(re)introducing myself - Econetic

[Trevor G]

Originally Posted by sim_in_mel

Hi there,
This has been an interesting thread and thought I would post in this thread instead of starting a new one.
My wife bought a Fiesta Econetic car December 2010 and she loves it. Now understands what zippy means.
What is troubling us a little at the moment is the fuel consumption.
In general running around here trip, to work and back is around 30km she is getting around 4.6l which seems reasonable.
Early on we had a journey which was mostly freeway (150km round trip) and returned 3.9L with only about 1200km on the clock
We have just come completed a trip Melbourne to Adelaide a round trip of 1500 km, the fuel consumption was 4.6L
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I was hoping for around 4.0 – 4.1 so to get 4.6 which we get with normal running was pretty disappointing.
Anyone got any comments. I have spoken to the local Ford Dealer and it would seem that there is not a lot to check without an engine check lights…………

I'm planning to buy a Fiesta diesel and might even get an Econetic yet, because it is geared higher which means it will use less fuel.

Your experience fits in with the new LX sedan I test drove: on a section of road where I get about 5.3 on my Citroen C4 1.6 HDi (same engine as the Fiesta but putting out 80kw instead of 66) I got 5.2 with the Fiesta. That is uncorrected, just on the trip computer. I find trip computers to vary wildly on the optimistic side, but here's hoping!

I would expect the Econetic to be slightly better because of its higher gearing.

In other words, at 110kmh you could easily be pulling 5L/100km.

The thing I liked especially about the LX sedan was that around town, where the C4 shows 5+ the Fiesta was in the low 4s. We do maybe 50% around town so that will hopefully produce a benefit.

You will only get lower fuel consumption by running at lower speeds.

Regards

Trevor G