mitsubushi l300

[rockyman]

how economical are these? there is one on trade me for $2000 he wants $3000 for it. its 2600cc petrol and 2wd double cab. does anyone have one that they could give me their opinion on? what would they be like for shuttling the downhill bikes up and down mt hutt

[SMOKEY]

Hi , the Mitsubishi double cab & single cab are Model L200, the L300 is the van version, both models came out as either 2WD or 4WD with petrol and diesel options with 2000cc----- 2600cc in petrol and 2.5 ----- 2.8 diesel.
If you want to do the Mt Hut road I would recommend you look at the 4WD versions.
Mitsubishi and the word Economical ( in my opinion ) shouldn't be used together, the 2.6 petrol is rather partial to a good binge session. A good friend of mine ran an adventure business that included Mountain Bikes and he had a L300 4WD set up with bike racks front and back, this system worked very well for him.

FITZY.

[coxsy]

my 2.6 ute burned 14 litre /100 but had 4:11 rear gears that didn't help a van may have a better rear ratio

[WACKO]

vans are no better. i have a 2004 l300 as a work van, and it drinks the gas. has just hit 100,000kms and is burning a litre of oil every 2 fillls or so aswell. my pajero is a guzzler aswell, but havent driven it in a long while so im not sure what it compares to now.

Sam

[landie]

My Brother has a 89 4wd L300,Its high as a kite-you look at it the wrong way it will roll He converted his from 2.5 deisel to a 2.6 petrol but its running LPG(heaps cheaper to run he said)It a'int a mitzy if it dosing burn oil.
most my vehicles are mitsubishis,A lot of parts are interchangable (petrol)and they are easy to work on