hahah:) hes the same trust me,, jsut gets up and feels like a trip and off he gose,Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockylizard
wish i could do that, :D
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hahah:) hes the same trust me,, jsut gets up and feels like a trip and off he gose,Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockylizard
wish i could do that, :D
Neighbour's LC200 petrol is 25l/100 with a caravan , 16 without. 16 is no trouble , but 25 on a 4-5000k trip is costing them.Quote:
Originally Posted by DDdisco
isnt the RRS shorter and lower? wouldnt this make its tare less then the D3/D4? my D4 empty on the scales at work tares in at 2860kg, arb bar and winch, alloy rack, tripple batterys, cargo barrier, roof pod and rear ladder.Quote:
Originally Posted by garrycol
cheers phil
Certainly the RRS is shorter due its shorter wheelbase - only lower due to lower profile tyres (on the same tyres then same height). The tare weight is just under 2500kg.
Garry
from what i see tdv6s are getting about 15ish towing,
tdv8s are wayyy better at getting a easy 12 with the same waght,
3Ls on the other hand seem to have gone backwares and getting worse econ, on paper they say they get better econ,, but in the real world i see not, we have one customer who had 3 rrs 2 tdv6s and a tdv8 and now has a new 3L sport, he said if he had the chance he would go back to the tdv8,, he tows a 24' van and got about 12ish, with no van got into the 8s/high 7s, with the 3L same van gets 16 and no better then 9.5 around town,
he wishs they dident take the tdv8 out of the sports line up as he would trade to one enyday,
befour he got the 3L he went to a 200s tdv8, lasted 2 months and swaped it for the sport, he recons they couldent get less power out of that v8 if they tryed;)
My 3.0 normally shows 10 - 10.5 for my rural driving. Towing a 1T pop-top at 100 kph including up hills showed 12.8, which I thought was acceptable in its own right and a very reasonable increase on normal use. Real consumption is normally 1 L/100km higher than shown, so around 14 with the 1T pop-top.
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Originally Posted by Neil P
Grumdriva who used to own a 4.6 D2 and was a member on here recently brought a new 200 series V8 diesel as some would remember, he told me the other day he is getting about 22 litres per hundred towing his 21' van. If a petrol 200 series is doing 25l/100 when towing then thats pretty good compared to the diesel 200 and the extra cost in fuel used would take a massive mileage to make up the much higher initial new cost price once you add in the higher diesel servicing costs etc.
Often fuel isn't the biggest cost/loss on most new vehicles, it is its retained resale value after several years. The one thing Landcrusiers have in their favour is their high retained resale value compared to most other 4x4's including Disco's.
cheers,
Terry
Here is a photo I took whilst driving home on the Ballarat freeway when I had the D3. Had filled with fuel about 20Klm's back down the road. Had the ECU upgrade done at that stage.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/07/1155.jpg
Towing my 2 Ton boat, I was getting around 13L per 100Klm's (as per car puter)
Cheers, Craig
A bigger photo for those with old eyes like mine..........................
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/07/691.jpg
Cheers again, Craig
Towing a 2t boat at 110 and getting 13's is excellent. Pat