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    Bumili ng kia soul yung GF ko yung 1.6L A/T gas. Parang medyo malakas sa gas halos kasing lakas ng 2010 Tucson GLS gas ko, 8km/L highway driving. SLEX speed 70-90kph, ayaw pa ihataw ng GF ko kaya mabagal lang takbo. Normal lang ba ito? Sino pang owners ng 1.6L soul? Feedback naman mga sir.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Animetal View Post
    Bumili ng kia soul yung GF ko yung 1.6L A/T gas. Parang medyo malakas sa gas halos kasing lakas ng 2010 Tucson GLS gas ko, 8km/L highway driving. SLEX speed 70-90kph, ayaw pa ihataw ng GF ko kaya mabagal lang takbo. Normal lang ba ito? Sino pang owners ng 1.6L soul? Feedback naman mga sir.
    Maybe you can teach your GF a few fuel saving tips?

    http://tsikot.com/forums/car-economy...-summer-81618/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Animetal View Post
    Bumili ng kia soul yung GF ko yung 1.6L A/T gas. Parang medyo malakas sa gas halos kasing lakas ng 2010 Tucson GLS gas ko, 8km/L highway driving. SLEX speed 70-90kph, ayaw pa ihataw ng GF ko kaya mabagal lang takbo. Normal lang ba ito? Sino pang owners ng 1.6L soul? Feedback naman mga sir.

    I have driven the SOUL 1.6L and it can go 0-100kph rather quickly but it does seem to favor a cruising speed of around 90kph.

    8km/L (highway) for a 1.6L is rather low, maybe some changes in driving habits can improve that.

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    Wait for it to break in. New engines only hit their stride after about 10,000 kilometers.

    And she might be driving too slow. Though what is more important than actual cruising speed is how you get there. If she spends too long accelerating (taking, for example, one whole minute to get to 80 km/h), that can explain the poor fuel consumption.

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    sir niky, is there an official or a reported FC of the 1.6 soul?

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    Don't know official. I was not the one who did the Soul article for the magazine, so I have no firsthand knowledge of the fuel consumption, but I have driven it on two separate test drives.

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    Official fuel mileage of the SOUL 1.6 is 11(city)/13(highway) Km/L

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    Salamat sa mga feedback.
    Yes I think she was running too slow, most of the time I am seeing only 70kph. One more thing is I think we didnt get a full tank to the brim to begin with. Thats is why there was also descrepancy when we refueled again in sto tomas. We will try again this weekend.

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    Ah... the only way to be sure is to top off the tank (first click), drive around, then top off again at the exact same pump.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghosthunter View Post
    Official fuel mileage of the SOUL 1.6 is 11(city)/13(highway) Km/L
    Sir does official mean it is from actual tests here in the Philippines? Or is this the one claimed by Kia?

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2011 Kial SOUL 1.6L gas consumption