apollo13
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yeah, it will be a great moment when Saint Mark closes the border when you are an hour awayFilm the whole trip and sell it to SBS.
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yeah, it will be a great moment when Saint Mark closes the border when you are an hour awayFilm the whole trip and sell it to SBS.
yeah, it will be a great moment when Saint Mark closes the border when you are an hour away
Bolliks to that lot, considering the cost of the gear box versus a gear box service i would say the smart money is on getting it done around 80000 KLM if its being driven normally. Im towing mostly so im doing it every 40000 KLM.Factory service on trans is listed at 150,000km or if required
Yep, exactly what i have experienced and has taken me 9 months to sort out existing issues. Funny though it took a Holden dealership mechanic in Innisfail NQ to sort them out and on top of that Holden Innisfail only charge 110 buks an hour. My VF has been brilliant but the so called professionals who have wrenched on it have done sub standard work. Unfortunately when one is away from valued contacts we have no choice concerning sourcing trusted workers. It's maddening.This is so very, very true ... and it’s why I cling to the guy I’m currently using for grim life.
Also why I use him rather than a dealer, including within warranty etc, even though he’s a 45-minute drive away & the commute to work goes from half an hour to 1.75 hours each way when he works on it ...
Some nice figures there mate. My VF Evoke 3 ltre is doing 13 L/100 Klm @ 90 KPH over 23000 KLM'S. Also use cruise control the vast majority of time. It has been brilliant. Over the last 10 months i've only seen 2 VF'S towing vans. Most punters kitted out with big 4 wheel drives. Im on a road trip and this VF has been superb. Tad low at the front thou, one needs to well aware of this issue.Just to complete the thread - had a new 1700kg ATM single axle trailer built in WA, towed it across, loaded the boat on and towed it back. Tare weight 500kg on the way over and loaded weight ~1.3T on the way back. Removed the windscreen to keep windage to a minimum.
Monitored temps with Torq and saw a maximum ATF temp of 96°C in ambient of 34°C going through hills at 110kph. Most of the time it sat around 82-86°C on the open road with mid-30s ambients. No issues at all with the stock cooler.
Engine coolant temps were 81-86° and engine oil temp 98-104°C; the vast majority of the time was at the lower end of those ranges with the higher end being through sustained hills. Temps may have dropped lower at night but I wasn't really monitoring then.
I used cruise the whole way - 100kph in WA and 110kph in SA. Economy with the 3.6L V6 was:
Trailer only: 10.8L/100km @ 100kph; 12.2L/100km @ 110kph
Loaded: 12.0L/100km @ 100kph; 13.5L/100km @ 110kph
No attempt made at economy driving - I'd just hit cruise resume at town boundaries and tap the brake coming into the next town.
WA Prem is one of the most popular Premieres this state has ever seen.
His response to Covid has seen a resurgence in support for succession.
I work with the public and have not heard a single person in all the months who hasn’t been in support for the hard border. Not one.
Having relatives over east, it’s amazing to hear how negative WA is portrayed verses how it is here.