Driving techniques is the easily and possibly biggest improvement you can do to gain fuel efficiencies. I drive some thirsty cars and I can either make a full tank last nearly 500ks or drive it like a proper wanker and get less than 250ks.
Yep its funny watching people floor it past me up to a red light or round about because they're not looking ahead and then have to come to an abrupt stop while i time it right and cruise past them without really needing to slow down or speed up more than 10 ks an hour. Thats one of the biggest factors in fuel economy. Consistent speed and keeping momentum.
100% spot on - so spot on that you’ve compelled me to “like” and comment. For reference, I have gotten 900kms out of an Acadia on three separate trips and it’s current average is 800kms of range. I’ve eked 750kms out of a Corvette on half a dozen occasions (yes the latest C8 model) and all because of what you said - driving style. I see these hybrid drivers racing like they’re in Formula One & cannot help but think that they’re ironically using more fuel despite the economy advantages that a hybrid affords.
Hi Paul, I must admit I enjoyed this video as I genuinely love ‘statistics’ as they are the only tool we have to gauge the real world more accurately. At the end of the day, a saving is a saving if a change makes a difference. Loved this review. Bring on more like this as a diversification to your channel. Cheers ✌️🚙
I love this sort of testing! I didn't know how the ECO and PWR buttons worked! And it made so much sense! As for only the driver's window down, I think the wind enters through the window but since all of the other windows are closed, the cabin itself works like a parachute pulling the car back, therefore putting more stress on the engine and thus a lot less fuel economy! Also, that Hilux GR Sports looks amazing! I'd love if Toyota did a GR Hilux competitor to the Ford Raptors! ❤️
One more worthwhile efficiency comparison is to drive like a late tradie vs a chauffeur. The late tradie jumps lanes every time a car in the next lane passes them and accelerates hard toward red lights. The chauffer hangs back, observes, plans and uses acceleration sense to pass the late tradie at green. Up to the challenge?
Hey @bradleyfryer5563 and @CarExpertAus , very interesting to see the difference. Have not properly compared or tested this back-to-back. I drive a Hilux 3L D4D and have a tonneau cover. What I have found from driving highway, is with the bed open and consciously trying to drive “efficiently” and keeping my speed below 100km/h, I tend to get about 11km/L (9.09L/100km). Compared to driving with the tonneau cover, I am able to drive “normally” and drive at our national speed limit of 120km/h and the efficiency stays above 12km/L (8.33L/100km). - This is driving the same distance and road from town to the farm, 242km’s of highway with a couple of passes.
@lwfcars I think your speed has to do with your fuel savings, rather than the cover being off or on.Your revs play a more important role. The tail gate being up or down makes zero difference. Watch the myth buster episode. They go into detail about what happens in the back of the tray.
I prefer to tow a tool trailer rather than loading the ute and filling the roof racks of ladders. Fuel is probably similar, but the wear on tyres and brakes is shared. The suspension is happy and I can disconnect when I'm home. I see so many tradies daily drive their ute/van loaded with the best part of a tonne of stuff.
Not really, fuel use would be heaps different. With the 500kg simulated here it doesn't add any drag, and the effect at a constant speed is minimal because of inertia (stop start is a different story). Adding roof racks/pod OR towing a trailer adds massively to aerodynamic drag which would impact fuel use much more than the additional weight
Enjoyed watching that Paul , thankyou. I have an 2019 Isuzu MUX, recommended tyre pressure 29 PSI .The car feels a bit doughy at that pressure. I put 40 PSI in tyres, steering much more accurate and responsive. On the motorway with 3 people in MUX does 6 • 5 litres a 100ks.When doing a Leyland brothers , travelling all over the countryside it's 8 litres a 100 ks . We have all the back seats down and wife packs everything AND the kitchen sink .HA .We carry 40 litres of water and 25 kg of tools and spares ..
Can you guys do this test in a petrol car like the BRZ? Also keen to see Atko test the new BRZ TS and see if the lap times are better with the new brakes and suspension
An interesting report Paul, but a few misses you could have provided. Instead of just running a constant rate around the 5km bowl, tun off at one point to do som “urban driving” and then get back on the bowl to complete. This would have really tested Eco and Power a bit better. It would also have been good to run a test of cruise control v no cruise control on the bowl. Thanks again. Lloyd
Good points. Unfortunately the tests wouldn’t be consistent without an ADR style test in controlled conditions. Even a small deviation from driving style would have affected results.
If you drive with your windows down for a long period of time I would recommend earplugs same as on a motorbike. If you let your tyre pressures to though or too high you will need to watch the wear because high pressure is can wear the middle and low pressure can wear the outside
I don't understand the A/C difference on "Max". Vehicle A/C systems work by blending inside and outside air to adjust the temperature. Once the A/C compressor is engaged, the settings on the fan and temperature are pretty much irrelevant. You should get the same economy, regardless of the settings. Are Australian diesels DPF? That would be a factor. Simply changing the A/C dial should have no impact.
How about one that actually works doing 100kmh instead of 110kmh on freeways .. That works for me on a ford focus 2.-0 I use about 10% less fuel set on cruise control using average fuel economy also bears out using instant 1itres per 100 kms
A great test Paul this is just an opinion but I've always wondered at what pressure I would gain a benefit vs me just increasing the tyre pressure and just hoping it is the better thing to do. every test I have ever seen doesn't prove this beyond any doubt.
I’d have thought Eco/Pwr to make little difference cruising and more difference when stop start driving - with the exception of Eco perhaps using less A/C and putting the vehicle in a higher gear to save fuel. Savings would be more pronounced when accelerating and such as power should hold gears longer and change the throttle map with Eco dulling it and using higher gears earlier in the rev range. Just my thoughts. They do say that using A/C uses about 11% more fuel (due to the load on the engine) and a window down also uses about 11% more fuel (due to aerodynamic drag). Having A/C on and the window down will use about 22% more fuel. This does all depend on the vehicle in question. Having all the windows down was a little surprising as I thought it would be worse still. Basically, just keep your windows up as I do and run the A/C (because having all your windows down on a hot day Won’t cool you). Should have used a tonneau cover over the empty tray and full tray too because there would have been some drag reduction with the load in the back.
For the tyre pressure bit, I would suggest the following. 1) trip computer calculates speed based on the “standard” wheel diameter. 2) when you decrease the tyre pressure, you actually reduced the effective wheel diameter but the trip computer does not know. 3) therefore, you would be testing at slower actual speed (that gives you less resistance) and shorter distance (trip computer calculate distance based on un-deflated tyres), both factors under-estimating the fuel consumption. 4) similarly, running over-inflated tyres gives you higher actual speed and actual distance, hence over-estimating the fuel consumption. 5) suggest run the deflated tyre at slightly higher indicated speed and the inflated tyre at slightly lower indicated speed. How much? Measure the distance between the centre of the wheel and the ground. 6) trip computer fuel economy should then be compensated by a factor to account for the difference between the distance registered by the trip computer and the actual trip distance.
How does the heater in an ICE vehicle use more fuel than when it has the AC on? Does it not just divert coolant through the heater core and the only extra drain on the engine be the blower motor? (Taking electricity, making the alternator work more)
There is an issue with only performing the eco/pwr mode changes on vehicles. Some performance vehicles with eco/pwr modes will change the transmission mapping as well. Should add that or test more vehicle. That is the issue with a small sample size as it is not a proper statistic.
Driving with tyre pressure 20psi vs 42psi: At 60km/hr, it is only a saving of 0.9L/100kms. In terrains where you need lower pressure, it is not worth saving fuel compromising traction. There may not be much difference in fuel consumption at higher speeds but lower pressures can affect braking distance, tyre damage and safety. These are observations of 4wd on variuos terrains and on freeway.
I currently average 10.8l per 100 in my 2023 sr5 hilux. That’s with around 500kg of detailing work gear for the business in the back and a hilux canopy. Also running a high flow air filter and Safari snorkel. Good numbers if you ask me. I don’t baby the thing.
Hi Paul, great video! I am from Vietnam so Vinfast is no stranger to me. I wonder what is in that 500kg box with Vinfast logo? What is Vinfast doing in Australia? Are you working with Vinfast on some new project? Interesting!!!
Overinflated tires may have been getting more distance per rotation so if that was taken into account like installing larger tyres your true l/100 could be the same or better.
@@orangejuicepony6881 incorrect. Just think of it at extremes. Flat tyre from centre of the wheel to the ground will be effectively the rim size + the thickness of the tread pattern and rubber. A massively over inflated tyre only touches in the centre of the tread (check wear patterns) If you want to do a practical test you can measure distance from the ground to centre of the wheel at various pressures then do the math or simply run at low and high pressures and do a GPS speed verification. Higher sidewall tyres will show a greater variation. Edit: centrifugal force will throw the tread out a little at high rotational speed but will still have a smaller radius and therefore a smaller effective diameter (vertical measurement) and thus circumference, it’s a 3d shape not 2d
@@orangejuicepony6881 I live with this reality on a regular basis while riding my motorcycle back from off-road 112on the Speedo is 100 by GPS when correctly inflated for road use 105 on the Speedo is 100 by GPS. I get similar with my 4x4 if I cbf breaking out the compressor and just drive to a servo when coming off the beach.
Other test you should include is when you use normal air on Tyre or using nitrogen, what can be different. In south africa they give you option when filling tyres
in a more realistic world, most would be doing a stop start around the city, or getting caught in traffic on high ways, any chance of this comparison test?
This is wat I needed!! I'm heading down to Margaret River in a week! Thx Paul! Another thing I wanna know about premium diesel fuel. Are all the brand pretty much the same in terms of performance, or is BP really the better fuel? People often told me I have to have BP premium diesel. Others are crappy.
Hey Paul not sure if you know Hilux have eco, power and normal modes. If your in eco or power you press eco or power again then you get normal mode which is actually called predictive mode it adjust to how you drive apparently. Not sure it would make a difference.
Doesn't work in Hilux (2.8 litre diesel auto, not sure about other models), engine heat gets dumped in cabin making it feel like turning on the heater, even when it's cold outside. Recirculate works like fan forced oven.
No to agonize you guys with annoying tests, but compared to the constant speed tests I wonder if you could also include a breaking to a stop and acceleration part at fixed points in the tests? Eco vs Pwr, excess weight and tyre pressure would all be more interesting. Sorry, haha. 😅
Last year I did a trip across the Nullarbor,loaded up with camping gear on normal rd tyres,in a Nissan navara stx 2017 model and was averaging 8 litres per 100. But on one day it jumped up to 14 litres. I stoped at the next servo and checked all the tyres pressures and every thing was still in place and Below the roof line I the reset the odometer,and got the same 14 litres. It’s was a strong head wind which I thought was plausible,but then I pulled the door mirrors in ,and yes only for a few minutes,and the fuel economy went down by 1.8 litres ……
Question re PREMIUM DIESEL FUEL and your narrative at 0:50… Do any producers of Premium Diesel Fuel make any specific, objective, measurable claims about the benefits of Premium Diesel Fuel over Non-Premium Diesel Fuel? The test described by Ampol (Reduce Fuel Use | Ampol) does not appear to have used a rigorous double-blind methodology and Ampol does not appear to have published any detailed results.
Just an idea for next time, perhaps do your speed test at 110kmh to replicate legal freeway driving in NSW/VIC, perhaps compare that to 115 kmh to replicate those that drive a tad faster and how it impacts l/100km
Sadly the control should've been retested before beginning each new test. This would've allowed you to see if the fuel usage (less fuel) over time was causing better or worse results.
7:55 No.. YOU are simply WRONG because... It used same amount of fuel because, the amount of drag due to open windows reduced aerodynamics of the car thus, increasing fuel/power requirement of vehicle. If you wanna save some fuel then turn off AC and open the opposite corner windows of car just 2-3cm... this will enable airflow while reducing the air drag.
I can’t believe you don’t care to give us one single reason to take you seriously. Why is so hard to disconnect fuel tank and connect plastic bottle fool of fuel on the roof of the car? Are you really expecting from us to trust you when you just say things? If you are Ford Ranger owner in 2023 are you really stable individual?
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The tyre pressure part surprised me. Seems like any deviation from the stock recommended will eat on economy.
Awesome content there bruh.
What psi were you running the tyres in your control test btw?
Seems like a Paradox, Ampol sponsoring a Video exploring ways to use less Fuel.
Driving techniques is the easily and possibly biggest improvement you can do to gain fuel efficiencies. I drive some thirsty cars and I can either make a full tank last nearly 500ks or drive it like a proper wanker and get less than 250ks.
Yep its funny watching people floor it past me up to a red light or round about because they're not looking ahead and then have to come to an abrupt stop while i time it right and cruise past them without really needing to slow down or speed up more than 10 ks an hour. Thats one of the biggest factors in fuel economy. Consistent speed and keeping momentum.
100% spot on - so spot on that you’ve compelled me to “like” and comment.
For reference, I have gotten 900kms out of an Acadia on three separate trips and it’s current average is 800kms of range. I’ve eked 750kms out of a Corvette on half a dozen occasions (yes the latest C8 model) and all because of what you said - driving style.
I see these hybrid drivers racing like they’re in Formula One & cannot help but think that they’re ironically using more fuel despite the economy advantages that a hybrid affords.
@kanyeistrash9802 yes, good observation, planning and acceleration sense goes a long way!
@@allenjanmee4880they do that because the love the acceleration the extra battery power provides despite the irony of the higher fuel use.
Very interesting video paul and congrats for you and the carexpert team on 400k!!
Thank you!
Great experiment, interesting stats. Be keen to see what happens when you add accessories; bull bar, roof rack etc
Hi Paul, I must admit I enjoyed this video as I genuinely love ‘statistics’ as they are the only tool we have to gauge the real world more accurately. At the end of the day, a saving is a saving if a change makes a difference. Loved this review. Bring on more like this as a diversification to your channel. Cheers ✌️🚙
Can’t live without aircon on hot days.😅
I love this sort of testing! I didn't know how the ECO and PWR buttons worked! And it made so much sense!
As for only the driver's window down, I think the wind enters through the window but since all of the other windows are closed, the cabin itself works like a parachute pulling the car back, therefore putting more stress on the engine and thus a lot less fuel economy!
Also, that Hilux GR Sports looks amazing! I'd love if Toyota did a GR Hilux competitor to the Ford Raptors! ❤️
One more worthwhile efficiency comparison is to drive like a late tradie vs a chauffeur. The late tradie jumps lanes every time a car in the next lane passes them and accelerates hard toward red lights.
The chauffer hangs back, observes, plans and uses acceleration sense to pass the late tradie at green.
Up to the challenge?
I often wonder if fitting a tonneau cover would make a difference at highway speed.
I live in WA and our highway speed is 110ks
Good question! I’d like to test that one out. Would pay itself off eventually if it cut fuel use
@@CarExpertAus Myth Busters have done this. Interesting to watch.
Hey @bradleyfryer5563 and @CarExpertAus , very interesting to see the difference. Have not properly compared or tested this back-to-back. I drive a Hilux 3L D4D and have a tonneau cover. What I have found from driving highway, is with the bed open and consciously trying to drive “efficiently” and keeping my speed below 100km/h, I tend to get about 11km/L (9.09L/100km). Compared to driving with the tonneau cover, I am able to drive “normally” and drive at our national speed limit of 120km/h and the efficiency stays above 12km/L (8.33L/100km). - This is driving the same distance and road from town to the farm, 242km’s of highway with a couple of passes.
@lwfcars I think your speed has to do with your fuel savings, rather than the cover being off or on.Your revs play a more important role. The tail gate being up or down makes zero difference. Watch the myth buster episode. They go into detail about what happens in the back of the tray.
I prefer to tow a tool trailer rather than loading the ute and filling the roof racks of ladders. Fuel is probably similar, but the wear on tyres and brakes is shared. The suspension is happy and I can disconnect when I'm home. I see so many tradies daily drive their ute/van loaded with the best part of a tonne of stuff.
Not really, fuel use would be heaps different. With the 500kg simulated here it doesn't add any drag, and the effect at a constant speed is minimal because of inertia (stop start is a different story). Adding roof racks/pod OR towing a trailer adds massively to aerodynamic drag which would impact fuel use much more than the additional weight
"Good day Ampol! I mean I'm Paul" Missed opportunity right there.😅
😂
So close
Enjoyed watching that Paul , thankyou. I have an 2019 Isuzu MUX, recommended tyre pressure 29 PSI .The car feels a bit doughy at that pressure. I put 40 PSI in tyres, steering much more accurate and responsive. On the motorway with 3 people in MUX does 6 • 5 litres a 100ks.When doing a Leyland brothers , travelling all over the countryside it's 8 litres a 100 ks . We have all the back seats down and wife packs everything AND the kitchen sink .HA .We carry 40 litres of water and 25 kg of tools and spares ..
I love those experimentals videos of yours!!! 🎉
Can you guys do this test in a petrol car like the BRZ? Also keen to see Atko test the new BRZ TS and see if the lap times are better with the new brakes and suspension
The load you placed in the tub would have also had an effect on drag,
Like tonneau on or off
Good point!
Myth Busters have busted this myth.
You should have tested with the ute tray open and closed get me a job I love cars and love what you do
An interesting report Paul, but a few misses you could have provided. Instead of just running a constant rate around the 5km bowl, tun off at one point to do som “urban driving” and then get back on the bowl to complete. This would have really tested Eco and Power a bit better. It would also have been good to run a test of cruise control v no cruise control on the bowl. Thanks again. Lloyd
Good points. Unfortunately the tests wouldn’t be consistent without an ADR style test in controlled conditions. Even a small deviation from driving style would have affected results.
If you drive with your windows down for a long period of time I would recommend earplugs same as on a motorbike.
If you let your tyre pressures to though or too high you will need to watch the wear because high pressure is can wear the middle and low pressure can wear the outside
Awesome Paul, great idea! Merry Xmas mate to you and the team, cheers.
Adding a roof rack would have been more interesting.
adding a bull bar would make it even more
Very interesting one. Enjoyed the video. I'd like to know the tyre pressure for the control test as well.
I don't understand the A/C difference on "Max". Vehicle A/C systems work by blending inside and outside air to adjust the temperature. Once the A/C compressor is engaged, the settings on the fan and temperature are pretty much irrelevant. You should get the same economy, regardless of the settings.
Are Australian diesels DPF? That would be a factor. Simply changing the A/C dial should have no impact.
Myth busters did some of these tests. Ac vs window and ac Burnt like 10 percent more fuel that windows down.
How about one that actually works doing 100kmh instead of 110kmh on freeways .. That works for me on a ford focus 2.-0 I use about 10% less fuel set on cruise control using average fuel economy also bears out using instant 1itres per 100 kms
Yep, anything about 70-80km/h starts to chew fuel.
A great test Paul this is just an opinion but I've always wondered at what pressure I would gain a benefit vs me just increasing the tyre pressure and just hoping it is the better thing to do. every test I have ever seen doesn't prove this beyond any doubt.
Love the looks of that Hilux
I’d have thought Eco/Pwr to make little difference cruising and more difference when stop start driving - with the exception of Eco perhaps using less A/C and putting the vehicle in a higher gear to save fuel.
Savings would be more pronounced when accelerating and such as power should hold gears longer and change the throttle map with Eco dulling it and using higher gears earlier in the rev range. Just my thoughts.
They do say that using A/C uses about 11% more fuel (due to the load on the engine) and a window down also uses about 11% more fuel (due to aerodynamic drag). Having A/C on and the window down will use about 22% more fuel. This does all depend on the vehicle in question.
Having all the windows down was a little surprising as I thought it would be worse still.
Basically, just keep your windows up as I do and run the A/C (because having all your windows down on a hot day Won’t cool you).
Should have used a tonneau cover over the empty tray and full tray too because there would have been some drag reduction with the load in the back.
Top channel. Happy Christmas from Cape Town
For the tyre pressure bit, I would suggest the following.
1) trip computer calculates speed based on the “standard” wheel diameter.
2) when you decrease the tyre pressure, you actually reduced the effective wheel diameter but the trip computer does not know.
3) therefore, you would be testing at slower actual speed (that gives you less resistance) and shorter distance (trip computer calculate distance based on un-deflated tyres), both factors under-estimating the fuel consumption.
4) similarly, running over-inflated tyres gives you higher actual speed and actual distance, hence over-estimating the fuel consumption.
5) suggest run the deflated tyre at slightly higher indicated speed and the inflated tyre at slightly lower indicated speed. How much? Measure the distance between the centre of the wheel and the ground.
6) trip computer fuel economy should then be compensated by a factor to account for the difference between the distance registered by the trip computer and the actual trip distance.
This guy is Mathematically literate ^
How does the heater in an ICE vehicle use more fuel than when it has the AC on? Does it not just divert coolant through the heater core and the only extra drain on the engine be the blower motor? (Taking electricity, making the alternator work more)
Tire pressure trick is good just be careful about safety
Awsome
Thanks
Exactly things i was trying to point out to my family
There is an issue with only performing the eco/pwr mode changes on vehicles. Some performance vehicles with eco/pwr modes will change the transmission mapping as well. Should add that or test more vehicle. That is the issue with a small sample size as it is not a proper statistic.
Tyre pressure for performance improvement makes a difference you can feel.
Driving with tyre pressure 20psi vs 42psi: At 60km/hr, it is only a saving of 0.9L/100kms. In terrains where you need lower pressure, it is not worth saving fuel compromising traction. There may not be much difference in fuel consumption at higher speeds but lower pressures can affect braking distance, tyre damage and safety. These are observations of 4wd on variuos terrains and on freeway.
According to my manual (hilux 2021) eco mode limits max fan speed when it's on auto.
I currently average 10.8l per 100 in my 2023 sr5 hilux. That’s with around 500kg of detailing work gear for the business in the back and a hilux canopy. Also running a high flow air filter and Safari snorkel. Good numbers if you ask me. I don’t baby the thing.
Anyone else reckon the little Paul starting at 1:53 looks like Paul deep in singing a ballad with a mic?
Hi Paul, great video!
I am from Vietnam so Vinfast is no stranger to me. I wonder what is in that 500kg box with Vinfast logo? What is Vinfast doing in Australia? Are you working with Vinfast on some new project? Interesting!!!
"Your videos are always very interesting!"
Overinflated tires may have been getting more distance per rotation so if that was taken into account like installing larger tyres your true l/100 could be the same or better.
Incorrect, the tyre "folds" and travels the same distance, look it up, when the penny drops you'll agree pressure does not alter rolling diameter.
@@orangejuicepony6881 incorrect. Just think of it at extremes.
Flat tyre from centre of the wheel to the ground will be effectively the rim size + the thickness of the tread pattern and rubber.
A massively over inflated tyre only touches in the centre of the tread (check wear patterns)
If you want to do a practical test you can measure distance from the ground to centre of the wheel at various pressures then do the math or simply run at low and high pressures and do a GPS speed verification. Higher sidewall tyres will show a greater variation.
Edit: centrifugal force will throw the tread out a little at high rotational speed but will still have a smaller radius and therefore a smaller effective diameter (vertical measurement) and thus circumference, it’s a 3d shape not 2d
@@orangejuicepony6881 I live with this reality on a regular basis while riding my motorcycle back from off-road 112on the Speedo is 100 by GPS when correctly inflated for road use 105 on the Speedo is 100 by GPS. I get similar with my 4x4 if I cbf breaking out the compressor and just drive to a servo when coming off the beach.
Other test you should include is when you use normal air on Tyre or using nitrogen, what can be different. In south africa they give you option when filling tyres
Normal air is already mostly nitrogen
in a more realistic world, most would be doing a stop start around the city, or getting caught in traffic on high ways, any chance of this comparison test?
This is wat I needed!! I'm heading down to Margaret River in a week! Thx Paul!
Another thing I wanna know about premium diesel fuel. Are all the brand pretty much the same in terms of performance, or is BP really the better fuel? People often told me I have to have BP premium diesel. Others are crappy.
Hey Paul not sure if you know Hilux have eco, power and normal modes. If your in eco or power you press eco or power again then you get normal mode which is actually called predictive mode it adjust to how you drive apparently. Not sure it would make a difference.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
What about having fan full blast (No AC) + windows up?
Doesn't work in Hilux (2.8 litre diesel auto, not sure about other models), engine heat gets dumped in cabin making it feel like turning on the heater, even when it's cold outside. Recirculate works like fan forced oven.
Have you thought of ways to use less fuel with towing, e.g. like using larger size trailer wheels or increasing speed before going up an incline?
Ac off windows down unless it's 40. And don't take off like a hero at every traffic light.
Put on a tonneau cover. According to TFL truck it’s worth 10%.
I believe mythbusters more i reckon
No to agonize you guys with annoying tests, but compared to the constant speed tests I wonder if you could also include a breaking to a stop and acceleration part at fixed points in the tests? Eco vs Pwr, excess weight and tyre pressure would all be more interesting. Sorry, haha. 😅
In eco mode the ac fan speed doesn't max out actually and in normal or power it can Max that's much it.
Love this, thank u.
Air density alone can change your fuel usage
..perhaps you can do these tests again after 5 or 10 years with the same hilux, same scenarios...
Interesting video.
What was the baseline tyre pressures please.
Placard.
Hi. Guys. Like your. Show. Maybe. Tow. A. Caravan. Or. Boat. Trailer. Next. Time. And. Fuel. Methods Wayne
Last year I did a trip across the Nullarbor,loaded up with camping gear on normal rd tyres,in a Nissan navara stx 2017 model and was averaging 8 litres per 100. But on one day it jumped up to 14 litres. I stoped at the next servo and checked all the tyres pressures and every thing was still in place and Below the roof line I the reset the odometer,and got the same 14 litres. It’s was a strong head wind which I thought was plausible,but then I pulled the door mirrors in ,and yes only for a few minutes,and the fuel economy went down by 1.8 litres ……
Conclusion: if these fuel differences matter to you, you probably should take a bus
Anything effects mpg on my town car because its a brick with 4 speed auto but I can get 22mpg highway at 65 in town eh more like 16-18mpg.
Tonneau cover or drive with back tray lid down!
Nah, tray lid up causes a low pressure swirl in the ute bed which gives it almost a sedan/coupe effect on wind
Question re PREMIUM DIESEL FUEL and your narrative at 0:50… Do any producers of Premium Diesel Fuel make any specific, objective, measurable claims about the benefits of Premium Diesel Fuel over Non-Premium Diesel Fuel? The test described by Ampol (Reduce Fuel Use | Ampol) does not appear to have used a rigorous double-blind methodology and Ampol does not appear to have published any detailed results.
Wonder what was in the box that's 500kg ?
Just an idea for next time, perhaps do your speed test at 110kmh to replicate legal freeway driving in NSW/VIC, perhaps compare that to 115 kmh to replicate those that drive a tad faster and how it impacts l/100km
Would be interested in variation between 100 vs 90 kph
AC max is almost equivalent to 500kg load that means ac compressor put a huge load on the engine
If Ampol wants to genuinely help motorists with fuel costs they could stop charging exorbitant amounts for their fuel.
Raptor's use a lot of PULP I heard !
Fail on the ‘premium diesel benefit’ claim……which should have been compared on a $/km basis.
Amazing
Sadly the control should've been retested before beginning each new test. This would've allowed you to see if the fuel usage (less fuel) over time was causing better or worse results.
Why did you do a loop road? You need a start stop or traffic light replication.
Nope. That’s impossible to replicate with accuracy.
@@CarExpertAus fair enough. I guess we know that it makes a difference. Just not by how much.
better value paying less for fuel than paying more and trying to be efficient, but you wont say that in a sponsored video
Aerodynamics doesn't really matter until 80km/h.
Can't see how the heater alters the economy , its free heat😅?
Ah yes, the shameless plug for premium diesel...
Hack no.
Did you test 91 v Premium ? Or did ampol say not to test that? …
Err - it’s a diesel?
@@CarExpertAus you did a test on your raptor, but you chose not to do consumption test then as well…
@@twinrotors Because it was a paid segment on diesel. The Raptor is petrol?
@@CarExpertAus so why didn’t you do the test for your paid segment on the raptor? Do you recall your video?
@@CarExpertAus ampol sells diesel and premium diesel
Fold your side mirrors in
shave 5km/hr
Avoid cross winds if possible
Clean your air filter
always be free bird.
Saving Fuel if you have GR Sport..!! C'mon dude..either wrong car or wrong hobby..😅
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No.. YOU are simply WRONG because...
It used same amount of fuel because, the amount of drag due to open windows reduced aerodynamics of the car thus, increasing fuel/power requirement of vehicle.
If you wanna save some fuel then turn off AC and open the opposite corner windows of car just 2-3cm... this will enable airflow while reducing the air drag.
😂 guess what the car does when cruise control is on and drag increases? Yep, it uses more fuel!
You should have shown the posers, how much the big tyres, bullbar and roof racks added.
That would have been a good laugh
This is the most boomer vid hahahaha
500kg of crack cocaine?
fuel saving hack: don't own a car, mate.
So... Everyone should to 60 not 100.
And please, stay in the right lane to help others save fuel.
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I can’t believe you don’t care to give us one single reason to take you seriously. Why is so hard to disconnect fuel tank and connect plastic bottle fool of fuel on the roof of the car? Are you really expecting from us to trust you when you just say things? If you are Ford Ranger owner in 2023 are you really stable individual?
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