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Tallmat
Member Since: 13 Aug 2008
Location: London
Posts: 56
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On a long open-road run, eg to our house in France so car loaded, I get 21-22mpg. That's averaging around 70 mph on motorways.
Around town it drops to 18mpg, even less if I use the poke to nip ahead of the pack.
My mates with diesels get 28-30 on a run.
Petrol is cheaper than diesel, though I've noticed I get 1-2 mpg more using Shell V-Max 98 octane. I was more sceptical than most but it definitely happens. Unfortunately the 6-7% extra cost of V-Max results in 2-3% mpg improvement so it ain't worth it.
I wouldn't swap the V8 for a diesel. It costs a bit more to run but I love it!
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10th Feb 2012 10:03 am |
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DiscoJ
Member Since: 17 May 2011
Location: Cape Town
Posts: 18
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In the 14 000km that I have owned the D3 V8 SE I am averaging 18l/100km.
This includes a 2.2m frontrunner windcheetah rack, long range tank and 265/60/18 BFG ATs.
most of my driving is a mix of city commuting and freeway driving.
On longer open road trips cruising at 120kmh loaded up with camping stuff and mtb bikes etc I get in the 15l/100km area.
Love the V8 after my diesel D1 and D2. I tend to drive around with the windows open just so I can hear the engine better.
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13th Feb 2012 1:14 pm |
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Andrew van den Heever
Member Since: 09 Jun 2007
Location: Cape Town
Posts: 340
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DiscoJ. The BFG's are bigger (circumference) than the standard tyre, so your indicated economy is actually worse than your actual economy. My D3 with the same BFG's averaged 15,5 l/km and was 14,5 l/km before I changed to the bigger BFG's.
My D4 5,0 l V8 now averages 13,4 l/km
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13th Nov 2012 4:04 pm |
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