Interesting Comparison

Hi Robin
slightly off subject,but what sort of economy to u get with the 4800,I was considering buy a 2004, but had concerns on what it would cost to feed the beast

Hi Shane

Economy is the sum life cycle cost of ownership.

Its a car that can deliver a wide range of fuel useage , I mostly drive conservatively and car is set for good consumption.

The offical figures are 17.2 auto and 17.7 manual (lts/100km)

Mine has recorded an average of 16.5 lt/100km over 100,000+ km's.

Recent north simpson crossing with a bit of cross country returned 24lt/100km as did putting the wheels in the mouth of Murray up the Corong.

The cruise to Birdsville @ 100km average delivered 14.9lt/100km

Their a steal at moment and you can bargain good prices but I'd act before the heat comes off fuel costs again.

Life's to good to be true lately, now you can even get the government to pay for a later gas conversion, but no compromises for me.

Shane - get one, ( pre- 2006 model) and you will be astounded that a vehicle capable of 200kmh can also lug along with the best of them at 2kmh.

There's near nothing to service on them and even the plugs only have to be changed once every 100,000k's.

Robin Miller
GU4800 manual

thank you for the detailed info

cheers

yep, I couldn't hold 5th on flat road (90 - 100), seemed to really struggle, did it a lot easier in forth.

Sounds strange.
Must have been towing a very heavy wieght.
Maybe fuel filter a bit blocked? A regular problem on the Mitsu's.
Fuel consumption goes up as well!

take it how you like, these are facts and I'm very precise when recording figures

just a comment, dont take offence please-none was intended

Gday Brett

I have had similar results with towing 2 different boats. The wakeboard boat I used to have was about 2 tonne all up, and the tinny I tow now is probably arount the tonne mark. The Wakeboard boat was relatively low and wide, and had a full custom cover, wheras the tinny has no cover, is not what you'd call 'sleek', and has a tallish centre console which sits square to the aparent wind and is about 1.7 high x 0.6 wide. Towing economy was about 1.5l/100km better with the heavy but sleek boat.

I think the gap would be a lot narrower, and may even go the other way in mountainous, hilly roads where the weight has to be hauled up hills, but its pretty flat up here, so once the weight is mooving at speed the wind resistance is the major factor.

Cheers Andrew

yep I agree, but unfortunately I'm a Mech/Elec engineer and just love analysing stuff like this - it's the part of the holiday I like!!! I don't get worried or stressed over it, just enjoy the trying to figure out the best way to travel from A to B; and drive the missus crazy.

Hi Barks

Glad to hear ya dont stress over it mate ..lol.....the amount of people i meet along the way who do stress is ridiculous bloody heart attack over fuel usage ...lol..... Cheers mate ......Dave

Dave, your a man after my own heart. I tell the Pal eaters to go and scavenge up the old soap scraps from the drains in the showerblock or reuse their teabags for the nineteenth time if they're that worried about it.

It costs what it costs - simple as that. If you can afford to spend upwards of 50K on a whizz bang 4x4 you can afford the fuel. Stop bellyaching about it and enjoy your trip. It sh*ts me to tears.

I just bought another V8 yank tank three days ago as a matter of fact. What a blast that old girl is - 42 years young and still going strong.

Life is too short - enjoy it!

very well put V8 , couldnt have said it any better myself..haha When im on holidays mate the last thing i wanna be worried about is how much fuel im using, i have a 4.2 td gu patrol and tow a 17ft caravan and a 13ft tinnie on the roof of the patrol , just returned from a trip up north to roper bar across to Giru near Townsville and back home again was gone about 8 weeks and my fuel consumption for 10200 klms was 3000 bucks how that equates into klms per litre i dont know and dont give a bleep e ...lol.......just get out and enjoy as much as ya can while ya can cause it aint gonna get any cheaper tomorrow .......Cheers ........Dave