Panamera car wash timing

Now, finally, tomorrow is the day of the event at Fuji Speedway.Porsche Experience Day."We're off to! ...so we've been working on it for a few days now.When do I wash my Panamera?"I was watching the weather forecast and discussing it with my husband.

Husband: "The best thing would be to go wash the car on Friday, butRain on FridaySo I'll go wash the car on Thursday."
Me: "But on Fridays, I have to use it for my daughter's dentist and daycare, so it will get dirty again."
Husband: "ButRain is forecast for Friday after noon.So, if I drive my Panamera to work on Friday and it's pouring on the way home, it might be clean. No, but the wheels would get dirty again.
Me: "But anyway.SaturdayIt's raining, and it's going to get dirty when it's clean.

But my husband came to work yesterday in his Panamera and washed the car by hand on his way home.

Three ironclad rules for driving today

That said, it was raining this morning, so my husband went to work in the morning with this reminder.

Yeah, well, I'm driving today.
(1) Keep a sufficient distance from the car in front of you to avoid getting splashed by water.
(2) Be sure to avoid puddles.
(iii) Driving at a slower speed to avoid splashing as much as possible.
And drive with the following in mind. This way, the wheels are less likely to get dirty, and if the body gets dirty, at worst, it's manageable!

...Oh, oh.

I drove it as my husband instructed me to do, because he said it was a good point, and so far the wheels are still clean (laughs).

What is the cumulative fuel consumption of the Panamera after delivery?

Before going to Fuji, I decided to check a little about the current fuel economy and mileage of the Panamera. I got to the fuel economy screen on the meter.CumulativeI can get the cumulative fuel consumption so far since the delivery of the car when I switch to(I didn't know that until now)According to the

Date of delivery: October 12, 2017 (approximately 8 months after delivery)
Running time: 247:36h
Distance: 8791.0 km
Cumulative average: 14.2l/100km
Average speed: 37 km/h

And that's what I'm talking about. Here's the trick question...look at this fuel economy.Fuel economy averaging 14km/l is soooo good!"I'm tempted to pause and poke my head in the sand... or so I used to think.

The meter on our Panamera shows that my husbandInstead of "how many kilometers per liter (◯km/l)", it is "how many liters are used to drive 100km (◯l/100km)".Because of the notation(The latter is the norm in Europe).If we recalculate in Japanese notation...

Fuel consumption "7.0 km/l".

It's never good enough.(-_-)But the catalog values show that the

Total average: 10.6 km/l (9.4 - 9.3 l/100 km)
Urban area: 7.7 km/l (12.9 - 12.8 l/100 km)
100 km/h cruise: 13.6 km/l (7.3 - 7.2 l/100 km)
*Pass: 5.3km/l→This is not listed in the catalog value, but this is the value according to Cargraphic.

So, my family has beenI drive most often in congested urban areas with many traffic lights, and my husband also drives more than the average family on mountain pass roads such as Ashiu.This seems to be a reasonable number considering the fact that

Fuel economy of the Panamera Turbo is not bad.

No, really, the Panamera Turbo gets too much gas!" I told my husband.

However, the fuel consumption of a 4LV8 twin-turbo (550 hp) with a huge body weighing more than 2 tons is very good considering other manufacturers.

My husband told me.

I see. So.Comparing the Panamera Turbo with the fuel economy of vehicles with similar engines from Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, and BMW.I decided to do so. We also wanted to know the actual fuel consumption, not the catalog value, so we decided to look up data from test drives in the automotive media, personal blogs, etc.

The results are as follows.

(1) Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG 4MATIC Long (5.5-liter V8 twin-turbo engine)
8.9km/l
→Reference article: Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG 4MATIC Long (4WD/7AT) [Test Drive].
(2) Lexus LC500 (5-liter V8 NA engine)
Average: 9.0km/l city: 6.2km/l, highway: 11.8km/l
→Reference article: I don't care about fuel economy, but I do! Lexus LC500 Test Drive & Fuel Economy Report (1/2)
BMW M5 (4.4-liter V8 twin-turbo engine)
Average: 6.0km/l city: 4.4km/l, highway: 7.4km/l
→Reference article: BMW M5 (F10) specs and thorough explanation of price, evaluation, etc.

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...hmmm...I don't know...(*_*) (laughs)

I knew the Panamera Turbo was more fuel efficient than other manufacturers' models!"I checked the results expecting to see a difference, but I can't really tell what the difference is. If anything, other manufacturers have better numbers.

I am not familiar with any car models made by manufacturers other than Porsche, so it is a mystery to me whether it was a good idea to compare them with this kind of car (explosion).

Porsche gets better than catalog values.

However, I can say this. Porsche actually does absolutely better numbers than almost all catalog values when you actually drive it. Cargraphic once did a thorough verification of the car, and even though it was in pretty bad condition, the results were still better than the catalog values.

→ [see article].Are Porsche catalog values really accurate? I verified the Panamera with CG magazine.

thereforePorsche is a very reliable manufacturer.I will force myself to conclude today's article with the following.