Economy:
~6.6l/100km around town
~7-7.2l/100km highway.
We get ~800km before refilling (at the yellow light, still 10-15l left)
Note I drive around town like your old grandma with a governor fitted to an 1100cc Beetle and mostly outside peak hour. On the highway, I sit on a GPS 110km/h, 2 people on board + minimal luggage.
Shifting:
Please see my other post regarding the Subaru Aust diesel shifting point advice for my rpms against speeds. Also note my speedo vs GPS calibration.
5th at 100:
The shudder you describe in 5th at 100km/h I haven't had since very early on, and worries me a bit. I have felt a very slight 'notch' in performance sometimes around 100km/h in 5th, I think the regen may happen then. I have also caught what feels like the turbo 'off boost' around 60-70 km/h when I want to accelerate. In both cases I have found the solution is to smoothly press the accelerator to the floor and hold it there. It seems to send a 'wake up' to the ECM to 'do something, now' and it will respond in a second or two. The only other thing I could suggest is change fuel suppliers and see if that makes a difference. I tend to use Shell, sometimes Woolies, governed by dockets of course.
I can also say that (all speedo speeds below)
- 60 in 4th is too low for me
- 80 in 5th is too low for me
- 100 in 6th is too low for me (below 2000rpm)
for comfortable driving- the engine is starting to labour.
Speedo speeds such as 60, 80, 100 find me caught 'between gears'. Using GPS speeds allows me to use the higher gear comfortably. And I don't get booked- that many cops-in-the-bushes on the Syd-Canberra run over many years can't be wrong (or asleep)!
Strange happening: I actually went past a radar tonight whilst sitting on a gps-60km/h on a known speeding zone doing my tests. I saw the guy pointing the radar at me, then put it down. It's about the only time I've actually seen someone point the radar/lidar at me. I'm sure the car that had raced up my cl*cker over the past few 100 metres was happy (s)he didn't zoom past me or been ahead of me at that point. The car? An early WRX!
Stranger happening: On the way back, another vehicle from NSW came past me. He turned up my roads on my way home. The cop had finished with someone ahead of us, turned off his lights and pulled out between me and the car in front, and sped up to follow it. He then proceeded to pull the car over for either some minor infringement, a breath test, or because the car was a 'cop magnet'. The 'cop magnet'? A Legacy (not Liberty) turbo wagon, lowered, with NSW plates in the ACT...
WEIRD coincidences!
MY11OBD wrote:G'Day Pitrack 1, you words are very interesting and encouraging.
Since I had my DPF regen done at around 4,500km I am now up to almost 10,000km without the DPF light comming back on. However during this time have ensured revs remained high when changing gears.
I am now driving mostly 4th at 80km above and 5th on 100km. found that shudder occurs at 5th on 100km around 2000 rpm, yet putting in 6th at 100km its at 1800 rpm. For me the shudder occurs more when changing to 5th going up to 100km at 2000 rpm.
With the shifting style you have shown, what is the rpm's? what is your average consumption over 1 tank?