Monday, Apr 09, 2007 at 18:27
Hi there Tesse, that was nearly all free way driving and a distance of just over 900klms,Just looked at speedo, 912klms to be exact and that was including two runs back into
Taree on the weekend to see the boat races. I think 900 odd klms with camper on is a fairly good estimate. I set the trip meter to zero before leaving
home and had 2 chock o block tanks and refilled 3klms from my house. We didn't bother going on
the beach due to it raining so would expect it to be allot higher if I had been punching through the sand. If I was getting in the 20's I would be selling it and buying a cruiser. Two of my mates have them one another auto and the other a manual, for some reason the auto always get better then the manual I think because the manual is up around the 3g mark at 110klm where the auto with the overdrive like
mine is only revving at 2.5g at 110, must be the difference. I would also expect higher if I was towing a mid/full size van. Another mate of
mine has a patrol and said his fuel increases by 3 to 4 litres per 100 when he has his full roof basket on reckons its like a parachute. Going again in a couple of weeks to Queensland so will give it a good run but that's without camper so expecting low 12's we will see. Just spoke to my mate prior to typing this who is a Toyota Mechanic and said to
check your air flow meter as they build up with dust and will pump more fuel due to reading being wrong back to the computer. He said this is common with them, he did
mine the first week I bought it when he took it in for a
check over for me. If I started having those figures (20's) constantly I would be putting
mine back in the paper. As said above if I had a big van which yours obviously is or am punching through the sand then I would expect that. Hope you had a good
easter no offence taken everyone entitled to there opinion. Regards Steve M
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