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I do miss my old beast.

Snap, same year and all. Was older than we wanted too but honestly preferred it. The suspension in the supercustom is damned good.

That is pretty much why I'm still driving diesel. Economy wise there is nothing in it, but towing and off road the torque wins every time.

AWD so the CV's will still be spinning. Was advised not to put on free wheeling hubs as it can bugger up the transfer system.

The manual 4x4 has pretty low gearing so fuel consumption isn't great. But it doesn't matter if it is towing a trailer or not, seems to use about the same. Generally around 12l/100km. The modern...

We have a '95 Super Custom with the 1kz and a manual transmission and to be honest I've never felt it to be lacking power. On hills that the almost empty Safari would be constantly slowing down on...

RUC is the same for anything up to 6T. The ACC levy is a big part of the registration.

Yeah, the next model was a big step up in space and price. Haven't seen many with seats other than the ones fitted out here.

How many seats do you want?

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A van full of seats and registered as a private vehicle has lower registration price than a freight van because of it

Well it is a great deal lower in CO. Well over an order of magnitude difference. As I said, I wouldn't want to suck on the exhaust of either.

Diesel doesn't produce carbon monoxide, but wouldn't want fumes from either of them. But the petrol produces an odourless poison.

A lot worse with the carbon monoxide poison from a petrol.

The smaller the diesel the worse it is. The lowest bracket is 6T now for RUC. Basically the more efficient your type of vehicle the less attractive diesel is.

What is the fuel consumption like on the 4.8?

If you have a modern efficient modern diesel then the RUC's are pretty close to your fuel running cost. Looking at a Mercedes Sprinter I get...