Early ones reveiw badly online but later ones not so bad.
Thoughts and experiences please.
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Early ones reveiw badly online but later ones not so bad.
Thoughts and experiences please.
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I'm going to say gay ,buy a ss or a 4wd both together is just wrong
Crewman drinks fuel like crazy
What's wrong with the cruiser?
4wd's know how to suck gas extremely well :wtfsmilie:
My hair dresser car uses 7.6 litres per 100kms average, my Hilux is currently around 9 with winter defrost cycles :( the Monaro would go around 12 average around town, the 4wds go about twice that...:o
Front suspension probs
5.7 crewman with all wheel drive is a thirsty beast
My 6.2 manual GTS (350kw) 2wd uses 9l /100km, now that a mate owns it the fuel use is 8l per 100km
I havent done a test on the rav but it would be over 10l per 100....but then I am struggling to think of anything I have owned with 4 wheels that has used less.
It is better by a huge margin than the cruiser was tho....Nelson to kiaks and back to almost ward and had to fuel or I wouldn't have made blen....100liter tank plus road users and everything that wears out....fast!
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I cant afford a new diesel and there is no way I can afford to maintain a high mileage common rail and everything that is mechanical injection is old and fucked too.
There is nothing in the second hand market literally.
I want.
petrol
awd or fwd
double cab comfy.
ute
And I hate to say it but probably auto even tho I bloody hate them only because backing my boat up drive into shed would waste a clutch pretty quickly.
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Not a question of grunt but manouvering and going slow enough ie riding the clutch...getting the tandam round the corner is fun even with the rav and that is bloody short!
No question could do it with low box but just going to be hard on things especially full lock tuns on concrete in 4wd.
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Just a stray thought.......
For the time you have the boat could you lease a vehicle ?
$90 a week for a year, two years? Three?
Then when the lease is done you will be done with the boat or at least know what works.
You would pay more a week if you purchased a vehicle ?
Just a thought
I never understood leasing.....its like a hire purchase but at the end you own nothing?
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Auto is good for converting power to torque, which is what you want by the sounds of it. Better for manoeuvring a heavy load and they tend to get better mileage on the open road as they are revving lower. I'm seriously thinking of petrol next round as the increases in RUC's have made diesel less attractive. In Feb the RUC's were over 1/3 of the running costs, be even worse with a more economical engine. I'm using about 14l/100km. The Isuzu is a lot thirstier than the Safari.
If its anything like the Adventra the turning circle is bad and the steering is pretty heavey, ours is the v6 and gets 11l/100km but most of that is around town. The front suspension bushes die and that roots all the tyres quick but a set of Nolathane bushes and its pretty good now
You get what you want/need without having to be eligible for a loan or having any savings, and thats to use a brand new vehicle for a set period of time, and lose less money than if you had purchased new then took a bath when selling after the same period of time.
The right tool for the job at the right time
Like hiring something from the hire centre, for a year or two.
Yea bugger the diesels till the govt makes them more attractive to own.....they should be encouraging small diesel car ownership but you would be mad to.
14 is alright for the zoo....i could get down to 450km towing with the cruiser out of the 100l tank.
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Stupid making the lowest bracket 6000kg and bumping everyone up to that. With a lot of those small efficient diesels the RUC's are as much as the fuel cost.
I miss the fuel economy of the Safari and towing capacity. Nannering it could get about 6l/100km. Nelson and back and 100km round town on 62litres, that's all I could get into the tank from the E mark.
Internet search reveals around 15L trieing to be economical and over 20L if pushed....thats cruiser territory but with petrol.
I really like the concept shame Ford didnt make one they might have got it right [emoji6]
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9 litres per 100km
NO road user charges
6.2 litre
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Do you need an 8, the 6 is much better on gas, the 11l/100k is mixed but it drops massively on the open road. Not that it is of relevance but I had the Adventra parked beside a Jeep Cherokee at the park the other day, the roof height is the same and the Holden had better ground clearance (yes I know its not a live axle 4wd with low range). I might have to take it down a farm track one day to see how far the traction control will get it.
The view out the rear windscreen is pretty woeful.
I have two mates with v6 ones, had them for 6+ years, never had a problem. And one with a SS, owned since new, it lives on gravel roads and is a bit beaten up but handles the abuse. He had to do all suspension bushes and shocks etc within 100,000kms. Other than than that normal maintenance. Been bloody good wagons really.
They're comfortable to drive and ride up front in, very holden, stick on the road nicely.
The only things I don't like about them, rear view vision is poor, and you DON"T want to sit in the back seats like ever - they are poos. We did Wanaka to Chch in mates one, 5 guys, worst most uncomfortable trip ever - worse coming back hungover. And standard ones look GAAAAAAY.
If I were buying one, I would definitely get the V8. Fuel consumption difference between the V6 and V8 is negligible and you can never have enough motor for towing stuff.
I think Josh has summed it up pretty well. I've had a couple ss 2wd crewmans and love them, would have one tomorrow if they still made them. Best utes I've had. In saying that I dragged a boat to French pass and back and the fuel light was on coming back in to town. Mate has a cross8 V8 which is heavy on the fuel but he still wont sell it to me.