Fuel consumption

Hi i'm Frank from Holland in Europe and ordered a SSR for delivery in three weeks. We have in the country beside us no speed limit.(gemany) I was wondering what the fuel consumption is during normal use and full throttle.......As you may know is fuel expensive out here..... Ciao Frank

[WOW_FCTR]

Not that this will help any......but

I've had the instant fuel monitor on my SSR read 1MPG when I've stomped the pedal from a dead stop going up hill and I've had it read 99MPG when coasting down a mountain side at 75MPH.

I average 18.2 MPH which includes 2 mile drive to work, jack rabbit starts when I'm first at a light, and many 40 mile trips at 75MPH.




PS.... Welcome to the group!!!!

Yeah, thanks ....it's nice site to get to know the possibilities of the SSR. But anyway,can anybody let me now the average fuel consumption during normal use......???? Thanks

[dingbat]

If you go through the posts you will find mileage fro about 18-22 MPG on the highway depending on speed.
Around town will be less and what you get is dependant on how heavy your foot is....

[pesos]

i average 15 on a normal mixed driving tank (mostly city driving though) and about 21 when I drive down to LA and back.

-Wes

[wvssr]

On a 1200 mile trip last summer I averaged 22.3 mpg, thats setting the trip tip when I left home keeping track of gallons perchased and dividing out on the last fillup. Which was very close to the DIC at 22.6.
Wellcome Holland

[ricardo]

16 very consistently.......and closer to 18 on long highway drives in cruise control

[living2be]

18.4 average.....daily driver and 16 mile drive to and from work with speed ranging from 35 to 60.

Thanks all...... that's about 8 kilometers per liter. Not bad at all if that's treu...I thougt that the fuel consumption was closer to 12 mpg...so we can drink an extra beer ...........

Oooooo by the way...the average that was mentioned above is for the 2004 5,3 l. Pesos is doing with his 2005 6l 15 mpg so i can forget the extra beers I geuss.

[Daffy]

In my experience fuel consumption is directly related to the weight of my foot or the strength in my wrist depending on what vehicle I'm driving, but the numbers on the SSR sticker are pretty close to reality under ?normal? conditions. I only wish I knew how to drive that way.

[cinquecentoe]

Hello SSR fans,

well the fuel consumption does for sure matter in Europe as the gas
price today is 1,20 Euro per litre which makes 95 cents a quart
and you end up $ 3,67 per gallon. And this is just the gas.

Road tax here in Germany is $ 460 per year, depending on the
exhaust emission standard. For the SSR 2003 it is Euro 3, so they
charge $ 8,50 per 100 cc .

In Holland I know gas prices have been higher for years already,
they pay something like $ 5,69 a gallon. Is that correct Frank.
But the traffic is still moving and getting worse.

Regards from Germany

A L E X

[cinquecentoe]

Hello,
it is me once more. I somehow made a mistake in my calculation
from Euro to the Dollar, and liter to gallon.

1 Liter is 1,20 Euro which is for the 91 octane (premium)

1,20 x 1,26 $ / Euro makes 1,51 $ per liter


and a gallon is 3,85 liters, so that would be 5,81 $/gal !!! here in Germany.

In Holland 1,40 Euro/l multiplied by 1,26 $/Euro multiplied by 3,85 l / gal
makes 6,79 $ / gal .


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