Interesting
Some-one has too much time on their hands me thinks.
So average fuel consumpyion is 10-12 l/100.
Enough said, move on, point taken, I get it, no more.
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Interesting
Some-one has too much time on their hands me thinks.
So average fuel consumpyion is 10-12 l/100.
Enough said, move on, point taken, I get it, no more.
No.Tax reasons. The D3 was a novated lease and it was essential to known how the kms and costs were tracking otherwise a very large FBT bill.
Desert Traveller, I posted my long term usage (on page 2 of this thread) and I have achieved 11.95 lt/100km. This is calculated over the 86,000 km with each fill being full to the brim and recording each fill in a spreadsheet. I always considered my older D3 to be a bit uneconomical but I'd say maybe it's average. BTW I Have GG tyres fitted that also increased the fuel usage by around 0.5 lt/100kmQuote:
Originally Posted by Desert Traveller
Chris
Quote:
Originally Posted by 300+
Holy smokes Batman!! You guys have 98 octane? 92 is the BEST we can legally get our hands on. We put 98 in the airplanes. I average 13.8mpg consistently on the proper road trips. Now I want 98 - pffftt make that 102!!
hi neil
the campers about 1200 kgs and i tow it about 8 - 10,000kms per year
cheers mark
Go for a diesel... you can get it boosted like Norto or WayneD
In excess of 540Nm if memory serves.
The V6 petrol has no grunt beyond pulling itself ....... the V8
requires an HSE purchase ...... lots of pieces(less than the USA)
to buy after warranty if you're unlucky.
You couldn't pay me to tow 10000km with a V6 petrol.
It's an engine option for those who don't want to get
stiffed for an HSE/V8 30 Grand (they must be kidding,
look at the Yanky prices ! ) markup... Aussie ripoff.
Is that California only ?Quote:
Originally Posted by daveyb
I'm sure some Fl. D3 guys use 98 ...... isn't 95 the minimum
Jag. recommend for your engine ?
I think that there are different scales on octane around the world. Some are RON, some are MON, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by daveyb
I used 100 Octane in Japan as the regular high octane fuel, but I also remember reading that this was only the same as the Australian 98 due to different measurement techniques.
In fact, a quick google reveals the following: Octane rating - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In most countries (including all of Europe and Australia) the "headline" octane rating, shown on the pump, is the RON, but in the United States, Canada and some other countries the headline number is the average of the RON and the MON, sometimes called the Anti-Knock Index (AKI), Road Octane Number (RdON), Pump Octane Number (PON), or (R+M)/2. Because of the 8 to 10 point difference noted above, the octane rating shown in the United States is 4 to 5 points lower than the same fuel elsewhere: 87 octane fuel, the "regular" gasoline in the US and Canada, is 91–92 in Europe. However most European pumps deliver 95 (RON) as "unleaded", equivalent to 90–91 US (R+M)/2, and some even deliver 98 (RON), 100 (RON), or 102 (RON).[2]
So whilst your 92 may not be as good as the 98 we can get in many places, it is not far of the 96 which LR recommend.
Cheers, Steve
Interesting post Steve .
I remember 87 minimum being painted on US Army Jeeps
at Burtonwood, as a child in the early sixties.
This I now realise , was standard petrol for them.
Sadly I have to agree. To pull out to pass at 100k in the V6 takes a long stretch of clear road. I wouldn't consider the V6 for any sort of towing duty, except for maybe a tinnie, and only locally at that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil P