Forte's puzzling FC figures

[Friendstar]

Impressive.

 

 

What is impressive?

The fc?

I would say it's a reasonable fc.

 

Honda city auto can easily achieve that

[Jolie888]

To cut the story short, i went down with him to have a go at his forte, and it's when he showed me the FC trip display.

 

6.8L/100km

 

We had a good laugh together.

 

Hehe, that's what actually ran through my mind when I read your first few sentences.

I thought it must have been 7L/100km that your uncle had in mind!

 

 

 

[Relagsingh]

From experience,

 

Contis will always give a more realistic FC figure, ie. combined figures.

 

Jap and all other makes always give the outright best achieveable FC, which is unrealistic for driving in sg.

 

From my peers, korean makes have poor FC due to engine tech and a heavy body. But has improved slightly over the years. Exceptions will be cars like Getz or Picantos, they can have very good FC.

 

But, most importantly, is how the car is driven.

 

A car with good FC will still become a guzzler if the driver has a heavy foot.

[Friendstar]

From experience,

 

Contis will always give a more realistic FC figure, ie. combined figures.

 

Jap and all other makes always give the outright best achieveable FC, which is unrealistic for driving in sg.

 

From my peers, korean makes have poor FC due to engine tech and a heavy body. But has improved slightly over the years. Exceptions will be cars like Getz or Picantos, they can have very good FC.

 

But, most importantly, is how the car is driven.

 

A car with good FC will still become a guzzler if the driver has a heavy foot.

 

 

 

Bro long time no see!

[Relagsingh]

Hi there! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

 

Feels good to be remembered! Haha!

[Endless373]

Dude, you didn't read the entire post from TS.

He said his uncle thought that his FC was 7km/l. Only towards the end of his post, then he clarified that the FC was 6.8l/100km.

 

oh yah... paisei... I read 6.8km/L...

at 6.8L/100km is pretty impressive ! I take back by words...

[Ithunk]

FC figures from the trip meter might not be accurate... but 7+km/l is like driving a rex...

 

Way back when i drove the 1st gen KIA Rio 1.3 manual, I was just getting only 10km/l for such light car.

 

seems the korean made still have alot to catch up in terms of FC.

 

wah 7km per liter....a ferrari does 6km per liter....

 

actually all these is dependent on the driver..

[Friendstar]

wah 7km per liter....a ferrari does 6km per liter....

 

actually all these is dependent on the driver..

 

 

wah u drive a ferrari before?

[Friendstar]

Hi there! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

 

Feels good to be remembered! Haha!

 

 

haha i remember ur avatar in the past.

 

showing a very "relac singh" movement.

[Caddilac]

What is impressive?

The fc?

I would say it's a reasonable fc.

 

Honda city auto can easily achieve that

Comparing a City with a Forte is a joke...

Why don't you compare Civic with SantaFe?

[Friendstar]

Comparing a City with a Forte is a joke...

Why don't you compare Civic with SantaFe?

 

 

i'm comparing mid-size sedan vs sedan.

 

 

did u laugh btw?

[Gabriel]

Last Feb09, I mentioned to forumers here that i recommended my uncle (prev Sunny) and colleague (prev Vios) to the Forte.

 

 

Now's a year on, I was at my Uncle's place for CNY visitation.

 

We spoke about cars, and i was lamenting to him about my 9-10km/litre FC for my mz3 1.6SP.

 

He shocked me with his 7km/litre figure for his manual 1.6 forte!

 

i nearly fell off my chair, and for one moment again, agreed that Korean cars still have lots of catching up to do in FC aspect. He also pointed out that he should have gotten a FC friendly altis instead.

 

I regretted introducing this car to him...

 

The puzzling thing he mentioned about his forte is that it prefers hard revving to achieve good FC, while gentle driving hurts FC tremendously.

 

To cut the story short, i went down with him to have a go at his forte, and it's when he showed me the FC trip display.

 

6.8L/100km

 

We had a good laugh together.

chey..ur uncle veri the blur leh

[Ishootthemoon]

i hit 6.3L/100km before... just take the highway all the time.

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[Toalson]

I was indeed referring to the FC simply bcos its coming from a non-jap.

 

Btw ur uncle really blur. And was ur uncle on 17"

[Sohboonguan]

I got an average of 8.5l/100km for my Forte SX1.6A.

which is about 11.5km/l.

best 13.5km/l, worst 10.5 km/l.

and it is true that the car travel fast to have good FC.

high gear produce better FC than low gear.

at low gear, the engine rev more, and this hurt my FC.

I achieve 5.6l/100km on malaysia highway with vpower before.

on normal Ron 95, average 8.5l/100km.

gain car speed to min 50km/h to hit gear 4 on auto.

cruise at gear 4, dun rev too much.

this will give good FC.

and dun travel beyong 120km/h that is about the limit.

when it hit 150km/h to 180km/h, the FC start to get bad and the rev on engine increases, together with the wind resistance.

therefore travel beyond 120km/h is going to hurt the car FC.

120km/h - 150km/h still can maintanence

 

Peace.

Edited February 24, 2010 by Sohboonguan

[Daniu85]

erm.. how did your uncle get it wrong? if it's expressed in L/km it's still understandable. but the meter reads L/100km

[Sohboonguan]

because most of us are used to km/l.

and normally when we are driving,

eyes on the road, fast glance and therefore never really notice it.

that's why the words on the odometer must be big, clear and readable at one glance.

I read it wrong the first time too.

others country might read it as mph.

Likewies, those that drove kimchi or sushi,

might hit the wiper instead of the left/right signal light,

if we drive a conti like chevy etc.

:P

 

Peace.

Edited February 24, 2010 by Sohboonguan

[Ahgong]

actually, the FC is really dependant on the "sweet spot" between RPM and gear used for the car.

I discovered this in my verna after reading numerous threads on different forums and tried it out.

 

Regardless the gear, depending on the road condition and the speed allowable, 
when i maintain a constant 2000 rpm as most people say lower RPM gives better FC, my FC was about 8.5 KM to the liter.

when i do 2500 rpm, my FC improved to about 9 KM to the liter consistently.

now, i drive it a little harder at 2750-3000 rpm to maintain the optimum speed at which ever gear i am on, i am constantly gettting 10.5-13 KM to the liter. Expressways gets better FC, naturally.

so, how good your FC is, is really dependant on finding that sweet spot.

Just to add, anything beyond 3500 rpm, the consumption will be dependant on how maniac i am on the speed front.
it will hover from 11-12 KM to the liter for speeds above 110 on the NSHW.