Hey everyone!
I haven't taken my Micra on a all highway trip yet. I'm hoping to at some point but it made me wonder. What do some of you get doing straight highway on a tank of gas? I did partial highway last year and got 6.5L/100 kms.
What are your stats on all highway mileage?
Your highway number is pretty darn close to the average that other manual Micra drivers are getting year round:
- 6.6 L/100 km (manuals only)
From: Micra Fuel Economy Log
Seems pretty good considering the 2017 and up Micra is rated at 6.8 highway / 8.7 city.
The biggest impact on highway fuel economy is speed. 120 km/h uses ~20% more fuel than 100 kph: Tested: Speed vs. MPG/fuel economy, 2015 Micra SR automatic & Micra S 5-spd manual
Carrying anything at all on the roof will kill economy too: Roof rack test: quantifying the aero penalty
And air conditioner use costs another 5-10%, depending on speed: AC vs. MPG: impact of air conditioning on fuel economy tested
Food for thought!
I've been monitoring my mileage a lot lately as it has been quite high over the winter and now that my car is fully broken in (muahahaha).
When I was breaking it in, I got about 6.5L/100Km city. Now that it's broken in (and I drive it hard), I get between 6.8-7.8L/100Km city depending on how hard I'm thrashing it.
I rarely take it on the highway but have been on a few small road trips and average about 6.2L/100Kms. I plan on taking it camping this year a fair bit and will monitor it's highway consumption when I do.
I had as bad as 450km on 40litres. And as good as 750km on 41litres....
Its not what you drive, its how you drive it.
something must be up with mine then, I can barely squeeze 350 out of my automatic :(
5.89L/100km on 26 Litters, 444km trip on an Automatic going 110 at times Sudbury to Ottawa on 7
mine claims to get around 6.1 l/100kms, when i fill up it says i can go a little over 600kms
Impressive detail! I think you might be autistic LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by jgoedhard
LOL. That was funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by spacewolf
I drive 60km one way to work, 55km of which is highway, so around 600km a week. I don't use the car otherwise. I've kept a decent eye on it week to week, and I've found I use 5.5 L/100km on average in the summer, and 5.8L/100km in the winter. I fill up with the cheapest gas at an Esso on Highway 6 (ON).Quote:
Originally Posted by ABMicra17
It confuses me, because it's a good deal better than the posted 6.6L/100km on the website.
I don't drive particularly slowly, usually between 110-120 (as indicated). I have an S though, manual tranny so no A/C for me...