Spike, I could be wrong here but I think 90% of Fanus's current driving is around town.
If I am correct, then (on the TB42) that is a fairly good strategy as the torque does peak pretty early, and also 4.4 is not actually all that bad for a GQ in town traffic.
Petrol 4.2 SGL fuel consumption (TB42 engine)
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Re: Petrol 4.2 SGL fuel consumption (TB42 engine)
Yes that is correct.Peter Connan wrote: ↑04 Aug 2022 13:56 Spike, I could be wrong here but I think 90% of Fanus's current driving is around town.
If I am correct, then (on the TB42) that is a fairly good strategy as the torque does peak pretty early, and also 4.4 is not actually all that bad for a GQ in town traffic.
My Patrol is my daily drive. I do about 11 km per day: Drop laaitie off at school on the way to work and then later back home. Robot to robot short distances...
(Did also do one trip to Whiteriver and back on last 120l fuel used in calculation).
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Re: Petrol 4.2 SGL fuel consumption (TB42 engine)
The Patrols (and I guess all other heavy vehicles) absolutely hate the short drives!SJC wrote: ↑04 Aug 2022 21:20Yes that is correct.Peter Connan wrote: ↑04 Aug 2022 13:56 Spike, I could be wrong here but I think 90% of Fanus's current driving is around town.
If I am correct, then (on the TB42) that is a fairly good strategy as the torque does peak pretty early, and also 4.4 is not actually all that bad for a GQ in town traffic.
My Patrol is my daily drive. I do about 11 km per day: Drop laaitie off at school on the way to work and then later back home. Robot to robot short distances...
(Did also do one trip to Whiteriver and back on last 120l fuel used in calculation).
My wife used the 4.8 for a while for dropping and fetching the kids from school - a 16km round trip. The fuel consumption was absolutely eye watering! If I recall I think it was doing something like 3.5km/l. I put a stop to that very quickly!
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