80 series, 4.5l petrol fuel economy... or lack thereof.

[Snaga Wishing I was lost Find all posts View Profile Close Snaga]

Hi all,
How thirsty would a 1994, heavily modified 80 series auto cruiser be?
Saw a second hand one the other day and looks like fun 😎 ... but I suspect it would be uneconomical as a daily driver


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[mackayvx Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close mackayvx]

20 ltds per hundred would be pretty standard i think.
Towing would beef that figure up too!

[Goggo Member Find all posts View Profile Close Goggo]

I sold my 100 series petrol/lpg 12 months ago to get my 150 and I was getting 400km/90ltrs of lpg which equals 22.5L/100km and that was empty, when I towed my 17foot caravan I would get 30L/100km.

Hi all,
How thirsty would a 1994, heavily modified 80 series auto cruiser be?
Saw a second hand one the other day and looks like fun �� ... but I suspect it would be uneconomical as a daily driver


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[nanbar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close nanbar]

Dual Fuel or just Petrol? I had 94 80 series (duel fuel and auto) before the Prado and it was a shocker. It started off ok when it was on straight petrol but got worse after the LPG conversion. Upwards of 21L/100km on petrol around 35L/100km on LPG.

[yowie Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close yowie]

My 80 series manual petrol RV model, with a number of extras, was a bit thirsty (remember about 16 l/100 km on the country roads when driven sedately on one occasion - that did not last too long as I could not put up with that sort of driving) so the figures would have been way past that with my normal driving. Was fun to drive, just knocked it down to 3rd gear to overtake and off it went.

It was 17 years old when I sold it to buy the 150.

[Snaga Wishing I was lost Find all posts View Profile Close Snaga]

Hmm... Doesn't look like its a daily driver by those figures
It's got muddies, 3" lift and all the fruit so I best look the other way lol!
Having said that... I doubt there's anywhere it couldn't have gone!
Thanks guys


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