Best I've had is 36.6 to Kent on my way to the croisiere, 70ish on motorway then M25, imagine then throgh France, 80,90, max was 110, playing games in convoy, Italian Job, passing choc hobknobs etc. (ask Non Stick Nick), got back home with 31.5.I'm not as good as I once was........but I'm as good once as I ever was.
Im in Tramore too! I had mine remapped and I get an average of 27.5 mpg rising to 30 ish on long trips.
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15th Mar 2008 1:53 am
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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I am averaging 23.5 with a general mix of driving.
If I fit my roof rack it drops to 21.0 or less.
The highest sustained average I have ever achieved is 27 mpg. It was hard work to get this!
The worst tank range I have ever had without the caravan is 310 miles then the light came on, the best ever is 475.
With the caravan (23ft Elddis Crusader) I average about 18mpg.
15th Mar 2008 2:01 am
CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posts: 6100
Forget the display, as others have said, measure mileage from tank full to empty etc, my display shows around 27 when the true figure is nearer 25.
A full tank can squeeze 75 litres in, divide by 4.454 to convert to gallons = 16.83, total miles on the tankful divided by 16.83 = true mpg2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
15th Mar 2008 11:53 am
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
My tank is 83'ish litres I've had 78 in it on a refill - better to brim it, do what ever mileage you do then brim it again - that second brim full is what countsSteve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
15th Mar 2008 12:25 pm
RMB
Member Since: 20 Mar 2007
Location: Scotland
Posts: 260
You lucky people, Mine with mixed driving gets 19.5 per gallon
15th Mar 2008 4:31 pm
sufun
Member Since: 22 Jun 2006
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 205
I feel so much better after reading this thread. I was starting to think something was wrong with my right foot or the car.
I am averaging 25mpg but if on a motorway run it may get up to 30mpg. I am running on AT2s.TDV6 SE
15th Mar 2008 4:56 pm
Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
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I dont care its never going to be economical the way I drive
15th Mar 2008 6:15 pm
SN
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Location: Romiley
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15th Mar 2008 6:53 pm
yaugher
Member Since: 24 Sep 2007
Location: SE UK
Posts: 420
mixed driving but between 22.4 and 27.6 MPG......was getting beter MPG when first got it...but not now..so I assume its cos I am not driving her so sweetly now im used to it!
(or the Ba st rd neighbour steeling my diesel!!)
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15th Mar 2008 7:13 pm
SPOTTER
Member Since: 06 Dec 2006
Location: Adrift........
Posts: 3095
mine consumes diesel too..........
a fair bit more than when I got it......not sure if traffic has got worse or something
now do route planning on 20 mpg.........end of an era ....... maybe a Defender when it appears.......
15th Mar 2008 8:07 pm
Claud
Member Since: 03 Mar 2007
Location: Surrey
Posts: 152
23 to 25 mpg driving on A3/M25, I have feather footed it on one journey and had 29 mpg.
I find the acceleration joining the motorways sucks the juice. The car certainly performs best at a steady cruise adhering to speed limits. I very rarely use the D3 on those type of jouneys.
Incidently my 5 litre V8 merc gives very similar fuel consumption, car is much lighter and faster though.2016 D4 Landmark
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15th Mar 2008 11:35 pm
Daf
Member Since: 21 Aug 2007
Location: Wales, mun ;-)
Posts: 164
Claud wrote:
23 to 25 mpg driving on A3/M25, I have feather footed it on one journey and had 29 mpg.
I find the acceleration joining the motorways sucks the juice. The car certainly performs best at a steady cruise adhering to speed limits. I very rarely use the D3 on those type of jouneys.
Incidently my 5 litre V8 merc gives very similar fuel consumption, car is much lighter and faster though.
It's acceleration that cripples the mpg (obvious init). I live in a valley so almost every drive I take means that I'm going up or down the side of a valley, stop/ start at a junction etc. Driving locally and I'll get about 18.1 mpg. Driving to work in Newport through Cwmfelin Fach, Wattsville then past Risca on the dual carrigeway (with 4 roundabouts) and then on through the STW (more 40-50 mph dual carriage way and lots of roundabouts) and I can stretch to 23mpg. Managed to get to 25mpg on the M4 once, but that's not the flatest road around either between Cardiff and Bridgend.
You boys in England don't know how lucky you are living on a billiard table.
Mind you, best I've ever seen was 54 mpg downhill, just after I'd re-set the trip!
18th Mar 2008 3:36 pm
BorderMan
Member Since: 02 Mar 2008
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 205
I'm still 'running in', but the on-board computer reports 27.5 mpg for the first 300 miles. Driving has been on rural roads and spread over a few journeys.
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18th Mar 2008 3:42 pm
simonsi
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Location: Auckland
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Daf wrote:
Mind you, best I've ever seen was 54 mpg downhill, just after I'd re-set the trip!
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then throgh France, 80,90, max was 110, playing games in convoy, Italian Job, passing choc hobknobs etc. (ask Non Stick Nick), got back home with 31.5.
I've had 78 in it on a refill - better to brim it, do what ever mileage you do then brim it again - that second brim full is what counts
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