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mobyone
Member Since: 23 Dec 2005
Location: Melbourne
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k1w1 wrote:Well not London exactly, but after the Mrs driving the D3 around High Wycombe for a week (yes, that includes the school run), she scored 21 mpg, so not a lot more than you. After the weekend's 1.5 hour runs into the countryside I'm reading 23-24 (on top of her average, not reset), so I'm assuming I was getting 28-30 (in isolation).
Just filled up for the 2nd time (£80). Holy crap batman. That had better last more than the 8 days my 1st fill-up lasted.
I'm thinking of inserting a brick under the go-pedal Monday thru Friday 
I know I am in the absolute minority when i speak about fuel consumption, as I must be the only owner of a petrol D3 on this forum  Added to that I'm about 16,000km's away where the diesel sells for about £0.50 per litre. Just for the record my petrol V6 is returning very close to the reported figures of about 23mpg (best) and 14mpg (worst). It still shocks be to read that it costs you guys £80 to fill up!!  .... Man that's gotta hurt!  Have they sold any petrol version in the UK??? and note that the diesel setup costs about $9000 more here!
Just look at the bright side... Your BMW won't get you through the bog to the servo on the other side....  What's the point.... it all comes out in the wash anyway!
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 31st Jan 2006 12:19 pm |
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croyde
Member Since: 17 Aug 2005
Location: SE England
Posts: 459
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I think that you are right.
The Petrol V8 is not too popular and I have seen massive discounts in sales price.
I was in Australia a few years ago driving around in a Falcon V8 and was constantly amazed at how cheap the petrol was.
God's own country eh!
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| 31st Jan 2006 1:24 pm |
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tucker_j
Member Since: 01 Oct 2005
Location: England
Posts: 203
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When I took mine on extended test drive before agreeing to buy it I left the dealer with the comp telling me range was 100 miles. Drove 12 miles to my house to get 'permission' from her indoors to buy it. As I pulled off the driveway the comp registered ZERO miles, and it's 3 miles to the nearest garage. Since then I have never paid much attention to the range prediction.
I made a leisurely trip to Hampshire and back over Xmas, sticking to around 70mph on the motorway. When I refilled the tank and checked the MPG I'd managed to get 37 MPG (Usually I only get 27 - 29, though the needle is normally pointing towards a 9, and a 0 on the speedo  )
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| 31st Jan 2006 8:41 pm |
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10297
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After 3700 miles from new, I've finally seen the av MPG go over 30mpg. Actually got to 32.8!
This was straight from filling the tank, onto the motorway (Bham to Manchester this morning).
Best seem to be holding 70Mph, in sixth, on a light throttle.
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| 3rd Feb 2006 10:02 am |
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Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
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Well I did a nice VERY steady run from Beaconsfield to St Albans the other day & managed 22. something & managed to get it up to 23! 
On the other hand the range started at 300 miles & ended at 400+! 
It was about +1 so the heater would have been going, but not very good! Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
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| 3rd Feb 2006 10:59 am |
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crvfr
Member Since: 01 Jan 2006
Location: County Durham
Posts: 27
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My 3 week old Disco (Base 7-seat TDV6) has only 800 miles on the clock, but I managed a 400 mile run yesterday on the motorways & A-roads, and ended up with 32.1 mpg, which I was pleased with. Around town in the first 2 weeks it was 24mpg.
Regards,
Charles
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| 3rd Feb 2006 7:09 pm |
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