Revving the engine a touch higher can make them more efficient. I find climbing hills in power mode gives me better economy than in economy mode in my Falcons, because they gear down to increase the revs.
The last Fjord i ever had anything to do with was a late 80's XF ex-cop panelvan with the mighty leaky 4.1, that had the best fuel saving mode ever The petrol gauge didn't work So you just had to set the trip-meter whenever you filled up and hoped that sometime before 350km it didn't run out of petrol
I'm actually willing to bet having Jeff out of economy mode helped it. Especially up the hill. My Honda HR-V has an economy mode and, depending on the situation, can actually get worse mileage in it. If the conditions are right, it will return better mileage, but barely. It mostly just makes the car less responsive. I usually just leave it in normal mode unless I'm big time hypermiling.
I leave my Toyota Cressida in power mode, cause I’ve seen no difference in fuel economy using it, and I get full access to the rev range when I put my foot down. Normal mode restricts the revs to ~4000rpm and shifts really early, which is annoying on highway on-ramps.
It might not be the lack of interior, but the lack of smell. The mythbusters found stressed driving is less fuel efficient and I really doubt driving with the smell of rotting carcasses was anything but stressful.
thank you for the text at 3:05, i had no idea why my car's engine could rev up independently from the wheels without changing gears. i figured the engine and wheels were solidly connected with mechanical gears because thats just how you build a car, and the discrepancy in the tachometer was caused by a sensor being weird but little did i know that they were actually connected with LIQUID???? the whole time. no wonder it feels so slushy
That throttle blipping with the speedo locked on 60 Km/h was hilarious. It also makes me wonder about Jeff's consistency. You can picture Jeff Superleggera retaking the exact same test and throwing out another 10.7 L/100 Km. Love 90s V8 Fords, but precision instruments, they are not.
Me at 20 years old: strips out car’s entire interior and completely ignores the squeaks, rattling, wind noise, and exhaust droning. Me at 41: strips out car’s entire interior to apply 60 lbs of sound deadener and reinstalls interior to get rid of one rattle that only happens at 2,300 RPM in 5th gear
@@Furko08yeah, I’ve read that modern interiors are so quiet that emergency vehicles are having issues with people not hearing their sirens and not moving out of the way. ANC headphones may not make that much of a difference compared to the tech in cars these days.
the best thing for the economy in the city with the falcons is the hideous diff ratio. I think this generation ran 3.08 final drive (unless XR etc) so unless you're doing highway speeds only, they were terrible around town.
@@whyyes6428Wanted to find this out too, so I did some experimenting on a V8 Camaro SS on Tsukuba on BeamNG and here are my results, doing 2 laps for each setup I achieved a 1.01 on the 3.08 setup, the 3.45 set a 58.391 lap which is not much different it’s just that the torque delivery seems easier to handle on the 3.08, the 3.45 makes it spin quite a bit especially on the U-turns on Tsukuba
@@ZF_Aspiris You'll find this sort of thing is more noticable as a feeling in person, when doing normal road speed etc, racing tends to mean you use whatever gear works best unless its a very slow speed or very high speed track. in game if you were to set it to like a 2.00 vs 5.00 or something that would exaggerate the feeling to get an idea haha
The serious hypermilers and racers also remove the asphalt sound deadening sheets, which tend to be where a huge chunk of the weight is. You can use dry ice to freeze it and it'll basically shatter if hit with a hammer, which makes it easy to remove. Of course, standard cautions apply when working with dry ice, so try not to get injured or dead if you go that route.
I've a feeling that, over time, Jeff is going to end up being stripped totally naked of all things extraneous and turned into something out of Mad Max 🤣
I remember at my first Job we had those big Industrial Vacuums and one was broken. The Foreman opened it up one day and there was a whole dead Field Mouse Family Nest in the non functional Turbines.
Robot cantina did a similar test with their diesel saturn before he scrapped it. Although he removed all the body panels, glass, interior... basically everything you can legally remove and still drive it on the road. Very big MPG improvement. Now imagine some of us Americans lose some weight, might improve global fuel use, eh? ;P
As someone that used to live and work in SA it's wonderful to see your drives. Brings back so many great memories. Which is probably something nobody who actually grew up in SA will ever say.
I drive with somewhere between 200-300 pounds of tools in my trunk/boot because i got tired of being stranded😂. I also carry fuel, oil, coolant, maf sensor cleaner, full size spare, tire plugs, spark plugs, ignition coils, some hoses, etc. The opposite of weight reduction, but with my luck every time I take something out I usually end up needing it
South Australian rego laws. How ya goin' mate. One of the best things about SA. Up there with frog cakes. There's probably a Balfour's bakery next to "Regency". Now that's how's ya father. Good on you SA, play your strengths.
Honestly at about 23mpg Jeff in either config is better than I expected, that's about what my 98' Saab turbo pulled on average. Then again when you pushed the pedal on that car it didn't take it as a suggestion, it simply moved faster; some days I miss that car some days I go to get gas in my 2015 Chevy Spark and it reminds me why I put up with the lethargy of a 1.2L i4 with a CVT.
I wonder what my 7.5l 1968 Oldsmobile Toronado gets. Big engine, cleaned out the yucky nests, and interior was turning to dust. The rear bench weighed 180lbs, Can't wait to fix it. Makes a nice noise and good power
not sure if this has been brought up but it sits in my mind every time i see these. chugging up a hill at lower rpm is probably not as good as having the engine in a better power band. say 2400rpm in the cls for example. it'd be neat if you could test that some time and see what's a good hill rpm for the v8 cars or something. if 1600 and 1800 rpm are better than something higher where the engine is working more efficiently etc edit after finishing video, i wonder if eco was labouring for the first result vs the second
197.5, that's... no good, but I did the translation and according to Google that's 177.03 canadian, still not good, but I very nearly fell out of my chair seeing nearly $2! Thanks for posting content for night shift lunches here in Canada keep it coming
Torque converter automatics are the best for normal driving And modern ones (the merc too if it has the 7speed) have a clutch to lock the converter after the car gets rolling
I believe economy mode is an overdrive. Or a torque converter lockup? Probably where those extra RPM came from....Lower gearing/no or less converter slip.
To paraphrase the great Adam Savage, The only difference between fucking around and science is writing it down. I'm sure i speak for all of us here when I say, we love and appreciate all the time and effort youse put into these. Cheers guys, you the real mvp
a friend and I removed the interior of his 205 in the early 00's, when we were done his dad came out, chuckled and gave us some ear defenders before we tried it out, it was like being in a rally car.
Pro tip, coast on most streets and only accelerate when theres a drain on the streets, this is the lowest point of the street, as this is where the water flows to. So on hill streets you can coast and use the drains as an indication of when to accelerate again
03:00 Many modern automatic transmissions have a lockup clutch inside the torque converter that the transmission engages above a certain RPM. If your transmission is slushy and slippy at driving speeds, it could be the lockup clutch. Or maybe your car doesn't have one in the first place.
Would love to see how some older turbo cars would perform on the Literboard. I know they reauire a completely different driving strategy to get good fuel economy, I daily drive an old Volvo S60R, but ive noticed that they can do alright with fuel economy with their power output if you're mindful of the operating conditions. Gotta have a boost gauge if you wanna do a really good job though, you have to stay out of the boost to make good mpgs.
I have a GMC Acadia Denali with motorized seats spotify and ya know the rest of an entire three row SUV. And I tried this hack and loved it would recommend 👌
I would love to know how our old i4 Land Rover Series 3 would have done. We did a similar thing to it and then rebuilt the engine. Sadly sold it but that thing ruled.
What about: fresh plugs, fresh injectors, fresh transmission fluid, (not sure if that engine uses HFM sensors etc. but get fresh sensors on everything (Chinese if need be) just to see if it makes the difference. Clean the TB and any sensor too expensive to change
+1 on a tuneup, I don't think it's right, but I absolutely would not go changing sensors just for the heck of it, especially not with aftermarket. OEM only. Cleaning them (MAF, cam, crank, etc.)? Yes.
My best bet for its “Hill” performance, outside of general “Legally Classified as a Classic Car for insurance purposes” Hijinks, is that the reduced weight decreased traction on the hill. Probably not noticeable on flat ground but once that bad boy has to deal with that incline, those few extra pounds might’ve made the difference.
Very inspirational video, i'm going to take out all of my interior and experience the superior power of hypermiling and laugh at those inferior plebs on their nicely insulated and comfortable boxes of wasted fuel
oh my, for this table you definitelly need some 1.9TDI 1997-2005 goober ! My VW G4 1.9TDI 81kW currently does 100km per 3.6l and it can go lower if it's in a perfect condition (which it isn't, but I am working on it)
@@MartinJones123 The gearboxes usually last about 300,000 to 500,000kms on these cars. The gearboxes are really sloshy and drive a bit poopy, but they last a long time. The biggest letdown is the radiator if they leak coolant into the gearbox oil cooling line.
@@AfferbeckBeats Yep, the Commodores had the V6 engine (unless we're talking pre VN)... 4 spd autos as a concept are an outdated technology, and generally aren't the best when seeking maximum power and efficiency from your engine, however they can make great cruisers when paired with larger displacement motors...
@@jamesrichardson645 Well that depends whether it's been maintained properly throughout its life, and the same goes with Commodore 4 speed autos... I've heard these transmissions failing early in the cars life, and also heard of transmissions that have lasted astronomical distances...
I think you should figure out a different route that has less interference. There has to be a path that's less traveled that gives you the same challenges. It's Australia, it's big.
Yeah it's big but it will take him extra hours to get out to and back from a super quiet highway drive and he already puts too much time and effort into this run as it is
I know the route he takes, it's a good combination of suburban, dense traffic (South Road heading south from the Brickworks *shudder*), and expressway.
I have a nissan versa note 2014 and it WANTS to show you every little bit of torque you give it. you stop on the gas pedal and it puts on display all it's measly horses. it's also kinda jittery because any microtwitches from your foot are felt.
3:04 (In response to the text) Automatic transmissions are the second worst thing to ever happen to a gas-engine powered vehicle. They're pure garbage and for the lazy and uncoordinated, The only reason to have an automatic is if you're handicapped and don't have a functional leg to use a clutch. The first worst thing to happen to cars is touchscreens. Built-in cellphones to distract "drivers" from driving. Manual transmissions can help solve a big portion of the distracted driver problem. You need both hands to operate the vehicle. No free hand for thumbing Twatter. No free hand to be hunting for basic things buried in layers of menus and settings. You just drive. And no, the text wall was indeed not up long enough to read. I had to pause. ♥The vids. Thank you, Wade! .
Hey Wade! You SEEN the videos of Fiat 126/127s with 600cc to 1400cc Motorbike engines in the back??? Yeah mate, THEY'D CLIMB THAT HILL!! 🤔😉👌 Mayyyybe... Tony could be tempted to a 'Heart transplant'? 😉👍 😎🇬🇧
If y'all are looking for another long term project for this channel at some point, I would love to see you try to turn an old nugget that barely runs (or doesn't run at all) into an EV, just completely gut it and replace everything. Could probably be done in a month or two tbh if you commit to the jank lol.
Imagine if "economy mode" is a troll feature put in by Fnord to use *more* fuel
Ford here in american states they are serous with mpgs that is why they have to have 3 to 8 cylinders than 3 to 10 cylinders.
Revving the engine a touch higher can make them more efficient. I find climbing hills in power mode gives me better economy than in economy mode in my Falcons, because they gear down to increase the revs.
Economy mode is like a early torque converter lockup. Works ok but can feel pretty jerky (I had an ef falcon)
The last Fjord i ever had anything to do with was a late 80's XF ex-cop panelvan with the mighty leaky 4.1, that had the best fuel saving mode ever
The petrol gauge didn't work
So you just had to set the trip-meter whenever you filled up and hoped that sometime before 350km it didn't run out of petrol
Can no one in this thread spell the word ford? From oc to the comment above me… it’s a simple word lol.
We need an official speedrun category for Garbage Time cars
Mileage% and RPM% (for the hill)
Somebody should set up a map on some racing game to let people simulate The Challenge.
Bathurst lap time?
@@gordonwiley2006 BeamNG would work the best.
@@hydroponicgard or Assetto Corsa
I like how Wade put "The Hill" in quotations because everyone knows in Australia the existence of Hills is questionable.
Yep, either flat or 90° straight up
@@aftdawn Here in the Netherlands it's so flat, you have go travel UP to get to the beach!
@@YokiDokiPanicyou guys fish
@@xretethe Dutch have no need for fishing poles, they walk out chest deep in their lawn and catch the fish by hand
@@YokiDokiPanic so strange going to amsterdam from the east on the a1 and seeing higher fuel consumption because you're going uphill
This gives me the same excitement as "a star in a reasonably priced car"
I wear a hat.
Richard wears a hat.
And James... Wears a hat.
@@Code7Unltd*jessica by the allman brothers ascending guitar riff*
@@Code7Unltd your comment has to be read in the proper voice and cadence :)
@@Code7Unltd That is...The greatest comment... *IN THE WORLD!*
“Car with a reasonably priced star”
I work third shift in the US. Best part is watching Garbage Time as soon as its uploaded. Makes it all worth it.
P
let me guess, second shift broke it
Just got off an 11 and a half hour night shift and watching Garbage Time is very much therapy
I keep hoping to spot my car in the background of one of these videos. You’ll see a 1 Grit sticker in the wild! 😂
I'm actually willing to bet having Jeff out of economy mode helped it. Especially up the hill. My Honda HR-V has an economy mode and, depending on the situation, can actually get worse mileage in it. If the conditions are right, it will return better mileage, but barely. It mostly just makes the car less responsive. I usually just leave it in normal mode unless I'm big time hypermiling.
I leave my Toyota Cressida in power mode, cause I’ve seen no difference in fuel economy using it, and I get full access to the rev range when I put my foot down. Normal mode restricts the revs to ~4000rpm and shifts really early, which is annoying on highway on-ramps.
Economy mode on Jeff is probably just earlier shifts at part throttle. Those old Ford PCMs are not very sophisticated.
bro got the stilted sedan
The litre board for aggressive driving should be called the gallon board - since you'd be most likely using four times as much fuel 😂
But that's imperial measurements, mate
the gallon d’or
@@PixyEm the kilolitreboard
@@PixyEm drive fast and hard like an American to get on the Gallon Board!
@@PixyEm r/wooooooooosh
It might not be the lack of interior, but the lack of smell. The mythbusters found stressed driving is less fuel efficient and I really doubt driving with the smell of rotting carcasses was anything but stressful.
thank you for the text at 3:05, i had no idea why my car's engine could rev up independently from the wheels without changing gears. i figured the engine and wheels were solidly connected with mechanical gears because thats just how you build a car, and the discrepancy in the tachometer was caused by a sensor being weird but little did i know that they were actually connected with LIQUID???? the whole time. no wonder it feels so slushy
You didn't know that?
That throttle blipping with the speedo locked on 60 Km/h was hilarious. It also makes me wonder about Jeff's consistency. You can picture Jeff Superleggera retaking the exact same test and throwing out another 10.7 L/100 Km. Love 90s V8 Fords, but precision instruments, they are not.
Jeff was banned from having an interior for his own good, and I love him for it
Finally. When we needed him the most.
We finally got a new garbage time.
We need an update on the others, like the free car.
Your profile pick probably needed him a while back
I'm still waiting for The Drum Thing episode finally. After the month break Wadey is not the same anymore.
I'd like to see more of T H E C A R
YEEES FREE CAR
Cos its McFucken great.
Me at 20 years old: strips out car’s entire interior and completely ignores the squeaks, rattling, wind noise, and exhaust droning.
Me at 41: strips out car’s entire interior to apply 60 lbs of sound deadener and reinstalls interior to get rid of one rattle that only happens at 2,300 RPM in 5th gear
Not a car person myself, but with age I seem to get more and more of a quiet-freak.
I just want my silence, mate.
Just drive with noise cancelling headphones, it's great (don't do this, it feels very dangerous)
@@Furko08not really, modern cars use this feature with stock audio system too
AT 53 HAVE MY FIRST V8 SCENE THE 90'S AND LOVE THE NOISE 95 150 5.0 THAT A KID HAD BEFORE ME AND TUNED A BIT.
@@Furko08yeah, I’ve read that modern interiors are so quiet that emergency vehicles are having issues with people not hearing their sirens and not moving out of the way.
ANC headphones may not make that much of a difference compared to the tech in cars these days.
the best thing for the economy in the city with the falcons is the hideous diff ratio. I think this generation ran 3.08 final drive (unless XR etc) so unless you're doing highway speeds only, they were terrible around town.
True the XR ran the 3.45 ratio even the 3.23 is better than the garbage 3.08 ratio.
Will the 3:45 make much of a difference in a V8 auto?
@@whyyes6428Yes
@@whyyes6428Wanted to find this out too, so I did some experimenting on a V8 Camaro SS on Tsukuba on BeamNG and here are my results, doing 2 laps for each setup I achieved a 1.01 on the 3.08 setup, the 3.45 set a 58.391 lap which is not much different it’s just that the torque delivery seems easier to handle on the 3.08, the 3.45 makes it spin quite a bit especially on the U-turns on Tsukuba
@@ZF_Aspiris You'll find this sort of thing is more noticable as a feeling in person, when doing normal road speed etc, racing tends to mean you use whatever gear works best unless its a very slow speed or very high speed track. in game if you were to set it to like a 2.00 vs 5.00 or something that would exaggerate the feeling to get an idea haha
The serious hypermilers and racers also remove the asphalt sound deadening sheets, which tend to be where a huge chunk of the weight is. You can use dry ice to freeze it and it'll basically shatter if hit with a hammer, which makes it easy to remove. Of course, standard cautions apply when working with dry ice, so try not to get injured or dead if you go that route.
I follow all of your channels and I have no knowledge or even a particular interest in cars. This is easily my favourite channel.
I wouldn't mind seeing Jeff getting restored. (Interior)
Interesting results, the sheer dedication and commitment is impressive.
@l.a.sunrise3922 I imagined so, due to it being a falcon....
But one can dream
I mean James is a beast at restoring interiors soz
And supercharged.
I've a feeling that, over time, Jeff is going to end up being stripped totally naked of all things extraneous and turned into something out of Mad Max 🤣
If the Tailem Bend collab ever was to happen, Jeff as a track car would be sick
WITNESS
nothing but the parts absolutely necessarily to still be a car
@@matmatician7 WITNESSED!!!!
The pained laugh from the cls500 car wash makes me so sad. The laugh of a man's crushed dreams
Garbage time is slowly transforming into zoomer top gear. With a leader bord and everything
Not a zoomer lol
@@Lorentz_Driverdoesn't matter. Ot's garbage top gear and it's very entertaining
Down Under Gear
"8 seconds ago"
Can't get much earlier than that. Nice.
I had got 0 seconds ago
I remember at my first Job we had those big Industrial Vacuums and one was broken. The Foreman opened it up one day and there was a whole dead Field Mouse Family Nest in the non functional Turbines.
Robot cantina did a similar test with their diesel saturn before he scrapped it. Although he removed all the body panels, glass, interior... basically everything you can legally remove and still drive it on the road. Very big MPG improvement.
Now imagine some of us Americans lose some weight, might improve global fuel use, eh? ;P
That looked like such a sweet morning to drive as you guys are approaching Summer down under so the conditions must be nice.
Somewhere in Adelaide there is an old drumset being neglected. Never forgot that no matter how old The Drum Thing is, it still needs love ❤️ 🥁
As someone that used to live and work in SA it's wonderful to see your drives. Brings back so many great memories. Which is probably something nobody who actually grew up in SA will ever say.
Wow! Jeff used the same amount of fuel that my 6 cylinder 5 speed Falcon used on the highway and that did have an interior.
"he gets squashed every time you switch gears"
Not going to lie I laughed way harder than I should have at this
We needed Frank's input in the current fuel situation
The CLS500 in the car wash is still my favourite scene on this channel
I was expecting jeff to get its interior back after a great wash and that the bench seat is something temporary.
I still hope it's temporary
I hope the interior never comes back and the bench seat stays.
I hope the interior never comes back and the bench seat stays.
I hope the interior never comes back and the bench seat stays.
I hope the interior plastics come back BUT the bench seat still stays and all carpets are replaced with s h a g
Grandad is always saying how his limited edition XJRS drinks so much fuel. Im sure he wont mind…
I drive with somewhere between 200-300 pounds of tools in my trunk/boot because i got tired of being stranded😂. I also carry fuel, oil, coolant, maf sensor cleaner, full size spare, tire plugs, spark plugs, ignition coils, some hoses, etc. The opposite of weight reduction, but with my luck every time I take something out I usually end up needing it
Love the litre board and the sound advice of how to improve fuel economy.
“the rattling noises mean the car’s working”
*flashbacks to a ‘89 Toyota Pickup (aka the T100, aka the pre-tacoma) with no rear suspension*
South Australian rego laws. How ya goin' mate. One of the best things about SA. Up there with frog cakes.
There's probably a Balfour's bakery next to "Regency". Now that's how's ya father. Good on you SA, play your strengths.
At 3:51 the best starter I have ever heard 😂
nothing beats tony's coughing
Anyways love ya videos mate
Hope your doing great in your personal life!
Honestly at about 23mpg Jeff in either config is better than I expected, that's about what my 98' Saab turbo pulled on average. Then again when you pushed the pedal on that car it didn't take it as a suggestion, it simply moved faster; some days I miss that car some days I go to get gas in my 2015 Chevy Spark and it reminds me why I put up with the lethargy of a 1.2L i4 with a CVT.
3:37 Love seeing autogas for sale still. Very hard to find for my old GMC conversion, there's only 3 propane autogas stations in my whole town
Ive been watching you since your first ipood videos, its amazing to see how much your channels have grown! On ya mateee
I wonder what my 7.5l 1968 Oldsmobile Toronado gets. Big engine, cleaned out the yucky nests, and interior was turning to dust. The rear bench weighed 180lbs, Can't wait to fix it. Makes a nice noise and good power
not sure if this has been brought up but it sits in my mind every time i see these. chugging up a hill at lower rpm is probably not as good as having the engine in a better power band. say 2400rpm in the cls for example. it'd be neat if you could test that some time and see what's a good hill rpm for the v8 cars or something.
if 1600 and 1800 rpm are better than something higher where the engine is working more efficiently etc
edit after finishing video, i wonder if eco was labouring for the first result vs the second
197.5, that's... no good, but I did the translation and according to Google that's 177.03 canadian, still not good, but I very nearly fell out of my chair seeing nearly $2!
Thanks for posting content for night shift lunches here in Canada keep it coming
Average here in Adelaide over the last week has been AU$2.05 :-(
Were still getting price gouged here for no reason other than "russia" or maybe some other lame excuse to keep the insane profits goings.
I’m so unbelievably proud of Jeff.
Mate! That 770 Charger... had one just like it when I was a kid. Love a Mopar.
My mate bought a green Charger in 1984 for $450. Wonder what you'd pay for that now...
So glad the intervention you did for Jeff is doing him good ❤
the shahin brothers that own the bend are both active on social media and great blokes.
It's 12 in the morning when I'm watching this, no regrets
Torque converter automatics are the best for normal driving
And modern ones (the merc too if it has the 7speed) have a clutch to lock the converter after the car gets rolling
I believe economy mode is an overdrive. Or a torque converter lockup? Probably where those extra RPM came from....Lower gearing/no or less converter slip.
Thanks for doing the litreboard dude as a fellow data lover I love these videos
"Honey, why are you looking at your monstrous Silverado that way?"
"Don't worry about it."
To paraphrase the great Adam Savage, The only difference between fucking around and science is writing it down. I'm sure i speak for all of us here when I say, we love and appreciate all the time and effort youse put into these. Cheers guys, you the real mvp
a friend and I removed the interior of his 205 in the early 00's, when we were done his dad came out, chuckled and gave us some ear defenders before we tried it out, it was like being in a rally car.
Dunno about Tailem Bend but the 500 is coming up. A hot lap with Jeffy Superleggera could be an attraction fitting of Adelaide.
Just as I’m about to go to sleep, the timing of the garbage is ripe, all hail JEFFEY!
It's 2:00 AM here in freedom land, but Garbage Time is more important than sleep!
I love the idea of taking them on a race track to ride them quite slowly and minding the fuel economy
Pro tip, coast on most streets and only accelerate when theres a drain on the streets, this is the lowest point of the street, as this is where the water flows to. So on hill streets you can coast and use the drains as an indication of when to accelerate again
Adelaide is mostly flat.
Listening to that V8 on my crushers really makes me FEEL like Jeff!
Top gear leaderboard if it was run by an insane Australian with a local tv channel budget
I believe the bend motorsport park should watch this video and notice this man.
03:00
Many modern automatic transmissions have a lockup clutch inside the torque converter that the transmission engages above a certain RPM. If your transmission is slushy and slippy at driving speeds, it could be the lockup clutch. Or maybe your car doesn't have one in the first place.
Ah, what a great video to watch after coming back home from school at 5 pm after an extra class
Love it.
Would love to see how some older turbo cars would perform on the Literboard. I know they reauire a completely different driving strategy to get good fuel economy, I daily drive an old Volvo S60R, but ive noticed that they can do alright with fuel economy with their power output if you're mindful of the operating conditions. Gotta have a boost gauge if you wanna do a really good job though, you have to stay out of the boost to make good mpgs.
I have a GMC Acadia Denali with motorized seats spotify and ya know the rest of an entire three row SUV. And I tried this hack and loved it would recommend 👌
even without most of the interior out jeff still take way too much fuel lol, he's a v8 after all. i still love tony the most, that nugget is priceless
Basing my schedule around the release of these videos 😂
I Love The Bench Seat! Truly incredible
I would love to know how our old i4 Land Rover Series 3 would have done. We did a similar thing to it and then rebuilt the engine. Sadly sold it but that thing ruled.
Came by to say I love your editing style. It is why I keep watching your content. Nugget
What about: fresh plugs, fresh injectors, fresh transmission fluid, (not sure if that engine uses HFM sensors etc. but get fresh sensors on everything (Chinese if need be) just to see if it makes the difference. Clean the TB and any sensor too expensive to change
+1 on a tuneup, I don't think it's right, but I absolutely would not go changing sensors just for the heck of it, especially not with aftermarket. OEM only. Cleaning them (MAF, cam, crank, etc.)? Yes.
We need an episode where you just going to the beach and look around. You teased it so much that I'm getting interested.
I hope that the route distance will be told at some point so that others can try to replocate it
My best bet for its “Hill” performance, outside of general “Legally Classified as a Classic Car for insurance purposes” Hijinks, is that the reduced weight decreased traction on the hill. Probably not noticeable on flat ground but once that bad boy has to deal with that incline, those few extra pounds might’ve made the difference.
Very inspirational video, i'm going to take out all of my interior and experience the superior power of hypermiling and laugh at those inferior plebs on their nicely insulated and comfortable boxes of wasted fuel
4:30 *just sounds like any FG Falcon I’ve ever been in
I love how australia uploads in the middle of the night so I can watch this before work
oh my, for this table you definitelly need some 1.9TDI 1997-2005 goober !
My VW G4 1.9TDI 81kW currently does 100km per 3.6l and it can go lower if it's in a perfect condition (which it isn't, but I am working on it)
I did most of my L plates in the V6 version of this, the gearbox was terrible, and is what killed it in the end.
*Inline 6, and what do you expect on an old car? The 4spd autos aren't really the most involving transmission, you get the manual for that 😉
@@MartinJones123 I had the Holden equivalent of this car til about a month ago, gearbox was fine
@@MartinJones123 The gearboxes usually last about 300,000 to 500,000kms on these cars. The gearboxes are really sloshy and drive a bit poopy, but they last a long time. The biggest letdown is the radiator if they leak coolant into the gearbox oil cooling line.
@@AfferbeckBeats Yep, the Commodores had the V6 engine (unless we're talking pre VN)... 4 spd autos as a concept are an outdated technology, and generally aren't the best when seeking maximum power and efficiency from your engine, however they can make great cruisers when paired with larger displacement motors...
@@jamesrichardson645 Well that depends whether it's been maintained properly throughout its life, and the same goes with Commodore 4 speed autos... I've heard these transmissions failing early in the cars life, and also heard of transmissions that have lasted astronomical distances...
do the jeff superleggera again in eco mode to see, if the eco mode does make a difference !!
Cool that you are so close to the beach!
Coming from the UK here and seeing these outdoor shots, does the sky ever change to grey? Super envious of that weather! 😢
The "Event Ahead" was the Christies Beach Christmas pageant.
I think you should figure out a different route that has less interference. There has to be a path that's less traveled that gives you the same challenges. It's Australia, it's big.
Cap its fake. Ruins my flat Earth model.
Yeah it's big but it will take him extra hours to get out to and back from a super quiet highway drive and he already puts too much time and effort into this run as it is
I know the route he takes, it's a good combination of suburban, dense traffic (South Road heading south from the Brickworks *shudder*), and expressway.
@@AfferbeckBeats Can't make egg omelette without breaking the eggs first.
Just do a trip to the Bendigo Cashies every time.
WHERE IS THE DONKEY VAN 🐐🚐
I have a nissan versa note 2014 and it WANTS to show you every little bit of torque you give it. you stop on the gas pedal and it puts on display all it's measly horses. it's also kinda jittery because any microtwitches from your foot are felt.
Thus channel has taught me so much that i called a problem with my sisters car that everyone said wouldnt be the problem
Everybody is missing the one major bit of info from the video.
That Subway at 6:17 was frickin HUGE!!
3:04 (In response to the text) Automatic transmissions are the second worst thing to ever happen to a gas-engine powered vehicle. They're pure garbage and for the lazy and uncoordinated, The only reason to have an automatic is if you're handicapped and don't have a functional leg to use a clutch.
The first worst thing to happen to cars is touchscreens. Built-in cellphones to distract "drivers" from driving.
Manual transmissions can help solve a big portion of the distracted driver problem. You need both hands to operate the vehicle. No free hand for thumbing Twatter. No free hand to be hunting for basic things buried in layers of menus and settings. You just drive.
And no, the text wall was indeed not up long enough to read. I had to pause.
♥The vids. Thank you, Wade!
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I can tell you're american because you think driving manual stops distracted driving
Coworker came over and asked what I was watchin durin my lunch and we both bonded over watchin an Australian man and his jeffy
Hey Wade! You SEEN the videos of Fiat 126/127s with 600cc to 1400cc Motorbike engines in the back??? Yeah mate, THEY'D CLIMB THAT HILL!! 🤔😉👌 Mayyyybe... Tony could be tempted to a 'Heart transplant'? 😉👍
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I call Jeffy Lil Donkey now, with that hollowed out interior he's like a mini storage unit on wheels.
6:16 I thought that sign on the side of the Subway said "We Over Dose"
If y'all are looking for another long term project for this channel at some point, I would love to see you try to turn an old nugget that barely runs (or doesn't run at all) into an EV, just completely gut it and replace everything. Could probably be done in a month or two tbh if you commit to the jank lol.
The fact that he uses the same type of board as top gear did fills me with joy
i think jeff proved that it has potential !!! its time for that manual drive baby !!!! maybe we can get even better economy run
If I came to SA I'd let you use my R31 skyline for the litre board hahaha