Mazda fuel Consumption Database

**maxpedition** · March 21st, 2018 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by Archerfish

I got a horrendous fuel consumption last Sunday, 9.4 km/L. This is the first time I've had this kind of consumption. I was driving a bit aggressively on our way to Subic. The fun run of Touge Battle made me "blind" with such kind of fuel consumption.

If only I got up early... I usually get an average of 17-18 km/L. 20.4 km/L is my latest for a 140 km stretch. I think I can make it above 20 if I were to drive "strictly" at 83 kph, exclusive to highways.

Different driver with different fc. Style of driving will surely affect your fc[emoji1]

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**mikes** · March 21st, 2018 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by jojopad

What's your average speed? At very slow moving traffic on a daily basis (10kph or below), your M3's fc is good enough. My 2018 M3 2.0L fc is between 7 to 8 km/Li, ave speed 13kph with total distance of 3000km.

There's no break-in period anymore for most new cars like the M3 although I did notice that the FC got a bit better after driving it for 1000km. Perhaps can be attributed to my improved driving style eg smooth acceleration, less overtaking, etc.

I'll check the average speed later. Yeah, maybe instead of break-in, it's probably the driver making adjustments and that improves the FC. =)

**Archerfish** · March 21st, 2018 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by Shutterbug

9.4km/liter in NLEX?

No. That includes my route from Bulacan - NLEX - SCTEX - Subic, plus the run with Touge Battle including most of idle time. The only time the engine was off was when we took our lunch and a three hour waiting time.

When I got home driving in a normal fashion, it increased to 10.1 km/L.

**Altuy** · March 21st, 2018 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by mikes

Bought my Mazda 3 2018 1.5 last January 2018. So far I've put about 1200km.

So far, here's my recorded stats over 4 top-ups:

(237.7 + 332.3 + 205.1 + 251.0) = 1026 km
(29.01 + 31.68 + 30.38 + 30.02) = 121.09 L

That's an average of 8.47 km/L. Mostly city driving with moderate traffic in Cebu.

Should I be concerned? Or is this the right fuel consumption?

Hello [emoji4]

I can't tell if you should be concerned; but for comparison purposes, my "lifetime" FC with my M3 is 12.86 km/L at an average speed of 20 km/h (22% expressway).

It would be great to take note of your average speed, as Mr. J (jojopad) asked.

**Altuy** · March 21st, 2018 06:31 PM

Vehicle: Mazda 3 1.5 V Hatchback
Fuel: Shell FuelSave Gasoline

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Distance: 375.7 kilometers
Volume (first click, full tank): 35.152 liters

Result: 10.69 km/L
MID Result: 10.99 km/L

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Average Speed: 15 km/h
% Expressway: 0 kilometers (0%)

**Altuy** · March 21st, 2018 06:38 PM

My "lifetime" FC stats [emoji4]

*mikes
My slowest speed is 13 km/h, which I already consider equivalent to stressful traffic. The return is 9.5 km/L (full tank method of computation); whereas the MID result is at 9.71 km/L (10.3 L of fuel over a 100-km stretch).

**mikes** · March 21st, 2018 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by Altuy

Hello [emoji4]

I can't tell if you should be concerned; but for comparison purposes, my "lifetime" FC with my M3 is 12.86 km/L at an average speed of 20 km/h (22% expressway).

It would be great to take note of your average speed, as Mr. J (jojopad) asked.

The average speed that's showing on the odometer is 11km/h. Haha. I don't really cover great distances.

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Originally Posted by Altuy

My "lifetime" FC stats [emoji4]

*mikes
My slowest speed is 13 km/h, which I already consider equivalent to stressful traffic. The return is 9.5 km/L (full tank method of computation); whereas the MID result is at 9.71 km/L (10.3 L of fuel over a 100-km stretch).

Do you have an app for this?

**jojopad** · March 21st, 2018 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by mikes

The average speed that's showing on the odometer is 11km/h. Haha. I don't really cover great distances.

With 8.47 km/L FC, that's pretty ok. If we do the math by computing the equivalent FC based on Altuy's:

(10.99 km/Li / 15 kph) * 11 kph = 8 km/Li

Looks like you're FC is even better than Altuy's, at least based on your average kph [emoji106]

**Altuy** · March 21st, 2018 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by mikes

Do you have an app for this?

It's just an Excel file since I compute for my FC manually [emoji4]

I agree with Mr. J. Your FC is better than mine if we're talking about an average speed of 11 km/h [emoji106]

But that also makes me wonder what your odometer was when you got your unit; and if you reset everything on your multi-info display at the time your unit was turned over to you.

Mine has already ran 26 km when I got in my M3. I reset all the stats on the multi-info display, including the average speed. If I'm not mistaken it was at 9 km/h. The fuel gauge? The last bar was blinking already!

**mikes** · March 22nd, 2018 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by jojopad

With 8.47 km/L FC, that's pretty ok. If we do the math by computing the equivalent FC based on Altuy's:

(10.99 km/Li / 15 kph) * 11 kph = 8 km/Li

Looks like you're FC is even better than Altuy's, at least based on your average kph [emoji106]

Interesting calculation. Didn't think about average speed like that. Thanks! Will continue to monitor for changes as I approach 2000km.