2006 - 2010 Hyundai Accent

**Horsepower** · November 17th, 2008 07:38 PM

And it's probably long range driving.

Bottomline, it is possible.

HARI cleverly referred to C! Mag to rid themselves of implied responsibility of the claim. hehe.

**niky** · November 18th, 2008 12:28 AM

It's a freak occurence... sometimes happens... I mean, hey... one couple got 40 km/l out of an Isuzu Trooper. You'll never ever see that out of a Trooper, but it happened.

Isuzu used a claim for 19 km/l for the Crosswind. That came out of a fuel economy challenge. I've never, ever matched it. Closest I can come is 16 km/l, and that requires using the choke as cruise control and cruising at 60 km/h in the dead of the night, with no traffic around...

...at least I can do 12 km/l easy at any other time.

**Majongero** · November 18th, 2008 03:27 AM

But potential buyers don't really know that. And I'm sure the SAs don't also make mention that what they meant with 30+ kms per liter is that you have to drive at 60 kph in the dead of the night. It's like telling a house hunter that a village in Norzagaray is only 20 minutes away from SM Fairview. But yes, it is just 20 minutes if you'll travel at 2 AM at breakneck speed.

It's still false ad for me.

**Horsepower** · November 18th, 2008 03:35 AM

12km/L? hmm that's kinda low for a crosswind. i thought you guys are getting 20+ on those.

baka mabigat paa mo. hehehe

**niky** · November 18th, 2008 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by Horsepower

12km/L? hmm that's kinda low for a crosswind. i thought you guys are getting 20+ on those.

baka mabigat paa mo. hehehe

Nope. Kung mabigat... from 8-10... but normal driving is about 12... goody-goody... 14-16. That's better than my older Crosswind XTO AT... usually gets 8-10, and only 12-14 when goody-goody.

20 km/l requires good throttle control, lots of coasting and drafting and a relatively clear NLEX. Still, the most we've ever gotten on a north trip is a combined 12-14 km/l... nakakainip kasi mag-60 sa NLEX...

**Horsepower** · November 18th, 2008 10:13 PM

BTW, what do you mean by choke as cruise control? where can you see this choke button?

**Abie** · November 19th, 2008 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by Majongero

But potential buyers don't really know that. And I'm sure the SAs don't also make mention that what they meant with 30+ kms per liter is that you have to drive at 60 kph in the dead of the night. It's like telling a house hunter that a village in Norzagaray is only 20 minutes away from SM Fairview. But yes, it is just 20 minutes if you'll travel at 2 AM at breakneck speed.

It's still false ad for me.

The SA in the Commonwealth Ave. branch actually told us that the 30+km was a stretch (highway driving, no aircon, really light load, etc.) We also did some research before buying the Accent and in the US, average consumption of people who reviewed the car was 16-18 km/li (converted from miles per gallon) for city driving (at least the ones I saw). Given our road conditions, I'm happy with our 13-14 km/li QC to Makati driving.

We brought the car to Subic and back and consumption was approx. 16 km/li - aircon was at level 2 at the lowest temperature setting as we were travelling a little after lunch, car was loaded with stuff, speed was way above 60.

Edpal, okay pa naman daw yung steering namin - we're at 18t km. I'm also not the best person to discuss technical experiences with - I don't drive and my main concerns are the cost of using the car and the comfort of the ride from the back seat.

**viyage** · November 20th, 2008 08:24 PM

i have acquired my Hyundai Accent last Oct 4 and I found out the tremendous torque of this 1.5 liter car and for curiosity for the fuel consumption, i filled up in full its tank in Petron Macapagal going to Dasmarinas, Cavite and when I reached Petron Dasmarinas, I filled it up again and honestly, I consumed 1 liter of diesel fuel.

**stormgray** · November 21st, 2008 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by Majongero

But potential buyers don't really know that. And I'm sure the SAs don't also make mention that what they meant with 30+ kms per liter is that you have to drive at 60 kph in the dead of the night. It's like telling a house hunter that a village in Norzagaray is only 20 minutes away from SM Fairview. But yes, it is just 20 minutes if you'll travel at 2 AM at breakneck speed.

It's still false ad for me.

In advertising and legal parlance this is called "embellishment," but, it really isn't false. Besides, there's an asterisk and attribution to C! Mag in the fine print.

**tidus1203** · November 21st, 2008 11:16 AM

I remember exaggeration is allowed in advertising. So as long as nagawa nila (maskin ano pang condition yan) its not false advertising. Of course you have to exaggerate to get people excited, that's marketing. You as the buyer have to be smarter than what they throw at you.