Go diesel, save the earth

[sayantan]

Hallo everybody, wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year.

Myself is Sayantan from Kolkata, India just love cars and therefore love to know and discuss the statistics of this machines in order to have a good insight knowledge in order to take good care.

Driving is my passion whether city or Highway

I got my Ritz Ldi delivered on 30th sept. 2011.) Forced to choose a diesel due to uncontrolled petrol hike). Great view from inside, powerful engine
(1.3 DDis), can’t feel whether its a diesel or petrol one while driving except the sound of diesel engine, best in class rear space considering its width along with the tall boy design, excellent pick up even better than petrol but the steering is a bit hard compared to Santro.

Clocked 3000 kmpl, getting an average of 19kmpl in busy streets of Kolkata with a little bit of hypermiling.

Have got an optimistic target is 25 kmpl in city:

Have not tested in Highway yet....

[Diesel_Dave]

Welcome to Ecomodder! 25 km/L is about 59 mpg (US). With a 1.3L diesel that seems very do-able to me. There are 6 diesel cars on out top 10 list above that, and many have larger engines than you.

That being said, having been to India myself, it should be noted that "city traffic" has a COMPLETELY different definition in India than it does in the US or Europe. The word "chaos" usually applies. How in the world you would hypermile in those conditions is beyond me. I guess it might be possible if you're in a lesser traveled area. If there's a bright side, I guess it's that nobody really cares if you obey the traffic laws (stop signs, etc.) in India!

Go ahead and load your vehicle details into the Garage and start a fuel log and then we can see your progress.

[Piwoslaw]

Welcome to EM

19mpg in the city is already quite good The best mods for city driving are low rolling resistance (pumped up tires) and weight reduction (remove everything you don't need, even the rear seats).
A grille block in your climate might not be the best of ideas...

Originally Posted by Diesel_Dave

That being said, having been to India myself, it should be noted that "city traffic" has a COMPLETELY different definition in India than it does in the US or Europe. The word "chaos" usually applies. How in the world you would hypermile in those conditions is beyond me. I guess it might be possible if you're in a lesser traveled area. If there's a bright side, I guess it's that nobody really cares if you obey the traffic laws (stop signs, etc.) in India!

Which also means that no one will care if your aeromods are certified

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by sayantan

Hallo everybody, wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year.

Thank you and welcome to ecomodder !

Does your car have a stop/start system for the engine when you're stopped at a red light ?

getting an average of 19kmpl in busy streets of Kolkata

5,26 L/100km or 44.7 mpg(US)
That's certainly not bad as a city average.

Conversion website :
Online Conversion - Fuel Consumption Conversion

Have got an optimistic target is 25 kmpl in city:

That's only 4 L/100km -58.8 mpg , so it's going to be hard to do.


For city driving, weight is your (second) worst enemy - the worst is the other traffic
Remove all unnecessary weight / objects from the car.
Wheels : choose them as light as possible if you ever want to change them.
Alloy wheels can be heavier than some steel wheels !

[Arragonis]

Welcome.

Not sure if you intended it, but you can vote both yes and no in the poll.

Are you on an Indian car site ? I'm on a couple there too

AFAIK the only issue with the MJ here is the DPF, otherwise you have a superb engine.

EDIT - Are you on TeamBHP ?

[sayantan]

Originally Posted by Diesel_Dave

Welcome to Ecomodder! 25 km/L is about 59 mpg (US). With a 1.3L diesel that seems very do-able to me. There are 6 diesel cars on out top 10 list above that, and many have larger engines than you.

That being said, having been to India myself, it should be noted that "city traffic" has a COMPLETELY different definition in India than it does in the US or Europe. The word "chaos" usually applies. How in the world you would hypermile in those conditions is beyond me. I guess it might be possible if you're in a lesser traveled area. If there's a bright side, I guess it's that nobody really cares if you obey the traffic laws (stop signs, etc.) in India!

Go ahead and load your vehicle details into the Garage and start a fuel log and then we can see your progress.

Thanks Dave

You are quite right, city streets in India are a little bit different from US or Europe, main differences are roads are narrow, footpath/walkaways are narrow so people have got tendencies of walking on roads, but traffic rules are strict in Metro/big cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi etc but unfortunately you cannot avoid "chaos" during busiest times of the day since number of cars have increased exponentially as compared to new roads.
I am trying to hit the roads earlier than usual to encounter light traffic.
Lets see....

[sayantan]

Originally Posted by Piwoslaw

Welcome to EM

19mpg in the city is already quite good The best mods for city driving are low rolling resistance (pumped up tires) and weight reduction (remove everything you don't need, even the rear seats).
A grille block in your climate might not be the best of ideas...

Which also means that no one will care if your aeromods are certified

Thanks Piwoslaw

Actually it 19 km/litre that is around 44.8 mpg.

Aeromods have to be registered with the Govt. Road Transport Authority before hiting the roads.

[sayantan]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

Welcome.

Not sure if you intended it, but you can vote both yes and no in the poll.

Are you on an Indian car site ? I'm on a couple there too

AFAIK the only issue with the MJ here is the DPF, otherwise you have a superb engine.

EDIT - Are you on TeamBHP ?

Hi Arragonis

The car maker is Maruti Suzuki with FIAT multijet diesel engine.
I am with couple of sites also but not a member of Team BHP

[sayantan]

Originally Posted by euromodder

Thank you and welcome to ecomodder !

Does your car have a stop/start system for the engine when you're stopped at a red light ?


5,26 L/100km or 44.7 mpg(US)
That's certainly not bad as a city average.

Conversion website :
Conversion - Fuel Consumption Conversion[/url]



That's only 4 L/100km -58.8 mpg , so it's going to be hard to do.


For city driving, weight is your (second) worst enemy - the worst is the other traffic
Remove all unnecessary weight / objects from the car.
Wheels : choose them as light as possible if you ever want to change them.
Alloy wheels can be heavier than some steel wheels !

Thanks Euromodder

Firstly I don't have stop/start system and its not a hybrid also.
You are right wt is the worst enemy I usually keep it as low as possible,
sometime I think of getting rid of the extra tyre (stepni)
its too heavy for any hypermiler but then you have to think about sudden leakages also.

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by sayantan

Hi Arragonis

The car maker is Maruti Suzuki with FIAT multijet diesel engine.
I am with couple of sites also but not a member of Team BHP

Thats a Suzuki Swift elsewhere. Made in India I believe ? I may be wrong though.

Welcome again.