See what Tombie isn't telling us is that this was while he was on the anchors ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike_S
Nice work mate ;)
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See what Tombie isn't telling us is that this was while he was on the anchors ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike_S
Nice work mate ;)
There is a station I'm friends with the owner. Has a great long dirt road.
May go and do some faster runs and check economy at higher speeds... :D
Does your indicated economy line up with 'pump' figures? Mine does not and nobody I directly know who owns a D4 has accurate indicated economy either.
They seem to read about 10% on the optimistic side. ie indicate ~ 1l/100km better than what you really get.
It's amazing how nice it makes you feel reading the figure. I prefer not to do the actual calculations. :D It's the same with the speedo...I was doing 220kph in a Touareg on the Autobahn but its listed top speed is 205 or something like it.
Show off :p
Well I was crapping myself :) Thing is, the speedo is showing more and the fuel economy is showing less, all designed to give you a warm fuzzy feeling about the car.
D4 rolled through 30,000km on the work run this week.
These have been a lot of tracks and offroad and apart from a niggle with a dash rattle (just can't get time to take to MLR at the moment) it's been otherwise flawless.
Excuse the blurring - was a bit focused... ;)
The exact moment it hit 30,000km
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And the economy for such... Its a bit blurry, sorry, was kinda focused elsewhere... It says 13.4l/100km
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No complaints there!
Tombie,is that dash rattle like a sort of buzz that changes as the road surface changes?
If it is,mine has it as well,haven't had a chance to get it to the dealer yet,but it is an annoying PITA.
As for the fuel economy,that is way better than mine.................:(
And it needs a CCF change as it is way out of wack,at least 10% optimistic.
Mine is a "tap" kind of knock...Quote:
Originally Posted by scarry
That fuel economy is actually so damn close - on fill ups I'm getting within 1/2 litre.
I thought 13.4l/100km was pretty good pushing a 2700kg brick at that pace :)
Thats about what my TD5 (admittedly modified a lot) gets at 110km/h...
What I did love, was the lowering and the tightness, poise and control the vehicle feeds back at that pace... Doesn't feel like you are doing anything near that figure. :cool:
Disclaimer: Closed Private Road under Controlled Conditions :twisted:
That "Tap" is the highway patrol bloke on the motorbike alongside you tapping on your window :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tombie