[CATS]

Cats, remember we want blow by blow commentary on the tranny temps.
Does the beast still sport the original bumper, or have you already ruined the designed airflow?

Still std bumper, for now. Lets see what 2016 holds in place?

Will definitely report on tranny temps. Hell with my fancy app I can even download a graph showing minute by minute trend for the whole trip and have it plotted on a map so one can see where what happened to the gearbox etc! Formula1 type stuff I tell you!

CATS

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[Roelf_le_Roux]

That's so super cool. Frik (Mr Cool Gadget) will be very keen on this when I tell him about it.

[Roelf_le_Roux]

Cats,

You guys must travel safely and please send my best wishes to your lovely wife and your boys.

Roelf

[CATS]

Ok. So back from a round trip of the upper Karoo and down the Western Cape to Cape Town and back through Robertson winelands and Tankwa. This was my favourite pic of the trip taken on Verneukpan.


We experienced some hecticly hot temperatures at times and I once had a scare on a long pass towards Tankwa from Wochester with the aircon on, towing and outside temp at 39deg. The coolant temp rose and almost touched the red. On my app I could see the actual temp was 114degC with the transmission temp at just over a 100degC!!! Eventually passed about 5 vehicles and trucks next to the road with open bonnets in second gear up that hill. Not nice but at least she held up and lost no water or started cooking etc.

CATS

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[Roelf_le_Roux]

Nice pic, easy to see why it's your favourite.

Hectic temps... outside and in the machines.

[Roelf_le_Roux]

We'll be travelling through some of those areas in Feb. Plan is to follow the Biedou River towards the West Coast.

I'm just glad I don't have to detour to pick up bits of Pajero[FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]

We'll be seriously light on load and staying off the tar as much as possible, so slow going as well. I'm hoping for an average of 8L/100km..

[CATS]

We'll be travelling through some of those areas in Feb. Plan is to follow the Biedou River towards the West Coast.

I'm just glad I don't have to detour to pick up bits of Pajero[FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY][SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]

We'll be seriously light on load and staying off the tar as much as possible, so slow going as well. I'm hoping for an average of 8L/100km..

Dont even talk about fuel consumption!! I averaged around 5km/l or 20l/100km with my full load and towing, much worse than on my old manual Pajero, but I also had a rooftop tent on this one this time round and I think/know that played havoc with wind aerodynamics!

CATS

[KurtG]

I'm sure the heat played a part too, did you use both aircons? I have found that the roof rack (even empty) also plays a huge part in consumtpion, I have now taken it off again to see if this helps somewhat. Your rig was very heavy, and the auto obviously uses more fuel with the torque converter etc. Time for a Dasteq Unichip?

[Roelf_le_Roux]

Gents, I'm not convinced the auto uses more fuel. When I went from a 2000 DiD manual to a 2003 DiD automatic, I was pretty convinced that the auto was returning marginally better consumption.

Cats, you ask plenty from that car with the load, and Casper asks plenty of fuel to deliver on your demands.

The simple fact that Casper delivered undaunted under those conditions and load is just another testament to the Pajero ability and toughness.

[CATS]

Roelf

I agree and disagree. Any autobox will be programmed to suit a specific style and usage pattern and under those circumstances with the latest electronic gadgetry it will often outperform a manual box on power delivery and fuel consumption. BUT, an autobox cant be everything to everyone. Yes, I know the Pajero has a "clever" auto box that adjusts to the driving style and requirements, but the requirements changes on an uphill from that expected on a flat road, especially when towing, so it cant learn the requirements quickly enough to adapt to the same level as a manual box where the human mind still read the road ahead and make the necessary adjustments. I definitely believe the autobox has used a bit more fuel in my specific application over the manual, maybe still due to driver un-education, but definitely had an impact. I must say that I have learned a lot on this trip and now am starting to feel a lot more 'in control' of the auto box where previously it sometimes left me uncertain of its capabilities. Of course the Pajero box, particularly on my 2009 model as I believe the 2010 and later models have a different box, is still a bit old school. Comparing the 2009 Pajero auto to my 2013 BMW 320i 6 speed autobox is chalk and cheese, but again maybe there are too many differences to really draw a comparison?

Interesting talking point though.

CATS