Fuel Stats and Range plus compare Saudi and Aus prices GU 4800
Did my first long trip in the Patrol last weekend. (GU 4800).
Thought I'd post a few fuel related figures just fyi.
I'm really loving the vehicle and it was great to cruise down the highway (but I missed the cruise control from my old Trooper). When it comes to consumption and range I now understand why they come standard with a Sub tank!!
Here is the rough info:
Some influencing factors: Large steel roof rack sitting high off the roof catching wind, 285/75/16 AT tyres (changes gearing a little, not sure how much difference it makes)
From full I drove until about 370km when the "orange light" came on. From the gauge it still doesn't look empty at that point. I then pumped the sub tank across and continued. All highway for about 460km and then about 40km around town.
I sat pretty much on 120km/h all the way, which is the speed limit here - I was probably passed by most cars on the highway by only going that speed. I noted this on the GPS on the way back and the average speed, including stops to grab a coffee at the drive through and fill once with fuel was still above 100 km/h for the length of the trip.
At the pump I put in (both tanks) 110.7 litres and the trip meter on the speedo read 503.9 km.
So that is roughly: 22 l/100km, 4.5 km/l or 10.7 mpg.
Ouch!
The tanks are 95 litres main and 30 litres sub (total 125 litres). So theoretically I still had about 14 litres left. At best, let's say 10 litres useable. That would be another 45 kms or a total of about 550km range. I guess you could stretch it by slowing back to 100km/h, but that is hard to do.
So, what about price?
Fuel in Riyadh where I live is 0.45 SR/litre, in Jubail where we traveled to they have permission to put the price up to 0.47 (the price is always fixed and never changes).
110.7 litres @ 0.47 = 52 SR. Exchange rate is roughly 4:1, so about AUD $13. :p
I had a quick dig on the RACV site and it seemed that fuel in Melbourne on that day was about $1.35/l so that same fuel in Melbourne would be about AUD $149.45 (about 598 SR)
Ouch!!! :frown:
The speedo reads about 122 when the GPS reads 120 (even with the bigger tyres), so if you took that small difference into account - it's even WORSE. ha ha :)
It's a really nice car and the 4800 has heaps of power and is great to drive. But it really wouldn't make any sense anywhere but here. You can also see why it is hard to slow down to test the fuel economy. The price really discourages any thought of being green.
One more comparison, I had the same roof rack on my old Isuzu Trooper (Holden Jackaroo) and did the same trip with between 20-21 l/100km, but it was never going to be good to compare to.
