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I remember driving brand new f150 vehicles in 1991. Those trucks gave me a smile on my face just jumping in the cab. Then you started that Windsor 351 and it sounded great. It wasn’t that quick and used a lot of fuel but every time you pressed the accelerator you had a smile on your face. Every time you stopped at a Servo that smile was quickly wiped off. Great cars and times.
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Cant see it doing well with the petrol motor
Look at the y62 patrol with no diesel option - almost giving them away and barely seen a handful on the road
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9.9L/100
Grey Nomads will cross shop with the newish V8 Petrol Patrol, which claims 14.4L/100 & by all accounts does not achieve that.. I hear those Patrols don't sell well..
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for comparison same price range too
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The Y62 looks so ugly that not even a bull bar can fix its munted face. I think its aesthetics are the biggest issue. GUs look 1000 times better as do new 200 series.
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Are you saying it will weigh twice as much as a Ranger?
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I reckon the 2500 would be a better option if your regularly towing that especially with the big diesel
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When the Series 300 comes out soon it has been reported that it will only be available in a petrol(probably 5.7 ltrs) and the Ram and Patrol will be on par with the Toyota.
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Generally, these trucks are bought to be either a statement or to do real work for their owners, I don't know if a 3.0 diesel F150 would throw up more questions than answers or would it complement the Ranger and its new 2.0 Panther diesel and 10-speed auto... The guys prepared to spend $80K and up on a trucks would be more inclined to go big diesel, the 6.7 V8 Powerstroke in the F250, goes hard and actually gives decent fuel economy |
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So are you gonna buy a Ram mate? Or are you going to scavenge parts from someone’s rubbish collection to turn your old Falcon into one for cheap?
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All say the same thing, plenty of power but they are too complex to repair themselves and expensive when something does go wrong. The older turbo 6 traybacks are going for big $$. Just what I'm hearing.
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I think the need for Diesel engines isn’t as much of an issue today with modern petrol engines.
I’m really not sure what the diesel obsession is all about, it’s a European and Australian thing. I know I’d you compare something like an 80 series landcruiser petrol engine at around 25L/100km to the diesel at around 15L/100km it made sense back then, but today I don’t see the logic. Like all those diesel fart-box VW Golfs getting around, why? |
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Not talking about real trucks. I’m talking about the soccer mum SUV, the dual cab ute that only sees shopping bags placed in the back and never a real load, and the 4x4 that never leaves the tarmac. Ie, the 99%.
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Yes I know you are, I am agreeing with you.
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