4x4 Prado 4L V6 consuumption

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4x4 Prado 4L V6 consuumption

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Hi ,
Im considdering selling my Hilux 3.0 D4D for a Prado 4L v6 4x4,
can anyone tell me the fuel consumption on this car...

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Usually rule of thumb is: people who can afford a Prado do not worry about fuel consumption...

My brother has one, he gets between 6.5-7km per litre, although he has said on more than one occasion that he still prefers the diesel and that he should have gone for the diesel (he had a D4D before the Prado) and not the petrol. He really misses the torque of the diesel compared to the petrol.
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I had a Prado 120 V6. It gave about 6.5 - 7km/l, standard.
Then I fitted an ARB bullbar, OME suspension, which lifts the car, and bigger tyres, and the consumption dropped to 5 -5.5 km/l, on a good day. When in a real hurry, it would give 4.5km/l
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Remember bigger tyre will change the consumption not because of the bigger tyre but the speedo is now more accurate :( the petrol is way better than the diesel if you go into the dunes and considering the cost of keeping the diesel going and repairing it if it break as well as the purchase price of the car then the maybe 10% saving on fuel consumption of the diesel will take you a lifetime to get back. Buy the petrol and have much more FUN it is not costing you that much more if any on the long term.
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Kry diesel, hulle breek nie as jy soos normale mens na hom kyk.

Die rede hoekom diesels breek, is omdat mense wat van petrol voertuie oorskakel na diesel, nog diesefde "ry-tegniek" gebruik en dit op die diesel uitoefen. Met natuurlik die lelike gevolge.

Ook, dieselfde petrol ouens wat 10 000km langer vat om die voertuig te diens, maw, in plaas van elke 10 000km, diens hulle hom 20 000km, omdat hulle gewoond is om hulle dienste te "skip" is die groter oorsaak van diesel "failures".... m2cw
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Ja daar steek so n klynbietjie waarheid daarin, maar dit gaan vir enige voertuig. So pas jou goet op dit help al klaar so n bietjie. Kom ons kyk na die werklikheid. Die diesels perform soos petrol engins maar nie sonder n turbo nie :beg: Pas daai turbo mooi op die goet is duur om reg te maak. Dan is daar die injectors, maak nie saak hoe mooi jy na jou voertuig kyk nie die diesel in Afrika is nie skoon nie nie eers oral in SA kry jy skoon diesel nie. Dit sal jou weer so n klyn plaas se geld kos om die reg te maak en dit gebeur gereeld. Die diesel filter word nie gedek deur jou motor plan nie so jy moet gereeld daai extra kostes betaal as daai filter vervang moet word, moet ook nie dink jy kan daai filter nie vervang nie want dan is dit weer injectors so vervang liewers dit sal jou seker so 20000 km extra gee op die injectors. Dan raas die diesels ook tog so lekker as jy in die veld is jaag jy al die diere weg en so kan ons aan gaan. Ek ry altwee die fortuner is diesel n wonderlike voertuig en ek hou baie van hom dan ry ek n hilux hy is petrol en ek is mal oor die lorrie baie lekker, hy is stil in die veld, kry so 7.5 km /Lt en hy hol soos n sports motor.
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