haha true. BMW 760li springs to mind- that should pull the caravan!
morrisman1,
Oct 11, 5:53am
I see fuel economy as a challenge. I always try to beat my record where possible, but elsewhere I hardly care, its foot to the floor haha.
Current records: 1991 Sentra 1.6 manual: 6.09L/100km 1992 Peugeot 405 1.8TD manual 4.8L/100km 1999 Nissan Primera 2.0 manual 7.5L/100km (wasn't an economy attempt) 1993 Peugeot 306 1.9TD on b100 6.3L/100km (fully loaded, 5 POB)
pebbles61,
Oct 11, 6:11am
But what about the Morris!
morrisman1,
Oct 11, 6:16am
Never properly tested, I only took it on a couple trips and on one it used 4L of oil in 100km (before engine rebuild haha)
The ute being powered by datsun quality engineering will probably get to auckland on a tank from invers. Those a12 engines are good for 50mpg Ive read.
I recall a figure of about 7L/100km for the morry though.
pebbles61,
Oct 11, 8:15am
I assume we're talking Minor here, right!
franc123,
Oct 11, 8:54am
Its probably about the same given there would be less metal in a 120Y. The aerodynamics wouldn't be much different, maybe better if the MM has a one piece windscreen instead of a split one lol.
jarrod261,
Oct 11, 9:15am
I've got an 01 VX v6 Commodore. A few months ago I drove from Brisbane to Canberra, Thats about a 1200km trip, Had a couple of stopovers along the way. Half way through the trip when I had filled the tank the trip meter was saying 900kms till empty.I think the car has a 60L fuel tank, Could be wrong on that though. Usually round town it gets 700km pre tank.
3tomany,
Oct 11, 9:37am
my brother in law a few years ago was a staunch holden fan but wanted to borrow my el falcon for a church trip to auckland from bulls, he had a freind with a nissan primera joining him on the same trip so both filled right up in bulls andd each took 3 passengers so 4 people in each car, so when they got to auckland both pulled up at a servo, guess what the coon took 5ltrs less than the little nissan and he now, many years later still drives a coon because he saw the light
v8_mopar,
Oct 11, 4:16pm
The coons are getting cheaper to run. My 94 xr6 Dunedin to Christchurch returns about 12l per 100km and my 03 xr8 around 11l per 100ks
sifty,
Oct 11, 7:51pm
I would have a falcon rather than the subie i run now if I didn't need the wagon for dogs/prams/bikes/snowboards etc etc. Would probably use less fuel
falcon wagon too big and heardse-like unfortunately.
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