Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009 at 22:50
Purchased a new V8 Troopy, delivered in Feb 2008.
What would you expect - It has a stack of grunt and didn't miss a beat.
Traveled 25,000 ks around Australia including tip of
Cape York.
Towing 3 tonne caravan for 15,000 ks
Offroad in tent and sightseeing without caravan 10,000 ks
Duration 5.5 months
Diesel used 4,250 litres - $7,650 (ave $1.80/Litre - ranged $1.65 to $2.25)
Diesel used
breakdown (25,000ks)
3,500 ks Off road and gravel – no caravan
(Cape
Yorke QLD, Frazer Island QLD, Point Sir Issac South Australia). 6.7 k/l
7,000 ks On bitumen mixed highway and town roads – no caravan. 8.25 k/l
15,000 ks On bitumen mixed highway and town roadswith caravan at 80 k/h 5.25 k/l
Consumption trials - 4.5 litre V8 Troopy Diesel
Highway - no van 110 k/h 8.5 k/l
Off road (Varies greatly with load) 4 to 7 k/l
24’ 3 tonne van 80 k/h no wind 5.5 k/l
24’ 3 tonne van 110 k/h and head wind 4.0 k/l
Tyres were standard issue skinnies on split rims at about 40 PSI.
If I got bogged in soft stuff, I dropped down to 18 PSI and climbed out without a problem.
On this trip I traveled with another couple who had about the same size van towed wiith a 2006 70 series tray back 6 cylinder- 4.2 Turbo Diesel.
His fuel consumption was about the same as
mine but he had less power.
I also went to Fraser Island for a week with a group of others in half a dozen 4WDs (I won't mention the makes for the sake of harmony), all with fatties, who they couldn't out do me with my skinnies.
The extra torque that the V8 Diesel puts out
well and truly made up for the lack of tyre width.
Currently clocked up 35,000 ks in the past 13 months and headed for
Broome (5000ks return) in 2 weeks time.
Regards Dennis
AnswerID:
359759