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- Numb Thumbs
- Member Since: 05 Nov 2019
- Location: Melbourne
- Posts: 17
I took my 19MY SD6 for a short drive. I drove from Melbourne to Sydney on Saturday and then home again on Sunday, visiting my 98 year old aunt in Sydney. Roughly 830 kms each way.
I set the cruise control on 110 km/h - the speed limit - and just let it go. I don't think it dropped out of 8th gear the whole way except when I pulled off the freeway to visit a bakery.
Coming home I averaged 106 km/h and the fuel consumption was around 8.3 litres/100 km both directions - actual, not trip computer. Not bad for a new engine.
The power and torque are amazing, and so smooth. A great way to fill I a weekend!
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- Equilibrium
- Member Since: 26 Feb 2019
- Location: Bristol
- Posts: 754
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- Equilibrium
- Member Since: 26 Feb 2019
- Location: Bristol
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- Numb Thumbs
- Member Since: 05 Nov 2019
- Location: Melbourne
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Yes, perceptions of distance are very different here. In rural areas here people think nothing of driving 300 km to play a football match then drive home.
My personal record is driving roughly 1500 kms, from Coober Pedy to home in Melbourne in 17 hours, solo, and it rained most of the way. I didn't think anything of it at the time.
Before my father died, I used to drive up to visit him in Queensland - over 1800kms. I'd drive to Moree - about 1200 kms - and stop because there are too many kangaroos on the road around sunset and then leave just after dawn the next morning and be in Hervey Bay for lunch. Coming home I would drive to Sydney to visit the same elderly aunt, stopping just north of Sydney for the night. That is around 1100 kms and took around 12 hours Then drive across Sydney, visit the aunt and drive on home the next day - the final 900 kms of the trip. So, 3,800 kms in three and a half day's driving.
The previous vehicle was a Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel. I had an auxiliary tank in it for a total of 168 litres. I could drive Melbourne to Hervey Bay without stopping to refuel... The D5 holds half that so I am hanging out for someone to start making an auxiliary tank for it.
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- Member Since: 05 Nov 2019
- Location: Melbourne
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Did a double submit there.... Oops!
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- Equilibrium
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- Location: Bristol
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- nebc100
- Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
- Location: Altlinster
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- nebc100
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- BruceT
- Member Since: 17 Sep 2019
- Location: South Africa
- Posts: 71
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- nebc100
- Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
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- LancsLad
- Member Since: 22 Aug 2018
- Location: Lancs
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Got home....
ahh the joys, whack suspension up high and away we go, steady bow wave and home james.
Mate behind in D4 Landmark took the pic.
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- Dangerdave
- Member Since: 15 Feb 2017
- Location: UK
- Posts: 600
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Ive only done 70 miles in two weeks in the D5.
Went to put it on remote heat this morning and the cars gone to sleep, so it wouldn’t let me. Took the boys Corsa instead - easier to defrost.
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- lucero
- Member Since: 27 Apr 2019
- Location: UK
- Posts: 65
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Last week saw use take the D5 over to the Alps on the 8am Chunnel.
Literally didn't touch the cruise or brakes for well over 2.5 hours at 80mph with a very full car, roof box and board bag. French roads are simply amazing. After our first stop, we repeated the same for another 2.5 hours for another stop, and then again for the last 2.5 hours to our stop in Lyon.
Have a look at the stats from the middle section of that journey:
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- BruceT
- Member Since: 17 Sep 2019
- Location: South Africa
- Posts: 71
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I fitted an awning. getting ready for a trip to Namibia.
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