Fuel economy on vans

[Scotty]

Can anyone on NG post what the have for ecomomy figures, real world driving
not manufacturers bullshit figures.

I drive a Hiace and its gotta be among the worst for fuel consumption.
Looking at a change and real world figures are a pretty good estimate Id
say.

Hiace gets 14.1 to 17.2 litres per 100kms travelled real driving with load
in back. 2150kgs total road weight.

[Objectionable Fred]

My 97 Mazda E2000 auto gets around 360 k's to a tank, not stop start driving
though, dunno what that works out to in litre per 100 k's


"Scotty" <noricer@comeagain.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone on NG post what the have for ecomomy figures, real world
driving
> not manufacturers bullshit figures.
>
> I drive a Hiace and its gotta be among the worst for fuel consumption.
> Looking at a change and real world figures are a pretty good estimate Id
> say.
>
> Hiace gets 14.1 to 17.2 litres per 100kms travelled real driving with load
> in back. 2150kgs total road weight.
>
>
>

[Scotty]

How big is the tank? Take total kms and divide by litres/100. Ie if you
have used 65 litres (you can tell if you fill right up go emptyish and then
refillt o same level.) for your 360kms thats (65/360) x 100= 0.1805 x 100 =
18.05 litres per 100kms. Thats crappy economy if your useing 64 litres for
that many kms as well!


"Objectionable Fred" <boring@wowsernet.com.au> wrote in message
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> My 97 Mazda E2000 auto gets around 360 k's to a tank, not stop start
> driving
> though, dunno what that works out to in litre per 100 k's
>
>
> "Scotty" <noricer@comeagain.com> wrote in message
> news:42191910$0$31621$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u...
>> Can anyone on NG post what the have for ecomomy figures, real world
> driving
>> not manufacturers bullshit figures.
>>
>> I drive a Hiace and its gotta be among the worst for fuel consumption.
>> Looking at a change and real world figures are a pretty good estimate Id
>> say.
>>
>> Hiace gets 14.1 to 17.2 litres per 100kms travelled real driving with
>> load
>> in back. 2150kgs total road weight.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

[Ken Oaf]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:11:14 +1000, "Scotty" <noricer@comeagain.com> wrote:

> Can anyone on NG post what the have for ecomomy figures, real world driving
> not manufacturers bullshit figures.
>
> I drive a Hiace and its gotta be among the worst for fuel consumption.
> Looking at a change and real world figures are a pretty good estimate Id
> say.
>
> Hiace gets 14.1 to 17.2 litres per 100kms travelled real driving with load
> in back. 2150kgs total road weight.

My diesel LWB Hiace gives me 10l/100km or better around town. My old petrol
Hiace gave me around 15-18l/100km.

[Toby Ponsenby]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:29:06 +1100, Ken Oaf wrote:

> My diesel LWB Hiace gives me 10l/100km or better around town. My old petrol
> Hiace gave me around 15-18l/100km.

And it was quicker, right?

--
Toby
quidquid latine dictum
sit, altum viditur

[Ken Oaf]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:18:46 +1000, Toby Ponsenby <toby@privacy.net> wrote:

> > My diesel LWB Hiace gives me 10l/100km or better around town. My old petrol
> > Hiace gave me around 15-18l/100km.
>
> And it was quicker, right?

The petrol one was faster off the mark.

[Alky]

"Ken Oaf" <tipsy@beerlover.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:11:14 +1000, "Scotty" <noricer@comeagain.com>
wrote:
>
> > Can anyone on NG post what the have for ecomomy figures, real world
driving
> > not manufacturers bullshit figures.
> >
> > I drive a Hiace and its gotta be among the worst for fuel consumption.
> > Looking at a change and real world figures are a pretty good estimate Id
> > say.
> >
> > Hiace gets 14.1 to 17.2 litres per 100kms travelled real driving with
load
> > in back. 2150kgs total road weight.
>
> My diesel LWB Hiace gives me 10l/100km or better around town. My old
petrol
> Hiace gave me around 15-18l/100km.


If you want economy, go for the diesel. Far better bet than petrol. Lets
face it, vans aren't exactly streamlined to give a low CoD. They're built to
take the maximum size load they can.