Just some ES vs Mazda 3 calculations

[bd-850]

never knrew Brocky was reincarnated

[SXLancerMum]

Im really most interested in how Lancers hold up hold up on 8 hour long cruises at 110kph.

They go really well. They're comfy and you don't have to try to pour yourself out at the end of the day.

I drive long distances all the time. 6 to 9 hour days. Actually the only other car I can handle driving long distances in, for my back and hips etc, is my 20 year olds 1994 VP Calais. The seats in that old bugger are very comfy. Old soft leather. I'd rather drive the Lancer though. It's easier than fighting an old car. You don't even notice you're driving some days. The cruise control makes life extremely easy.

I found that at 15000 she was getting a bit sluggish after all the driving she was doing (that was in January and she's done 4000 since) and she had a nice service and she's back to being the super responsive beauty she was before. She's sitting on 19000 now. Actually we did the 4000 in around 2 weeks.

[SXLancerMum]

never knrew Brocky was reincarnated

You must have missed the Memo

[cj_sx_2011]

Jacqueline i seen you wrote at 15,000 it was getting sluggish, explain to me if u could. coz mine is nearly on 10000, and its going strong as.

[cj_sx_2011]

was u loosing fuel efficacy? or just took off slow and had no power?

[SXLancerMum]

It was a bit slower off the mark and needed a bigger push to overtake and that. I had to pick my overtaking spots again. Usually I can just sail past anything in the shortest spots but not then. Mine was fine until about 13000 and then it started to feel off and now it's back to being brilliant. I think it did use a little more fuel but changing between E10 and 91 or 95 depending on availability and price in the country stuffs around with that anyway.

Mine does get a workout though. A lot of the trips from November to January (and still to be honest) have been between Gloucester and Blayney and Gloucester and Brisbane and she's been used like a removal van. Always fully packed. We're talking furniture, boxes, bags of crap. I make sure that nothing is impeding my rear view or out of my side windows but other than that the rest is tightly packed and very heavy. There's usually only enough room for me to drive it. It doesn't affect the performance either. Still flies along overtaking everything in sight when I need it too usually. Even full.

The sluggishness was whether it was full or empty by the way. I know it would have less power when it was full to when it was empty. But it was the same all the time.

Fuel efficiency is another matter all together. I just wish NSW would stop this stupid E10 thing. When you use E10 the efficiency isn't right. It uses over 8L/100 on E10 on my long trips (sometimes 8.5 or more) but when I can get 91 it only uses around 7. I can do the trip from Lithgow to Sydney using 5.3L/100 km. Then it goes to around 6.5 from Blacktown to the end of the F3. I've done the trip heaps. Put E10 in and she's doing in the 7s to Sydney and then close to 8 to the F3. It goes down to around 7.4 by the time it gets to Gloucester. 95 is the same as the E10 in her. And my mechanic upped me at my service for using E10. Sometimes you just have no choice.

Mine is an early 2011 model by the way. They were a little different to the later ones. The kw in the specs for mine were higher than the later ones and the fuel efficiency went from 7.4/100km to 6.9 as well. Someone said that Mitsubishi changed the power steering and played around with the power and that to drop the fuel use on here sometime last year.

[cj_sx_2011]

that is good to know thanx, but the fuel i use is only 95 vortex (and used it from when i first bought the car) it drives and sounds alot nicer on 95 vortex over the 98, but the bp ultimate didnt go super good in my car it felt like my car was shit as..

when i drove from mine to port augusta i was sitting on 112 kz, and it only got down to 7.3L/100km, and that took 3 hrs i think. but does rev sort of high i think it sits on like 2800 or 3000 i carnt remeber.

but mine goes extremely well and quick, keep up with my brother xr6, and it churps into second very easy, i have an exhaust to, but its only an axel back so no real great gain in power lol.

what did the mechanic change to make it goin good as again? i have the 10 yr warranty thing so ill defiantly make sure they look at my car when it starts to happen, as my car is september 2011.

hope that all makes sence..

[SXLancerMum]

I think mine revs around 2500 to 3000 at 112ks. I do that down the F3 Freeway here quite often.

It was pretty much just an oil and filter change at 15000 I think. Probably had some dirty filters. Who knows. I drop it off and whinge it's not doing what it's supposed to and they fix it. I'm in it enough to know when it's not right.

It was really sluggish off the mark when I got it. The car didn't want to rev high. It was like it was programmed to be good. I was a little disappointed in it I must say but decided that I'd probably have to change my driving style. Once it had its 1500 service it was like they flipped a switch and it is extremely fast off the mark. The boys here mostly give me shit because I said I beat an SS Commodore off at the lights but I did. Whatever they did at that 1500 service has made it very responsive. They reckon they didn't do anything but something changed.

[cody_au]

Thanks SXLancerMum, that's what I wanted to know.

[Chubb]

The best reason is that the Lancer CAN beat SS Commodores at the lights. Well mine can with me driving it

You do know posting stuff like that is against the club rules, beating cars at the lights is in fact street racing/hooning.

[SXLancerMum]

No Chubb I don't street race. I get off at the lights fast to let the guy behind me have a chance to get through. We were in Adelaide about 18 months ago and one of the lights only stayed green long enough for one car to get through. It didn't help that the person in front of us took forever to get going.

I just try to get to the speed limit as quickly as I can to not impede other road users behind me.

[bd-850]

I just try to get to the speed limit as quickly as I can to not impede other road users behind me.

still classed as Hooning or Racing. ive been warned because i took off from the lights quickly and up to speed, my dad got booked and a 12 month good behaviour ond for "Drag Racing" up the main street in a Reno 750, while still in first gear all because he was beside a car to get his numberplate to report him because he nearly took out 2 cars.

so it will still be Hooning, Racing or Negligent driving.