So is 91 the lowest octane level available in Australia or do you also have 87? I am planning on using 87 in my GT but was worried about lower mpgs or lost in performance. I guess i'll see when i get the vehicle!

 

Hmm, according to that wiki link it looks like the US and Canada use a different rating system from most of the rest of the world; the octane numbers at the pump here are RON (Research Octane Number), whereas apparently the US and Canada use the AKI (Anti-Knock Index) at the pump. So supposedly our 91RON (minimum available) is the equivalent of your 87AKI. This is the one I use.
We then have 95RON, about 90AKI, and 98RON, about 94AKI. I haven't tested them on the Outlander, but on my previous vehicles my testing didn't indicate enough gains in power and/or economy to justify the extra cost.

 

Thanks for the info Rogue!

 

2012 XLS gets about 500 - 550km with mixed driving and almost 700km on highway only.
I've seen my instant fuel economy gauge go down to 7.0l/100km once while on the 401. I was nursing it all the way to get it that low on highway speeds!
Btw I use regular fuel instead of the recommended premium fuel.

 

That is great fuel economy! Is your Outlander a 4 or 6 cyl?

 

V6. I had an 08 i4 ES AWC as well and got similar gas mileage on highway but slightly less with mixed driving mostly because I had 235/70/16 AT tires on it.
The handicap of this vehicle is the milk carton sized gas tank.

 

The ASX is not an Outlander but a smaller vehicle with a smaller engine.

 

As this website has both US and international appeal the units used is important. MPG can refer to US gallons as 3.7854Litres or Imperial Gallon as 4.549 Litres. so MPG is ambiguous depending on UK or US gallon. Note also spelling as in the MKS system it is litre not liter. One day the United States will modernise and adopt the MKS system but I am not holding my breath on that one. (Litres and km).Also the international system has fuel usage as litres per 100km. Statements of distance being miles or km per tank or what the totally inaccurate trip computer shows are meaningless. I have recorded every fill of every car I have owned since 1970 and the Outlander 2.4 litre CVT has averaged about 11 litres per 100km. Always driven gently, I am fortunate to be retired and can avoid the stop-start traffic of the daily work commute. I am extremely disappointed with the fuel consumption of this car. Manufacturers are building cars and programming the system to meet an unrealistic and simplistic test that doesn't represent the real driving conditions. ps a single long distance highway figure in optimum conditions, constant speed does not show the normal fuel consumption of the daily commute. I am grateful for my Physics education using Haliday and Resnick textbook and the PSSC course that proved that the United States could understand metric units. Why use miles and Gallons, Pints and Quarts that are peculiar to the United States and not International Units. If anyone claims 40+ miles per Gallon from a 4 cylinder Petrol Outlander, even the 4.549 litre one, they are fooling themselves.
It is possible for the diesel though.
ZG 2009 2.4 litre petrol 60 litre tank 91 RON used sparingly on longer trips. Have a far more economical Toyota Corolla 1.8 litre for daily use.

 

You know what, that's a question i forgot to ask when i purchased this vehicle. 15.8 US. Gal/60 Lt...is this correct? That is a very small tank indeed.

 

Yep both my 08 and 12 have the same 60l capacity. I believe the 2wd has 62.
My 07 Galant i4 had 67l, my 93 Infiniti J30 had 72l and my current 2012 TL SH-AWD has 70l.