What did you buy today ???

[grog]

That's a terrible picture Col. Hard to believe one frogwit had wrecked the world.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

drove 1016km towing our caravan this weekend, paying AUD2.54 to AUD2.44 for 98RON.  Not fun any longer when filling the main tank and 2 jerry cans.  Will be eating beans for a while. 

[Kiwifruit]

drove 1016km towing our caravan this weekend, paying AUD2.54 to AUD2.44 for 98RON.  Not fun any longer when filling the main tank and 2 jerry cans.  Will be eating beans for a while. 

Wife and I went away couple of weeks ago in our caravan. We are 2700kg tare plus 240L water so pretty much 3T empty that I tow with our 2016 Ranger. Show it a hill and it drinks diesel, like 18L per 100km. Worried that gas stations might run out of diesel I filled a spare 20L Jerry can to take with us and that was over $70. Seen diesel here at $4.05L
We enjoy our caravan, bought a 2022 Red Centre statutory right off. Was struck by lightning and shipped it here. I like the Aussie vans.


The Jerry can is padlocked in !!

[KiwiCol]

I had a Crewman that also like fuel, I could get that to 22L/100K towing the boat no worries!  Long gone now though, the Crewman, not the boat.


There's a trick for the hills Col, if you put blinkers over the headlights, it can't see the hill coming & goes up no worries.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

We bought a Crusader 17ft brand new after a lot of research. Best composite van you can get, floor, walls and ceiling all 40 or 50mm fibreglass composite with polystyrene fill. Warm, sound deadening and 20% lighter for a same sized std van.  Off road X Country spec for extra ground clearance. About 2700kg all up fully loaded. Tow vehicle is a 2023 Defender P400SE.  Straight 6 petrol.
We saw 22l/100km, average for the 1016km round trip was 18.8l/100km. Hills are effortless, although our old D4 SDV6 diesel had more torque, the P400 is no slouch either.

[MickyJB]

We have been vanning since 2005, owned 4 vans & 5 vehicles in that time. The latest will be our last, 20'6 Masterpiece Optimum & Chev 2500. No issues with weights / payload fuel when towing ranges from 18 / 22 litres per 100.