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mxfly

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And I'm not joking about Melb being sunny because it's absolutely glorious weather here! So we decided to take a trip and while doing so I wanted to see how far I can stretch on a full tank of juice. Having consistently achieving about 500-550kms in city driving, I was very curious of how much better economy on the freeway. Well the car travelled to Albury, about 600kms and it drank 65 litres so on a full tank based on being 80L i think, I could have achieved about 740kms. Which is pretty darn good.

So how does everyone do on the freeway?

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Oh I forgot to mention that not everything have been smooth sailing. Firsty I got pelted with gravel and hence scored 2 cracks on the windscreen, but the worst one was my right front plastic overfender flew off somewhere between Goulburn and Gundagai so if anyone happens to drive through and see it, say hello to it!

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Yep, Ian is right again.

Jetwreck lost one on his way to Phillip Island. They are not cheap either.

Last time I did the drive of Canberra to Sydney I think it worked out at 9.8km / Litre.

They can be alright on the open road if you don't get into them too hard.

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We got to Melb on Thursday. I checked the events section but no meets which is ashame.

oh damn. go to the Victoria section. then events.

was a big kebab cruise last night. about 25-30 cars at the meet point.

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but the worst one was my right front plastic overfender flew off somewhere between Goulburn and Gundagai so if anyone happens to drive through and see it, say hello to it!

that's the second one in that part of the road.....$370 from memory!!!!!

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that's the second one in that part of the road.....$370 from memory!!!!!

You forgot the Nissan dealer moto, "prepare to get bent over"

Dare I ask why they keep falling off?! Are they bolted or screwed in or just those little plastic fastners that seem to hold most of the car together? lol

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my tripcomputer thingmee says I'mgoing to get 440km's around town or something, does seem thirsty!

I'm confused by the whole km's per litre thing so i'm doing my own recording on an iphone app and I'll be able to work out the exact mileage I'm getting so I can see if there's something wrong (o2 sensor or anything)

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