Fuel Economy

Going by all the owners and the fuel usage details at the www.lcool.org 100 series email list the TD hwy and round town 14-16lt per 100km and the V8 18-21lt per 100km, but the fitting of a unichip to the V8 brings that back to 16-18lt per 100km.

Towing the TD goes to 18-20lt per 100 and the v8 22-24lt per 100km.

CHRIS
td 5spd auto 2004
anywhere from 12 to 20 litres per 100km
unloaded bit of round town and country rds about 12l / 100km standard tyres

285/75/16 a/t loaded up(heavily acceccorised with roofrack)-roofbag a liitle over roofrack height(arb rack) mostly highway 14.5-15l / 100km

same as second scenario except 4 adults,roofrack with about 3ft of crap on top ie swags,bags,riding gear etc towing trailer with 3 motorbikes 20litres /100km

note not exactly light on go pedal and able to maintain 110km on hills where needed-maybe slightly over speed limit at times especially when overtaking which was still easy.

these are real life scenarios- my opinion is roofrack kills the fuel economy (cant be my driving)

figures toyota quote are reasonably accurate if car is empty and no accessories and driven like a granny

hope this helps
ps at end of the day u dont buy one of these either v8 or t/d for fuel economy(only my opinion anyway)

We have (5) 2003 TD Autos in our fleet as salemens vehicles, and the fleet reports all show figures of approx 12.5 to 13.5 L/100km's. Averaging 40 to 50k per year. No accessories, but they tow a 2000kg trailer for approx 10-15% of the time. All around town (50%), and highway(50%) use only.

Just what I am seeing any way.

Simon C

I have V8 Landcruiser 5 speed. Highway 13l 100km is do able if you don't flog it About 14l per 100 km is easy to achieve I Prob avarage city/country of 16l per 100k Worst I have ever achieved was about 20l per 100km towing approx 2.5 tonnes at speeds of up to around 130km in a hurry

My folks took my 04 TD 100 5spd Auto aroud OZ 14,000km trip. Vehicle was fitted with Steel B/Bar, Rear Bar, 285's, Steel Roof Rack, but not too much gear on board and was not driven too hard (so they tell me) and they averaged 13.5 l/100km. When I first picked it up, std tyres & no accessories was getting 10.5 l/100km hwy.
Around town I get about 14.5 l/100km
Stu

Thanks for all your answers. As a point of interest has anyone had any front diff problems in the independent front suspension or a so called knock in the V8 on start up which I believe Toyota is trying to rectify.

Chris,
Have recently purchased 4.2TD, auto, not much on it yet, drove from Adel to Mildura, sat on 110kph on the way up except a couple of times up to 140, 100kmph on the way back, 10.76l/100.

Just in process of calculating city driving now.

I am pretty happy so far.

Russ