Re: Fuel economy of Xplorers

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Alex Pout wrote:

> I've just had a look at Countrylink's website, they reckon a 1700 litre tank
> will give an Explorer a 16 000 km range.  Working this out, that comes to
> 10.625 litres/100km, or 9.4km/litre.  Now, my car (a 97 Barina) just managed
> to get about 550km off a 40 litre tank, ie 7.27 litres/100km or
> 13.75km/litre.  Is Countrylink's claim realistic, or has someone missed a
> decimal point?

Someone missed a point, and none of the people from management who read this
have had it fixed yet.  The Xploder can't go to Perth and back twice without
refuelling!


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