simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
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CY... send it to me if you ever run out of trials.
I can print as a PDF as many times as I want. Its built into OS X and is part of the print panel 
No need for Acrobat at all 
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bobbycrispbox
Member Since: 15 May 2006
Location: Where women glow and men plunder
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And openoffice.org does it too if you want a windows solution
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| 26th May 2007 9:56 pm |
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DiscoDad
Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Beautiful Teesdale
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CY
Good piece. Well presented, well done!
FYI 3000 mile trip in Europe including lots of 'high speed' driving... 29.8mpg Back in the game!
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| 26th May 2007 10:13 pm |
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CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: Warwickshire
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Thanks folks.
Simon - thanks for the offer. Thanks also to Martin - pointed me in the direction of a good PDF convertor software (called PDF995 for reference sake). I'll pop the new corrected PDF on in the morning.
bobbycrispbox, I've got an OpenOffice disc somewhere (the local computer shop charged me £15 for it before I knew it could be downloaded for free  ) so I'll look at that too.
DiscoDad - that's a pretty fair fuel consumption. We hammer around town (yes Greenpeace, I said town)with lead feet to really put it to through its paces and get the most power - returns 23 mpg which is pretty damned good, considering we had 8.9 mpg on a return trip in the V70 today 
What I think we really need is whenever people get >= 30mpg, take a snap of the read out and post it on here. Once we've got a few then we have enough evidence to show that, if driven carefully, the D3 is a pretty efficient machine. 2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE G4 Challenge (1 of 68)
2023 Defender 90 D250 X-Dynamic HSE
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| 26th May 2007 11:09 pm |
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DG
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CY ...don't forget also that you live in a free country ....it isn't illegal to own a D3 ...so I feel that 'choice' should also feature. 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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| 26th May 2007 11:18 pm |
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billie
Member Since: 25 May 2007
Location: Wales
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Great CY! It was so interesting, doesn't make me feel so bad  !
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| 27th May 2007 1:25 pm |
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Jads777
Member Since: 03 Sep 2005
Location: Channel Islands
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Well done CY, it's extremely useful to have all this information in one file. I shall print some off and keep them in the car ready for distribution to any whinging treehuggers!
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| 27th May 2007 1:37 pm |
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wag the dog
Member Since: 29 Mar 2007
Location: WINCHESTER
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Cheers CY -most excellent
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| 27th May 2007 2:17 pm |
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CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: Warwickshire
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http://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/use...nt%7E0.pdf
Updated with correct overall CO2 figures. 2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE G4 Challenge (1 of 68)
2023 Defender 90 D250 X-Dynamic HSE
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| 27th May 2007 7:18 pm |
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chesters
Member Since: 03 Oct 2005
Location: The Toon
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CY
Brilliant Arctic Frost Discovery 3 TDV6 SE, Active Rear Diff, Adaptive Head Lights, Tow Pack, Ebony Leather, Roof Rails, Mantec Guard. Tasmod Stainless Sill plates. Grabber AT's. Home made mud flaps. Side Steps back on until the next time.
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| 27th May 2007 7:36 pm |
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JamesWyatt
Member Since: 18 Feb 2007
Location: Dallas, TX
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Many of your negatives about hybrids have been debunked - thoroughly.
I don't understand the need to compare a Rover to a hybrid in the first place. If the numbers you present about emissions are true, then it doesn't make any difference anyway. Drive what best fits your needs. I own a Prius and an LR3, and they get along just fine.
Do D3 owners in your country have to constantly watch for people throwing raw eggs at you while driving? What's going on over there? Is the SUV about to be legislated out of existence or something?
But more than anything, your article just makes me  that we don't have Rover diesels here in the US. 
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| 28th May 2007 4:48 am |
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DG
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JamesWyatt wrote:What's going on over there? Is the SUV about to be legislated out of existence or something?
We are counting down the days  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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| 28th May 2007 7:41 am |
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scolliss
Member Since: 05 Mar 2007
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I appreciate the effort you put into that document. Nice one and I will use that document frequntly. Thanks. Life is what you make it.
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| 28th May 2007 9:19 am |
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