Long Distance Trip

The last time I travelled long distance in my Mazda 6 to Malacca, I had a rather scary incident involving the Auto Cruise (link to the story). I had to make another trip to a further state to a town named Batu Pahat in the state of Johor. The trip takes around 500 km two ways and with my problem of falling asleep in the afternoon, I decided to drive quickly at an average speed of 160 km/h. Although proven in the other post regarding the Auto Cruise that the Mazda 6 is very fuel efficient especially when using the Auto Cruise. However, I was a bit skeptical of the mileage I could achieve this time while speeding. I was surprised when I managed to clock 601 km from 53 liters of petrol at an average speed of 160 km/h. This tells me that even at a high speed and without Auto Cruise, the Mazda 6 is definitely something special. I am very confident with what kind of setting where my Mazda 6 can perform efficiently. So confident, that I miscalculated another time. 

On my second trip to Batu Pahat again, I drove like I did the last time and expect similar mileage but this time I used the Auto Cruise more often. Half tank gone and I found out I have better mileage than the first trip by using the Auto Cruise. However, my problem started when I was around 80 km away from home. The same thing that happened during my Malacca Trip occurred again. I was again in the situation where there was no bar left on the fuel gauge and the remaining trip meter has reached 0. I quickly turned on the Auto Cruise and set in at 70 km/h and started rolling. After going on what seems like a very long journey, I started to panic because I could not find any petrol station and I keep getting the feeling that my reserve fuel is almost gone. Praying for the next petrol station to appear, I finally saw a sign that states that the nearest petrol station is 10 km away. I saw hope and keep rolling forward but it seem endless and I panicked again. By the time I finally reached the petrol station, I was relieved and saw that I broke the previous record and totaled 628.5 km with 54 liters of petrol. 

Once again proven that the Mazda 6 deserves a title of one of the most fuel efficient car despite its size and engine size. 2 thumbs up. However, I really wish the "almost out of petrol, rolling to find petrol station" situation will never happen to me again. Definitely can live longer without the stress of such situation.