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Originally Posted by sajjt Its a fact that most of the Beat owners are getting around 10-13kmpl here. I've cross checked with the other owners at the CCPO introduction meet and none of them claimed more than 13 But the service person was stating that there were guys getting 15 but that time we were almost 8 beat owners and none of them claimed beyond 13 and most of them are having cars previously and were getting a better figures from their previous cars. So there's no question of driving style. I was consistently getting 10-12 with 50% AC with City and Highway drives.
If you are getting 15Kpl with 50-50 city-highway then for city drive will be much lower than 14 as you stated as u need to change the gears frequently in low gears results less fuel economy. |
Yes.. Driving style plays a major role in FE.
Also, when gear changes are more, FE will drop.
So, IMHO these may be the reason for lower FE. Quote:
Originally Posted by sajjt Salbin, one doubt, if we fill the tank upto the auto cut off level and refilling before the low fuel warning the readings can be varied as its not reached the previous fuel level from where we've set the trip to zero. So I think we should reset the trip at the time of low fuel warning starts and refill upto auto cut off level and wait for the next low fuel warning to calculate the kms completed. 3-4 times will be enough to give an average FE with all driving conditions. |
I think you did not get what I intended to convey.
By "auto cut-off", I was refering to the auto stop option available in the petrol dispensing equipment when the tank is full.(most of the fuel stations are having this feature)
In this case we are considering only the upper level - ie. auto cut-off level.
We are resetting the trip at the first full tank filling. Then assume you are driving XXX kms. At this point you are again filling petrol upto the same auto cut-off level and the quantity of fuel filled is YY litre. That means, for travelling XXX kms, you have consumed YY litre fuel. So the FE will be XXX/YY kmpl. You don't need to consider the lower level or low fuel warning level in this method. This can be continued for few times to get muh more accurate readings.
Since these warnings in the fuel gauge are triggered based on the float switch/sensor, we will not get accurate level indication. The level will be fluctuating due to the wavy movement of the fuel surface when the vehicle is moving/ accelerating/ braking/ driving in slope etc.
To make it simpler and to have a close monitoring of FE, always do full tank fueling upto the auto cut-off, note down the fuel quantity & the previous trip reading and then reset the trip meter. I do like this every time.
The 15kmpl I have mentioned is the average of 11 readings taken over a distance of 3700kms. Here is the detail: http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/test-d...review-79.html |