forrester 2.0 fuel economy

Which gallon are you converting to, Imperial or American?

The general rule for measur> Hi,

American, obviously, since he said 10 km/l was 23.5 mpg, (rather than

Except that is a silly counter-intuitive measure. I prefer to say that my Subaru does 9 - 11.5 km/l and my BMW 16 - 21 km/l, rather than deal with numbers such as 5 - 6 l/100km.

-- Bruce

If I was the only one who preferred km/l to l/100km as a measure then you might have a point, but it seems that I am *far* from the only one.

Doesn't really bother me all that greatly since I can do the reciprocals to practical accuracy in my head anyway (or convert between F and C depending on who I'm talking to), but I do prefer km/l for my own purposes.

Perhaps it's a difference in attitides to driving? For Europeans, driving is very expensive, so they only drive as much as they really have to. When faced with a necessary journey the question is "How much of that expensive fuel do I need?". For we antipodeans (and Americans), on the other hand, the question is "I've filled the tank, where can I get to before I need to worry about looking for a town with a gas station?"

-- Bruce

Since Messeurs "S*it" and Hoult are being less than helpful today, I thought I'd chime in and say that

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Hi, I have an Eropean Forester 2.0 as well. Fuel consumption as mentioned is normal and i.a.w. the owners manual. To "s*it happens in a Renault" (quite an indication of intelligence) and Bruce: stop this non-discussion and answer the question. Greetings Wabby

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I would be interested to hear your explaination of this.

Fair enough.

This is a sweeping statement and I guess another personal view?

You really get used to any measument, mpg, L/100 km or km/L. All 3 are interchangeable for me, it's like speaking 3 languages. By the way, to convert mpg (Can. gallon) to L/100 km and back, divide 282.5 by the number, 282.5 divided by mpg gives L/100 km, and vice versa. Ed B.

I presume you are using these figures as examples, 21 km/l is 59 mpg (Can gallon) or 47 mpg (US gallon), only the BMW Isetta would maybe get that !

Yep, like converting pounds, shillings and pence to dollars, however what your suggesting is buying a colour TV and watching it in black and white.

Your rules mean noth> You really get used to any measument, mpg, L/100 km or km/L. All 3 are

In fact my BMW R1100RT does that (or even a little better) on the open road with two people and luggage, if I stick to no more than 105 - 110 km/h and am careful with the throttle while overtaking.

It does 16 km/l on the 5 km trips from home to work, where the engine doesn't get a chance to warm up properly.

The figures for my Subaru Legacy 250T (2.5l auto wagon) are also correct.

-- Bruce

?! sorry, don't get the metaphor ?!

I like l/100km because it makes it easy (in Canada) to figure out how much $$ (also CDN) it's going to cost me for a given trip. km/l requires me to do fancy division.

(and it's "you're", the contraction of "you are", not "your", the possessive form of "you")

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