GU Patrols who has the most KLM's

You've got to love that economy? But I want the Ti so it looks like I have to suffer.

Its not as bad as what a lot of people recon.

On petrol

City 20/100k's
Hwy 16/100 k's

JOSH, I AM INTERESTED IN YOUR FIGURES, I HAVE HAD MY GUIII 3.0 5 MANUAL SINCE MAY AND HAVE DONE ABOUT 17,000KMS. AROUND TOWN I RECKON I ONLY GET ABOUT 800 FOR BOTH MAIN & SUB TOGETHER. FILLED UP YESTERDAY 106 LITRES AND HAD DONE 760KMS.
A COUPLE OF FRIENDS HAVE THEM ASWELL AND HAVE FOUND THE ECONOMY AT THE LOWER END OF WHAT OTHERS SAY. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE HEAP OF ACCESSORIES BUT DO HAVE COOPERS 285/75/16, WHICH SOME SAY THE BIGGER DIAMETER WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE (PERHAPS A GEARING DIFFERENTIAL IN TAKING OFF BUT ONCE YOU ARE MOVING I CAN'T SEE HOW THEY WOULD REALLY IMPACT UPON ECONOMY). HAVEN'T DONE A BIG HWY TRIP WITHOUT THE TRAILER, ON THE HWY WITH MY OFF ROAD TRAILER (ABOUT 7-800KG) THE ECONOMY IS ABOUT THE SAME AS AROUND TOWN WITHOUT IT. ARE YOURS HWY OR TOWN KM'S AND DO YOU NOTICE A BIG DIFFERENCE?

JOSH, I AM INTERESTED IN YOUR FIGURES, I HAVE HAD MY GUIII 3.0 5 MANUAL SINCE MAY AND HAVE DONE ABOUT 17,000KMS. AROUND TOWN I RECKON I ONLY GET ABOUT 800 FOR BOTH MAIN & SUB TOGETHER. FILLED UP YESTERDAY 106 LITRES AND HAD DONE 760KMS.
A COUPLE OF FRIENDS HAVE THEM ASWELL AND HAVE FOUND THE ECONOMY AT THE LOWER END OF WHAT OTHERS SAY. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE HEAP OF ACCESSORIES BUT DO HAVE COOPERS 285/75/16, WHICH SOME SAY THE BIGGER DIAMETER WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE (PERHAPS A GEARING DIFFERENTIAL IN TAKING OFF BUT ONCE YOU ARE MOVING I CAN'T SEE HOW THEY WOULD REALLY IMPACT UPON ECONOMY). HAVEN'T DONE A BIG HWY TRIP WITHOUT THE TRAILER, ON THE HWY WITH MY OFF ROAD TRAILER (ABOUT 7-800KG) THE ECONOMY IS ABOUT THE SAME AS AROUND TOWN WITHOUT IT. ARE YOURS HWY OR TOWN KM'S AND DO YOU NOTICE A BIG DIFFERENCE?

Hi Darren,
I've heard similar stories to yours as well.
I really don't know how to account for the discrepencies.
I am running 285/75/16's as well BFG A/T.
Most of my driving is in and around Sydney, with the occasional blast on the freeway.
If I do any off-road, my milage reflects this with numbers similar to yours (800k/ p-tank ) but otherwise I get 1000k minimum every single time.
Do you mind if I ask what your shift-point's (rpm) are when you are just driving around with the traffic ?
At the moment, I have about a third of a main tank in the truck, and the odometer is showing about 780 from memory...

Josh.

Common tyre size really dismisses that theory, (and also the allowance for the coopers diameter throwing the odometer out by 4% or so)

Normal driving around I find it is happiest singing along at 2-3000 rpm, I find it luggs below 2 & I normally change around 3,000. Occaisionally more, say 3,500 if i'm feeling real sporty (as you do in a Patrol) but not that often. I don't think I am giving it a hard time but I am very interested to know where the other 200k's are going, and a bit determined to find them.

I have found mine a bit better now than before it was really run in (we did 10,000 going to cape york in Aug/Sept).

I recall my friend's friend befoire I got mine who has a 2002 auto saying he hadn't been above 3,000 in the 6 months he had it until when he took me for a test drive and we wanted to see how it went.

Thanks for the feedback.

And your shift points?

Hey Josh and Darren

I've got the 3.0TD in the auto with Coopers A/T 285/75/16 and get about 950kms around town and 1000-1100 on the highway.

Just for your info

Mick

G'day Hilly... Did you ever get that reply from Fluff on the boat? ... small world. Am going to be over in Perth with the little blighter on the way up to Geraldton for our next cruise on Sunday.

Grungle

What add ons do you have ie bull bar, roof rack etc - I too get about that figure with ARB steel bar, Tradesman Oval full length steel roof rack. It doesn't seem to change at all when I load up the interior.