Hi, I need help in estimating the distance of my trip yesterday, because I'm trying to compute for my FC. I know this would have been much easier by just measuring my odometer mileage, but my odometer doesn't work.
So here's the route:
Pasig Kapitolyo - C5 - Katipunan (approx 11 km)
Katipunan - Tomas Morato - E.Rod. - Q.Ave - Dangwa (no idea, 15 km?)
Dangwa/UST - Taft/P.Faura (5 km?)
Taft - Quirino - SLEX - Eton Exit - Tagaytay (70 km?)
Palace in the Sky - Cliff House (10 km?)
Cliff House - Eton Exit - SLEX - C5 - Katipunan - Commonwealth - Fairview (90 km?)
Fairview - Pasig Kapitolyo (24 km)
If my estimates are correct, I travelled around 225 KM.
I used up around 1.2k worth of gas (gassed up 1k but consumed a little more), so given today's prices (48.20), that's approximately 25L.
This means I'm only making 9 km/L on mostly highway driving. This is sad because it's an L200 with a 4D56 engine that was overhauled just a few years ago. I thought the 4D56 had legendary fuel efficiency?
Is there a mistake in my computation of distance?
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May 5th, 2011 06:39 PM #1
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May 5th, 2011 06:43 PM #2la din tripmeter?
Originally Posted by jut703
paayos mo na yan bro.
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May 5th, 2011 08:36 PM #4with all due respect... i question your methodology.
first, you estimated distance is precisely that: an estimate. it can be anywhere within +/- 20%, if you are lucky..
second, you are not sure how much fuel you used..
third, the tagaytay trip involves a slope. i am not sure the mileages involving this segment, are a true rendition of your fuel efficiency. i am not sure if it is safe to assume their (dis)advantages cancel out each other. and this involves more than 50% of your studied estimated distance.
my suggestion: have your odometer fixed. anything less than that, and your figures are immediately questionable. and involve longer distances over longer periods of time.Last edited by dr. d; May 5th, 2011 at 08:53 PM.
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May 5th, 2011 08:52 PM #5You are using a rebuilt engine from years ago. Originally Posted by jut703
Driving with aircon in summer.
With a broken ODO meter.
What are you expecting?
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May 6th, 2011 01:23 AM #6Yes, the tripmeter is broken as well. And yes, I know the proper procedure to measure mileage. Thing is, I just borrowed this car and it's not the one I usually drive. Which is why I'm trying to estimate the distance I drove.
I'm quite certain with the amount of fuel I gassed up, what I need to be certain of is the distance I traveled. All I'm sure of is the distance from Pasig to Katipunan and from Fairview to Pasig. The rest, I'm not quite sure of, which is why I asked here in the navigation forums.
I've experienced over 11 km/L with a Tagaytay trip in an Altis 2.0V, which is why I'm wondering why the low mileage.
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May 6th, 2011 09:01 PM #8Just two, me and my passenger.
I've given it some thought and assuming that my calculations of distance are about right, and my fuel consumption is somewhere between 9-10 KM/L for the L200, then I think the low numbers could be attested to my driving.
It was my first time driving an awfully slow car on a long-distance trip, and I'm used to traveling at 100-140 kph on the highway if the traffic allows. I didn't have a working speedometer during the trip, but seeing as I was able to overtake most cars on the highway (the trip up is a different story, the old pickup took forever to pass a car uphill, it was almost dangerous), I guess I was also traveling at around 100-120 kph.
This may have put so much stress on the engine (no tachometer but I have this feeling I was near the redline since I wasn't increasing in speed anymore even if I floored it), that even if the engine is inherently efficient, when at 100% load, it gobbles diesel as well. Driving at those speeds with a 2-liter vehicle on the other hand isn't as stressful to the engine, which may explain why the fuel consumption is better.
This is of course, just a theory, and I just based it on the Top Gear feature wherein an M3 had better mileage than a Prius around the track, with both cars going at the fastest the Prius can go.
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May 6th, 2011 09:42 PM #9Simple lang ang pag compute ng distance nyan bro. Gamitin mo google earth. yun nga lang, kailangan mo pagtyagaan ng konti.
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May 6th, 2011 10:28 PM #10That was quite a good estimate. Here's an estimate from Mapsource
Pasig Kapitolyo - C5 - Katipunan : 9 km
Katipunan - Tomas Morato - E.Rod. - Q.Ave - Dangwa : 15 km
Dangwa/UST - Taft/P.Faura : 5 km
Taft - Quirino - SLEX - Eton Exit - Tagaytay : 81 km
Palace in the Sky - Cliff House : 11 km (22km roundtrip)
Cliff House - Eton Exit - SLEX - C5 - Katipunan - Commonwealth - Fairview : 83 km
Fairview - Pasig Kapitolyo : 20 km
A total 235 km.
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