Thread: The new truck (Hilux Surf)

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Yep it has power all right. Getting 500km on 60l in the Toyota Hiace with the same engine and 600km on 60l with the Safari. On a long trip taking things easy I've managed 900km on 65l with the Safari. Do like the grunt of that Toyota though, going up a hill with the trailer behind it I'll have to back off as speeding; the Safari without trailer is slowing down all the way up to just limp over the top.

I took my mates safari (4.2 not the 2.8 turbo) on my last goat shooting trip. That thing is a monster. That 4.2 is an indestructible truck engine. It was surprisingly economical too. As you said, they do slow down going up the hill even without anything behind them, but wow they have a lot of torque (I hardly got past 1,500rpm in it).

Cheers for the idea of the economy of it. I'm used to 650km out of a 50L tank in my curren. I'm expecting to pay more to run this, I just hope it ain't too much. Paying road user charges seems a bit stupid for a registered class 1 passenger vehicle, plus I didn't realise diesels are like 600-700 a year to register.

Oh well, I needed a 4x4 and I wasn't gonna run a big V6 to the city from puke every day.