Member Since: 22 Feb 2013
Location: Northants
Posts: 886
Just did the new forest from northants and back plus running around. Managed 26 mpg. That's the best I can get.You remind me of a younger me, not much younger mind...perhaps even a little older!
Just remember one thing. Diesel is cheaper than time.
7th Nov 2013 11:22 am
blue200tdi
Member Since: 23 Sep 2012
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 1094
Sit right up behind an artic lorry on the motorway at 56mph and see how many mpg you get.
(On a closed course with a professional driver of course)
It still amuses me when I read the threads about mpg, I mean, if it really bothers you, you really, really shouldn't have bought a D3. You guys are gonna be busier than a test bench in a plunger factory!
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7th Nov 2013 10:20 pm
Trigger
Member Since: 11 Nov 2012
Location: Gone
Posts: 295
7th Nov 2013 11:32 pm
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
blue200tdi wrote:
It still amuses me when I read the threads about mpg, I mean, if it really bothers you, you really, really shouldn't have bought a D3.
Well, all opinions are welcome and whilst I value yours I must disagree.
I consider monitoring mpg an essential part of car ownership, akin to monitoring blood pressure(!). It can tell what you your secretly know about 'lifestyle choices' but it can also be an indicator of something amiss, especially if the change is unexpected or unexplained. In equal regard a patient running at 32 mpg will probably have a prolonged or better quality of life than one running at an unexplained 22 mpg.
Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
Member Since: 09 Mar 2007
Location: hants
Posts: 2143
if finances are stretched better to own a Disco and eek out the mpg rather than be unhappy owing something 'more economical' IMHO
oh and Robbie is correct (as usual )Illegitimi Non Carborundum
8th Nov 2013 7:27 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72787
Agree with what Robbie says as well, dive mpg usually means something is amiss. You won't see the dive unless you know what's "normal".
8th Nov 2013 7:44 pm
RAW
Member Since: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Devon
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8th Nov 2013 7:51 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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But not relying on the fiction that is the TripComp.
Unless the D4 TripComp is actually accurate.
8th Nov 2013 7:53 pm
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
My D4 average mpg display got to the dizzy heights of 37.9 mpg before I decided enough was enough and adjusted the Trip CCF from +7% to -4.5%. It's almost accurate now and displaying around 33 mpg!
Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
Member Since: 31 Jul 2011
Location: Southampton
Posts: 592
I am happy if I can break into double digits
There again LPG is only 75p a litre (~32ppm*) so it's about 19 mpg for diesel equivalent on ultra-urban. My journey to work and back is 6.5 miles - on the bus after the two miles of walking to and from bus stops it's £4.50 return (70ppm) - how good on my green is that? Also it takes me 10 minutes to drive rather than 40 on the bus. For me my total running costs have always been to take how much one spends on fuel and double it, I'll have to do my calcs again to see if this is true of the D3, but it worked for my Rover 216, E30 325, V70 T5's and Diesel mondeo.
However on longer runs I can maintain 20mpg on LPG.
Chased and been chased by a few D4 SDV6's down the A303 before and can't say there is really much difference. Did they even bother with Petrol D4 V8?
* ppm - pence per mile
18th Jan 2014 2:24 pm
A.J.M
Member Since: 31 Oct 2009
Location: Carluke
Posts: 2815
I watch the mpg via an App. It shows the car returns on average, 23mpg. Sometimes a touch more or less depending on how much i've been doing town/motorway driving.
I'm hoping the service, and washed out intercooler can help bring it up a touch.
Not all of us earn a lot so a few extra mpg here and there is always welcome.
Plus with the App, i can tell if somethings a miss, like the sticking caliper i had back in october which took a couple of mpg off the average.
While i do get a lot back in fuel expenses, there is no point burning it for the sake of it.
Although, doing a fair bit of off roading does kill the average..
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