Starcraft 19.61-3

Laneway

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Has CaravanLand given you a pick up date yet?
I've pencilled in next Saturday the 29th to pick up. Emailed my sales rep today to confirm but he's on holiday so will be calling the yard in the morning to confirm dates and that everything is all good with the van.

Just trying to narrow the list of things we have to buy by priority atm.....bloody hard job!
 

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I've pencilled in next Saturday the 29th to pick up. Emailed my sales rep today to confirm but he's on holiday so will be calling the yard in the morning to confirm dates and that everything is all good with the van.

Just trying to narrow the list of things we have to buy by priority atm.....bloody hard job!
I've pencilled in next Saturday the 29th to pick up. Emailed my sales rep today to confirm but he's on holiday so will be calling the yard in the morning to confirm dates and that everything is all good with the van.

Just trying to narrow the list of things we have to buy by priority atm.....bloody hard job!
5 more days I bet you can't wait I saw in the yard the other day when I went to caravanland.
 

Laneway

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5 more days I bet you can't wait I saw in the yard the other day when I went to caravanland.
Heya Smash you. You bet we can't wait.....8:30 tomorrow and we'll be there to pick her up.
Hope they didn't have it out on display for everyone to prod and poke around in it
Did you sign up for one????
 

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Heya Smash you. You bet we can't wait.....8:30 tomorrow and we'll be there to pick her up.
Hope they didn't have it out on display for everyone to prod and poke around in it
Did you sign up for one????
No it was put right out the back in the storage yard its only because I am in the trade I was aloud to look at it from the outside.
 
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Heya Smash you. You bet we can't wait.....8:30 tomorrow and we'll be there to pick her up.
Hope they didn't have it out on display for everyone to prod and poke around in it
Did you sign up for one????
Yes but won't get mine till mid august.
 
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Heya Smash you. You bet we can't wait.....8:30 tomorrow and we'll be there to pick her up.
Hope they didn't have it out on display for everyone to prod and poke around in it
Did you sign up for one????
How's the new Starcraft going?
 

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How's the new Starcraft going?
Awesome mate....its a great van i must say. A few minor things like a cupbord that wont latch properly but nothing major. And after reading some problems with the 3 way fridges, ours has worked well so far. See how we go in summer though

Everything works well and is finished off pretty nicely i must say....definately worth the extra $$$ compared to the pop top

The fuel bill was a tad high though....we were running late leaving Perth and had to travel nearly 900kms so didnt really take it too easy on keeping the speed low. But we'll see how we go on a few local trips up here with speed and weights ect to try and get the economy better. If it doesnt it might mean a trip to perth again for a different rig....but time will tell.

But honestly we love the van and so do the kiddos and mrs and cant wait to get out and glamp it up
 

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Awesome mate....its a great van i must say. A few minor things like a cupbord that wont latch properly but nothing major. And after reading some problems with the 3 way fridges, ours has worked well so far. See how we go in summer though

Everything works well and is finished off pretty nicely i must say....definately worth the extra $$$ compared to the pop top

The fuel bill was a tad high though....we were running late leaving Perth and had to travel nearly 900kms so didnt really take it too easy on keeping the speed low. But we'll see how we go on a few local trips up here with speed and weights ect to try and get the economy better. If it doesnt it might mean a trip to perth again for a different rig....but time will tell.

But honestly we love the van and so do the kiddos and mrs and cant wait to get out and glamp it up
What do you call high on fuel?
 
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What do you call high on fuel?
I didnt really want to say, but we were pulling 32-36 lt/100km! And using about 15lt/100km when empty not towing

Was sitting between 95-100kph most the time but am really not impressed. Just had a heap of work done to the Nav the days before pickup including full exhaust, hotpipe upgrades, egr & dpf deletes, and then a ECU remap and i get those type of figures.

Not sure what i can do to reduce to a reasonable (or passable) useage.........may be a BT50 or a Ranger on the cards for my xmas pressie!!!
 

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I didnt really want to say, but we were pulling 32-36 lt/100km! And using about 15lt/100km when empty not towing

Was sitting between 95-100kph most the time but am really not impressed. Just had a heap of work done to the Nav the days before pickup including full exhaust, hotpipe upgrades, egr & dpf deletes, and then a ECU remap and i get those type of figures.

Not sure what i can do to reduce to a reasonable (or passable) useage.........may be a BT50 or a Ranger on the cards for my xmas pressie!!!
No that's not right you should be seeing 20 -24 lt/100km max my old single axle Jayco expanda outback which was just over 2 ton . l used to pull it with my Landcruiser 100 series v8 petrol and averaged 28lt/100km.
 

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Exactly theres definately something wrong. See how we go next weekend. Looking at heading about 250kms away.....a full tank should get me there haha
 

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Have to be something wrong with the tune after all that work and money I would expect better, even the empty figure isn't all that great...............I was not happy with getting between 17 -19l/100 towing Big Mal, 2.8t and 22ft with the Colorado and it gives me just 10.5 empty.
 
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I didnt really want to say, but we were pulling 32-36 lt/100km! And using about 15lt/100km when empty not towing

Was sitting between 95-100kph most the time but am really not impressed. Just had a heap of work done to the Nav the days before pickup including full exhaust, hotpipe upgrades, egr & dpf deletes, and then a ECU remap and i get those type of figures.

Not sure what i can do to reduce to a reasonable (or passable) useage.........may be a BT50 or a Ranger on the cards for my xmas pressie!!!
2.5ltr or V6 ??
 

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I didnt really want to say, but we were pulling 32-36 lt/100km! And using about 15lt/100km when empty not towing

Was sitting between 95-100kph most the time but am really not impressed. Just had a heap of work done to the Nav the days before pickup including full exhaust, hotpipe upgrades, egr & dpf deletes, and then a ECU remap and i get those type of figures.

Not sure what i can do to reduce to a reasonable (or passable) useage.........may be a BT50 or a Ranger on the cards for my xmas pressie!!!
I changed my standed system to a 2 3/4
Now my fule is through the roof my car hates it confused when towing dosnt know what gear to be in labours and struggles so tomox im taking off the new system going back to standed i went from 13s to 15s on a bad day to 17s to 20 normal driving so im getting my back prussure back and taking it off oh i have a 07 prado turbo
 
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2.5ltr or V6 ??
The little 2.5lt @Crusty181

@Bluey getting 15-16s for me (non-towing) i could live with, but when your doubling that and a bit for towing, it gets a little crazy. Very reputable workshop that completed the works and it has plenty of power, espescially down low, so I dont think i could bring myself to going back to standard and reflashing my ECU.

We'll see what next weekends trip brings around figures wise.......I see some nice 200series in the local rag for a small fortune :nod:
 
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Holy moly those figures are CRAZY!!
But burning a bit of fuel still beats pushing!

My old 2013 2.5 nav was 11 unhitched (but still carrying a fair bit of gear) and the worst I ever got with van (Starcraft pop)was 18 , normally 16-17 but if driven softly could get 14-15 .
That was 5850kg with boat on roof , sitting on speed limit not slowing for hills.
We now have slow XLT ranger getting 13 empty unhitched (disappointing in my view ) and 17-18 with van on and boat on top driven the same.
Now we are awaiting on our 19.61.3.
I am hoping for not much of a jump in usage.
 
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The little 2.5lt @Crusty181

@Bluey getting 15-16s for me (non-towing) i could live with, but when your doubling that and a bit for towing, it gets a little crazy. Very reputable workshop that completed the works and it has plenty of power, espescially down low, so I dont think i could bring myself to going back to standard and reflashing my ECU.

We'll see what next weekends trip brings around figures wise.......I see some nice 200series in the local rag for a small fortune :nod:
 

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Our Nissan at work which is the same as yours was using lots of fuel and smoking when the boss just went up to Leinster prospecting the other week.When he got back he took it to his diesel specialist mate and found two valve modules had failed and replace them I think they were in the main diesel pump .He now has more power and smoother and no black diesel smoke even when your thrash it.
 
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