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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sydney
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 7,845
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I really am envious off the economy you guys get, and thats why i had a look at the thread.
I realise my post was / is off topic, but thought my consumption might simply confirm to you guys that you really have made a wise choice with regard to running costs..... Leaves $$$$ for more fun stuff, rather than buying fuel.
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Clio 182 CUP!
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Inner West, Sydney
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I do ALOT of stop and start driving though. More then possibly anyone on here. And yes, 45L tank. I filled up 44L today in the Clio - $63.30 is crazy for a small hatch! But yea, the Fiesta was very economical on the highway... not so much in stopping and starting though. Either way, the Fiesta is comparable to other hatches. I had a loan 1.6L Clio, and it was averaging 10.3L/100kms! And it was soooooooooo crap. The Fiesta was superior in every regard... handling, quality, engine, steering and solidness.
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Death B4 Decaf
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: South Hobart
Posts: 731
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Way to go Tex. They're great little cars, not fast in a straight line, but you certainly don't have to slow down much in the corners. The way petrol is going, they'll surely start selling more of them.
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 23
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this is week one of driving my 05 fiesta zetec manual. filled up 35L (50 bucks on premium), looks like it's going to hit 550 before the red light comes on
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Death B4 Decaf
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: South Hobart
Posts: 731
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Xeroed the tripmeter when I filled up yesterday on the way to work, distance to empty said 530km. Changes it's mind every time you start the car, so leaving work today it said 534km with 65km on the trip. Looking like getting 600km out of a tank until sitting in rush hour traffic put a 20km deficit in the combined total. Might still make it if I don't go for a blast around some back roads, as you do.
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Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 86
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I probably get about 650 to a tank, havent actually fully filled it till the pump clicks yet and distance to empty when i start the car is still at about 650km.
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Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Perth, WA - NOR
Posts: 325
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The first couple of tanks wernt too flash, about 400- 480k but the last tank has been crazy, thought there might be something wrong with my gauge cause was 120km before moving off full and got 650 out of the tank... driving like a granny (cause i crashed it 2 weeks ago, they are solid little units too btw, pics later)
My cortina on the other hand averages 16-18L per 100km...
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Get in the van!
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Adelaide, SA
Posts: 1,110
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Yes but that Cortina looks like a hoot. I love 60s sports cars! Surely it'd be worth it, if only not for a daily driver.
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