Thread: Y62 patrol

Originally Posted by Tombie

My tweaked XR6 got 13s and spent most of its time in town leaving the line at full stick (I was young)...

xr6 or xr6t?

Originally Posted by Tombie

More detail please (or your vehicle is desperately in need of tuning because that’s awful)...

Stock tyre size?
4wd engaged on forest tracks?

And my favourite - define sedately

MIL has a V6 Vitara on oversize rubber with a lift that gets 9s...

Nup - no need for a tune. Mechanicals are all spot on and well maintained with services every 6 months regardless of the [small] distances covered. It only travels around 8000 kms per year so it has a service about every 4000 kms.

Tyres are stock standard size - Yokohama GO12 ATs'. No tow bar, winch or bull bar fitted either.

The GV is a constant four wheel drive vehicle. It has constant 4WD with the centre diff unlocked for hard surface driving and Hi and Low range 4WD both with the centre diff locked for the rough stuff. The tracks are easy so I have no need to have the centre diff locked so do not engage it.

Sedate.....? With just on 7 decades under my belt and no need for clock watching I am in no hurry to get to any destination so driving is a leisurely affair.

My fuel consumption is normal for my year model GV and for any other GV with the same 2.4 petrol engine. The fuel usage is a source of constant complaint at the various Suzi dealers by owners and a source of criticism when the car is reviewed by the car magazines.

I must admit I’m confused. All this hyperbole from welded on Land Rover aficionados about how amazing this big petrol V8 saloon is ...have I been teleported to the USA? The interior looks like a Cadillac and the exterior is a design nightmare! With a bullbar it looks torturous!
...or are we in Saudi Arabia? These things would previously have been reserved for Oil tycoons!

What happened to the Land Rover fraternity which celebrated frugality, simplicity, tread lightly, and dare I say it...humble pragmatism?

I really dont want to be the spoiler, each to their own and all, but this is surely anathema to the whole Land Rover ethos! This is what the D5 and no new Defender has inspired?

This is is the last gasp of the big V8 guzzlers. I get it, it feels powerful to drive. Yup a big V8 always has. But not even a Brocky would be driving one around a race track come 2020.

2020 on... is all about hybridity, economy and protecting our fragile planet from global warming. Hopefully not too little too late. ...Bring on the Hybrid Defender 2.0 litre/electric that uses 3ltr per 100km. And bring back the swag! or at most the compact camper trailer. ...what’s all this about needing to tow a 3.5+ tonne van?! and GVM upgrades on 3.5tonne V8 tanks?!

Australia don’t become America. Doh! too late?

Originally Posted by Eevo

xr6 or xr6t?

Pre-Turbo

Originally Posted by Grumbles

Nup - no need for a tune. Mechanicals are all spot on and well maintained with services every 6 months regardless of the [small] distances covered. It only travels around 8000 kms per year so it has a service about every 4000 kms.

Tyres are stock standard size - Yokohama GO12 ATs'. No tow bar, winch or bull bar fitted either.

The GV is a constant four wheel drive vehicle. It has constant 4WD with the centre diff unlocked for hard surface driving and Hi and Low range 4WD both with the centre diff locked for the rough stuff. The tracks are easy so I have no need to have the centre diff locked so do not engage it.

Sedate.....? With just on 7 decades under my belt and no need for clock watching I am in no hurry to get to any destination so driving is a leisurely affair.

My fuel consumption is normal for my year model GV and for any other GV with the same 2.4 petrol engine. The fuel usage is a source of constant complaint at the various Suzi dealers by owners and a source of criticism when the car is reviewed by the car magazines.

Thanks for the reply.

Wow! That’s quite concerning for a compact rig to be so thirsty.
They’ve always made a good off-roader so I’m quite frankly surprised to see such figures...

Cheers

Originally Posted by Tombie

I noticed one on the side of the road yesterday... Bonnet up... spraying bodily
Fluids everywhere... (Just south of Pt Germain)..

Nothing is invincible..

And he wasn’t to happy a LR rolled up offering assistance.

Your not seriously throwing stones at a Nissan for losing a hose or over heating, in a LR forum are you...

Originally Posted by uninformed

Your not seriously throwing stones at a Nissan for losing a hose or over heating, in a LR forum are you...

Don't want to speak for Tombie, but it might be as much that the Nissan driver didn't appreciate a Land Rover driver offering assistance...?

This discussion is fascinating.

That was more the point..
We offered assistance and he was quite put out by it..