Petrol or diesel ? Thanks for your help

[Tazzieman]

Would the extras petrol they need to carry to match the diesel range kinda offset the payload gap?

Most petrol owners can find a fuel station. Even in outback Australia, despite what you may have heard!
Diesel owners adding a long range tank are shaving even more off their payload from the moment they top up.
Hence the need for GVM upgrades.
At the end of the day , what you save on accommodation you can spend on fuel - and beer , depending upon payload.

 

[Warren481]

I have the diesel and am very happy. I live in a hilly area and average 22-23 mpg for daily use, and 28 mpg on a long run.

The DPF can be a bit inconvenient in its timing. Most notably when I was about to go wading and had to wait for the cycle to run.

The adblue is no hassle at all for me.

 

[OkGo]

@Miralf so what are you thinking?

 

[Miralf]

@Miralf so what are you thinking?

Because it will be my week end and recreative car, i think going for the petrol, i have booked a car test at the end of august with my dealer of both versions eitherway

 

[Logsplitter]

Because it will be my week end and recreative car, i think going for the petrol, i have booked a car test at the end of august with my dealer of both versions eitherway

Have the best of travels whatever you decide

 

[Simon666]

Hi Miraf. I drove both, but was coming from G Wagon V8 G500 (2000 year) and before that a 1985 GD300 (diesel SWB G Wagon) 20 years in total ownership. My imediate out of the box view after driving both back to back was the diesel's slight hesitancy before pick up (torque limiter to 'help' the auto box) meant I picked the petrol. I am well past boy racer stage, but the lag felt like an age to me but I'm not know for my patience.

I also talked to some mechanic friends who looked after the G Wagon's for me, who also rebuild old defenders, and run Stage1 Rally cars and their view was both engines are bombproof (unlike most other BMW and nearly all modern diesel engines) - right upto all the DPF/emissions stuff they have to do to the diesel to get it through emissions.. so they advised me if I wasn't abusing it daily and did not need the torque - get the petrol.