Thread: New Hilux Fuel Consumption

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

One of my trip Meters has been running for the past 10,000ks and it's sitting at 10.4l/100km, so that's a good average over 10,000ks, 2019 Navara stx. Has done a bit of towing in that time, horse float with couple cows in it, tandem trailer taking side by sides to and from town etc and probably a quarter to a third of those Ks have been off-road on farm etc. Doesn't really have anything done to it to add much weight though, Load Master flat deck, iron man winchbar front and sideboards and running Maxxis 764 in 245/75/16 which I'm pretty sure are same size as factory. See a lot of trucks with all sorts of shit on them that seem to be all about the look, big tyres and lift kits and bars all round etc and I guarantee you most simply setup farmers truck would do a shit tonne more sketchy shit than they'll ever do, day in, day out.

4WD vehicles today would die of fright if they were confronted with cocky's feeding out utes of old. 750 x 16 SAT tyres with every second lug cut out or if it was really serious a set of 825 x 16 Tractor grip recaps and wheel chains all round.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

One of my trip Meters has been running for the past 10,000ks and it's sitting at 10.4l/100km, so that's a good average over 10,000ks, 2019 Navara stx. Has done a bit of towing in that time, horse float with couple cows in it, tandem trailer taking side by sides to and from town etc and probably a quarter to a third of those Ks have been off-road on farm etc. Doesn't really have anything done to it to add much weight though, Load Master flat deck, iron man winchbar front and sideboards and running Maxxis 764 in 245/75/16 which I'm pretty sure are same size as factory. See a lot of trucks with all sorts of shit on them that seem to be all about the look, big tyres and lift kits and bars all round etc and I guarantee you most simply setup farmers truck would do a shit tonne more sketchy shit than they'll ever do, day in, day out.

4WD vehicles today would die of fright if they were confronted with cocky's feeding out utes of old. 750 x 16 SAT tyres with every second lug cut out or if it was really serious a set of 825 x 16 Tractor grip recaps and wheel chains all round.

Originally Posted by stagstalker

Definitely, I always get a chuckle seeing the utes that drive around nice and clean with a big lift, big muds and blacked out windows and a hard lid or bunch of impractical crap on it lol.

Took mine out for its first proper workout during a week of hunting just over a week ago. Dropped the tyres right down and took on some pretty slippery clay tracks for an evening hunt. Would normally take the quad but felt like giving the wagon it’s first proper off-road test haha. Pretty damn impressed with the Maxxis Razr AT811s so far

Zone15 ???

Originally Posted by XR500

Zone15 ???

A wee ways off

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

4WD vehicles today would die of fright if they were confronted with cocky's feeding out utes of old. 750 x 16 SAT tyres with every second lug cut out or if it was really serious a set of 825 x 16 Tractor grip recaps and wheel chains all round.

Still got my tractor grips for the back and chains for the front
Where do you want to go?


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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Still got my tractor grips for the back and chains for the front
Where do you want to go?


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I've still got a set of chains too, shall we meet ?

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I've still got a set of chains too, shall we meet ?

As I have got older the more sense I have gained, sometimes!
In the early eighties every morning I would have to fit a full set of heavy chains to the flat deck landcruiser to feed out across the river on the flats, every day was a full on adventure.
Perhaps a meet up on the 42 traverse as been meaning to do it for years and never got around to it?
Just down the road from me to be fair!

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I'd be keen to do the 42 traverse - although I think it is currently closed? Reopens 1 November.

Did a long haul up and back down the NI over the weekend unladen less a few bags and loaded with the wife and kids. Reset the consumption reader at the start of the trip to see how it went. Not too bad considering the what it was first looking like when I got it.

Just don't look at it any more

Wow, that's still over a L more than the Ranger.

Originally Posted by Mohawk .308

Worth every cent…

Maybe, but I don't really hold back on the ranger - it's usually towing something unmentionable (including a hilux once). It's not there because it's pretty - it's there because it's a better tow vehicle. I actually don't really like quite a few things about it but if I was to replace it now the only real option I have is either a truck or a V6 ranger.

Originally Posted by stagstalker

Did a long haul up and back down the NI over the weekend unladen less a few bags and loaded with the wife and kids. Reset the consumption reader at the start of the trip to see how it went. Not too bad considering the what it was first looking like when I got it.

Quite interesting, my 2021 sits on exactly 10l/100km with 2 ladders and conduit tube on the roof. Apparently they don't cause as much drag as I thought.

Mines at 9.7 but drive it like a nana

Not even bedded in just over 2000km

Mines at 12 litres.. done 50000kms never reset.. that includes towing float weekly. And boat etc....
Can drive to chch and get the trip reading to under 9.. but the overall average is 12.0/100.. and I have all the same mods as you.... I had a 2016 that sat at 10.2/100.. then got the 2020 and gained 2 litres fuel use...