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Originally Posted by Omega-T
My 2.3 tends to use 8.4-8.9L/100km depending on what I'm doing. I haven't seen 9's since I started using 95 octane. It depends a lot on what you do though, driving where I do I nearly always use less than the combined ratings.
It's not brilliant, but I'm not unhappy with the economy - compared to the other four-cylinder petrol wagons that some friends and family have, it's a decent bit heavier, is a visibly larger car and has a lot more interior space for not much more consumption.
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So let's say you travelled 10,000 kms per year and only achieved the 9.5L/100km Redbook figure, you would buy at most 950 litres at say $1.40 a litre = $1330. Whereas for a competing Mazda 6 wagon which might get 8.9L/100km (similar to your figures) - you would save a grand total of $84. I'd gladly pay the extra fuel cost to get what I wanted too. Cargo space outweighs fuel cost for me. (Hope my calculations are correct ... )