Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 at 15:18
I've heard people say they are thursty...sorry compared to WOT.
I have one....remember it is a commercial vehicle that will carry two people and a full 1 tonne in the tray AND tow 1.8 tonnes...
The engine is a 2.7 liter fuel injected 4 cylinder that will produce more power than the 4.1 litre six out of the XF
longreach and the 253 V 8 of the HQ 1 tonner......
At arround 1.5 tonnes dry, the hilux weighs more than both, neither of which BTW would carry in tonne in the tray.
Compared to those, it positivly sips.
I steped out of a mitsui L300 with the 1600 motor and into the hilux.....with a full load on at higway speeds, the hilux is more economical.
If ya put ya foot down, of course it will drink more fuel than the same vehicle in diesel (got one of those to), because it makes a heap more power, and it goes like it.
Becuase it is a commercial vehicle and is designed to shift weight..a good thing if you are towing, it is geared relativly low...if you run it at 130Kmh....it will drink
Run it arround the 100 to 110, they are not too bad.
They are a great vehicle.
Acouple of things.
they ride like a dray with nothing in the back......put something in the back.
If you pump the tyres up too hard, they ride like a dray....inflate the tyres to specification.not 55 pis all round like the tyre shops do.
They ride like a dray if the shockies are biggered, which if still the factory ones..they will be.....a few hundred bocks on some good new shockies is money
well spent.
If its a good example go for it.
cheers
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