Economy???

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Whilst I never intended for the motor in my car to set any economy records, I am interested in comparisons.
From a very rough calculation I worked out I was getting 19mpg on the highway with the FE, how does this compare to others?

[Paul In Ireland]

I reckon on about 22mpg with both mine, give or take. Got as much as 24 and as little as 20 when I was doing the sums on them.

[Rabbitoh]

Stockies (when newish) were regularly noted as doing 30mpg plus

[HAD 708]

Heh guys,
My thoughts re economy on FE FC is that on average they will when driven 55-65 miles an hour they will do around 26-28 mpg. I beleive it is a myth that FE FC will do 30mpg as FX-FJ did due to the reduced 13" rims and heavier bodies on the 56-59 models,and with the FB-EK it was worse again.
Cheers
Brett
PS My Sock FC sedan on a trip regularly returned average 26-27mpg

[colt]

My car with a modified grey did better than stockies and red motored cars at the one stop we all fuelled at. I took 20 litres at Cowra while the others took 22 and upwards.

Colin.

[Martin]

Stinky,

My stock FC:

On the trip Adelaide to Orange and then the various movements on Saturday and Sunday:
Total distance:  820 miles (1,320km) - 26.0 m.p.g. (10.9 l/100km)

Prior to the trip home, I checked the engine bay and found a couple of loose manifold studs & rear nut.  The thing was sucking air.

On the trip home, via Bathurst, West Wyalong & Renmark:
Total distance:  850 miles (1,368km)  -  27.8 m.p.g. (10.2 l/100km).

On the open roads, speed was around the 60mph mark.

Martin

[surferboy]

Economy

I don't know my mpg figure
I don't want to know   

I didn't keep really accurate mileage figures with all our sightseeing detours, + we were trucking along at 110km/h most of the time, + we were carrying 80+kg of exta weight with the brochures for the showbags.

I just work on the theory it's going to cost a lot to cross the Nullabor
and then I'm not suprised or upset when it does cost a lot 

 

[JB]

Hey Surferboy,

There are going to be a whole heap of us feel your pain in about 2 years!!! Can't wait! 

[frank]

hi

Did a check a few years ago when my stock FC before it needed a carby rebuild, averaged 22mpg sitting on 50mph on a 120km round trip.  After the rebuild did the same trip at the same speed and averaged 33mpg.

cheers  frank

[Martin]

A 2007 study found that the  average Australian walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study  found that the average Australian drinks 22 gallons of Wine a year.   

That means the average Australian gets about 41 miles per  gallon.

Bloody good mileage, that!