Hi Flow

Filling up with fuel the other day and thought I'd give the "hiflow" diesel pump a go and it worked well!  Hiflow (if you dont already know) are the pumps trucks use to fill up at the servo.  They have larger diameter hoses and pump fuel in at a great rate of knots. :)  Be sure to watch and listen as the tank fills up and slow down as soon as you hear the gurgling near the top or you will get "splashed" with diesel   I dribbled in the last litre or so and was back on the road in half the time!  Good to know ...

Easter Bunny

Took a trip to Adelaide with some friends over easter.  We ended up in and around Moonta which is a nice part of the world. Below is a pic from the old copper mine at the back of the town.

To get here, we loaded the Rok with 5 people, filled the ute with camping stuff to the top (bottom of the canopy windows), hitched up the camper trailer and loaded 120 Litres of water (we were camping out bush)

The Amarok did not disappoint.  With this load we averaged about 12 - 14L/100km.  I am not a road racer but I do stick to the speed limit and was doing 110 kph as long as the limit allowed.

Heading home, we of course had to go up and over the Adelaide hills.  If you have never been, it is a very very long steep gradient with a speed limit of 100kmh once you leave the bottom.  As a test, I clicked on the cruise control and let the beast take over.  Surprisingly, we were able to reach 95kmph and overtook much of the traffic on the hill, again, the torque in this vehicle is very impressive! 

All up we did a little over 2000km's in 4 days and filled the tank 3 times