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Old 29-08-2010, 08:36 AM   #1
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Hi i have not posted athread for along time .I have just sold my au vct 75th annaversary ghia to my dad and purchased mint liquid silver xr8 auto ute .Its got the leather trim with a momo steering wheel and shifter. 200kw
I am wondering if any one tell me what type of fule consumption i can expect When driven moderately
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Old 29-08-2010, 08:58 AM   #2
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14 to 15 mostly and down to 10 or even lower on flat country highway running. Put your boot in though and you'll be looking at high teens and 20s - good fun though.
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Old 29-08-2010, 09:54 AM   #3
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14 to 15 mostly and down to 10 or even lower on flat country highway running. Put your boot in though and you'll be looking at high teens and 20s - good fun though.
I get 16 odd l/100km for a mix of city/highway driving in Canberra. Probably about the same as the OPs VCT would have got. On the trip back from Ballarat when I picked up the car, I git 500kms for 50 odd litres - I was very impressed.
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Old 29-08-2010, 06:16 PM   #4
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16 is not odd.

PS. neither is 50.
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Old 29-08-2010, 06:35 PM   #5
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16 is not odd.

PS. neither is 50.
Can't even think of a comeback for that one.....oops, those 2, even.
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Old 30-08-2010, 09:48 AM   #6
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I get 16-17l/100km in the city which includes driving harder than the average but not being rediculous. This is about 360-380km for a tank.

About 10l/100km in the country. 600km a tank.
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Old 07-09-2010, 10:30 AM   #7
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I get 16 odd l/100km for a mix of city/highway driving in Canberra. Probably about the same as the OPs VCT would have got. On the trip back from Ballarat when I picked up the car, I git 500kms for 50 odd litres - I was very impressed.
I get about 12.5 L/100 in my Vct.
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Old 29-08-2010, 03:02 PM   #8
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Depend's on a lot of thing's, like city/hwy, and in particular what type of city driving required, every one will have different reading's just like every vehicle will be different, to many varible's to say.
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Hey Freddy ... have you recently moved? I see your location is Single ton. But it seems more like Double ton.

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I get 700-750 with Ute driving nicely.Manual.
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Hi T3Man hows things see u got a sense of humour gota have one these days! What brand of spark leads would be beneficial to a 200-220kw windsor?Freddy
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Hi T3Man hows things see u got a sense of humour gota have one these days! What brand of spark leads would be beneficial to a 200-220kw windsor?Freddy
Check out this thread

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11305552

There's some good info in there re Magnecore and ICE. Also a good tip on leads from a US site (Rock Auto) that we get parts from heaps cheaper than Ford here.
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good work on the liquid silver XR8 ute i havnt done a full tank of petrol with the odometre in the xr8 before but i get about 16L/100km and 18.5l/100km on LPG which is avg 320 km to the tank regularly sinking the boot,
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Old 06-09-2010, 09:19 PM   #14
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About 15l/100 city/hwy mix. Nearly the same as my BA XR8 .
Thirsty buggers for a little 5 litre.
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45 minutes on the South Eastern Freeway 100 km round trip some navigating through the city returns 13.5 litres per 100km 568 km for 76 litres
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