Thread: Fuel economy. Listed vs reality

Hey everyone.
Just wondering how peoples fuel economy stacks up.
Bit disappointed with my latest purchase
Particularly relating to utes

2010 hilux dcab 4wd. 7.5 L/100km road tyres @ 36 psi

2015 hilux dcab 4wd. 7.2 L/100km road tyres @ 36 psi

Listed fuel economy is a load of bullocks!

Fuel economy is only as good as the driver can make it.
So many variables that can effect it.

Originally Posted by cambo

Listed fuel economy is a load of bullocks!

Fuel economy is only as good as the driver can make it.
So many variables that can effect it.

Yup realize that and tires play a huge part. Always expect it to be higher than listed. .
Just never had one about 3-4l per 100k over

watching with interest, what ute is it?

Not sure about utes, but with cars I think the European manufacturers are quite well known for 'gaming' the official test cycles to give much lower official fuel consumption figures for marketing (and lower taxes in some countries where tax is based on nominal co2 output) even if nobody gets that in reality. The Japanese manufacturers have normally tended to be a bit more honest with it, but its still just a lab test that may differ a lot from your driving (especially if you live somewhere hilly or tow trailers etc).

I remember being amused by a UK car magazine test between an Subaru Impreza STI and a VW Golf R a couple of years back. Both 2.0 turbo 4wd with similar power and weight, from memory the VW claimed 39mpg and the Subaru claimed 28mpg... and both did 27mpg in the mags real-world testing.

My ranger on a trip, two wheel drive, road tyres pretty constant on trip 8.7/8.9. Now I’m retired, I’ll try to do better, this is an old 2013 model

Amazed with the Tritons economy.....even with my lead foot, lots of around town,towing boat still average under 10l -100....On a trip if I keep my foot out of it it will get down into high 6 low 7l -100.....2wd tho so not dragging round that extra weight and drag of 4wdsystem.

You can buy a lot of petrol for the hourly charge out rate of a machanic.You could have a gas guzzling v8 that might only cost you 1k in ten years on repairs.I know somebody who just brought a toyota surf diesel 3litrs i think 6 months ago.3 months ago engine blew up.15k to rebuild,3 weeks after repairs it was back in garage in bits again.Had a guest in my house a month ago,brought a nice range rover diesel 3.6ltr,he talked about how cheap it was to run blablabla,then said the turbo blew its guts.11k to replace.Old petrol sixs or 8s looked after go for decades.

One ute (part time 4x4) get 37mpg, 30+mpg around town.

Other one (not 4x4) gets 18mpg (on a really good day!), 10 mpg around town.

ye guess so,50yrs ago theres was hardly any diesels around.Heres my old 4.2 Tdi done 545000ks,had it 16yrs now,spent about 2k putting rear main seal in.Done nothing else to motor. and it doesnt burn oil or smoke.Only use it hunting now.

My hunter truck is a 312ks 96 Bighorn with 32 muds, tune etc - can do 9.7L/100 on trip (29.1mpg) but more commonly just over 10L. Much much better than my 1kz 3.0 Prado - that was a shocker on diesel.

Wee runabout Toyota ist 1.5 car consistently clocks just over 50mpg on trips - 5.6L/100ks.

Well I know ford is calculated down hill with the motor off possibly getting towed by something cos I can’t even get anywhere near what the fancy sales pitch says

Me old patrol does about about 14ltr/100k but i give a dos as long as i get a deer or 2.Id love a V8 400hp new patrol but they $107000 fkn dollers.Covit suckn up my savings now so long live the pension.Eniugh fir a tank of gas n 2 booxs of bullits .

Yeah, but the Patrol is sooo much cheaper to own in the long term. Depreciation for one thing, is almost non existant. Rebuild an injector pump and injectors (needed maybe once in its lifetime will set you back a cuople of grand. A diesel techician wouldn't even get out of bed for your Ford ranger/hilux/Isuzu IP for 2K! Maintenance costs are far lower, with the plethora of reasonable quality aftermarket bits. My Landy has half a shed worth of spare parts stashed away. The Patrol has a couple of spare oil filters and some suspension bushes. Period
But horses for courses. Some people love the comfort of a new wagon. Fuel economy is small beers in the long term scheme of things, when some are looking at dropping 15 - 20 K in depreciation in the first few years of ownership.