Had fun with the Altis? I got spanked real hard by a current gen Altis on the way down from Baguio via Marcos. He knew the banks and the curves, plus he had the cornering ability. Astig! He was hugging the curves, and all I could do was watch. Na-miss ko mag-drive ng oto. So I just took it out on an Exped and Accord combo when I had the chance. Hehehe!
Got to do some analysis finally. On the way to Baguio, I registered 235 kms until Caltex Sison with only 1/8 tank consumed. Added another 52 kms from there till The Manor climbing via Aspiras-Palispis and consuming another 1/8 tank. 287 kms for 1/4 tank of Euro 2 diesel, not bad at all
Say the tank is 75 liters (18.75 for 1/4 tank, 9.375 for 1/8 tank):
- That's about 15 km/L from Ortigas up to Baguio via Marcos, nice. And that's with a lot of overtaking on MacArthur, though within limits at NLEX and SCTEX.
- An expectedly underwhelming 5.55 km/L from Sison up to Baguio. Nawili sa akyatan, sarap humatak!
- About 25 km/L from Ortigas to Sison. Whoa!
Of course, these are just guesstimates, assuming the fuel gauge is fairly accurate and that it's equally split into 4 sections, which really isn't the case. But hey, pang long drive nga talaga ang GS, hence my curiosity for starting this thread.
A big thanks to everyone for chiming in. I would like to go up again, but this time take the Nueva Ecija route and find out how it goes. Sana ok na din ang Kennon by then.