This will be interesting...

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Originally Posted by Rok_Dr

I'll reckon around 25l/100k.

That was what I was getting with my old soft dash pulling my 19.5' Windsor poptop which grosses at 1.8t.

Cheers

Steve

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with a slugomatic ... I'd betting 30 -> 35L/100 of LPG :)

seeya,
Shane L.

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Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

with a slugomatic ... I'd betting 30 -> 35L/100 of LPG :)

seeya,
Shane L.

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Time to put an Isuzu on it :cool:

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Originally Posted by Chucaro

Time to put an Isuzu on it :cool:

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Then were looking at 15->20L/100 .... and more than twice the price for the fuel itself ..................... with less towing power and no music being played out the back :wasntme:

gas is quite economical cost wise so long as you can live with appalling range and don't head out of populated areas that sell gas!

I thought this may be of some comparative interest. I just had a look through my log book. I towed a dual axle trailer with a lockable walk-in metal canopy mounted on it - it measured some 4 metres long and 2 metres high. The trailer was jammed full with house hold furniture and my Classic LSE RR was filled to the brim with possessions as well. Daughter was moving house. Anyway - we went from Tumut NSW to 100 kms south of Albury without an issue. Fuel consumption was 24 litres per 100 kms. Rangie had 201000 kms on the clock at the time. 3.9 V8.

On the the trip up empty it consumed petrol at the rate of 19 L per 100 kms.

Interior looks in good nic Shane, kids would love the bunks.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

A good motorist you are Gav :cool:

I could not and would not lose my cool if all people driving/towing were that courteous!

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Yes, the number of caravanners and others who normally sit under the limit but actually increase speed when they get to an overtaking lane or other opportunity is unbelievable and one of my biggest peeves.:censored:

I can live with people who sit under the limit if they have the decency to make an effort to let others who aren't on holiday get around at every reasonable opportunity.

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Originally Posted by mark2

Yes, the number of caravanners and others who normally sit under the limit but actually increase speed when they get to an overtaking lane or other opportunity is unbelievable and one of my biggest peeves.:censored:

I can live with people who sit under the limit if they have the decency to make an effort to let others who aren't on holiday get around at every reasonable opportunity.

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That's not just caravaners .... and nothing ****es me off more. Recently I drove down to gelong behind a private ambulance (possibly patient transport). damn thing sat on 45 -> 50mph (I was driving my old '63 Citroen ID19 .... which isn't exactly known for it's huge overtaking power)........ FINALY I get to one of the only overtaking lanes on that road, foot flat to the floor, into the inside lane.... .The cow driving it kept me level with her back axle the entire length of the overtaking lane.... As it was a slight gradient I'm white knuckled at the end doing 75'ish mph incidcated still dead level with the bloody things back axle.... So I layed ont he horns and high beam and sat there.... at the very last second as the lane ran out ... the cow panic'd and hit the anchors and let me back in. 500meters further down the road she was gone from my mirrors. she'd dropped back from 75mph back to 45mph ..... AAAARRRRRhhhhhhhhh Why ? Was she concerned an old car would slow her down .... when she's doing 45mph in a 62mph speed zone :confused:

seeya,
shane L

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Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

That's not just caravaners .... and nothing ****es me off more. Recently I drove down to gelong behind a private ambulance (possibly patient transport). damn thing sat on 45 -> 50mph (I was driving my old '63 Citroen ID19 .... which isn't exactly known for it's huge overtaking power)........ FINALY I get to one of the only overtaking lanes on that road, foot flat to the floor, into the inside lane.... .The cow driving it kept me level with her back axle the entire length of the overtaking lane.... As it was a slight gradient I'm white knuckled at the end doing 75'ish mph incidcated still dead level with the bloody things back axle.... So I layed ont he horns and high beam and sat there.... at the very last second as the lane ran out ... the cow panic'd and hit the anchors and let me back in. 500meters further down the road she was gone from my mirrors. she'd dropped back from 75mph back to 45mph ..... AAAARRRRRhhhhhhhhh Why ? Was she concerned an old car would slow her down .... when she's doing 45mph in a 62mph speed zone :confused:

seeya,
shane L

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I notice a lot of people do that. I think it is a subconscious thing. A throwback to our grazing on the plains in prehistoric times, you know, when survival meant keeping up with the pack and making sure at least one person was slower than you.
Or is that a sheep thing.
Anyway, I don't think they do it on purpose. Than many drivers can't be ******.

Here here Mick. I am with you all the way.

I suspect a lot of it (not referring to the bus in Shane's post) has to do with imprecise cruise control settings. I've noticed on the P38 for example that it has limited power on hills because of the performance "hole" in top gear between 1800 and 2200 rpm. Once it gets above 2600 rpm it accelerates quite well. In cruise control on a steady incline at 95 km/hr it will lose at least 5km/hr then start to build up. So someone coming up to pass me in the rh lane, also on cruise at say 100km/hr takes longer to pass because my vehicle is building up to the original speed:eek: :confused: To let them pass I often disengage the CC precisely because I detest people who speed up as I go to pass:censored: Lots of small cars with cheap cruise control units probably exhibit similar behaviour to the P38 ...