In Reply to: No, it is increased resistance posted by John C. - Aussie on November 12, 2004 at 14:57:47:
my measurements were done on two separate Sydney to Canberra trips, so i doubt traffic and/or wind would have been significant factors. the wind conditions on both occasions seem roughly the same.maintained average freeway speeds of 115km/h on cruise control for both trips.
on dry conditions, my audi a4 was doing an average of 6.5 l/100km end-to-end (including Sydney and Canberra city traffic)
on wet, i think it was more like 7.5 l/100km.
my best so far is 6.1 Sydney to Newcastle (again, "end-to-end" or "door-to-door")
my best "normal traffic" is 7.9 from home to office (about 8kms).
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