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My car's mileage after a year

Its close to a year since I purchased my i10 Magna 1.2 kappa and I decided to test its mileage. Its just an approximate figure as I did not bother to get too technically precise with the measurements. Without AC: The drive was for four days from RT Nagar to Koramangala and back again. Its about 16 kms one way and totally it comes to about 16 * 8 = 128 kms. I usually go to the shell petrol bunk in bellary road and this time I filled for 500 rupees which is about 8.2 litres of normal unleaded petrol. So the mileage comes to about 15.6 kpl. It could be more as I drove around other places too but I am not considering that here. So approximately I would say 16 kmpl. The company says 19.6 kpl and I am close to that. With AC: Yesterday I  had to pick my friend from whitefield. He was newly married and we had invited them for lunch. I had been to the same petrol station this time and filled for 500 rupees. This time the AC was on throughout the journey. The drive was from RT Nagar to w

Mileage - Do you get what the company promises?

Yes! You do get close to what the company promises if you drive well. I was watching discovery turbo where they tested three different cars in road conditions to determine if they match the company promised figures. The cars were from Skoda, Volvo and another company I don't recollect now. All tests seemed to match close to the figures promised. So it looks like there are bad drivers out there ;-)