River Trip 6-10 August 2015 AKA Die Groot Trek

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Peter Connan wrote::rolling: :rolling:

Why is it all the diesel okes are worrying about fuel, and all the petrol okes just carry on like normal (which is to say, driving from filling station to filling station)?
Closer to the time they are also going to realise that like Land Rovers they are going to need to bring a jerrycan of oil as well :rolling:
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Peter Connan wrote::rolling: :rolling:

Why is it all the diesel okes are worrying about fuel, and all the petrol okes just carry on like normal (which is to say, driving from filling station to filling station)?
Ha ha Piet.......moet nou nie lelik wees met ons diesel manne nie, ons kan nie saam praat as julle so brag met duine ry en so aan so ons fuel consumption si maar een van die min perks
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:rolling: :rolling: .... thats true... we need to calculate fuel quantity so swambo can have more packing space..... less jerry cans ..... more hair dryer etc... :redface: :redface:
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Amazing Peter,as I was reading all the posts ,my toughts excactly,us petrol heads fill up (.....WITH GO GO Juice...)and take spare and go clean them exhaust pipes..

Looking forward to the trip ,but only leaving Friday morning early,(maybe my N/A Trollie sucks better in the cool morning air>>>) :rolling: :rolling: :rolling:
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we are just trying to calculate the extra fuel needed to tow the petrol vehicles after the died crossing all the water I am hearing about. spark plugs don't work when wet. :rolling:
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My engine does not start once stalled in water.
But that I consider a safety measure.
Unless you can keep momentum while going through the water, I am not interested in trying to restart it. Then it is best to pull out first. Be that by a diesel or a petrol!
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JoshJ wrote:we are just trying to calculate the extra fuel needed to tow the petrol vehicles after the died crossing all the water I am hearing about. spark plugs don't work when wet. :rolling:
:rolling: :rolling: :rolling: .... I never thought of it that way....
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Ok so just to update you petrol heads on my fuel consumption on the Buffalo Gorge trip.
Filled up just before I left home, did a round trip of 550km and used 84 liters of fuel. This gives me an avarage fuel consumption of 6.5km/L for the whole trip including all playing offroad we did over the weekend and racing Tinus up that hill on the N1 at Menlyn..........

Not to bad I think
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Not bad at all had to wind the 4.8 up nicely to push up that hill past menlyn....
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All inclusive mine was about 5ks per litre
Which is not bad for a petrol v8, given how we belted up every donga to cover Christo in dust.
But then I did not race anyone home.
6,5 is more what I do without 4x4ing in between.
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