Hi,

Some of you may be interested in these figures.

Last week our family took a trip from the Australia Capital Territory (ACT)
in Australia to lower part of Victoria to stay at Point Hicks lighthouse on
the edge of Bass straight. The road was a mixture of 2 lane highway driving,
mountain driving, and  100kms of Dirt(Yuk!).

I kept a records of my kms/miles to analysis my fuel consumption based on my
fuel stops.

Leg 1: Dickson, Canberra ACT -> Cooma NSW
Road type between destinations: Monaro Highway with some hills
Fuel used: Shell Optimax RON 98
Fuel used (Litres): 12.98
Km's Travelled: 121
L/100Km: 10.73
Fuel used (Gallons):2.85
Miles Travelled :75.63
MPG: 26.51

Leg 2: Cooma NSW-> Point Hicks VIC->Eden NSW
Road type between destinations: Snowy Mts Highway/Cann River Hwy/Points
Hicks 100kms Dirt, Princes Highway
Fuel used: Shell Premium Unleaded RON 91/Shell Optimax RON98 (left over from
the first fill.
Fuel used (Litres): 53.64
Km's Travelled: 457
L/100Km: 11:74
Fuel used (Gallons) :11.79
Miles Travelled :285.63
MPG: 24.23

Leg 3: Eden NSW-> Belconnen, Canberra ACT
Road type between destinations: Princes Highway-> Snowy Mts Highway(Brown
Mountain)->Monaro Highway->Canberra Driving
Fuel used: Mobil Premium Unleaded RON 91
Fuel used (Litres): 52.92
Km's Travelled: 464
L/100Km: 11.41
Fuel used (Gallons):11.63
Miles Travelled :290.00
MPG: 24.93

Other useful data about the van and trip...

5 Speed, 15" Merc Wheels, engine age around 210,000kms old, Fully loaded 3
Adults, 3 Children, Air Conditioning running as well. The outside
temperature on this journey ranged from 30 Deg C to 40 Deg C.

As you can see I am very happy with my fuel consumption, I attribute the
better KM's to the Shell Optimax fuel.

NB! I did do over 100 kmh/s per hour on many occasions.

Chris

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Christopher W. Mundy
89 VW Caravelle GL
Canberra Australia
Ph: 61 2 62419343 ADST
Wk: 61 2 62446749 ADST
E-Mail: cwmundy@optusnet.com.au
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Note! Australian & New Zealand  Caravelle/Transporter Owners have a
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For the OZ and NZ Users you will find the spreadsheet I used for the
calculations. Please feel free to use it. I have put some security
protection on it for the formula's, if you need the password, please e-mail
me. Chris