My father and I went to La Union two days ago (Wednesday) for a business trip. We filled the Matrix up to full tank (approx 55L) in Shell, near Meralco and Olopsc. Upon filling her up, we reset the odometer to zero and we've decided to test how much she would consume without turning off the air-con. Revving is normal (shift upon reaching 2,000 rpm), 100-120kph would be the cruising speed on NLEX, etc.



Upon reaching and finishing our purpose on San Juan, La Union we went back to Bauang and rested in Long Beach resort. We headed home the next day (601km total) and this is what has appeared on the fuel meter:



We have to admit that we are still skeptic on the result. The arrow indicates that the fuel remaining is a little bit over the half-tank mark (we are assuming a safe estimate of a half-tank consumption). Who knows, after breaching the half mark, the arrow might as well drop faster.

It is possible that we might be able to go to Laoag next week to collect some moolah from our debtors. A round trip usually yields 1000+ km.

I'll bring a digicam next time as the photos were shot with a crappy Dbtel 2051C.