The Cayenne is actually pretty solid off road, and even the base V8 is loads of fun on road as well.
The 2.7 TD Rover isn't too bad of a dog if you can manage boost, although the 3.0 is much better (both on power and fuel). Either one though, you'd be lucky to top 15-17 mpg here in town honestly, so perhaps the your RX had issues? I remember my RX would do 13 mpg here, so a TD Rangie probably wouldn't help all that much unless on the "motorway". Even then though, 22 mpg would be what I'd expect tops out of the 2.7 here in Cambodia. Still damn impressive though for a 3 ton beast.
As for me, I'm a complete diesel fan. Modern diesels are a bit more picky, but in general I find diesel much more appealing for daily drivers (low end torque and fuel economy). Noise? Hardly an issue nowadays although I love the old diesel rattle. Recently I got to spend some time in a Holden Cruze diesel recently and that thing was fantastically pleasant to drive. Ultra quiet, loads of torque, and at the end of the week, 52 mpg. Also the lack of a throttling valve makes them very efficient at idle, great for places like Cambodia.
Owning a hybrid in Cambodia. My experience with a Prius.
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Great post and research Akira, cheers.
Just wondering what your thoughts are on the new hydrogen motors (forget the Hindenburg), I've read they are safer now than the fossil fuel run motors and obviously way cheaper and the only emission being water vapour. The refueling logistics may be the only drawback but the interest is quite huge now.
Just wondering what your thoughts are on the new hydrogen motors (forget the Hindenburg), I've read they are safer now than the fossil fuel run motors and obviously way cheaper and the only emission being water vapour. The refueling logistics may be the only drawback but the interest is quite huge now.
Never mind.
I'm far from knowledgeable on the workings of the Hydrogen fuel cells, but I have a distinct nagging feeling that it's going to be a nightmare to get the world onto hydrogen. There's no infrastructure setup to remotely come close to safely handling it, and then there's the issue of getting hydrogen made in the first place. With the gamble banking heavily that we get a clean and ultra plentiful source of electricity somehow going to occur without nuclear fission (and or fusion), there's so much to go wrong. And then there's the issue of things like semi trucks and aeroplanes where Hydrogen has not nearly enough energy content to power either one, so to me it seems like environmentalists and hyperfocused scientists pushing their agenda to solve a quarter of the civilized world's problems while demanding the global efforts of everyone.
IMO, simple research into the other forms of synthetic liquid fuels (syngas, biofuels, etc) would be a better step forward than all the world's resources dumped into a substandard solution for the world's energy needs. That, or figure out how to get cows to stop farting because agriculture does twice as much damage as all of our cars and trucks combined. Cars need not be the attention of focus.
IMO, simple research into the other forms of synthetic liquid fuels (syngas, biofuels, etc) would be a better step forward than all the world's resources dumped into a substandard solution for the world's energy needs. That, or figure out how to get cows to stop farting because agriculture does twice as much damage as all of our cars and trucks combined. Cars need not be the attention of focus.
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I have always thought that the Prius was too risky for Cambodia, imagine breaking down in the bush. Then there is the age of the batteries, I believe the cheap replacements are cheap Chinese rubbish.
Even the fuel economy is disappointing but cars here burn lots of juice. My Rav 4 averages 20 mpg around town and 28 on the highway, only two liters but not much more economical than my old 2.8 liter Merc which went like stink.
I think diesel is the way to go, a pity there are so few available.
Even the fuel economy is disappointing but cars here burn lots of juice. My Rav 4 averages 20 mpg around town and 28 on the highway, only two liters but not much more economical than my old 2.8 liter Merc which went like stink.
I think diesel is the way to go, a pity there are so few available.
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