450km per tank no problems.
I have managed as low as 10 l/100 on the Pacific Highway.

Tyres are my problem.
I rotated them last weekend.
After 14000km I have 1.2 pubic hairs left on the rears before they are illegal.
I might get another 3000 out of them.
Considering I only ever break traction on rare unintended occasions in the wet I think it is pretty hard.
I would say that 50% of my driving is straight country roads.
The other 50% is well... not so straight.

 

My Michelin PS2's have lasted over 35K, which includes half a dozen track days.

 

What sort of tyres are they?

 

I have test drove a 911 from Melbourne to Daylesford and back. In 16 different drivers. The economy when we head back is around 11-12L/100km, but there are a lot of highway miles.

 

Yeah PS2 are good. Just don't get B'stone RE050A runflats (like the one in my current daily drive). Some dude only get 9000km on road conditions.. no burn outs!

 

Are you sure? Maybe he lapsed to look in his rear view mirror at the plumes of smoke behind him!

 

Taka, Howdy mate...!!!!

The RE050A's Normal (that's RE for Rotary Engine BTW!!?) on my RX-8 appear to be wearing very well at 8000 KMS, I find them a good combination of comfort and grip...what do you think..an improvement over the 040's????

Ash

 

And I can just imagine how gently those 16 different drivers babied it, NOT!!

For the performance available the economy is nigh on unbeatable.

 

Runflats still suck, I don't care what bimmer say about more recent generations, yada yada yada. Why didn't you ask for normal rubber when you ordered it?

 

Speaking of tyres, Bridgestone Adrenaline is excellent!! My brother got this on his S2K, they are incredible. I'll get them as soon as my current crappy one wears out, I think they're some older Bridgestone model, but whatever they are it's noisy as hell.

K

 

I've done 18500km on mine over the last 4.5 years.

Still get approx 300km out of 50 ltrs. All city driving Sydney hilly north shore 4km to work and back.

Yes, you read that right. Eighteen and a half thousand kilometers in four and a half years for my daily drive. All stock, no mods, original tyres.

 

The fuel consumption for my daily A-B is 14.3L/100km exactly! I just tested it again today, I had 185km on the trip meter since my last top up, so my calucation is 185x0.143=26.455L, so this is how much I need to top up again, and guess what? The bowser stopped at 26.30L!!! How consistent is that!

BTW, I do this calculation because I need to know how much premix to put in for every refuel, not that I'm counting beans :P:

I do redline about few times a week, and some 6-7k rpm everyday.

K

 

Hmmm, I must be babying my car.

I get 11-12L/100km on my daily commute (mostly 80kph freeway) and can be as good as 9.6 driving the Hume Hwy. I redline the car a couple of times a week to keep it clean.

I don't remember what it was when I tracked it, may be about 25L/100km?

 

Your 80kph freeway says a lot, my daily A-B one way 11.8km, only about 4km is 80kph zone, the rest is 60kph, beside I have about 5-6 minutes of idle wastage at least twice a day for the warm up.

But I really doubt I can achieve 9.6L on the highway.

K

 

I have driven my car to Echuca and back on the Hume and I don't think I even got close to 9.6.

 

These are Dunlop Direzza.
The originals lasted 21k and I drove them another 2k before I changed them. (Dry weather and a long trip)
I think it is the type of gravel on the roads around here. I only get about 30k out of the tyres on the Holden.

It probably doesn't help that I have 2x25 km/h corners before I even leave my street.

If ever this car was designed for a place it is here in the hills.

 

I see under 10L/100KM when I drove to Adelaide. But on daily commute, usually 15L/100KM cause no freeway at all, max speed is 70kph and that's if I'm lucky. The rest are really bumper to bumper traffic.

On track, if I remember correctly, mine drinks 20-25L/100KM

 

I'm amazed you came to one of our Sydney cruises Azza. You must have spent the entire time hoping we didn't go the long way...

 

I think it was one of my longer drives

I know it's "that time of the month" when I stop at a petrol station.

Strange thing is, I do enjoy my fortnightly 4am drive to palm beach and back. Gotta say, zero problems with the car apart from a flat battery from not shutting the boot properly once. Hill start in reverse down my steep driveway and a short drive around sorted that problem quick smart.

The 8 sadly has to go next Feb. Got a few months to decide what I get next. My manly mojo says get the Nissan GTR, the pimple between my shoulders is telling me to go for something PC. My dad wants to sell me one of his Merc 170's built just after WWII (some assembly required).

So far, my mojo has always won

 

Yeah I am thinking of trading mine in on a Veyron or a Lambo..

Which do you think is the better car..

The Veyron, Lamb Mur,...I just cant decide...

 

I like to dream it keeps me sane.

Guess I'll go buy a Polo then :P

 

Err... I did have a Polo

 

 

Some Polos are very fast indeed, lol. Aren't they Len, Timbo?

Go for it Azza. Get the GTR and drive it 500kms a year. That's how most Lambos and Fezzas spend their lives anyway.

Wouldn't it be nice if the GTR caused the Euros (or more importantly the car buying public) to realise how much they overcharge for performance...

 

They even overcharge for coffee.
I think it is a cultural thing.