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Pedro_The_Swift
24th June 2009, 05:38 PM
The side mirrors are HUGE, like Telstra stadium HUGE.
the thing goes quite hard up to cough100cough,,
Press [press once, release, wait-- ] button starts are way cool:cool:
Fuel over the last tank was used at 17l per 100.
did I mention the side mirrors are HUGE??
and block out a LOT of vision?
seats are comfy,
rear vision is terrible, which explains camera.
man size inside door handles!!
late edit;
1100rpm at 60kph.
same as a dunnydore!
Sprint
24th June 2009, 06:43 PM
17L/100km..... city or highway driving?
Pedro_The_Swift
24th June 2009, 07:04 PM
who knows?
but I gather its a "Toowoomba Tractor"
LandyAndy
24th June 2009, 07:41 PM
I had the first drive of our new truck today,not that new its been here 6 months but as I steer a grader all day I havent had a chance.
WOW.Its a 6 wheeler Isuzu Giga side/end tipper,475hp with the choice of auto or manual gear shift.In its Auto+Powershift+Skip gear mode you would win any traffic light Grand Prix when empty,this thing flies.Flooring it at 80ks actually pushes you into the seat:cool::cool::cool::cool:,goes hard till the 105km limiter kicks in.
The guy who steers it reckons it goes just as hard with both the tray and pig trailer fully over loaded.
Very comfy to drive,has cab air suspension plus an air suspension seat.
We want another next year when the older 6 wheeler is up for replacement.
Andrew
one_iota
24th June 2009, 07:54 PM
The side mirrors are HUGE, like Telstra stadium HUGE.
the thing goes quite hard up to cough100cough,,
Press [press once, release, wait-- ] button starts are way cool:cool:
Fuel over the last tank was used at 17l per 100.
did I mention the side mirrors are HUGE??
and block out a LOT of vision?
seats are comfy,
rear vision is terrible, which explains camera.
man size inside door handles!!
More detail required....
like what are you doing and why and do you have a note from home
and you know the rules...pics:rulez:
Pedro_The_Swift
25th June 2009, 05:21 AM
hopefully there are NO pics of me doing 100!!!;):p
as for the rest ,, it was just a delivery job,,
and the question you are all thinking---
would I do a straight swap for BUB002????
YES!!!
then flog it and buy a D3:cool:
Sprint
25th June 2009, 09:56 AM
the fuel economy of the TDV8's is actually pretty good on the highway, but attrocious around town, on the highway its somewhere around 11-12L/100km
Utemad
25th June 2009, 10:22 AM
the fuel economy of the TDV8's is actually pretty good on the highway, but attrocious around town, on the highway its somewhere around 11-12L/100km
Same with the F250 V8s we had. On the highway they were better than my 4cyl petrol Rodeo 4wd with an equivalent light load.
I miss having a ute :(
I've driven a 200 series too. It was very nice to drive but too bland for my taste.
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