Ever since getting my Kia Rio last September, madalas kong alalahanin yung fuel consumption ko dahil parang masyadong matakaw sa gas yung kotse ko. Ang sabi ng mga mas marurunong sa akin, observe ko lang daw muna, hintayin ko daw umabot ng around 5K yung odometer para lumuwag at mag-set yung mga mechanical parts... hintayin kong muna yung first preventive maintenance para ma-tweak yung dapat i-tweak at subukan ko daw yung performance ng sasakyan sa long drive.
Now that I've done all that, pwede pong humingi ulit ng advice whether or not I should have my car assessed by Kia for poor fuel efficiency? Please see these numbers below:
Car: Kia Rio 1.4L A/T Sedan (not Hatchback)
Bought: September 1, 2012 (brand new, not used)
Odo (as of today): ~5000 km
Over the weekend, nagpunta kami sa Clark from Manila. I had my car refilled to full tank sa Petron station in NLEX (Marilao) and reset my "Trip" counter to 0. From there, I drove at around 80-100kph to the Angeles exit. Then from the Angeles exit, city driving speeds naman ako to Clark. We stayed in Pampanga for the weekend, also driving around at city driving speeds before going back to Manila on Sunday afternoon via NLEX again. Then this morning, I also drove from Pasig to Makati, then from Makati to Fort during morning rush traffic from 6:30am - 8:00am.
As of now, my "Trip" reading is 220km. Out of that 220km, 130km accounts for the NLEX driving and the other 90km accounts for driving around Pampanga and Manila City proper.
My fuel gauge is only around 1/3 full. So, my rough estimate for my current fuel consumption given all of that is 10km/L since nagpa-gas ako sa Petron NLEX Northbound.
Thoughts on this? Opinions if this is bad, good or average for the mixed driving I did over the weekend?
On a normal month, I only use the car to go to and from work. From 6:30am - 8:00am, I go from Pasig to Makati and then to Fort. From 5:30pm - 8:00pm, I go from Fort to Makati then to Pasig. Here are my milages since Feb:
Feb 14 - 190km - 5.9km/L
Mar 1 - 174.8km - 5.5km/L
Mar 15 - 164.5km - 5.0km/L
Mar 20 - 155.4km - 5.1km/L
April 1 - 174.6 - 5.4km/L
Basically I just want to know if it's the car or it's the traffic especially now that I've tried driving along NLEX. If it's the car, ganito lang ba talaga ang Kia Rio Sedan?
Comments and suggestions please? Thanks!
For more background, here is another thread I created several months ago: Should I have my car checked for poor fuel economy? Or are these numbers still ok?
Now that I've done all that, pwede pong humingi ulit ng advice whether or not I should have my car assessed by Kia for poor fuel efficiency? Please see these numbers below:
Car: Kia Rio 1.4L A/T Sedan (not Hatchback)
Bought: September 1, 2012 (brand new, not used)
Odo (as of today): ~5000 km
Over the weekend, nagpunta kami sa Clark from Manila. I had my car refilled to full tank sa Petron station in NLEX (Marilao) and reset my "Trip" counter to 0. From there, I drove at around 80-100kph to the Angeles exit. Then from the Angeles exit, city driving speeds naman ako to Clark. We stayed in Pampanga for the weekend, also driving around at city driving speeds before going back to Manila on Sunday afternoon via NLEX again. Then this morning, I also drove from Pasig to Makati, then from Makati to Fort during morning rush traffic from 6:30am - 8:00am.
As of now, my "Trip" reading is 220km. Out of that 220km, 130km accounts for the NLEX driving and the other 90km accounts for driving around Pampanga and Manila City proper.
My fuel gauge is only around 1/3 full. So, my rough estimate for my current fuel consumption given all of that is 10km/L since nagpa-gas ako sa Petron NLEX Northbound.
Thoughts on this? Opinions if this is bad, good or average for the mixed driving I did over the weekend?
On a normal month, I only use the car to go to and from work. From 6:30am - 8:00am, I go from Pasig to Makati and then to Fort. From 5:30pm - 8:00pm, I go from Fort to Makati then to Pasig. Here are my milages since Feb:
Feb 14 - 190km - 5.9km/L
Mar 1 - 174.8km - 5.5km/L
Mar 15 - 164.5km - 5.0km/L
Mar 20 - 155.4km - 5.1km/L
April 1 - 174.6 - 5.4km/L
Basically I just want to know if it's the car or it's the traffic especially now that I've tried driving along NLEX. If it's the car, ganito lang ba talaga ang Kia Rio Sedan?
Comments and suggestions please? Thanks!
For more background, here is another thread I created several months ago: Should I have my car checked for poor fuel economy? Or are these numbers still ok?