2.8 Fuel Economy

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But 5logs there will be a greater difference around town I'm pretty sure. My 120 V6 around town was between 16 & 17.2 pretty much on the dot. That was based on all stop start short distance stuff, 20k round trip to work, school, daycare, local shops, wife taking to work (about 16k round trip). No freeway or highway on that figure. Throw in some highway or freeway and it was 13/14's L per 100. I'm not adding a bullbar to this one I'm pretty sure but will have lift, snorkel, A/T tyres and probably just a single draw due to rear seat lay out in the 150... Cheers

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But 5logs there will be a greater difference around town I'm pretty sure. My 120 V6 around town was between 16 & 17.2 pretty much on the dot. That was based on all stop start short distance stuff, 20k round trip to work, school, daycare, local shops, wife taking to work (about 16k round trip). No freeway or highway on that figure. Throw in some highway or freeway and it was 13/14's L per 100. I'm not adding a bullbar to this one I'm pretty sure but will have lift, snorkel, A/T tyres and probably just a single draw due to rear seat lay out in the 150... Cheers

Your 120 figures are the same as my old 120 petrol auto, Can't see how the 150 petrol auto could be so significantly better. My new 2.8l 150 is about as economical as the old 120 Petrol..

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My May build 2016 with 900km on it is running at 11.6 [according to the computer]. This compares to 16+ that my 120 V6 auto was getting for identical use. I expect it to improve with another thousand or so on it.On the freeway it was using 7.6 at 110kph in 6th gear for a few km. The V6 would have got about 14 for the same bit.

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My May build 2016 with 900km on it is running at 11.6 [according to the computer]. This compares to 16+ that my 120 V6 auto was getting for identical use. I expect it to improve with another thousand or so on it.On the freeway it was using 7.6 at 110kph in 6th gear for a few km. The V6 would have got about 14 for the same bit.

How many km's do you have on the clock?

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Not that much difference. 11.4/11.6L per 100 for the 120 compared to 10.9L per 100 for the 150. The 16/17.2 was around town use in the 120 which I haven't done yet in the 150 so can't compare around town figures yet. Also the 120 had ko2's, 2 inch lift, bullbar etc where as the 150 has nothing except a towbar... Cheers

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MY 150 has AT3 tyres, steel bull bar, snorkel as did the 120 [ BFg tyres]. 1000 km Cuda

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MY 150 has AT3 tyres, steel bull bar, snorkel as did the 120 [ BFg tyres]. 1000 km Cuda

At 1000km you have just started to see the fuel consumption improve. You will also start to notice improvement in the engine performance. At 10,000km the engine is far smoother and more fuel efficient. The Toyota dealership said it would take about 30,000km for the engine to be fully worn in. My petrol Prado 120 series had Cooper AT3's 265 70 R17, 2 inch lift, ARB deluxe steel bar and snorkel. Was getting 15l/100km country and 16 city. Figured the steel bar screwed the aerodynamics significantly.

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Doug

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I've got 8000km's on the clock now on my 2.8 gxl, for the last 4000km's I've been using the fuel lite app to monitor the fuel consumption. Plenty of town and highway driving and the overall average is 9.8L/100km. No towing yet though to test it out, need to get my boat out!!