Fuel Consumption on Cruiser or Patrol

[Swerve]

Thank you very much for the help so far guys.

I today found a 1998 Patrol auto in petrol with 90k's on it. Seems a very good buy, but perhaps I should keep looking, considering the last post?

I'm told only the very late 80 series will have the towing abilities I need, so these are kind of out of the question now.

I have seen a TD5 Landy also (here goes the landie brigade!), which is legal to tow 3.5 tonne I believe, but is it really capable of that? It seems too small and light to pull that sort of weight safely.

Regards

Darren

Petrol are fine

It's only the 3L Turbo Diesel from 2001 and earlier

Steve

[Boz]

Have you considered petrol/lpg?

The extra consumtion is balanced out by the cost of gas and when not towing will definitely be cheeper to run over all.

Just a thought!

Boz

[jethro6641]

Just bought a new 100 V8 Cruiser at only $55,000 on road I could not go past it. Having had a 100 Series 4.2 Turbo Diesel before I was tempted to go back. But as the salesman pointed out unless you can a rebate on Diesel you need to do almost 300,000 klms to recoup the cost.

Food for thought.

Good Luck,

Jamie

[creeks4me]

8.1 l per 100km from a diesel cruiser boy i need your help how do u achieve that?

[fishsmith]

You may need to wack another battery in the calculator as my zook struggles to acheive 8l per 100km's ....

[VIRGIN]

Buy nothing but a crusier - I've an 80 series 95 model 90l LPG tank and a 80l petrol tank. LPG rocks and I wouldn't be driving a crusier/patrol if it wasn't on LPG.

$42.00 dollars to put 80l LPG compared to $110.00 to put unleaded .

I've drivin' Morteon Island and Stradie with heavy weight as well as highway and you would have to be a scientist to find the power difference between LPG and petrol.

LPG Rocks especially the way the Fuel prices are heading!

Good Luck on your decision!

[VIRGIN]

Buy nothing but a crusier - I've an 80 series 95 model 90l LPG tank and a 80l petrol tank. LPG rocks and I wouldn't be driving a crusier/patrol if it wasn't on LPG.

$42.00 dollars to put 80l LPG compared to $110.00 to put unleaded .

I've drivin' Morteon Island and Stradie with heavy weight as well as highway and you would have to be a scientist to find the power difference between LPG and petrol.

LPG Rocks especially the way the Fuel prices are heading!

Good Luck on your decision!

[bigblue]

Oh yeah, for your size rig I would recommend the 4.2 T/D 100 series Land Cruiser and you cant beat an auto with a T/D as they eliminate turbo lag.
The later 100's had a 5 speed auto and these are preferable to the 4 speed auto's which were problematic units.

Cheers and Beers

Scott

Problematic> Sorry! ...ive had a 4 speed TD 100 cruiser now with 145K not a minutes trouble with the box, i do service it every 30k, consumtion is 12litres per 100 , my mate has the TD100 Sahara with 5 speed box and computer readout, he also gets around 12litres /100

[Mortalkombat]

80 series 4.2 diesel extractors 14~ 16 litres per 100 kms cannot do any better around town, on the highway around 11

[GBC]

Rover TD5 2.5 auto pulls 3.5t happily and with excellent fuel figures compared to the others. (Haines 680 applause full cab - predecessor to the grand cruiser from Bris to 1770 and back)
Build quality just isn't the same though with the little things letting down an otherwise great tow rig/tourer.

[Whitey81]

Boatboy,
Yes diesels will be cheaper to run when towing a boat, sand work etc. But you will never have the power of a petrol. It all comes down to how often you tow the boat, how far you have to tow it, how long you plan on keeping the car for. for the record I drive a 4.2 Turbo Intercooled Patrol and got from Brisbane to Gladstone 550km towing a Haines Formula 23ft using 135 litres sitting on 100 ks. 2 of mates have petrol cruisers and patrols running on LPG and they get better economy and a heap more grunt. I love my diesels but its a hard decision to make. Dont forget the added cost of servicing a diesel and they always seem to cost more, new and second hand.

[fishscale]

hi virgin how do you go buying lpg on moerton.petrol or diesel they both have a good and bad but you cannnt beat the sound of a turbo diesel with a 3 inch exhaust cheers ash......... > >

[boatboy50]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for your help.

I've bitten the bullet and bought a 98 100 Series Cruiser on Petrol. Choice mainly come down to price as i think I got it for a steal.

I couldn't justify spending at least a few k more to get a diesel, to spend a lot of time trying to recoup the money. I do only about 15k each year, so it would have taken a lot longer to make that money back.

Thanks for your advice guys, i'll consider putting it on gas.

Regards

Darren