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Thread ID: 149677 2021-03-24 23:48:00 Is this a good kilometerage per litre? Roscoe (6288) PC World Chat
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1475789 2021-03-24 23:48:00 We have just filled our motorhome with diesel and I have worked out that it is doing 11.6km to a litre. Is that good?

When we were running on miles and gallons it was considered that 30 miles to the gallon was very good. But what about today's measurements? How does that rate?

Thanks in advance for your comments. :thanks
Roscoe (6288)
1475790 2021-03-25 00:15:00 Pretty good for a motor home. What size is it? I get 5.8 out of my 2016 Suzuki Vitara.

Ken
kenj (9738)
1475791 2021-03-25 00:29:00 Thank you for that, Ken.

We have a 2011 Transit van, so it's not a very big one - a good size for the two of us. I worked out that we should be able to travel Auckland to Wellington (about 600km) on a full tank with a few litres left over. Not that we would want to do that trip in one day, unless we were in a hurry. We usually take a couple of days staying overnight at somewhere near Taupo and usually refuel about half way. That's only about four hours driving a day which is plenty for one day.
Roscoe (6288)
1475792 2021-03-25 00:42:00 11.6 km per litre is ~ 8.62 litres per 100 kms
which is the way economy is usually expressed in metrics
KarameaDave (15222)
1475793 2021-03-25 07:31:00 We have just filled our motorhome with diesel and I have worked out that it is doing 11.6km to a litre. Is that good?

When we were running on miles and gallons it was considered that 30 miles to the gallon was very good. But what about today's measurements? How does that rate?

Thanks in advance for your comments. :thanks

thats insanely good, so good its probably not true. check your math.
tweak'e (69)
1475794 2021-03-25 07:58:00 It would be pretty good for a car in normal traffic, so .... hmmm Ofthesea (14129)
1475795 2021-03-25 08:57:00 thats insanely good, so good its probably not true. check your math.
Not sure if you are that good in maths :-)
notechyet (4479)
1475796 2021-03-26 01:53:00 My car does 10-11 round town so yes. piroska (17583)
1475797 2021-03-29 23:17:00 thats insanely good, so good its probably not true. check your math.

Asked SWMBO to check - she is excellent at maths - and she worked out almost the same.

Perhaps it may be made a little bit more credible when you know that it has a 2.4 litre 6 speed manual and that is on the open road, not around town.
Roscoe (6288)
1475798 2021-03-30 00:58:00 Well according to my maths you’re doing about 33 mpg which I’d call good for a petrol, but I’d be expecting a bit more, say 38 mpg for a Diesel. Naturally, weight and loading are a factor so there are variables like a roofrack. :2cents: B.M. (505)
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