Thread: Mechanically injected engine VS all the electronic stuff

what vehicle was this in?

The wifes disco.

Would a normal td5 get better mileage given the same conditions?

yes, the td5 runs more economically than the tdi right up till you start looking at KM/L diesel (or KM/$) and the fact that the tdi doesnt have to have diesel to run.

one of the things I love lambasting the gaywagon (and pumas and toyotas and pretty much every poofter posers modern 4x4) over is their woeful economy. Km/L(diesel) my old series and the wifes disco has them beat hands down of course I dont usually tell them at the start that both those vehicles generally run on anything but diesel so while my over all KM/L may actually be worse the cost per KM is almost always in my favor (until you start counting tilt tray KMs as well, then Im screwed again).

would a td5 disco have not had the fuel shortage problem due to its range on full tank given the same conditions.

I agree with what you are saying, but those modern 4wds are making more power per litre and moving heavier vehicles, so maybe those engines are better, just the package and what people expect from them is different.

Dave I agree with the sentiment and spirit of the original post
Personally I would of just carried enough fuel

I left ippy with a full tank and 100+l in jerries(one from dry refill for the car and 1 spare) in the trailer. for a 1400k w/trailer trip I had considered that more than ample (and was on par to make it back with . It turned into about a 2300K trip with headwinds for more than 1300K of it

When we decided to return from chinchilla to charleville It was quatering headwinds all the way back , I put about 50l in in roma the wind was bad enough that in sections I wasnt game to hold 5th due to the buffetting of the car and the amount of pedal I was needing to not hold 105kph. It took me more fuel to go back from roma to charleville than it had taken to do charleville- chinchilla

The way back from charleville was the same quatering headwinds for 700Km

Peeved me a little bit as the first run out to charleville was pretty good and we averaged near 11l/100 for the trip out and on the first leg back with the same wind blowing as a rear quatering wind and slow traffic (construction works, lots of overloaded road trains) we were on par for probably 8.5-9l/100 I still had over half a tank showing when we hit chinchilla .

I did a run to Chinchilla on tuesday night to pick up the son and father in law as that was as close as they could get on a rather long and painful trip back from Rocky on random closed roads. Just headed back out on Saturday to retrieve the rodeo ute they left at the golf club car park. Could easily have fitted a couple more people in if I had known. As long as you don't mind touring around in a Tdi 130 ?
Oh and funny enough I passed a neat original looking Series 1 LWB with a proper tub and canvas canopy on the back, reckon he must have been sitting on about 100 km/h... respect to him!