Monday, Dec 01, 2003 at 12:12
Hi Voxon,
What was your petrol GQ – auto or manual?
Your quoted h/way consumption is what my LWB 4.2 litre carby manual GQ gets when travelling
sand dune country (soft sand) and that’s whilst towing an offroad trailer!
H/way consumption is average of around 6.5 k’s per litre, again whilst towing an offroad trailer.
When I compare your h/way (diesel) figure (distance) to what I know I get from my petrol, then it’s only a difference of around 100 k’s per tank!
As for actual cost difference in fuel:
For example lets use a trip of 3000 k’s distance.
Current average price (All States) of fuel per Litre is 95.5 cents /L for Diesel and 95.3 cents/L for Petrol.
My GQ Petrol using 15.38 L/100 K’s (Based on my average of 6.5 k’s/L) = $440 total in fuel.
Your GQ Diesel using 12.5 L/100 K’s (based on your stated 12.5 k’s/L) = $358 total in fuel.
Unless I’ve made a mistake somewhere, the difference based on these figures is only $82.00!
For an extra 100 K per tank and a total saving of around only $82 per a 3000 K trip – Why would I even think about swapping for a diesel? – No Way!
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