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Will Adams
Tinkerer
WA
Soarer TT

Posts: 18
Reg: 02-2006

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Monday, February 27, 2006 - 09:02 pm, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Drew the figures look good.

I have actually decided to sell the Prelude and move back to the Toyota club. As a mate said, once a Soarer owner - always a Soarer owner.

The good news is, I had a look at the car and it appears to be a GT-TL. It has the scroll function on the dash (although the centre LCD window doesn't work properly) and it has CD and stuff. Didn't get a chance to look in the boot, so don't know if there is a stacker or not. It also doesn't appear to have the 8" inch sub (unless it's hidden). Very, very clean car and looks mint. Interior is mint too.
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
Soarer UZZ31

Posts: 1911
Reg: 07-2005

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 07:46 am, by:  Mark Paddick (Sparks) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sub is 10" but who really cares. Some work better than others, I think the amps have problems.
All stereo stuff can be converted from one to another as long as it isn't pov pack with inbuilt amps and no CD at all. If it has in-dash CD there will/can be no stacker unless aftermarket FM modulated type (Panasonic do make one that looks like a factory stacker and so will fit on factory brackets)
One of the el-cheapo fuel mixture displays (Jaycar etc) is good enough to tell you if the Oxygen sensor is working
Will Adams
Tinkerer
WA
Soarer TT

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 08:14 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'll head down to Jaycar to pick up one of those, thanks Mark.

Yeah the sub would be nice to have, but like you said it can be changed. Mind you I did enjoy it in my previous 2 Soarers (V8 and another GT-TL) and they thumped quite well. Oh well. The car does have CD, but it also has a button on the stereo I have never seen before (CD-CMP or something like that). Oops, got myself off topic there
Tom Richards
Tinkerer
nsw
V8

Posts: 29
Reg: 08-2005

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 09:56 am, by:  Tom Richards (Tomr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

in a V*, I get 640kms to about 70lts on the highway, and about 600-620 to 70lts around town
Will Adams
Tinkerer
WA
Soarer TT

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:28 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Wow! Tom that is really economical driving.
Graham Dollisson
DieHard
QLD
GT-TL

Posts: 640
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 12:30 pm, by:  Graham Dollisson (Alloyvee) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

V*'s get much better economy than V8's.
Andreas Niaouris
TryHard
W.A.
V8 Limited

Posts: 198
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 02:57 pm, by:  Andreas Niaouris (Andreasn) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hey hey, welcome back Will
Brett Moloney
TryHard
Queensland
V8 uzz31

Posts: 125
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 04:34 pm, by:  Brett Moloney (Lxsv8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I get very similar figures to a tank as you Tom
Will Adams
Tinkerer
WA
Soarer TT

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 04:49 pm, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey Andreas,

I have seen your car every now and then driving by. It must be that Import Scene sticker you have on the quarter glass that gives you away. Car is still looking hot.

Wow! Brett. You and Tom must really go easy on that pedal.
Tom Richards
Tinkerer
nsw
V8

Posts: 32
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Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 12:57 pm, by:  Tom Richards (Tomr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i installed the BFI3 with eggcups.

I would say ecomony improved 20-40kms per tank
Vinh Bui
TryHard
NSW
94 UZZ31 (V8) / 96 JZZ30 (TT)

Posts: 302
Reg: 07-2005

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Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 11:52 pm, by:  Vinh Bui (Hyudsjk) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Will, when I first purchased my car from Melbourne it was stock.. with the exception of sideskirts.
When I went on the trip back home (to Sydney), I wanted to see how many KM's I could get out of a full TT tank. So I filled up on Optimax, reset my Trip A reading and ended up with 750KM just when the "Fuel Empty" message appeared. This was just leaving the car in Cruise Control for 99% of the time. Only time I ever really pushed the car was when I had to merge back onto the freeway after a break.

These days, I get around 550-600KM out of a full tank when driving out and about Sydney. The thing is, I now have a BOV and an air filter on it.. along with a few other modifications :-)
Not like they'd make a big difference though.
Will Adams
Tinkerer
WA
Soarer TT

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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 08:13 am, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Vinh, thanks for the additional info. I'm liking the sounds of the TT's economy especially if you drive properly.

The first 2 things that will go on the Soarer almost the instant I get it, is a SAFC (to lean out that fuel mixture) and of course a BFI3. Awesome.
Vinh Bui
TryHard
NSW
94 UZZ31 (V8) / 96 JZZ30 (TT)

Posts: 303
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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 10:35 am, by:  Vinh Bui (Hyudsjk) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Will, the TT's economy is pretty good as long as you don't let the boost kick in too much. Either way, hope you enjoy your new car mate.
Sam Schreck
DieHard
ACT
vvt-i JZZ31

Posts: 573
Reg: 07-2005

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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 10:48 am, by:  Sam Schreck (Schreck300) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Could always go the vvt-i 3ltr-6. Mine only has a 78ltr tank returning 600kms in the city and half that again on the freeway. I cant drive quite as fast off the mark as you other buggers, but I get there sooner from not having to stop to fill up.
Paul Morante
Tinkerer
NSW
UZZ31

Posts: 19
Reg: 09-2005

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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 12:27 pm, by:  Paul Morante (Breaker) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My response may start a flood from other 4litre owners.
I log my consumption for every tank, where purchased, what style of trip, etc etc, and have a best of 10.5 kpl on a dawn run from Pt Macquarie to Sydney.
Weekend drives around Sydney would see me getting 6 - 7kpl, with 8 klms to and from work of stop/start gets me 5 - 6 kpl.
My worst of 4.3 kpl was on an ALSC trip to a Cardiff workshop day, and that included the quiter cruise home.
All up I'm averaging 6.5 kpl over 3 years.

Need other owners to prove either a lower average per tank of around 400 - 460, or I do need to replace my O2 sensors.

By the way, my right foot has gone to sleep the past year surviving a 12 months good road behaviour, I found 5 speeding cameras dotted around rural NSW in the first two years of ownership.
Toan Nguyen
Tinkerer
VIC
TT

Posts: 73
Reg: 07-2005

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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 01:27 pm, by:  Toan Nguyen (Soarer_gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you want to know my worst fuel consumption...

250km from a full tank.

Reasons...

Kinglake Mountains (tight cornering mountain track. Constant 2nd - 3rd gear with abuse of OD to gear down. Alot of sweepers where you can wind out 3rd followed by a sharp bend. Hard on brakes and then floor it out. Sometimes you need to drop it to 1st gear comming out of corners)

also

My Fuel restrictor nozzle was sealed with what looked to be sikaflex from the comliancer. 1/4 of the tank probably got dumped out during hard cornering as sikaflex deteriorates when mixed with petrol. The telltale sign of a dirty trail down the fuel cap means you're losing fuel.
Benny Gammelmark
Goo Roo
NSW
V8 UZZ31

Posts: 1368
Reg: 07-2005

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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 01:39 pm, by:  Benny Gammelmark (Oldfield) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Paul, that sounds like my consumption.
400km's on a tank down to about 15 litres left and around 10km/l on highway (a bit more with steady cruise).
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
ACT
Soarer GT-L (4.0 V8) Lexus is300 (3.0 VVT-i 6)

Posts: 1531
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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 05:01 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sam wrote:

quote:

Could always go the vvt-i 3ltr-6. I can't drive quite as fast off the mark as you other buggers, but I get there sooner from not having to stop to fill up


Title gone Sam . The manual goes faster and I am heading for 50km more on this tank compared with the auto, around the same town.
Sam Schreck
DieHard
ACT
vvt-i JZZ31

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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 05:25 pm, by:  Sam Schreck (Schreck300) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

68 or 78 Ltr tank David? Or are you referring to the is300? I only ask because the me thinks the Soarer may weigh just a little more. Wouldn't really be a fair contest now, would it.
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
ACT
Soarer GT-L (4.0 V8) Lexus is300 (3.0 VVT-i 6)

Posts: 1535
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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 06:24 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Oh just the odd extra ten litres .

I did not say I got better fuel economy, just I can hold out on the stops for more (not counting extra fill time yada yada )

Now, an is300 manual; that is a thought.
Will Adams
Tinkerer
WA
Soarer TT

Posts: 31
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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 06:25 pm, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks for all the comments and help there guys and gals.

Unfortunately it doesn't look like my car is going to be sold any time soon, and the Soarer I was looking at (and it was within my budget) sold yesterday. So without eating into my savings, I guess I'll just have to see what happens further down the track.

Cheers for now.
Sam Schreck
DieHard
ACT
vvt-i JZZ31

Posts: 586
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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 06:32 pm, by:  Sam Schreck (Schreck300) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Don't worry mate. There's an abundance of lovely Soarers out there on the market. If you didn't get this one, it's because you weren't meant to.
Will Adams
Tinkerer
WA
Soarer TT

Posts: 32
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Friday, March 03, 2006 - 06:49 pm, by:  Will Adams (Draco) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You can buy mine for 30K hehe


Nah it's green.

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