Member - Tour Boy replied:

Mate that's not normal they may have wound the fuel back to stop renters blowing them up by thrashing them. They aren't the fastest thing on earth but they are normally better than that or no one would have bought one.
Regards
Tour Boy

Redback replied:

Very true, BUT, put a turbo on it, they will pull a mountain down.

I have a mate who owns a 100 and he put a turbo on it, the differance is amazing.

Still handles like a boat though, lol.

Baz.

Moose replied:

Hire vehicle eh - sounds like it was in desperate need of a tune-up!

Zapper replied:

Something very wrong, ours does much better that that with 2 horses on float and gear all up well over two tonne

Robin replied:

I believe they are the slowest car you can now buy Wayne

Robin Miller

Member - Shane D (QLD) replied:

what do you mean by "think it used 150 liters for 490km"?

Crackles replied:

Certainly something not quite right with either the car or your story. A 1HZ 100 series would normally tow a 1 tonne boat at 120kph on the flat. A strong head wind normally knocks them down just below 100kph. When that motor 1st came out 17 years ago it was certainly seen as more than capable but with the addition of another 1/2 tonne on the 100 series & the improvement of the competition they are now particually dated. 28L per 100 (10mpg) is way below anything I've ever seen or heard of for this deisel. I would have been asking the hire company for a reduction in the fee for supplying you with a stuffed car.
Wayne let us know how your next hire Cruiser compares to the Nissan after the V8 diesel range is fitted accross the board ;-))
Cheers Craig..................
HZJ100.....

100 Series replied:

mone when standard used to get 1000-1100km from both tanks and would sit on 120kph easy, then I put a turbo on ans 3inch exhaust etc etc on and I get 950-1000 out of both tanks and it goes a lot faster

Member - Rossco td105(WA) replied:

Sorry for the late reply Wayne-o,

Mine gets about 950km's indicated on odo with 35's and 4 inch lift in the city, around 720km's with VERY heavy sand driving when out in the scrub. Definately something wrong with that one! Mine probably reads about 10% less than actual kays due to tyres, but has been tuned with intercooler, fuel aneroid and big exhaust.

Cheers,

Rossco.

Mikee5 (QLD) replied:

Hi Wayne-o,
My LC100 is standard with skinny tyres. My boat is 18 ft fibreglass, 1.6 tonnes fully loaded on the tandem trailer. Sometimes when not paying attention to the speedo I find I am up to 120 kph without realising and I can go about 800 to 1000 kms without filling. Depends on roads, stop start traffic and how many short trips. It is slow to build up speed though.