200 series Landcruiser petrol

HI Desert Storm,
I wish to make 2 points:
(1)
I have been researching the 200 series for some time – mainly on the LCOOL forum.
Based on the response of owners my notes show the following for fuel usage:
DIESEL – (all data in litres per 100Km)
Open Road 10-12 (average 11)
Town 13-15 (average 14)
Towing 17-22 (average 19.5)
PETROL –
Open Road 14-16 (average 15)
Town 16-18 (average 17)
Towing 22-26 (average 24)
Based on these figures it would appear the Petrol V8 will use approximately 3 litres/100km more than the diesel under similar conditions.
This means you will have to be able to buy an extra 3 litres of petrol for the same price you pay for diesel for every 100km travelled!
(note the average is not a statistical weighted average but a simple average of the usage range)
(2)
While the market can change overtime and may vary at different locations all over Australia for some time where I buy diesel it has been CHEAPER than petrol – yesterdays price was 138.9 for diesel and 145.9 for unleaded and 152.9 for high octane unleaded.

Where there is a big difference is purchase price - the LC200TTD is significantly dearer than the V8 Petrol LC200.
Hope these points help your research.
Cheers

Hi Geepeem

The diesel is much more economical than petrol across almost all vehicles averaging about 1/3 rd more petrol needed.

Against this the petrol price in Victoria cycles , however the long term average bought at the cycles low point is around 2- 3c cheaper for petrol , so on the cost of fuel, its easily lcheaper to use diesel.

Its in the cost of ownership stakes where things become blurred.

Fuel is less than 20% of the average cost of running a newish $70,000 car.

So if diesel is 1/3rd less then all you have to play with is about a 6% potential saving and this can be rapidly eaten up in other areas.

Recently after looking at these things very carefully I brought a petrol 4800 patrol , it is significantly cheaper to own than the 200 series diesel simply because of a $35,000 difference in new price.
Also lower cost of ownership than petrol 200 but not by so much.

On your towing , check it out closely - I found the 200 series petrol a little under powered and worked the auto transmission hard , I think its a car thats going to get a bigger engine on a makeover and hence may devalue, the diesel is much stronger.

One thing you haven't factored in is resale value...... going by past Landcruiser used prices what you would of saved when first buying is lost big time when it comes to sell.

I think they call it a false economy!

Have a look at the post on LCOOL about reports the Aus 2012 200 Petrol will get the newer 4.6L V8 as currently installed in some Tundra/Lexus models in the US and Japanese domestic 200 series.

More economical, heaps more KW and Torque than the current 4.7L V8 and discussions already changing the old petrol v's diesel debates. Could be a game changer - especially if the about to be released barn door "standard" model 200 series gets a petrol option - whoo hoo top beach towing truck


Cheers

A

Mate

Diesel alll the way
Almost equal power
Waaay more torque (important for your towing)
Lower fuel consumpption. Forget the cost of petrol v diesel and that jazz, remember lower consumption give you better RANGE and that is inportant in this sunburnt continent off ours
Better (SAFER) overtaking with the diesl than the petrol!
Plus, waht you pay more for thee diesel donk, you get some back on resale as well!

Cheers
CJ

How about the difference in servicing costs?
When I had my GQ TD42 every thing seemed to be more expensive.

Hey guys,
thank you all very much for the input. I was surprised to hear about the 200 LC petrol lacking in power towing up hills.
also interesting the resale of the diesels.
thanks again,
John