Fuel and travel distances around Oz

You're kidding right? Just being able to drive past Nanutarra will save you the cost of an LRT! My 106 litre LRT has added 0.2l/100km to my average fuel usage. My fishing tackle weighs more than the tank full of diesel does.

I think that LRT's come into their own when undertaking trips such as a circumnavigation of Oz. There are plenty of places you just want to drive past rather than pay their fuel prices.

For weekend warriors and once a year trippers, not such a good idea, but definitely good for a circumnavigation.

On normal factory tanks and factory fitted subs etc.. when you stop for fuel there is always good reason for it.

in the end, i dont think we can save money by doing said trips, but why cart 100 extra liters so you cant stop and smell the rosess...

I agree with you about stopping for a break and we do, but we don't stop and smell the diesel. We stop away from the servos we bypass and really smell the spinifex. Even with the law of diminishing returns, it is cheaper to carry the extra fuel to go past the places that practice robbery without violence.

I'd rather have it under my car than in jerry cans inside the car with me. My choice. I had a jerry can leak in the back of my jackaroo once and the fumes hung around for months. The alternative is to carry it on the roof - but not for me. Too much weight, too high.

yerr... but who doesnt practice robbery witout violence

and Birdie's has the option of storage on the trailor..

after 35yrs driving Ive finally got a old 4x4 camper-van, nowadays i stop everywhere ...lol..

Whos Greenie ??

Thanks for the reply

Agree with what your saying however for approx $1200 installed prob gonna take a long time to recoup the initial cost. Every penny counts at the moment !!!!

Cheers

wiki doesnt take into account drive-quality, price vs vehicle and when it was made/when bought...nor gas

AND by buying a lower cost petrol-vehicle than what you could have actually afforded in diesel actually takes you out of the argument anyway..lol...you are already ahead..

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Diesel engines are more efficient than gasoline (petrol) engines of the same power, resulting in lower fuel consumption. A common margin is 40% more miles per gallon for an efficient turbodiesel. For example, the current model Škoda Octavia, using Volkswagen Group engines, has a combined Euro rating of 38 miles per US gallon (6.2 L/100 km) for the 102 bhp (76 kW) petrol engine and 54 mpg (4.4 L/100 km) for the 105 bhp (75 kilowatts) diesel engine. However, such a comparison doesn't take into account that diesel fuel is denser and contains about 15% more energy. Adjusting the numbers for the Octavia, one finds the overall energy efficiency is still about 20% greater for the diesel version, despite the weight penalty of the diesel engine. When comparing engines of relatively low power for the vehicle's weight (such as the 75 hp engines for the VW Golf), the diesel's overall energy efficiency advantage is reduced further but still between 10 and 15 percent.