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#13 of 16 Re: My 2003 A6 2.7L [dvpriem] by rjlaero

Mar 17, 2008 (10:46 am)

Replying to: dvpriem (Mar 16, 2008 10:19 pm)

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#14 of 16 my experience by dman

Aug 06, 2008 (12:03 am)

'05 A6 3.2Q and have been getting 31-33mpg on the highway 65mph.

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• jkaudia6 (Nov 28, 2009 9:03 am)

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#15 of 16 Re: my experience [dman] by jkaudia6

Nov 28, 2009 (9:03 am)

Replying to: dman (Aug 06, 2008 12:03 am)

Greetings A6'ers
Been over in the maintenance and repair section, interesting reading!
Gallons/Mile or Liters/Kilometer. (1.0 miles = 1.6 Kilometers) just a note:
Gallons/Liters = 1 Gal. = 3.8 liters.
It's an 80 liter tank/3.8 liters/Gal = 21.052631578947368421052631578947 Gals.
 
a. Tire Roll resistance (Summer Tire, All weather Tire or Winter Tires)
b. Tire Pressure
c. Driving conditions (Wind, Rain, Snow, Hot & Cold) & road surface.
d. Air Conditioner On or Off (The ECO Button)
e. Engine Air Filter Clean or Dirty
f. A6 3.2 l Quattro, curb weight just over two (2) tons/4000 pounds.
g. Some A6 3.2 l Quattro's are configured to run or Super or Regular unleaded
I think it's in the manual.
h. Aerodynamic Coefficient of 2.9 WOW, That's only one (1) unit above the Lexus.
(That's a measure of wind resistance, I think)
 
For our friend at the beginning of this thread:
"The Total number of hours driven is accumulative" and can be reset buy pushing
that button on the left or bottom side of the wiper control arm.
The DIS or FIS (Driver Info System display has two read outs:
One for last trip the other for current trip marked (1) & (2) accordingly.
 
Yeap! Total miles driven / Gals. used or refilled when tanking.
80 liter tank or 21.05 Gals.
I have a friend who tells me all the time he does not understand what the big deal is about the prices of Gasoline. I said! What do you mean, when I tank up it cost me almost $60.00. He said " It's simple really, when ever he goes in to gas up he always tanks for twenty dollars."
I've had mine since Aug 09 and it just dawned on me.
The question is how fare can you go on what you got. Or to put it another way
does anyone know how fare a 4000 lb. vehicle will role a given starting speed of say 50 miles/hr.? Well I don't, but what I did find out is that on the Audi web page
they give you driving tips on how to reduce your per.miles or kilometer usage of gas.
So here is what I do:
a. When I'm going down hill I take my foot of the Gas and DIS goes to Zero.
b. I only apply enough pressure on the Gas Pedal (tomakethecarGO.)
This is referred to as the "Egg under the Foot Principal".
TIP: Setup your FIS Mileage readout to position 2 Avg.mile/gal. and see if you can keep your mileage below 8 gals/mi.
c. I have two (2.3) bar of Tire pressure in the front and 2.0 bar in the rear.
d. I rarely drive over 130 Kilometer/Hr on the autobahn.
e. My last tank up was 69.7 liters for 610 kilometers driven.
Note: That's a combined average of highway and city driving.
My Summer tires are Michelin Primacy's and the Winter Tires are Continenal Eco
Contact's.
Well That's about It.
jkAudiA6

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#16 of 16 Re: My 2003 A6 2.7L [archman2] by alexyaz

Feb 19, 2010 (9:09 am)

Replying to: archman2 (Jun 22, 2006 7:29 am)