I conducted my second test on petrol consumption. The route taken was from my house through Jalan Kemajuan to the Subang Airport roundabout and back to just past Carrefoure and up the ramp to enter the Kelana-Subang Jaya link to the same roundabout and back again via the same link and U-turning at the Summit traffic lights before parking my car.
The car is fitted with a couple of meters that, at a press of a button, you can display its consumption rate, distance travelled, time taken, speed at any instance in km/hour, ambient temperature in Celsius and stop-watch meter readings. Another useful feature is that the meter displays the distance in km that the car can traverse before the fuel tank empties. A number of say 420 km dte (distance to empty) means that the petrol is sufficient to cover a distance of 420 km. Another button allows you to set up before you start the car. According to the meter in the test that I conducted, the car travelled a distance of 37.8 km and consumed petrol at the rate of 9.4 km per litre. This worked out to be 26.2675 miles per gallon.
Update 08/09/220: I replaced the 2 front tyres of my Mercedez E-230 when the odometer read 170,288 km. They are identical with the rear tyres, but inflated at 220 Kpa. If fully loaded, the front tyres inflation pressure is 230 Kpa while the rear ones is 280 Kpa. There is still a bit of life left on the tyres yet and they can be used in emergency in the future. After fitting the tyres, driving became smooth and there was no shake of the steering wheel at higher speeds.
At the Sunway area, one shop verbally quoted that, for a front pair of Brembo rotors and pads, the price was RM 3,000 while for the rear pair, the price was RM 2,000. The Brembo calipers are not included in the quote. The Brembo brake pad of ceramic compound costs RM 1,200, though I was not sure whether the price was for a piece, a pair or a set of four pads.
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