Thread: The new truck (Hilux Surf)

Originally Posted by JoshC

Not running big kms. I ran a 4.7V8 Landcruiser for a few months when my D4d Hilux blew up. Monthly fuel bill was a couple of grand. Now running the same year landcruiser with a 1HZ, fuel costs are consistently half of what the V8 was costing me. I do all of my servicing myself and get filters/oil at cost prices, so those costs are irrelevant. Even with road mileage, still cheaper to run the diesel.


Rimfire, you should be able to find a set of 31's for under a grand if you shop around. My latest set of 33's on the landcruiser only cost me $1200.

A couple of grand a month?!? $500 a week? The only V8 I've driven for an extended period of time was a 5.0 commodore and that didn't even come CLOSE to that kind of gas, and I drive about 120km a day.

I'm getting just shy of 700k's out of each tank of diesel in my Surf (3.0 Turbo). I do drive on the motorway a fair amount though. In saying that it's often start/stop traffic.

Cheers for the tyre advice. I'll have to shop around. Will be a few weeks before I've put the dosh aside for them. After buying the thing I'm reluctant to injure my savings any further