fuel consumption
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:03
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Ron C2
So much info on diesel which is very informative but I now have a V8 Landcruiser Sahara Petrol. Wondering if any one has a petrol vehicle towing a van around 3 ton and availability of unleaded and premium around the country. What sort of economy you get and I know it varies between drivers.
Thanks in advance. Ron C2
Reply By: pop2jocem - Wednesday, Mar 07, 2012 at 14:16
Wednesday, Mar 07, 2012 at 14:16
Hi Ron,
A good mate of
mine had a V8 petrol Sahara cut down into a dual cab if that makes any difference. I think a 2004 or thereabouts. He has a 24 ft Jayco which I guess would go all of about 3t loaded. On a trip to
Esperance WA he encountered a pretty strong headwind and wound up getting 34l/100kl. He reckoned it was scary watching the fuel gauge dropping. On the return trip the wind had dropped off almost completly but was now behind him and he got 24lt/100kl.
He has traded it for a 2011 V8 diesel trayback and on a trip to
Coral Bay says he averaged around 18-22lt/100kl regardless of wind direction and pulled the van just as easily as the V8 petrol. Now one thing to keep in mind, this bloke usually sits on 100kl/hr so uses whatever power is available but he reckons the diesel feels like it is doing it much easier.
No Ron I am not trying to talk you into petrol or diesel, just someones experience.
Cheers
Pop
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Follow Up By: Ron C2 - Wednesday, Mar 07, 2012 at 15:40
Wednesday, Mar 07, 2012 at 15:40
First up I would like to thank everyone for their replies. I will probably be towing closer to 2.600 tonne. I have had a Toyota 80 series diesel 1Hz greatwagon , then to a Nissen 3liter wagon hand granade witch we traded on a 2003 Sahara. Love the power and comfort, I am geting 12.5 to 13 litres around town Macleane NSW, towing 2 tonne to
Tamworth I averaged 18-20lt/100kl nomal driving at 90-95kl/hr. 34ltr/100kl sure is scary, Thanks again for the replies appreicate the advice Pop. Have a mate with a Toyota 80 series diesel towing 2.7 tonne and coming back from
Karumba in a head wind when he got to the first road house said he was going to sell it. The fuel was going down rapidly and it was also scarey. Headwinds are headwinds and diesel or petrol burn quickly.
Ron
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Follow Up By: pop2jocem - Wednesday, Mar 07, 2012 at 16:44
Wednesday, Mar 07, 2012 at 16:44
Good luck with whatever you choose Ron, I guess at the end of the day if it gets you out exploring our great country it's doing its job.
Oh by the way my mates good lady still hasn't forgiven him for selling the Sahara..lol
Cheers
Pop
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Follow Up By: Member - Keith Berg - Wednesday, Mar 07, 2012 at 19:45
Wednesday, Mar 07, 2012 at 19:45
Why does everyone talk about how much less fuel diesels use, but nobody mentions their higher running costs. A year or so ago when I last looked, a late model V8 petrol 100 series cost almost twenty grand less to buy second hand and less than half the price to maintain than the same in a diesel. I did my own sums and found it would take me between 150,000 and 200,000 just to break even.
That being said, diesels are a vastly better proposition for towing, but I sometimes wonder whether the true comparative costs are ignored.
But I tend to forget all that when I see over 30 litres per 100K lead footing with a bulky trailer on the back. If I had the dough, I'd have a diesel.
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