1/9?

[Firebird]

I really wanna know how much the "standard" Escalade needs on fuel? 1/9? hope fully.... or is it less?


I can't find it anywhere!:help:

[Justin Martin]

What kind of measurment is 1/9? I assume you're talking about fuel mileage, but fuel mileage is measured in miles per galllon or liters per 100km's, as far as I know.

Anyway, you can find out the fuel mileage of a car by going to this website - http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm

A new 2wd Escalade get 16mpg, or 14.7 liters per 100km's. The bigger, awd, Escalade ESV gets 15mpg, or 15.7 liters per 100km's.

[blackice111288]

thats worse than my parents 2000 Suburban LT. we get like 20/18 i think. it could be 18/16. i cant remember what the spec sheet said. i would have thoght that they'd pretty much be the same, seeing they're basically the same truck.

[Justin Martin]

An Escalade is heavier, and I think they only come with the 6.0 liter V8. Which would explain the lower gas mileage. ;)


Of course, it still beats my truck's 11 mpg...

[blackice111288]

dang, what kinda truck do you drive? i knew this junior back at my old high school in NC that had 1970ish chevy pickup with a 350 (5.7liter) and he only had 8mpg! mainly cause the thing was a modified offroader. 35inch super swampers or somthing like that and a 7inch lift! had like 400hp tho.

[Wazza]

Ouch, and I know why to stay away from gas guzzlers!~
:")

My 1.6litre car does about 8.0 litres / 100km in everyday driving
and the best was 6.99l / 100km.

My dads 5.7l V8, averages 15l/100km ^_^ That car weighs around 1600-1700kg. ??

[Justin Martin]

Blackice, my truck is a '81 Chevrolet C10 (2wd half ton) Silverado with a 350, TH350 tranny (3spd automatic) and a 3.71:1 axle ratio.

Obviously, I drive the Celica if i'm driving a long distance. ;) The Celica gets about 22-23mpg around town, maybe 25 on the highway.

[blackice111288]

what year is your celica? is it one of those early 90's models? a while ago, my dad had this friend that had one. i rode in it a few times, it was a pretty cool car.

[Justin Martin]

1983 Celica GTS, one of the last of the rwd Celicas. Straight line speed isn't too impressive, (few cars from that time were) but the handling is pretty good for a Japaneese sport coupe, better than the fwd's imho.

[blackice111288]

83? wow, thats pretty old. i think the last celica's were the 96. the All-Trac turbo madel was the best celica they made in my opinion. AWD, not RWD tho.

[Justin Martin]

The last rwd's were '85, then they went fwd and awd. The All-Tracs were nice, but it's tough to top the classic rwd handling of the older Celicas. -^

[VQ]

Dad's TDi Golf (1.9 Turbo Diesel) that gets like 4litres/100km's in City driving, over 1000 km's to a tank (40 litre one) and still has oomhph

Mums car has a 2.4 5 cyl diesl and it gets 5-6litres/100km's in cycled drving.

[Commander]

Hey Justin, your truck probably just has an old Rochester q-jet on it eh? If so, you can do what I used to do to my old q-jets to save fuel, and that is to tie the secondaries closed. You lose a significant amount of power mind you, but the difference in fuel consumption is staggering.

On a side note, my Trans Am with the 406 and 780 cfm carb still manages about 19 mpg if I don't tromp on it, probably just because the engine is so efficient. The final drive ratio of the T/A is 3.23 too, so I am sure that helps, plus the fact that is is very aerodynamic. Trucks aren't known for their ability to slice air I guess, so although closing the secondaries will help, it certainly won't work miracles, lol. :look:

[Justin Martin]

Funny you should mention that, Teej. When I first got the truck, the carburator needed rebuilding, (when does a Quadrajet not need rebuilding? ;)) which my dad did. What I did not know at the time was that he did tie the secondaries closed. Several years later, I was rebuilding the carburator, and I looked at it, and thought to myself, "something just doesn't look right here." ^_^

Dad's explanation was that he didn't think a 16 year old needed secondaries, lol. Needless to say, since I was well past 16 when I discovered that, I reenabled them. My gas mileage didn't drop much, though I really don't drive the truck very hard.

[NFSracer]

We own a 2000 Chrsyler Cirrus and it gets 10.2 L/100km (4 cyl, 2.4 L, 4 Speed Automatic)

And our 1994 Ford Aero Star gets 11.8 L/100km (6 cyl, 3.0 L, 4 Speed automatic)