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poundfoolish
#61 Posted : Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:17:25 PM
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dunkang

Let us enjoy, but in 3years time, you should be having an exit strategy.. cos the road will start getting flooded again.
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mukiha
#62 Posted : Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:58:50 PM
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mukiha wrote:
Did 1,250km over x-mas in a 1998, 1496cc-Mazda Familia (that I have had since 2003). Consumed a total of 109L. That comes to 11.47km/L

I used to think that it consumes too much; but now looking at the ACTUAL figures listed here, I think it is pretty good, given its age and that it's a 4WD version.

Talking about driving styles; you can force an auto trans car to shift upwards earlier by "pumping" the accelerator.


I have just completed 315km of 100% continuous town driving [mostly morning and afternoon peak hours]. The faithful Mazda consumed 40.5L

That comes to about 7.8km/L

Good or bad? I don't know
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Chaka
#63 Posted : Wednesday, April 25, 2012 1:05:34 PM
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Have seen in today's DN pg 7 that a hair dresser from Kayole and her navigator won the Shell Fuel economy challenge by covering a distance of 181km using 3.32 litres of fueL(54.52 km/litre !)
Kwani was she driving a TUK TUK..?
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Prime
#64 Posted : Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:37:00 PM
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Chaka wrote:
Have seen in today's DN pg 7 that a hair dresser from Kayole and her navigator won the Shell Fuel economy challenge by covering a distance of 181km using 3.32 litres of fueL(54.52 km/litre !)
Kwani was she driving a TUK TUK..?



i also felt that something was amiss with those figures. Even hybrids would struggle to get those figures quoted. And i doubt they were allowed to coast on descents with their engines off.
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cherubin
#65 Posted : Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:55:19 AM
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i had also planned to call kenya shell to confirm those figures....54km/l? eish....hapana!!!
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cherubin
#66 Posted : Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:09:58 AM
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i also wanted to mention that i drive the much maligned (atleast by DN CAR CLINIC column by JM baraza) yr 2000 nissan sunny b15 and i do nyahururu -nairobi- nyahururu ...roughly 400 kms on 30 litres coz i fill it up with 40 litres and i have abt 10 litres left (quarter tank) by the time i get back...thats about 13.3km/litre...speed is abt 90km/h on the highway...i have had the car for almost 2 yrs NOW .apart from normal service after 5k km( sometimes i do even 7000 km before servicing).. nimebadilisha tyres, brake pads(once) na spark plugs(once) only....have done 38,000km since i bought it...cant complain
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panomaz
#67 Posted : Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:05:48 AM
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Chaka wrote:
Have seen in today's DN pg 7 that a hair dresser from Kayole and her navigator won the Shell Fuel economy challenge by covering a distance of 181km using 3.32 litres of fueL(54.52 km/litre !)
Kwani was she driving a TUK TUK..?


Probably it's one of those flintstones cars where you can pedal with your legssmile smile
Don't limit your challenges, but challenge your limits
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chiaroscuro
#68 Posted : Thursday, June 07, 2012 11:58:19 AM
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cherubin wrote:
i also wanted to mention that i drive the much maligned (atleast by DN CAR CLINIC column by JM baraza) yr 2000 nissan sunny b15 and i do nyahururu -nairobi- nyahururu ...roughly 400 kms on 30 litres coz i fill it up with 40 litres and i have abt 10 litres left (quarter tank) by the time i get back...thats about 13.3km/litre...speed is abt 90km/h on the highway...i have had the car for almost 2 yrs NOW .apart from normal service after 5k km( sometimes i do even 7000 km before servicing).. nimebadilisha tyres, brake pads(once) na spark plugs(once) only....have done 38,000km since i bought it...cant complain


It is not possible to tell how many litres are left in the tank by looking at the gauge...at least not with any measure certainty.

If you want to know how much fuel you have consumed on a journey, you should fill the tank at the beginning and then at the end. The litres consumed at the end are the ones used during the journey....

I thought every motorist knew this
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Chaka
#69 Posted : Thursday, June 07, 2012 12:57:01 PM
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@chiaroscuro,
That is the case if the fuel pumps are accurate...
i.e when it says on the gauge,30 litres,do you actually get 30 litres?
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chiaroscuro
#70 Posted : Thursday, June 07, 2012 2:27:24 PM
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Chaka wrote:
@chiaroscuro,
That is the case if the fuel pumps are accurate...
i.e when it says on the gauge,30 litres,do you actually get 30 litres?


Yes you do get 30L... unless you are fueling at one of those "stations" that sell petrol from the bedroom window in some corner at the estate.

All licensed stations get their pumps calibrated by the Dept of Weights & Measures [Min of Commerce]. Major dealers [KK/ Total/ Shell etc] also do their own in-house calibrations.

If you suspect that a station is not selling 30L when the pump says 30L, then take two immediate steps:

[1] Stop buying from them

[2] Report them to ERC
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