmph (which translates to driving at about 100 Kmph if we have to really maintain an average of 65Kmph) |
Agree completely with you. It is not possible to replicate such fuel efficiency every single time. This entire exercise was a one-off to check the max efficiency, what makes it special is the fact that an average Joe can extract close to 30kmpl for a particular highway run, given the right conditions.
I have mentioned in one of my posts earlier that for all practical purposes, one can expect close to 20-22kmpl for a highway run on a regular basis with a full load and a/c.
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Originally Posted by VahanPujari Yes, But I've been closely interacting to all MJD Linea owners threads & no one is claiming 33 kmpl FE. In fact now it seems increasingly weird.
On basis of someone else's Car without knowing what is the accurate way of MID showing avg FE & without knowing what is the actual FE Linea-Owners are getting, You've been throwing obnoxious FE figures & then have been arguing with Geeash (who owns a Linea, though petrol) & trying to justify how 33 kmpl FE is possible. On top of that without owning the Linea & knowing its attributes, you're asking Linea-owners to check FE again (in a hope that FE is 33 kmpl?) |
Vahanpujari, firstly I would request you to mind your tone. You've got a fitting answer from two Linea Diesel owners. And I am not surprised to not see a reply from you regarding the comments received from Linea D owners that it is not impossible to achieve that kind of efficiency, given the right conditions. I may not be a Linea owner, but I very well understand what the car is all about. Check the very first page of this very thread and you will find a detailed TD report. Ofcourse, you own the car, you will drive it more than I would ever. But that does'nt give you the right to challenge my claim, especially when you own a Petrol. You have asked others for a feedback on the Linea Diesel's fuel efficiency, I have taken feedback from this very drive. Neither you nor I own a Linea Diesel. Does'nt that put you and me on the same platform?
If you bothered to check my posts, you must have read this :-
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Originally Posted by roms INevertheless, it does prove that the Linea Diesel is extremely frugal and can give you an average fuel consumption in the range of 20-22 kmpl or thereabouts. |
I am trying to explain something that I hope makes sense to you -
I own a Palio S10 with a 100 bhp petrol engine. Unlike the Linea, I have to rely on tank full to tank full method to guage my exact fe. And my car returned an average Fe of
18.7 kmpl for this entire trip. And that my friend is huge. How? Read on ....Myself and team-bhpian rudrah are on our way to Pune at about 2pm along with another Palio Mjet. A/c on fan speed 2, speeds between 80-100 km/h for most part of the jouney. My car usually gives 14-16 kmpl in such conditions. (Since I own the car, I can say that with some conviction). While returning at 11 pm, the Linea D owner from the PUG meet decided to join us. We started back in a convoy, all cars without the a/c and driving constantly at a lazy 50-70 km/h.
My car must have returned about
14-15 kmpl for the drive towards Pune as mentioned earlier. The final figure arrived was
18.7 kmpl as mentioned above. So my car must have returned in excess of
20 kmpl on the drive back (the drive that is in contention here) to arrive at the final figure of 18.7 kmpl. All this from a fuel hungry petrol 1.6 Torque motor that returns only about
7-9 kmpl in Mumbai city on a regular basis! So if a 1.6 petrol can return an astonishing figure of close to 20 kmpl, why is 30 kmpl from a 1.3 Mjet Diesel impossible on a particluar fuel efficiency friendly drive like the one we did. And the very fact that other Linea D owners have mentioned that getting close to
22-25 kmpl for a highway run on a regular basis with a full load and a/c is not that difficult, makes 30 kmpl for this particular drive even more believable.
All said and done, this is my last bit of replying or explaining on this very topic and enough has been said.Enjoy your Linea Petrol, it is a fantastic car and I personally would buy it over the 1.3 Mjet Linea as well.
Cheers