Re: Fuel economy of Xplorers

[Marvin The Martian <choochoo72@spin.net.au>]

Management make a mistake, it could never happen just ask them.

David Johnson wrote:

> 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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> David Johnson
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