I just wanted to thank you guys for the replys and the constructive information. Ithink it put my fears to rest aboutpurchasing anOutlander. Thanks again for all theinput!

 

The new Outies have a 60l tank. The first fuel warning comes on when you have 10l remaining (about 100km range). A second warning appears at 5l remaining. The second warning has to be over-ruled by holding down the reset button for more than 3 seconds. . . . hard to ignore.

 

I would say your power pack is making your outlander use more fuel I am getting489 miles out of my fuel tank whcih = 786km mixed driving average speed about 35mph/56kmh (2.0 VAG engine) i know the outlander 4wd has a smaller tank than the 2wd version

Puddy
Just out of interest how much does the power pack cost? Had one fitted to my shogun sport

 

I get 550 km with about 5 or 6 liter left, so I could drive another 100 km before risking an empty tank. The powerpack was around 1000 euro. Having the power pack will lower consumption if you keep driving axactly like you did before. But as I mentioned before you're shifting will be delayed and getting more horses will make you kick the accelleration a lot harder, just because your foot got a lot heavier after the power pack (you're shifting at a higher speed and at higher rpm than before).
That I use a lot more then I'm supposed to is actually not that weird: I live about 8 km from my office and I don't drive economically at all. It takes at least 3 km to get the engine warm. I'm in real estate so I have a lot of short trips during the day (also cold engine again) Combine this with heavy traffic in the morning/afternoons and my speeds when there's no heavy traffic it results in higher usage. I drive mostly in the city (75%) and I usually go between 70 and 80 (12,5L/100km @ 80 km/h, actually a lot more because of traffic lights) in the city and 150 (10L/100km @ 150 km/h) on highways, depends on the speed limit (30 passed the speed limit means getting your license revoked), I'm always in a hurry even if I'm not in a hurry.
When I take a longer drive with mostly highways at 150 the consumption is the same. Between 100 and 120 with a constant speed consumption drops to 7L/100km)
Seems normal to me, right?