Hi All,
Well as for the fuel consumption you must remember that in the UK we still use the Imperial Gallon which is 4.54 Litres which of course is slightly larger than the US gallon. I also drive very smoothly and gently with minimum use of the brakes and throttle most of the time I trained and worked as a bus driver so try to keep is smooth. Only rarely will the tacho climb above 2,000 rpm
. My Cherokee has done 86,400 odd miles and I serously doubt it's been off road much if at all. Since I only recently got it I am trying to sort out the little things that need doing like a full service but for now it's important things like the tyres and at the tyre depot I took a look at the brake pads whilst the wheels were off and I noticed that the pads are getting down to they are now added to the to do list
We live in a very rural place shopping is a 26 mile round trip the draw back is small roads and bumpy ones at that
our roads were not designed for the huge farm tractors that are now in use and 40 ton articulated lorries ( 44.8 Ton Semis) and the roads subside as a result
traffic is normally light which of course helps on fuels and as the roads are small and have a goodly number of curves and bends you are going very fast. 40 mph is a good speed most of the time around here and it's quite flat as we are on the edge of the fens, in fact our place is 2 feet below sea level
. In fact I am about to load up the Jeep and go off to the range for an evening shooting.