Quote Originally Posted by Jackofjr View Post
Ok looks like I have to learn drive , I can't get those numbers .
Correction my speedo show fast , I said slow above .
ROFL... not really... lots of variables involved and mine is a clean skin at the moment so the only way from here is worse.
Every car will be different (ZD30 CRD's were notorious for widely varying fuel useage)

A few tips I was given over the years;
- 'roll' the throttle on don't 'punch' it
- 'feather' the throttle off don't 'lift' it
- if a K or two washes off on the uphill, live with it, trying to accelerate back up uses heaps of fuel (relatively)
- accelerate on the downhill
- get up to speed smartly on injected engines (no accelerator pump) don't drive like miss daisy and "lug"
- keep tyre pressure high
- don't let the RPM drop off the front of the Torque curve (1500 ish for us) IE one gear lower can often save fuel IF the rpm is now up in the torque band
- Anything on the roof uses a LOT more fuel than if in the back or at home in the shed at anything over about 50KPH (aero drag is exponential not linear)