Thread: P38--L322 moving over

Originally Posted by benji

I'll never forget driving an l322 when they first come out. The definition of driving perfection I thought at the time.

The consumption does seem high, is that normal? I would have thought they could be dropped down into the 10's.

Mmm not sure it would make it into the 10s......11s seems possible.
If you use cruise control I think your consumption will be a little bit higher than driving normally, particularly in hilly terrain.
The other thing is the temptation to just squeeze the loud pedal, the reward from the push into the seat and the sound is well worth it, and for an extra $1.50 per hundred Kms I am well prepared to pay for it

Starting to have evil thoughts about being unfaithful to my dear pig... Can someone move this thread to the L322 section please. Those guys will probably appreciate the praise for their type more!

Originally Posted by benji

I'll never forget driving an l322 when they first come out. The definition of driving perfection I thought at the time.

The consumption does seem high, is that normal? I would have thought they could be dropped down into the 10's.

Not a chance of getting the V8 into the 10's, that's diesel territory only in these. With careful driving, down to low 12's is about as good as they will get. With heavy use of the right foot, then 19's will be your reward.

The TD6 we have can get down to low 9's on the freeway at 110, and averages just over 11 overall. Best we have seen is 8.8 over a tankful - that was driving in a convoy doing 80 to 90 the whole way. The Distance to empty sat on 999KM for around 200KM...

I thing an average of 14 to 15 on the V8 is about normal, but they are much nicer to drive than the TD6. Almost worth the pain at the pump...

Originally Posted by DT-P38

Starting to have evil thoughts about being unfaithful to my dear pig... Can someone move this thread to the L322 section please. Those guys will probably appreciate the praise for their type more!

Don't let the Pig even hear your thoughts mate - you know what will happen if it does!

I can move this over to the L322 forum if everyone wants me to? Let me know, or report a post and we can mull it over in the Mods pen.

Originally Posted by DT-P38

Starting to have evil thoughts about being unfaithful to my dear pig... Can someone move this thread to the L322 section please. Those guys will probably appreciate the praise for their type more!

Mmm not sure it is all praise.

The L322 is not perfect, dont think of killing off the P38 till you get a long drive in a 322.
If you are in an inner city area with narrow streets using parking buildings and doing a lot of city driving and dont want to feel anxious about damage stick with the P38 the extra size is readily apparent with the 322.

Ok first real highway test over two days.
I drove out to Temora to the Warbirds down under air display.

Friday afternoon traffic out of Sydney Took the Bells line of road out through Lithgow.... Must admit I was expecting to see a bit more fire devastation along the road, sure you can see a few spots here and there but mostly its pretty good. Until the Mt Wilson road area, the Western side of Bells line you see vast areas burned out here.
After just on 1000km over two days driving 95% highway, and some dirt roads for fun, door to door 13.3L per hundred indicated on the trip computer, I would have to say this is pretty damn good, two up and about 50kgs of gear in the back.

Just on 3 months into L322 ownership now.
One thing I have learned is that the P38 is still a brilliant vehicle to own.
Around town driving (inner city) the P38 as far as Im concerned eats the L322 for versatility and Im starting to think fuel economy as well.
Reliability wise I still trust my P38 more than the L322 as well. Why?
In three months I have had my second issue with the cooling system, yesterday the radiator started leaking, luckily the yard I have bought it from is really good with repairs and paying for them, this is a great relief. I would hate to think what has been spent on the L322 so far but by the time I get it back on Monday I would say $3-4k will be close to the mark.......so far.

The L322 is a formidable highway cruiser with plenty of power and all the creature comforts one could hope for, good looks and all, is it really that much better than a P38? from a practical perspective the P38 wins hands down as far as Im concerned, Im quite relieved that I kept my 38 or I would have been doing a fair bit of walking.

Originally Posted by bacicat

Best we have seen is 8.8 over a tankful - that was driving in a convoy doing 80 to 90 the whole way. The Distance to empty sat on 999KM for around 200KM...

I drove about 50km at 100kph a few days ago (after rescuing my brother after his 100 series LandCruiser failed) and I reset the fuel consumption in the trip computer to see what it would do. Settled down to 7.9 litres per hundred. My trip average (over 300km) was 10 litres per hundred, mostly at 112 kph.