totoo ba tong 2008 fuel economy run ng Department Of Energy?

[niky]

The DOE figures are achievable... (16 km/l out of a 2.0 or 2.5 can be done on the highway with long-distance driving)... the problem is, as you can see, the figures are scattershot... some vehicles are more efficient at 60 km/h, others at 50, others at 80... it's not a fair comparison... and you have an even bigger problem due to different drivers, who'll get different results.

Note: at 80 kmh, you can still get 20 km/l out of a Vios 1.5. At 50 km/h, you can get 20-25 out of the Honda or Toyota 1.3s, but you'll never get much more than 16 km/l out of any of the heavy Mazdas.

C!'s results, aside from the unbelievable 38 km/l (such freak occurences are possible... one couple did 40 km/l on a Trooper in an eco-run a few years back, a feat that has never been replicated)... are a good guide, since they are all done on the NLEX, in similar conditions, and most of them are done by Tito Hermoso (so it's the same driver).

[actor21]

actually i will never buy a car again if i'd only base the FC from such ECO Runs or Manufacturer's charts...this lesson i learned in a painful way...now i'll buy a car base on what owner's would say...not on a clubmember's opinion.

[Burai]

kung titignan niyo sa ibang angulo, pupwede ring ginawa nila ito to attract more car-wanna-be-buyers. pag nakita ng mga ibang tao na tipid yung ganito at ganiyan eh bibili sila ng sasakyang ganito or ganyan para hindi na mag commute

[alwayz_yummy]

somehow i believe in DOE's latest eco run... makes sense that the 800cc alto is the most fuel efficient.. but what surprised me in that is the inclusion of C180 in the top 5

followed by the 2 crdi hyundais(getz and accent respectively)

[jru120]

akala ko kasi binase lang nila sa sales agent ng car company or kaya sa brochure ng car sa mga tsikoteers na may ride sa listahan, magcomment naman kayo

[ghosthunter]

kung titignan niyo sa ibang angulo, pupwede ring ginawa nila ito to attract more car-wanna-be-buyers. pag nakita ng mga ibang tao na tipid yung ganito at ganiyan eh bibili sila ng sasakyang ganito or ganyan para hindi na mag commute

well, that depends on the sales and marketing of the favored car. The fact is that the DOE made the call to car companies to send their cars to join this "eco-run" so yes, definitely results can be used to help sell the cars.

This is nothing new under the sun. Why do you think that the Jazz and City are so favored by the public as economical cars?... Those annual Petron fuel mileage challenge had a lot to do with it and the fuel doesn't really make a big difference.

[ghosthunter]

akala ko kasi binase lang nila sa sales agent ng car company or kaya sa brochure ng car sa mga tsikoteers na may ride sa listahan, magcomment naman kayo

No, the DOE eco run was actually done in the wee hours of the night to the next day. The big eye bags of all the sales reps and company drivers I saw on the morning after can attest to that.

[Burai]

No, the DOE eco run was actually done in the wee hours of the night to the next day. The big eye bags of all the sales reps and company drivers I saw on the morning after can attest to that.

sana ang ginawa na lang bilang basehan was a daily heavy traffic or pure city driving scenario.. kasi sa pagkakaalam ko sa ibang test nila was done sa highway eh ang pagddrive halos sa highway eh mas matipid kesa sa city driving.
kung mga pro ang tititig sa ganung basehan, mas alam nila ang magiging capabilities/efficiency nun sa highway driving kahit na ba hindi lagi ganun or fixed ang consumption niya sa heavy traffic/city driving. kung entry level ang tititig sa ganung basehan, aakalain nila eh iba or aakalain nila na hindi matipid sa gas ang ganitong sasakyan. pero sadly hindi lahat ng drivers eh pro

[Blizzard]

sana nga ginawa nila under normal street scenario, yung tipong traffic minsan, minsan hindi..disregarding sa style na rin ng pag drive ng nagmamaneho..
ang ginawa kasi nila, controled environment sila. no traffic, with escorts, then umaga pa, malamig. diba namamatay aircon pag malamig na? so menos ka sa consumption ng gas.
pag matipid ng konti sa city driving, pano pa kaya sa highway.
just my opinion.

[Good Mechanic]

[SIZE=3]The 2008 DOE Fuel Economy Run for Passenger Cars, SUVs, MPVs, and Pick-ups is for baseline, comparison and indicator. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]Scientific or laboratory test are very conservative.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]Thanks DOE!!![/SIZE]