However , I figured that if I could get within cooee of 8.3L / 100km , that would be a good result . From where I live , it ’ s roughly a 2.5-hour round trip to Traralgon , highway almost the entire way . Once in Traralgon , I drove in stop-start traffic for a good while and headed towards home , running some errands along the way , driving in traffic through the suburbs , etc .
The weather was not favourable – I drove into a strong wind all the way to Traralgon – and as I pulled alongside a bowser for the second time that day , I expected the wind to have increased the MU-X ’ s fuel consumption .
According to the trip-meter , I had driven 255.6km . A quick calculation revealed that the vehicle had consumed an average of 8.65L / 100km – a little over 300ml per 100km more than Isuzu Ute Australia ’ s figure of 8.3L / 100km . It ’ s not a huge difference by any means and I feel reasonably comfortable attributing the extra fuel consumption to the headwinds I experienced when travelling to Traralgon .
As the MU-X was pretty much brand new , with 3000km on the odometer , I am expecting fuel economy to improve as I put more kays on the clock .
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