I've owned this Vitara for 2 weeks now, and I'm quite happy with it. Feels nice, the ride is nice and 3 years free service.

But just one thing that troubles me... A LOT. It's about the fuel consumption.

Yeah I know it's an SUV, 2.0 liter, and it's bigger than Toyota Rush. But RM50 for only 100+ km is frickin mad! Just to tell you guys that I've been travelling about 500km for this week, and I've pumped RM200 for it! (full tank of 56 liter GV is about RM100 for RON95, RM140 for RON97), whereas it should go more than that. I've managed to control my right foot to 10km/liter since there's the fuel economy display below the meter gauge. So it should go for about 560 km in a full tank. But that's not happened to me at all. It's like I'm doing 5km/liter the whole time. I've experienced driving MPVs, cars with higher displacement, but this GV is really a fuel guzzler. And it's not 4WD!

I've talked to my SA and he told me, "Of course la FC is high, it's 2.0 and it's an SUV!" WTF!? But not this high!

And he said, "You have to control your right foot more la." Is 45 km/h is not enough?? Do I need to drive like a lorry sampah or a bulldozer?

I really do think there's something wrong with my Vitara. There's no oil leaking, no problem with the engine when I went to my first service... If this is the true nature of the GV then I need to put the NGV. I can't cope with RM200 per week just for a petrol. That's totally insane

Earlier this week I've pumped RON97 at BHP, and I reseted the trip meter. Guess what? 450km! WTF??? That's even worse than my dad's Citroen Evasion which is bigger and heavier. I'm really not sure wether it's just me or it is normal for GV. I heard from other GV users that the FC is fine.

Now I really need an NGV.

This post has been edited by sleever: Feb 20 2011, 12:38 PM