Which Cruiser to Buy??

Sorry to clarify, I'm thinking dual fuel (LPG & Petrol) :-)

I would definitely go the V6 but they are very hard to Find!

Dermottj,

Straight 6 with 3 speed and overdrive or a V8, being a better donk with an additional gear. No choice!!

Brian

Hi Dermottj, I've got a 2001 6 cyl. petrol , 5pd man. . V.good car but thirsty- 18-20/ltr per 100km. without towing. LPG can be fitted [even keeping both tanks] but I wouldn't bother if you're touring and towing . I've heard lpg use is huge under those conditions even if you can find some. The V8 is a little better economically , Good luck.

Hi Dermy,
We have a 2002 V8 petrol with just under 200000 on the clock, we use approx 23 ltrs per 100ks when towing.
Great vehicle and wonderful donk, if you have the chance go for it.
Cheers
Baz

Hi Mate,
If you go for the V8 try to get as late as you can with the 5 speed auto rather than the 4 speed. Smoother...or a manual if you can find one.

Personally I prefer the 6 as you can fit dual LPG tanks and keep both petrol tanks. The V8's (100 series) have a different chassis and you have to replace the sub tank for LPG or put the tank in the car. The 6 (105 series) has a rigid (live beam) front axle the v8 has a torsion bar wishbone independant set up.

G/Day Mate,... Forget Gas on the V8 4.7L petrol Cruiser...It wont be a long liver!!...Just have a research on the LCOOL Forum.

In saying that i have a 04 model V8 petrol with 220.000ks, Just recentley on a 1000k quick trip it returned 13.5 L/100k...Nothing wrong with that for something thats got a lot of grunt, quiet, and very comfy.!

Cheers Axle.

G'day

We have a 2000 lc on dual petrol tanks and dual gas tanks. We put the gas on after lots of advise and I can honestly say I will never never never do it again. If you just want to drive from home to work it's fine. But once on the highway and any load forgot consumption it goes out the window and you find you will be so sick of filling up with gas at every servo you will flick her over to fuel. Our cruiser has been in the work shop more times than on the road and she still runs rough on gas. If you have a family and tow a large rig oh and a tinny on the roof and drive to the speed limit like us expect to use around 27l/100klms unleaded. Mind you that is the best figure it only goes up from there, we have spoke to another traveller with the same car on the weekend and he pushed 33l/ 100klms on Gibb river road towing a large off road trailer with all the camp gear and motorbikes.

I am yet to find someone to trust to look at our gas system and see if it can be improved but at this point we are lucky to get 260klms out of 72 litres of gas. Sometimes it can be worse. The other issue we have with gas is we can be empty and the servo pump will only put in 56 litres or there about and no more so you drive 5klms down the road and your first 1/4 light on your gauge disappears.

So we have not been happy with our choice and thinking it would have been maybe worth investing in that turbo diesel right from the start. I hope this give you some first hand experience with lc and gas. Mind you this has been our experience.

Thanks for the responses to date, I suppose considering I'll be using this as my car for 10 months of the year around town, is there a noticeable difference or advantage for either model? Or does the same still apply, sounds as if the advice is heading toward the V8 rather than the 6?

Seems like from most of these posts, you are going to need a fat bank balance to keep the fuel up to them.

Would never have thought that the use that much.

But I suppose a big Petrol motor in a big car then it should be expected.

Hi Dermottj, We have a 2003 V8 with 285/75/16 T A T tyres, rear draws loaded, so we do carry a bit of weight, normal driving around the 14 to 16 litres per 100 k, towing our Regent poptop van, 2000kg ATM we use between 19 to 23 litres per 100k, these figures are taken with a scangauge and confirming with a GPS so I do believe they are as close as you can get, we have had this vehicle for 6 years and it has been great, it has the 5 speed auto, hope this helps, Pete.