62 gas milage ?

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is it realy terrible ? i have a ten minute drive to work up mariner then down mariner .

i was thinking about an fj62 one is available , i just dont want to spend $300 a month in fuel .

my jetta is tooo small for my kids and the 40's ive looked at dont work either .

i dont want another rusted beaten 60 so this 62 maybe a good comprimise for now .
 
the v8 40 was macgivered to be polite , the frame had patches , the doors did not line up when closed , the hard top was dented and bent , the propane system was not certifed , the entire floor pan area was fiber glass over top of rust ( shakes head ) , need i go on , he wanted $7500 , it would need too much work for me .
 
toynut said:
is it realy terrible ? i have a ten minute drive to work up mariner then down mariner .

i was thinking about an fj62 one is available , i just dont want to spend $300 a month in fuel .

my jetta is tooo small for my kids and the 40's ive looked at dont work either .

i dont want another rusted beaten 60 so this 62 maybe a good comprimise for now .
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Terrible? Well, put it this way, I get 330 kilometres per tank, or about 12-13 miles/imp gallon.
 
gord no offense intended ,but that 60 is is not in half as good of shape as the last one i sold for $6500 .
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i am not driving down across the border thanks , had my share of going across the line when i drove tractor trailer :)
 
toynut said:
the v8 40 was macgivered to be polite , the frame had patches , the doors did not line up when closed , the hard top was dented and bent , the propane system was not certifed , the entire floor pan area was fiber glass over top of rust ( shakes head ) , need i go on , he wanted $7500 , it would need too much work for me .
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You sure you were'nt looking at one of mine? ;)
 
i just figured out the 62 has a 90 liter tank at 1.35 per liter thats $121.50 to fill up if i match kim's numbers of 330 kms per tank wich works out to be about 19 liters per 100 kms or $25.65 per 100 kms .

ouch almost .26 per km just for fuel my 15 km to and from work comute is almost $ 8 in gas a day !
 
if i only drove it the 30 kms per day that works out to $2920 just in fuel alone , thats frickin ridilulous !
 
it was not perfect , but it was good , the 3b is a slug especialy with stock gears and 33's , i was going to need to dump another $2000 just to get it to moderatley acceptable drivable condition , i dont know what the best solution is ? maybe 31" inch tires on a fj 62 with a diesel motor swap with a 60 front clip swap , hmm .
 
i just figured out the 62 has a 90 liter tank at 1.35 per liter thats $121.50 to fill up if i match kim's numbers of 330 kms per tank wich works out to be about 19 liters per 100 kms or $25.65 per 100 kms .
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It's not so bad actually, since you don't tend to fill the entire dry capacity of the 90L tank (unless you run out of gas).

I think that's better mileage than my FJ40. I don't hold the cruisers fuel habits against it, but I sure don't drive it daily anymore :meh:.
 
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