chrislifetour
Member Since: 19 Jun 2007
Location: West Midlands
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Hi guys (and gals!)
Just picked up my new (and first) T6 auto. Just filled her up first time over £80 - owch!
So what fuel economy should I be expecting for knocking around town and on long mway journeys?
Are there any tried and tested techniques for getting the best possible mpg?
Can I expect the mpg to increase as she runs in? if so at what mileage?
First impressions though on my new motor - wow!
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 19th Jun 2007 7:38 pm |
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Buckingham
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: Herefordshire
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Hmmm let's see....
Just picked it up....£80 of fuel....
You should be OK until about 03:30 tomorrow morning.... 
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| 19th Jun 2007 7:41 pm |
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CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: Warwickshire
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Hi chrislifetour - welcome to DISCO3.
I'd imagine that you're fuel economy will improve as it runs in.
Sounds like we do the same sorts of driving as you - dashing about town and motorway jaunts. Averaging about 26 MPG but it's never a problem - the fuel tank's big enough 
That said, try not to fill the tank to the brim - ironically the added weight of all the diesel causes the car to need more diesel... 2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
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| 19th Jun 2007 7:47 pm |
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chrislifetour
Member Since: 19 Jun 2007
Location: West Midlands
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Buckingham wrote:Hmmm let's see....
Just picked it up....£80 of fuel....
You should be OK until about 03:30 tomorrow morning....
Looks like l'll be on me bike then tomorrow 
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| 19th Jun 2007 7:50 pm |
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Bodsy
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I've done just over 5k in mine and a mix of motorway 80mph and town driving has returned approx 23mpg...... not as much as I'd expected, but then again, I knew it would be thirsty, it's 2.7 tonnes afterall.
Some have managed 30mph on longer trips & I have too on a long trip, but when it gets mixed in, it's lower than you might think.
26mpg would seem to be a reasonable figure. (HSE Auto) Bodsys Brake Bible
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| 19th Jun 2007 9:24 pm |
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Gareth
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Location: Bramhall
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24 is about average for an auto.
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| 19th Jun 2007 9:26 pm |
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CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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They do seem to vary a lot, my current manual with 27k miles on the clock is returning 28mpg with mixed driving and over 30mpg on longer runs, the old manual only did around 25 and the auto 23-24. 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
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| 19th Jun 2007 9:28 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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Depending on your driving style and typical journey's, I can remap your Disco3 to give you an extra 8-12% fuel economy - it does improve over time though and the %age improvement a tune can give you will be on top of any 'running in' increases
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| 19th Jun 2007 9:29 pm |
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DG
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I attained 31.5mpg on the journey home from Rockingham...never seen it so high  21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 19th Jun 2007 9:31 pm |
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CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: Warwickshire
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Bodsy wrote:Some have managed 30mph on longer trips & I have too on a long trip
How fast do they go on shorter trips then?
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| 19th Jun 2007 9:33 pm |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
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Initially I was getting 27-27mpg with a mix of town driving and enthusiastic use of rural A, B and unclassified roads. Since fitting AT tyres it's down to 24.5 - 25.5 I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 20th Jun 2007 9:45 am |
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fredblondieau
Member Since: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Laeken
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What I can say is that the MPG in a Disco3 highly depends on the way you drive... (nothing new I am afraid  )
Generally speaking I get from 22 to 32.6 MPG calculated after refuelling (24 to 35.3 according to onboard computer), depending on the way I drive and if I drove mostly in town or on mortoways.
If I drive *very* calmly, and mostly on motorways I can get an actual 32.6 MPG (35.3 according to onboard computer). That way once I have done 630M on one full tank... (some kind of world record I reckon, above all with an Auto  )
cheers
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| 20th Jun 2007 11:48 am |
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BarryG
Member Since: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Eire
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24-25mpg. up to 28 on a long run.
Consider a Turbochip or JE Tune or a Torq Tune , impoves mpg and also driveability.
All these companies and/or there agents are on here and Im sure will be happy
to tell you about their products and why their product is best.
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| 20th Jun 2007 12:03 pm |
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Alex08
Member Since: 09 Nov 2006
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 1600
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I'm getting really depressed now as I get 30mpg indicated on most days which is A's Bs' and motorway into the town centre. I must not be pushing my foot hard enough on the gas pedal  Obviously I need to learn new driving skills.
Funny thing is, I put the expedition roof rack on at the weekend (OK actually 4 of us lifted the rack on ) and I expected the economy to suffer - the next drive on the same work route was 34mpg! Shome Mishtake Shurely!
Anyway it has settled back to 30ish which was a surprise.
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| 20th Jun 2007 12:08 pm |
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Bodsy
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I measure mine acurately with a sad spreadsheet time, mileage, litres, cost etc and that measures on average of 22.44MPG since new. The trip clock shows 25.4mpg so there's surely some variance. Yes I know the fill-ups will be marginally different due to how far up the neck o fthe tank you fill up, but as an average it should work out close to the on-board computer. But by all accounts the on-board computer isn't really that accurate at all.
Alex, are you able to do a couple of fills & keeo the receipts with teh mileages on accurately & then see what it shows. You must do fill up to fill up though for it to work. Bodsys Brake Bible
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| 20th Jun 2007 12:13 pm |
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