The question is which town??? LOL. Melbourne is unlike Port Macquarie that's for sure. You could get very differing figures in different circumstances, e.g. these are my figures on a HEMI:
- Sydney peak crawling traffic 25-28 L
- heavy traffic 20-23 L
- moderate to heavy (plenty of cars but moving) 18-20 L
- around town no traffic 15-17 L
- 200km road trip 13-14 L
- over 200km 12-13 L
- the best ever I got to Brissy was 11.8 L
All the figures were in e10 and checked at the pump. So as you can see, it can vary a lot in different situations.
Just like someone else already said, try driving only as per what the car needs. my wife can never beat those figures (except the first 3, there's nothing you can do) and she thinks she drives economically but when I sit with her, I think she's the real revhead in the house. For example, I watch how the traffic moves, lights change, etc. She'll still have her foot on the gas even if the red light 200 m ahead is visible and then brake harder nearing the queue. I'd scan the situation, whether approaching lights, roundabouts, downhills, speed humps, etc etc and back off way before i get there, so not causing traffic but just rolling and very slowly decelerating. Same thing climbing hills, I might go a little faster (10 kph) before the hill and maintain the speed and then back off just before the flat surface again to decelerate to the speed limit. I've even realised that if i accelerate off the lights too slow, the economy is worse but at the same time, if I punch it, it ain't good either. I found a right "spot" and its a bit faster than normally but unlike a hoon. These are the things you gotta experiment yourself and find that right spot.
Also, while you're driving check how the steering wheel works, if it needs wheel alignment. Also the tyre pressures. I found on my AT's the best fuel economy vs tyre wear vs comfort ratio is around 36 and 37 PSI.
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