Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

Good day gents,

And no, you can check, today is not 1st April. Attached is the fuel fill-ups for our recent trip.

holy moly! That for the V6?

Did you break down and get towed a lot to return those figures?

4ePikanini wrote: Did you break down and get towed a lot to return those figures?

Great consumption! Tell us your secret ?

I did nuffink.... just drive and fill and drive and fill.

Really?!?!? I cant believe it, those are the 3.2did consumption figures Must have been one hell of a tail wind following you everywhere, or you drove at 85kph the whole way

I just wish I could get near to those figures

Now for the most unbelievable part.

There was a 2003 DiD GLS auto in our company from Windhoek on. Unfortunately I didn't fill-up in Windhoek (the 300+ km from the Eastgate fill-up didn't really bother the fuel gauge too much) and the diesel didn't take fuel in Otjiwarongo for the same reason, so our only comparison is the run from Khorixas to Palmwag. This includes our driving-around in Damaraland looking for lions, desert ellies and black rhinos. The Did did 50km more on that tank, which was a sedate drive on the Bergsig road west to a nice sundowner spot. Also in the 50km difference was a wood-run every second day or so to collect fire wood. This would consist of about a 1km slow drive and park and then we'll load-up the roofrack.

When we got to Palmwag the DiD took $100 more fuel than my car.

here are some pics:

Great pics!

Perhaps that fat tyre on the roof had something to do with the DiD's consumption

Perhaps that fat tyre on the roof had something to do with the DiD's consumption

Absolutely AND there was more stuff on his roof on the road (see pic).

I owned three DiD's and will never ever suggest that the 3.8V6 can be lighter on fuel, what my experience on this trip showed me (and my buddy in his DiD) is that the V6 can return acceptable consumption figures.

Some explanation:
We were really travelling light.
1) I had removed the mid-row seats, because to have them folded up creates some problems when SWAMBO has to get stuff from the lunchbox in the back (on the move) and the front seats are limited in their adjustability. It was also planned that we would have a Land Cruiser bakkie for our use in Damaraland (which didn't happen in the end - we turned down the offer at no99). The weight of those two seats are quite serious.
2) We carried no camping gear, except for a gas bottle and kettle (finding ourselves out of coffee isn't something we like to contemplate).
3) We had two suitcases, bedding(which we never needed), a trommel with some basic foodstuff, extra warm clothes and a nice big Coleman (even the camp freezer stayed at home).
4) No trailer on this trip.

Our previous Namibia trip was a fully loaded affair with two couples on board plus full camping kit for both couples. The car and trailer were both loaded to the brim (and then some). That trip returned 13.7L/100km (see new file), with long spells of serious head wind, so I expected 13L/100 for this trip. The 12.5 doesn't look that weird then, does it?

PS: I used 2SO on this trip, but not the previous one.