Thread: Horrendous fuel consumption

Originally Posted by Tombie2

So they're only disgustingly unstable from say 0-120 km/h then?
I've got mates with those wallowing things.. None are stable at speed.

And cruising open road in top, they just cant do 10l/100km...
Sounds like yet another tugmota myth.

Yep,non cruiser drivers notice it straigh away,it's called landcruiser lurch. Pat

Originally Posted by Sprint

no, just saying that for a stock suspension/tyred 2.5 tonne 4x4 wagon, it drove quite well at that speed, wasnt all over the road, wasnt bouncy, etc

and how many of them are lifted, how many are maintained in perfect condition with no wear in the bushes and shocks? I scared the hell out of myself pushing a crapbox 220,000km 100 series through the gogango range coming home from Rockhampton one day, BUT, it had a 2" lift, **** tyres and it was generally flogged out

the 2003-onwards turbo diesel 5 speed automatics can and will do that, but not if you drive them hard, go easy, and they WILL do it, same as anything, the more the right foot goes down, the more the fuel consumption goes up



the 5 speed auto is a LOT better on fuel than the earlier 4 speed auto's

only problem i ever had with 100 series landcruisers in regards to driving is that the seats arent much chop after 120,000km, especially if the regular driver has been larger than average....

as for handling, the biggest shock i had was when i took a turbo/manual 100 series wagon for a run home one night, didnt have any more go than a regular 100 series, but it was like sikaflex to a blanket around town.......

stuck my head underneath, the springs and shocks werent stock items, god alone knows where they came from, but it wasnt lifted, and i only noticed what wouldve been the most important part when a customer asked why it had flares......

up till around 2003 toyota used wheels with a different offset to the later ones, i think something to do with the IFS models, as the wagons with the beam front axle still had the earlier wheels, but the difference in offset was ~38mm, and the vehicle in question was fitted with the earlier wheels..... with an increase in track of 76mm, no wonder it cornered damn well!

It's a myth that a wider track increases handling,if you have a lot of body roll which cruisers do it will lean over and plow the front wheels into the road just as much regardless of the track width.After years of stepping out of tojo's and getting into my defender it is amazing how much more weight shift left and right the cruisers have over the defender,troopy's feel like a big hand is trying to push the rear door towards the side of the road. Pat