Tyres and Fuel Consumption

Hello

No this is not another worn out question, I was just going through the fuel consumption history I kept for my Patrol and thought this may be of interest to people. Over the course of 160,000km my 03 GU Patrol 3.0L diesel. I found that:

1. Going from a 265/70R16 to a 285/75R16 added about 0.3-0.4L/100km extra to the fuel consumption allowing for the difference in tyre sizes in the calculations.

2. Going from a Bridgestone AT pattern to a Goodyear MTR and then Mickey Thompson MTZ all in the 285 size made very little if any difference to the fuel consumption.

3. Bridgestone AT 693 in passenger construction, okay all round tyre, reasonable punture resistance but poor mileage out of them. Bridgestone AT 694's in LT 285, poor puncture resistance, 3 malley roots and one sliced sidewall, good mileage though, noisy towards the end of their life. Goodyear MTR's excellent tyre off the road, excellent mileage, okay on dry bitumen but not good in the wet. Mickey Thompson MTZ basically take Goodyear MTR's and add good on-road performance, AWESOME basically.

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Hopefully the link works, cheers.

Snowy