Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

brandstofverbruik is relatief - ek het soveel rand, daa'mee gooi ek petrol in, en ry tot dit op is - dan stap ek die 2 blokke huis toe. ... as da weer ietsie is, gan heel ek vi Lobo

Ek weet nie waaroor gaan die petrol ding nie!!! Dit maak nie saak of ek met die hyundai of die Patrol ry nie!!. As ek brandstof ingooi se ek net: "R300 unleaded" en daar gaan ek.

Ek stem!

Ek ry die tenk tot hy leeg is en dan gooi ek weer vol, en soos Forrest Gump se: "and that is that"
Ja die 4.8 is dors, net soos enige ander kompetisie in sy klas ...
MAAR, dan ek darem omtrent ry waar en hoe ek wil ...

Waar die verbruik wel 'n rol speel is wanneer ons "overlanding" doen.
Dan vat dit so bietjie beplanning, byvoorbeeld laas jaar in Botswana moes ons voorsiening maak vir 10 dae van onafhanklik lewe vir 'n familie van 5 mense - kos, water, brandstof ens, ALLES moes saamry want daar was geen geriewe tussenin nie.
Patrol vat 135 L in sy tenk, 40 L op die Trailvan en 80 L in jerrykanne op die dakrak = 255 L wat saamgery moes word. As ek reg onthou het die verbruik net so oor die 3 km/l gaan draai in lekker dik sand met die swaargelaaide Patrol en sleepwa. Dit was great!!!

So, horses for courses - soos G-man se, as jy verbruik soek koop 'n Tdi, maar jy gaan nie ver kom offroad nie! En daai 4.8 straight 6 is seepglad en met 'n freeflow op klink hy pragtig!

Ons ry lekker dankie!

Must say I agree with all - not sure what is all this issues with petrol useage.

If you bought a Patrol and thought you are getting economy in the same deal then you have bought wrong. In fact if you are a serious 4x4'er and overlander and you want economy you are in the wrong game - get out of it!!!

Diesel or Petrol - if you use it what you bought it for it is heavy......

I average town driving 6 km/l. Overlanding heavily loaded my car drops to about 5km/l. Hell with my Lesotho / Transkei trip in Dec 2010 there was even one tank that dropped to 2,84km/l - for a diesel that was a shocker but hell what can you do!!

Although I am sure that my huge 305 16" tyres also plays a role in my comsumption......

Fortunately - and I am most probably very priviliged in this sense - I don't use my Patrol on a day to day basis but have a little run aound day to day commuter.

Regards

Around town I average ~7.7km/l (13l/100km's) with my 33' M/T's on and 8-ishkm/l (~12l/100km's) with my 32' A/T's. On the open road fully loaded and 33' M/T's I get ~7km/l (14l/100km's) .....I don't think that's bad for such a huge vehicle!Ross gets something similar with his TD42 Turbo engine too....

I am finding this quite interesting!

My car seems to be one of the few that gets better consumption on trips than around town. I get around 4.8km/l in town, even with considerable freeway driving between PTA and Kempton, but on the soft sandy tracks of the Central Kalahari and a heavily loaded car and roofrack (no trailer though) I got it down to very nearly 6km/l.

I can only assume a lot of it is the GQ's bad earodynamics, compounded by the roof rack.

Peter Connan wrote:I am finding this quite interesting!

My car seems to be one of the few that gets better consumption on trips than around town. I get around 4.8km/l in town, even with considerable freeway driving between PTA and Kempton, but on the soft sandy tracks of the Central Kalahari and a heavily loaded car and roofrack (no trailer though) I got it down to very nearly 6km/l.

I can only assume a lot of it is the GQ's bad earodynamics, compounded by the roof rack.

Geez...that's a pretty big difference!

If your normal town driving consists of short distances in heavy traffic then you will have bad consumption...hell...my wife's 1.4l Getz averages just under 10km/l because her daily commute is in rush hour and over only 12km's each way!