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Originally Posted by spookypt
Scoob, Pm Towmaster. He will know. He had/has one.
Spookypt
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Scoob,
Yep I had one, only just sold it. Good car for towing, only has a 2100kg rating, although I did tow my new 2.5 metre high 2800kg trailer to Winton (Vic) and back from Brisbane. Only set back was fuel economy.... 25 litres per 100k at 110k. To be fair at the time the trailer had no nose cone so it was hitting a 2.5 metre high wall.
I have since put the same motor into a 2007 Rodeo and it has a towing capacity of 3 ton so it tows it a lot better.
The biggest problem is you can't get light truck tyres in a 275 x 19... So I chewed a set of tyres in a trip from Brisbane to Goulburn and return and then Winton (Vic) return. Just because of the load on the rear. Every time I stopped at a servo (every 250k) to get fuel there was a build up of tiny rubber balls on the spokes of the rims.....
I used it mainly to drive from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast and back on the highway, I did see 7.0 litres (photo attached) at 100k with the AFM but generally around the low 10 l / 100k. It would use a little more around town, depending on the state of your right foot.....
Don't get too noisy an exhaust as they drone...... particularly if you don't get the AFM turned off.... 3.0 litre 4 cyl thru twin 3.0 inch pipes.....
They are a great car, I only sold it because I do around 60,000k a year and it had 110,000k on it and it was illegal to tow my new trailer....
When I was towing the old (smaller ) trailer it used to get around the 18 l /100k, that trailer weighed around the 2100kg...
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