Very Very Thirsty

[JONNY TOYOTA]

Hi all i have a 97 3ltr 1kzte
since crimbo i have noticed
that i am getting about 80 miles
on £25 of diesel
with all these fuel price rises
does that sound right !!!!!
I have had a service (all the filters inc fuel)
i have had a new centre and tail pipe (genuine)
any help much appreciated
cheers jonny

[Albannach]

Hi all i have a 97 3ltr 1kzte
since crimbo i have noticed
that i am getting about 80 miles
on £25 of diesel
with all these fuel price rises
does that sound right !!!!!
I have had a service (all the filters inc fuel)
i have had a new centre and tail pipe (genuine)
any help much appreciated
cheers jonny

That seems a bit on the low side.

[J i m s t e r]

Did you used
to work in
a telegraph
office
doe?

[lawsy]

£25 is around 4 gallon at todays prices, 80mile therefore is about 20 to the gallon

so guess its depending on how you driving really..

I got a fair less than that at the weekend, but was off road

[Albannach]

£25 is around 4 gallon at todays prices, 80mile therefore is about 20 to the gallon

so guess its depending on how you driving really..

I got a fair less than that at the weekend, but was off road

A 3.0 3rd gen should get nearer 30mpg.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Any modifications i.e. chunky tyres, suspension/body lift, or anything else fitted to affect the standard 'aerodynamics'?

[JONNY TOYOTA]

Thirsty work

I have not modded the surf at all
it has std 16 wheels,no lift,no big
bore exhaust,only a bull bar which
was already on the truck.befor
xmas i was getting at least 100-110
miles on £20 of diesel
i drive 20 miles a day upto 50mph only
no smoke,power seems ok
hmmmmmmm

[BUSHWHACKER]

Well, it's either the price of fuel, the tyre pressures are too low or you ate too many mince pies over Xmas.

[JONNY TOYOTA]

thirsty

Yes fuel around windsor berks £136.9 diesel
£132.9 petrol
i also have 4 new tyres 265-70-16 dunnies
hmmm have to borrow the mrs racing 1.3 corolla
for now until the fuel prices go down !!!!!!!
Thanks chaps

[Paul1566]

What size tyres you running before christmas ?
It won't effect it much but when i put me new AT2's on i found that my mileage reading had dropped
from 220 miles from full to 1/4, down to 200 miles from full down to 1/4.
yet i still went to work 5 days a week same journey every day.
New tyres have larger rolling circumference there fore less revolutions to go 100 miles than old worn tyres.
Less revolutions means less miles clocked yet same distance travelled.....

You say it costs £25 to do 80 miles now, when before it cost £20 to 100 miles.
So if you did 100 miles now it would cost £31.25, thats over a 3rd more ?????

[Tallyman]

New tyres seem to make a difference to the speedo readings. I've just put 31x10.5x15 AT2's on mine and clocked 1.4 miles back from our our local Tesco petrol station, whereas on the old worn 265x70x15 Yokohamas it showed 1.2 miles. Will set up the satnav next time I can get out for a decent journey and see how the speed and distance compares with the new boots on. Mighnt actually makle the speedo readings more accurate as it was reading 10% over at 71 mph (i.e. showing 77).

[TonyN]

You need to start comparing liters bought to miles, not how many £'s you put in.

around here £25 is only 18 liters today, before xmas I was getting 20 liters for same price.

If you're guaging MPG on £'s put in truck, i'd guess thats a going to look like a big drop in MPG just cos of the price rise in fuel.

[lawsy]

You need to start comparing liters bought to miles, not how many £'s you put in.

around here £25 is only 18 liters today, before xmas I was getting 20 liters for same price.

If you're guaging MPG on £'s put in truck, i'd guess thats a going to look like a big drop in MPG just cos of the price rise in fuel.

thats kind of where i was going with number of litres per fill

there's girl i know who isnt affected by the fuel prices cos every time she fills up she only puts £20 in

hasnt realised she isnt going as far on it tho