Outback Red Centre Road Trip: Adelaide to Uluru & Kings Canyon (3,400 km) in BYD Shark 6 + Rooftop Tent
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Completed our bucket-list 3,400 km Stuart Highway & Red Centre expedition from Adelaide to Coober Pedy, Uluru, Kings Canyon, and back in our BYD Shark 6 fitted with a tub rack, hard-shell rooftop tent, and 85L dual-zone fridge.
On-Road Impressions, Efficiency & Setup Details
- Corrugated Dirt Roads: Dropped our 265/65R18 A/T tyres to 24 PSI cold on the Mereenie Loop—the independent coil suspension soaked up corrugations better than any leaf-spring ute in our convoy.
- Fuel Economy: 9.6 L/100km at 110 km/h outback highway cruise with the rooftop tent mounted flush with the cab roof.
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Completed our bucket-list 3,400 km Stuart Highway & Red Centre expedition from Adelaide to Coober Pedy, Uluru, Kings Canyon, and back in our BYD Shark 6 fitted with a tub rack, hard-shell rooftop tent, and 85L dual-zone fridge.
On-Road Impressions, Efficiency & Setup Details
- Corrugated Dirt Roads: Dropped our 265/65R18 A/T tyres to 24 PSI cold on the Mereenie Loop—the independent coil suspension soaked up corrugations better than any leaf-spring ute in our convoy.
- Fuel Economy: 9.6 L/100km at 110 km/h outback highway cruise with the rooftop tent mounted flush with the cab roof.
9.6 L/100km on the Stuart Highway with a rooftop tent and 85L fridge is awesome—mounting the tent flush with the roofline really saves aerodynamic drag.
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9.6 L/100km on the Stuart Highway with a rooftop tent and 85L fridge is awesome—mounting the tent flush with the roofline really saves aerodynamic drag.
@Archie_Carter How did the cabin air filtration handle the fine red bull-dust on the Mereenie Loop?
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@Archie_Carter How did the cabin air filtration handle the fine red bull-dust on the Mereenie Loop?
@archiet82 Kept the HVAC on Recirculate with the CN95 HEPA filter active—not a speck of red dust inside the cabin, and we blew out the engine intake pre-filter at Kings Canyon in 2 minutes.
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Spot on breakdown. One detail I noticed after logging another 2,500 km is that the thermal management loop stays completely silent below 32°C ambient unless you chain two fast DC sessions back-to-back.
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Great real-world data. Having proper owner telemetry instead of brochure claims makes configuring the car so much easier.
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Appreciate the honest perspective! Every EV and PHEV platform has trade-offs, and seeing real long-term feedback like this is why independent owner forums are way more useful than brochure numbers.
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Subscribed to this thread. Has anyone here compared this behaviour before and after the latest DiLink OTA firmware update? Mine felt noticeably smoother in low-speed traffic afterwards.
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