Towelled up by a Mazda

Lol Paul!!!!
Got the same wheels as you
Lets just say its the Tortoise and the Hair story !!!
370000 km and wouldn't swap it for quids
Cheers
Greg

Tow a 3350Kg 5th wheeler with the 3.2 auto Ranger (same as Mazda) no worries. Very happy with power and towing of about 5000 Km, Now have 30000 on the clock. Hope I can say the same after 150000Km.

Had a similar experience about 12 months ago Paul. Travelling up one of the steeper parts of the Clyde mountain in south-eastern NSW in the unladen 3.5l Jackaroo and was given wind burn by one of the recent diesel dual cabs. Not sure which as it disappeared so quickly but I thought then - "I want what he's having" (without the up front price, dirty fuel and costly injector issues of course).

That vehicle has a 500N.m elastic band winding its transmission round.
Not even 14l. truck engines make that sort of torque/litre., but then they expect to last much longer than 250000 kilometers.

How long the moving parts can sustain it for is the question, a merry ride but maybe a little maintenance wise expensive towards the end.

Happy to stick with my tortoise, the destination is always still there for when we arrive.
Mike

Hi Paul B, We have just come back from out tour of the map & for most of the time we travelled with friends who own a BT 50 auto dual cab. They tow a van about 500kg lighter than owes & we always compared vehicles (and vans) at campfire times. On the highway where there were steep climbing situations the Mazda slowly pulled away from our diesel Pajero. Fuel consumption was very good on the Mazda for example if I was returning 17 ltr/100km he would return 15Lp/100km. The Mazda is the same as the Pajero in KW...that is 147...the Mazda's Nm of torque = 470 whilst the Pajero is 441. I always tow in 4th on the auto with the torque converter locked up & surprisingly return better economy,even on the flat section than towing in 5th. Personally, I prefer the comfort & luxury of the Pajero & don;t like the turning circle of the Mazda.