Good Tow Cars?

[BOZ22N]

Cheap skate buying 95 hehe

[evil_weevil]

my commo this week daily driving is 8.7l/100

using my mates Navara 4.0L 08 model to wakefield 2 weeks time - will see how that goes.

Oh Fats, talking about hills, the ultimate hill is near Tamworth on the new england hwy...my instant fuel screen was showing around 80l per 100 just to get up that hill, I could see the fuel gauge moving down! and that was with the fag car on the back. then when you think the hill is over....there is another 2km of hill after that!

worst.

hill.

ever.

Ask duncan and Matt about Neils falcon going down that hill with no trailer brakes and GTR on back!

[evil_weevil]

ps picsofhotsoccermilfspete

[hrd-hr30]

lol, are you sure they put the turbo engine in your XR6T???

Turns out Ford claims 11.7l/100km city cycle for the 2008 XR6T. I had NFI they had got so economical. http://www.themotorreport.com.au/3729/2008-fg-falcon-revealed

The new 270 kW I6 Turbo engine, coupled with the ZF six-speed automatic transmission, produces an ADR 81/01 fuel figure of 11.7 L/100km

But the thing that started it all was me saying I can get the same economy around town in my big old 88 diesel Patrol, and like I said, I get 12-14l/100 around town, pretty much like you do with 11.6 to 14.3...

Edited January 12, 2012 by hrd-hr30

[MBS206]

lol, are you sure they put the turbo engine in your XR6T???

Turns out Ford claims 11.7l/100km city cycle for the 2008 XR6T. I had NFI they had got so economical. http://www.themotorreport.com.au/3729/2008-fg-falcon-revealed

But the thing that started it all was me saying I can get the same economy around town in my big old 88 diesel Patrol, and like I said, I get 12-14l/100 around town, pretty much like you do with 11.6 to 14.3...

Yeah, but my 14.3 comes at the fun leaving pretty much everything for dead at the lights... Lol...

The XR6T are economical, quite surprisingly! But I don't think it will be as good as te TD when towing, but the gains I make $$$ wise daily driving will far out weigh the TD benefit when towing.

As to that hill Chubbs, it was mrs interesting going up it and having to google what a certain flashing light meant... Turns out we had to stop and let the trans cool down... Least the ford told us it was hot... The same vintage commodore would have just had the gearbox implode...

[nismoman]

Is that humble pie you are eating now Harry?

[No Crust Racing]

OK I can't stay quiet anymore

God I'd have some good laughs from this thread.

I've just filled the tank and am heading to and from Melbourne tomorrow to collect a car for the missus and was going to do what Matt did but he's beaten me too the punch!

The question remains, have the people who were looking for tow cars actually done anything about it or have we all wasted considerable amounts of time?

[hrd-hr30]

Is that humble pie you are eating now Harry?

nup. when people say they're supposed to get 16l around town but actually get 11, I don't think its my fault if I didn't believe it. turns out its actually supposed to get 11...

Or when they say i get 14 around town, but 10 if there's 100km of highway... which doesn't ad up.

Or the "easy 7-7.5l/100" which didn't turn out to be so easy - a passenger or two and its low 8s which is a whole litre more... 14% worse economy because of a passenger...

there was alot of bullshit going around.

Edited January 13, 2012 by hrd-hr30

[No Crust Racing]

lol and it starts again...

I think you have misread or misunderstood what I was saying. That and the fact that upon re-reading it, I wasn't as clear as I could have been.

"That is what I'm saying though, highway driving climate control on, 2 passenger, weekend luggage etc, it easily gets those figures on the highway. Add a person or two and it gets up to high 7s low 8s"

And by that I mean add a person or two and their luggage for a weekend trip and trundle off down the hume with climate on and it'll then do high 7's to low 8's at worst.

So if the very best it ever sees is a between 7.0 and 7.5 (average of about 7.25 for the whole trip) then averaging closer to 8L per hundred after adding a couple of people and luggage is still quite good. We're talking close to 2T at that point. I'm not sure how much the luggage would weigh but with 4 of us in the car we fill the 510 litre boot easily enough.

I'd have thought the comments about the hire cars and regularly seeing numbers on par with those would have convinced you.

Let the laughs continue!

Edited January 13, 2012 by ActionDan

[hrd-hr30]

and the story changes slightly again...

the very best it ever sees is a between 7.0 and 7.5 (average of about 7.25 for the whole trip)

I'm only interesting in what it gets for a tank, not the best l/100 you see on the trip computer on the highway.still, its excellent fuel economy - as good as many 4cyl econoboxes manage.

Edited January 13, 2012 by hrd-hr30

[No Crust Racing]

You make me laugh Harry I reckon you'd be good to have a few beers with.

I'll let you know when I next drive up to QLD getting 16L per hundred, you can shout me the first round because I'll obviously be broke.

Have a good weekend guys

Edited January 13, 2012 by ActionDan

[No Crust Racing]

and the story changes slightly again...

I'm only interesting in what it gets for a tank, not the best l/100 you see on the trip computer on the highway.still, its excellent fuel economy - as good as many 4cyl econoboxes manage.

Sorry I sent my reply before you edited your post so I missed the second bit.

That is an average figure for the whole tank of highway driving. Calculated the old fashioned way, not based on the average fuel consumption figure on the computer. Though as was said before if you reset it right before a trip it's only .2-.3L out at most. As I mentioned earlier my average per tank of mixed driving is 8.4-8.8L

In comparison to 4 bangers we've done long trips in the Falcon does use more fuel. Our other car (2010 Mazda3) does mid 6's on the highway with the two of us and luggage but it's doing plenty more revs at those speeds and is only a 4spd Auto, the seats are also far less comfy.

Turbo Diesel Focus at work is mid 5's in the same conditions and has a crap load more torque to work with (6spd Man). we also have a Prius here which is not much better than the focus, and worse to drive.

I get the impression that you won't be convinced unless you see it first hand and I can respect that as I'm exactly the same.

Edited January 13, 2012 by ActionDan

[MBS206]

lol and it starts again...

I think you have misread or misunderstood what I was saying. That and the fact that upon re-reading it, I wasn't as clear as I could have been.

"That is what I'm saying though, highway driving climate control on, 2 passenger, weekend luggage etc, it easily gets those figures on the highway. Add a person or two and it gets up to high 7s low 8s"

And by that I mean add a person or two and their luggage for a weekend trip and trundle off down the hume with climate on and it'll then do high 7's to low 8's at worst.

So if the very best it ever sees is a between 7.0 and 7.5 (average of about 7.25 for the whole trip) then averaging closer to 8L per hundred after adding a couple of people and luggage is still quite good. We're talking close to 2T at that point. I'm not sure how much the luggage would weigh but with 4 of us in the car we fill the 510 litre boot easily enough.

I'd have thought the comments about the hire cars and regularly seeing numbers on par with those would have convinced you.

Let the laughs continue!

Close to 2Tonne? Are you packing chiauhuas as people?

Supposedly they're 1750 odd empty, throw 68 litter of fuel in plus the Ther extra weight that ends up in them, and only 2 people with out luggage an you breach 2T... 4 people and luggage is easy 2.2T I reckon. Maybe I should put mine over the weigh station...

[260DET]

This is an excellent thread, keep it rolling

[R31Nismoid]

[fatz]

touch the bewb

ill give a rundow on the q7 when i tow some shit somwhere

ps hiluxes r gay

[Marlin]

It'll tow fine. It is, after all, simply a Toureg that has mated with a Sperm Whale.

I think you just like saying Q7.

I also think you might be drinking again

[benm]

go do your grocery shopping so u can tell us if it tows well....

[fatz]

drinking

mmmmmmmm

theres a idea

[evil_weevil]

where are the soccer mum pics wtf!!

Dan, ive had a few beers with Harry, it was XXXX, beer was ok, but Harry is good to have a beer with.

only issue there was Druncan wouldnt buy us shouts cause he was saving for rebuild # 43