it is normal if you are driving in city mostly, slow traffic, jam, traffic lights. more if you are heavy footer.
usually city drive average can get 400km++, highway drive 600km++. decent for a c segment car.

Thanks for these nice tips videos.
Mostly city drive and not frequently driving too as my house to/from office is less than 14km.
Before watching vid2, I have already been practicing gentle on the pedal and try not to exceed 2000RPM. The first day FC was 14L/100KM, so maybe this practice has lower my FC? But still it is way higher than my 17 year-old 1.3 Proton Iswara Aeroback

on day 2 i received my car, i reset the average FC to zero.. before i reset the FC, the mileage shown is 14.2L/100km.. now after driving to 200km mileage (not yet 1000km service), my avg FC is 9.7L/100km.. speed 80-110 km/h city drive..
not sure how its gonna be towards 1000km, but it seems pretty decent..

abang kailord senyap2 baca thread and this morning muncul dengan video feul saving tips

9.7L/100KM and not even 1st service, very impressive. I must drive more often then...

You have to train your right leg.
1. Dont press fuel pedal siok siok. For example when crawling, dont press fuel kuat kuat then press brak frequently.
2. Dont cabar people. I saw many idiots cabar me, when I slow down after saw red light in front of me. They cut me, accelerate more and then stop at the traffic light. What is the point?
3. If have chance, try change to better LRR tyre, like Michelin Energy MX2. It is cheap for 16" - RM380
4. Use 5W30 or 5W20 Full sync engine oil.

Your EX with 16" rim suppose the FC should be better than SX in city drive.

My SX achieved average 8.5L/100KM in mixed city and urban drive. I expect your EX should hit at least 10L/100KM in full City Drive.

Yup it's very true and proven. City drive has a lot of stop & go. At lower gear, engine consumes more fuel to deliver more torque as the car has low momentum.
When cruising, less fuel is needed because car is already moving.

I'm a lurker in nature.

Try resetting the trip meter. Most probably that value is averaging from even before you got your car.
What's important is you take note of the odometer. 9.7L/100KM should get you around 430-450KM per fuel tank.
Keep an eye on yours the next time you fuel up.
And reset the avg FC meter every fuel up.

This post has been edited by kailord: Feb 4 2013, 10:05 AM

Dont get it wrong... Dont maintain the RPM below 2000. Sometimes, you keep your car dragging in low gear will cause your FC even worst...

If no car in front, accelarate kau kau .. let it run ... maintain 60-80km/h is the best for FC.

Please use fuelly.com to calculate FC. That is the best way to calculate accurately... You have to pump full tank everytime.

i try maintaining 2k below lol , 2.0

average now around 400-430km

mostly caught in the jam

what do u mean buy new one? i can go kia and buy new car key? but cost me rm400? that freaking expensive.....

omg....1-1.5k ?

It's actually maintain 2k rpm at higher gear. And this also depends on traffic condition. Makes much more sense when the road is clear.
When crawling, it's not very practical lah. Haha.

I do. Keep track every fuel ups. Got 21 times since bought the car last November.
I consider the trip meter is just a real-time gauge. It's bound to be less accurate but it's a good tool when you're driving. I mean, we can't access fuelly when driving right?

Wow wow... 8.5L/100KM, this is more impressive. Lets hope I will be reaching there one day.

Thanks for the advice. Will take note on those.

2.0 and below 2k rpm....??

*oh...jam....

yup thats the irony....should get 1.6 enough d haha

cannot tahan....rev 99 resulted 330-350km

when first get car suka suka rev....jam that time worsen....the fuel like alcohol vaporize itself

now need to tahan d...right leg like lighter....but someone kacau me...i gonna rev the hell out of him

I try to maintain the RPM below 3... Below 2 mmg susah ooo... After training my FC improve around 10 - 11 L/100KM... My foot is still heavy...

bro 1.6 or 2.0?

below 3k is quite standard....haha

below 3k my FC around 11.7

my experience almost same as urs
hiway driving was 6.6L/100km increase to 7L ( never calc manually but juz refer to the screen)
for city drive, it surprised me on the acceleration initially but after awhile i feel not so significant (maybe i used to it or ecu dah adjust). FC wise, i was light footer before change and now more to heavy footer so FC is about the same

Thanks for sharing... This is good info.

So the bottom line is, if you spend most of the time in highway driving, dont change the rim. Will not help anything.