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big g · Newbie Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 8 Location: London

Hello again all,

Still on the case looking at a Colorado and was wondering if anyone might be able to tell me what mpg returns they are getting from the petrol version?(or even just let me know what it's meant to be Sad

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Much has been posted on here about the diesels (naturally) but i'm seriously looking at the petrol version now as well. Several thousand less for any given year/trim, bit more poke and for the milage i'll do p.a (10,000mls or less) it really only comes down to a couple of hundred quid in juice a year.

While i'm on the subject , provided it's been looked after , I understand buying a diesel cruiser with in excess of 100k miles on the clock is not a problem but do the petrols have the same in-built longevity?

Any help appreciated,

regards,

G

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ajfarooqui · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:40 Post subject: 3.4 V6 fuel consumption

I have Prado 3.4 5VZ-FE model 2002 petrol and it giving me 5km per liter in city and 6km on highway with aircon on. Apart from others the main difference I feel is the driving pleasure in the petrol version of the vehicle, while driving you never feels that you driving a Jeep instant you feel like you are driving a powerful luxury car.

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big g · Newbie Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 8 Location: London

Well ive jumped in and bought one. Pick it up in a couple of days. Will run some fuel tests over the next couple of weeks and report back my findings for anyone that might want to know.

G

Vagabond · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:54 Post subject:

To a similar query earlier in the year I wrote,
"To give you some more "real life" info - just completed a 1500 mile (1464 to be precise) round trip over the Easter hols. Most of the trip was done on M'ways @ (cruise controlled) 70mph.

My '97 3.4VX auto used 279 litres of UL sourced (wherever was cheapest at the time) which works out at 23.8mpg.

Not bad I'd say.... "

However since then, I've had a cat-back full SS exhaust system installed from Powerflow and can happily say that I get around 25mpg for the same journey. Laughing

big g · Newbie Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 8 Location: London

Vagabond · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:41 Post subject:

Vagabond · Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 13:57 Post subject:

Some more "real life" info;

I just did a 1241 mile round trip over the half-term hols and used 237.5 litres of UL. That works out at 23.7mpg - pretty much the same as before when I did similar journey over Easter.

However this time I did most of those miles at a cruise-controlled 70mph and sometimes a bit more Wink

(this is 70mph according to SatNav, about 78 indicated on speedometer). Whereas last ime I stuck to 65mph pretty much for most of the journey.

So the SS exhaust may have given me 1-2mpg more had I stuck to my previous speed limit. That more than compensates for the less refined (i.e. slightly noisier) SS system.

Cheers,