Martyvan75

Dont know if this makes any sense, but at the moment i have had a territory on loan for about a week. First fill i got 18.8l/100.
I have noticed that in normal driving, left in drive, It wont get into top gear until just over ~65kph.

My question is, if you dropped that into manual mode, and made it fall into 4th, and then held it there, would that possibly assist fuel economy, or hinder it given, the engine is working harder at lower revs? Or is there more than adequate torque at around 1500-1700rpm!

Im experimenting with it on this tank.... so will let you know.

Most of the driving I do is from Brisbane northside into city, and then scoot out east from story bridge.......

One thing for certain, keep it sitting in Bris north traffic and 24-25litres/100 is not unfeasible!

 

Ouzo

One thing I've noticed is that my Terri seems to be able to slug along very comfortably in 4th. Whether its the gearing, the superior engine torque or a combo of both I don't know but it leaves my old Commodore for dead in this area. For example it will pull up the Southern Outlet out of Hobart in 4th which is a long, steep climb. The Commodore would drop back to third almost immediately you started the climb.

Doubt though that this equates to less fuel used but I will make a few checks in the coming days.