Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
Mine went down pre 60K service and is now back up.
Did a run from home to Middlesborough and back with lots of high speed cruising on the motorway (wanted to get home). Average over the 450 miles was nearly 32 MPG.
Mind you the sections of average speed cameras were done at a steady cruise control 50MPH so may have helped. Never use cruise control on open sections though - only to keep inside a speed limit in town or roadworks. Amazing how many people you overtake when the D3 does 50 dead and others are manually trying to keep at 50
17th May 2007 9:22 pm
Gi
Member Since: 13 Dec 2006
Location: Basle
Posts: 28
Re: V8 MPG
... just done 800km with one tank full. This is a magnificent 9.4l/100km or approx 30MPG!
The temperature affects my fuel consumption worse than air conditioning or load!
Gi...this is an Italian, living in Switzerland, trying to speak English...!
21st May 2007 12:14 pm
andym
Member Since: 16 Jun 2005
Location: london
Posts: 211
SOLUTION
DEALER RECENTLY PUT 60 PSI IN MY 4 TYRES. THE SIDE EFFECT WAS I ACHIEVED 34 TO THE GALLON ON THE MOTORWAY. I REDUCED PRESSURE WHEN I REALISED WHAT THEY HAD DONE. I DO THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL ME!!
We have just returned from a 700 mile trip to scotland mixed motorway and single track average 31.7mpg on a tdv6 travelling 70-80 mph on motorways
2nd Jun 2007 2:34 pm
craig
Member Since: 08 Aug 2006
Location: Home of LR.
Posts: 2545
Just done a 500 mile round trip to Anglesey (with much driving to and from various beaches all over the island) from Solihull and got 21mpg whilst towing the tintent....
2nd Jun 2007 4:45 pm
mick
Member Since: 21 Jan 2007
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 2049
just averaged 22mpg over the last week towing tintent running about etc great car. noooobody could pass me
2nd Jun 2007 8:05 pm
ArcticF
Member Since: 04 Apr 2007
Location: Midlands
Posts: 6
I'm getting about 21mpg while dragging the tintent, but 31mpg without it. It came as a bit of a surprise, as over the past couple of years my Defender90 didn't seem to acknowledge the van was there, regularly returning about 25mpg whether towing or not.D3 TDV6 SE Auto 2006
Defender 90 CSW 2001
2nd Jun 2007 9:14 pm
craig
Member Since: 08 Aug 2006
Location: Home of LR.
Posts: 2545
I'm getting circa 24 mpg without the tintent.... but i guess thats living in a built up area for you
2nd Jun 2007 9:20 pm
norto
Member Since: 10 Apr 2006
Location: batemans bay
Posts: 1605
just towed my coromal off road camper to Wagga and back last weekend
about 900km , sat on between 90km an 100km/h and averaged 23 mpg
the country was constantly hilly , probably do 25 mpg on flat country
pretty good i think
2nd Jun 2007 10:49 pm
norto
Member Since: 10 Apr 2006
Location: batemans bay
Posts: 1605
I had Chris weave his magic on it
about 3 weeks ago as you should know i suspect
Had the misfortune today to join the A12 at Ipswich (heading London bound) and overtake within 100 yards of joining a police car doing 69 mph. The road was empty(ish) so set the cruise at 70. The police pulled in behind and stayed there for the next 45 miles (W**K**) till I left at my exit, Galleywood. By that point I was the head of quite some convoy.
Anyway over the 45 miles at a constant 70 I averaged 27.4 mpg (I reset trip as soon as I set the cruise), in my turbochipped auto HSE. The road was that empty I rarely had to brake so hardly any acceleration or braking.
Is this good/bad/expected?
12th Jun 2007 8:46 pm
simkna
Member Since: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Leicester
Posts: 806
Sounds about the same as mine Nicknick.
Si.Pat's Van
D3 TDV6 S Auto
Rimini Red / Alpacca Leather
12th Jun 2007 8:58 pm
10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
tyre pressures, load, wind speed and direction will all make a difference, i'd expect better TBH although a one-off measurement is highly subjective without a control sample to compare against
12th Jun 2007 9:18 pm
foldsl
Member Since: 24 Apr 2007
Location: Bedford
Posts: 4
Got my TDV6 HSE re-mapped by JE Engineering (its half price in June!) and headed for Brussels a 700 mile round trip all motorway. Averaged 26mpg on the trip and got 28mpg before if I locked it at 75mph on the cruise. So bad news you think? Not really - very happy with the extra power so took oportunity equipped with GPS speed camera detector and a helpful Belgium BMW to floor it and see what the top end was. Got it to 125mph and lost bottle - would have gone a bit higher I think. Came back around 90mph all the way so thought 26mpg was OK really.
12th Jun 2007 10:06 pm
10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
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