Metal Bronzee

wow......your fc is sooooo good.
mine is @ 9.5 - 9.9l/100km...........wonder whats wrong........
btw what is your travelling pattern ?

city / highway percentage ?

20/80 rims and tyre change. Never see 9 anymre, always at 8.2 average. Average expressway speed 90km/hr. Never press pedal on slope unless car behhind too aggresive. On shell 95 only. Did not try on98 yet after change of rims. Very stngy to change to 98 now after spenidn so much . I heard someone is able to reach 6.9, I want to challenge that but no idea how to do it leh.

Rainbow, so what is your rough highway to city percentile ?
Mine is 20% to 30% on highway and 70% to 80% on city.

I think if itravel in city, it will be about 8.8.

I stay in city, take train if need to go anywhere in city so seldom drive unless need to go to office. Go office only once a month.

JuanST wrote:

pessimizt wrote:Yah, rule of thumb is the more highway the lower the FC.

so am from bukit panjang.... i want to go orchard.... to get better fc, i go bke, sle, cte then orchard.....

i am also from bukit panjang and staying @ blk 415, u leh? Maybe can go lim kopi together.

the EX forte steel rims affect the FC not?

Forte2010, not so sure leh.
But since its smaller (15") in size than SX (17")....the FC should be better.

But need to take into consideration of alot of other factors:
1) Driving pattern (heavy footer or not)
2) Travelling pattern (highway/city percantile)

rainbow wrote:I think if itravel in city, it will be about 8.8.

I stay in city, take train if need to go anywhere in city so seldom drive unless need to go to office. Go office only once a month.

Wow....go office once a month ? You in insurance or property line ?

wow ur FC not bad yo............

Who, me ???
My FC is average only mainly because i travel more in city.

Just pumped my first Esso 8000 this morning.
As i drive on, i see the FC reading jumps from 20+ to 10+ and then 6+ and for a period, i even see 5.3L/100km !!!

But as soon as i climb upslope, the FC increases again.

So far, the reading now is around 7L/100km. Shall continue to monitor the FC for this tank and will continue to try for another 2 more tanks to get average.

Had a flat battery this morning (around 0715hrs).
- Walk towards car and was unable to unlock / lock doors using remote (bad feeling)
- Used keys to unlock door and go in......and alarm never sound off (more bad feel)
- Insert key and crank start..........no response (siao liao)
- Check headlights (position is off)
- Check hazard light (button is depressed)

Sms my friendly neighbour (joepele) for help and he responded within 30mins !

Used my jumpstart cable and clamp both our batteries but still unable to crank start.
joepele crank start his engine and i tried again......still no good.
After trying a few more times (maybe about 3-5mins later)......joepele managed to crank start my car !!! Phew !
Was about to call AA for assistance then.
Let it charge for 5mins and i move out to office area.
Reached office and turn off engine.
Prayed hard that engine can start again...............and it did.

Should i send the car for checking on the battery ?

Thanks a million to bro joepele for the assistance !!!!

Owe you big time !

maybe ur battery not used to esso8000????
my uncle never tasted esso8000 yet......

JuanST wrote:maybe ur battery not used to esso8000????

Huh.......how is that linked ?

pessimizt wrote:

JuanST wrote:maybe ur battery not used to esso8000????

Huh.......how is that linked ?

dunno..... one post after the other......

No leh.....the pumped esso8000 post was on 12 Feb....today is 26 Feb.....so long already.

ok... another harebrained idea....

maybe since esso8000 worked wonders, maybe battery tot no need to work anymore.....

pessimizt wrote:Had a flat battery this morning (around 0715hrs).
- Walk towards car and was unable to unlock / lock doors using remote (bad feeling)
- Used keys to unlock door and go in......and alarm never sound off (more bad feel)
- Insert key and crank start..........no response (siao liao)
- Check headlights (position is off)
- Check hazard light (button is depressed)

Sms my friendly neighbour (joepele) for help and he responded within 30mins !

Used my jumpstart cable and clamp both our batteries but still unable to crank start.
joepele crank start his engine and i tried again......still no good.
After trying a few more times (maybe about 3-5mins later)......joepele managed to crank start my car !!! Phew !
Was about to call AA for assistance then.
Let it charge for 5mins and i move out to office area.
Reached office and turn off engine.
Prayed hard that engine can start again...............and it did.

Should i send the car for checking on the battery ?

Thanks a million to bro joepele for the assistance !!!!

Owe you big time !

dun worry about it man.

30 mins? So long ah...



Juz remember, connect the black cable first, then the red cable.

Opppsss....yah hor.....should have been within 15mins.
Noted the cable part with thanks !

pessimizt wrote:Had a flat battery this morning (around 0715hrs).
- Walk towards car and was unable to unlock / lock doors using remote (bad feeling)
- Used keys to unlock door and go in......and alarm never sound off (more bad feel)
- Insert key and crank start..........no response (siao liao)
- Check headlights (position is off)
- Check hazard light (button is depressed)

Sms my friendly neighbour (joepele) for help and he responded within 30mins !

Used my jumpstart cable and clamp both our batteries but still unable to crank start.
joepele crank start his engine and i tried again......still no good.
After trying a few more times (maybe about 3-5mins later)......joepele managed to crank start my car !!! Phew !
Was about to call AA for assistance then.
Let it charge for 5mins and i move out to office area.
Reached office and turn off engine.
Prayed hard that engine can start again...............and it did.

Should i send the car for checking on the battery ?

Thanks a million to bro joepele for the assistance !!!!

Owe you big time !

wah........... so good neighbour u have ...
i face this problem dunno which good neighbour can help?
can i call joepele too? whahahahah

kiang, where you live ? if nearby and available, i dont mind helping out. ** but of course i am not expecting you to kena (touchwood) **

whahahaha bro thks !!

WOODLANDS wor ....

juz happy for u to have a good neighbour

Sorry bro.....woodlands is way off for me.......
Better for you to remember to switch everything off before locking car.
This is a great lesson for me.
I have always thought how come people's car can have flat battery due to forgotten to off headlight or hazard light..........and now i got it.

Got some disgusting pix...........on bird poo....................havent got a chance to download from phone........

This is the worst hit i ever had...........

Car battery...... and bird party poo on same day.........

Bird Party Poop..........got all these in 1 night. Seems like they trying to aim my antenna ? Bulls-eye ??? Pic taken in office carpark.

Seems like it was done by big birds. The **** is so thick.

bro, have u do PPS or any other paint protection on your car ??

wrote:bro, have u do PPS or any other paint protection on your car ??

Hello, yes i did CSII about a month after collecting car.