Member Since: 06 Dec 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 43
Fuel Consumption
I have a quick query on fuel consumption. I had my first service about a week ago and at the time they did the software upgrade to attempt to fix the "suspension fault". Previous to the service I was consistently running at 11.7 L/100 km for running around town. Since the service this has jumped to 13.1L/ 100km. It's going back to the dealer for a check. Anyone else seen this after a service!
13th Feb 2006 2:45 am
HarrisonB
Member Since: 03 Dec 2005
Location: Leicester
Posts: 238
SMK
I would have thought you would have had a reply by now. I know its a pounds, shillings, pence, gallons and mile thing, they are all looking for their rusty old convertion charts as we've only has them since 15 Feb 1971!!
HD3 gone for now
13th Feb 2006 8:55 pm
Ocsid
Member Since: 29 Nov 2005
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 255
So 11.7L/100Km=24.14 mpg and 13.1L/100Km=21.56mpg.
But is it petrol or diesel???
13th Feb 2006 9:10 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
HarrisonB wrote:
SMK
I would have thought you would have had a reply by now. I know its a pounds, shillings, pence, gallons and mile thing, they are all looking for their rusty old convertion charts as we've only has them since 15 Feb 1971!!
H
Imperial measures rule!!!! Metric measures are a downright mouthful and are never useful or usable in comfortable easy single digit numbers...Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
13th Feb 2006 10:51 pm
SMK
Member Since: 06 Dec 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 43
Since we can't play with the settings down here, I have to live with the output that's set. My preference is for L/km
Ocsid is that imperial or US mpg!!
Aside from the conversions, I'm less than happy that there has been a downward treend in econ0omy after a SW change given that my driving habits and routes have changed all!
14th Feb 2006 9:43 am
Ocsid
Member Since: 29 Nov 2005
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 255
Hi SMK,
The MPG conversions I quoted for your original figures were in UK gallons.
My diesel HSE auto vehicle has done 8+K miles, 51% of that towing but has not yet had its service. I tow a very blunt fronted caravan of 1.7 metric tonnes.
For guidance I will give you my consumption values to date if that’s of interest.
Overall 21.68 mpg = 13.03 Litres/100kM
Towing 19.66 mpg=14.37 Litres/100kM
Calculated solo at last check point, 23.01mpg = 12.28 Litres/100kM
I know on good long run tank fulls, not that I do much of that, I get just over 28 mpg [ 10 Litres/100kM ] solo. However I find that the solo economy is destroyed if I encounter city and start stop traffic.
14th Feb 2006 10:12 am
SMK
Member Since: 06 Dec 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 43
Ocsid
Prior to the SW update
I was averaging 11.7L/100km for city driving - short stop/start runs in the suburbs. Long trips with the family only dropped it to 10.2L/100km at 110 kph. Towing a 1.2 tonne camper trailer ran at 11.8-12.0 at 110 kph. So you can see why 13.1 is out of character
14th Feb 2006 10:26 am
Ocsid
Member Since: 29 Nov 2005
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 255
SMK, Service next month!!! So will know after that, but its now worrying.
14th Feb 2006 10:45 am
OffRoader
Member Since: 23 Aug 2005
Location: North Extreme
Posts: 120
My experiences about consumption, now driven 4800 km:
- best ever summer: 7.4 l/100 km during 620 km drive (first kilometers)
- best ever winter: 8.0 liter/100 km during 255 km drive, it was on 85 km/h average speed and winter tyres with spikes, temp -8
- normal when my wife drives: 9.2 liters / 100 km
- normal when I drive (bit more aggressive style): 9.7 l/100 km
- highest ever: 13.7 liters/100 km during 280 km trip when pulling a trailer box (1.6 m wide and 1.8 high) of 1700 kg weight
my secret for these lower level figures is that mine has MANUAL gearbox -- too many modifications made to my Disco 3 to be listed in here --
Why not? Don't u have the Unit option in the settings menu (km/L vs L/km vs mpg, Celsius vs Fahrenheit etc) ?
SMK wrote:
Ocsid is that imperial or US mpg!!
You see peepol, you outta betta begin thinking metric P. Bianchi, D3 TDV6 HSE - manual, nav 4x4 info, electric roof, rear diff, EGR blanked, EPB actuator changed 3rd times --> twirling balls, compressor twice, no longer MSV-2, Oltrepo' Pavese Hills, Pavia, Italy
14th Feb 2006 8:52 pm
Smarticus
Member Since: 01 Jan 2005
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 655
P. Bianchi wrote:
You see peepol, you outta betta begin thinking metric
Translated into imperial that reads :
"You see people, you had better begin thinking metric" Disco 4 TDV6HSE
Defender 200TDi CSW
RR Evoque
14th Feb 2006 9:07 pm
SMK
Member Since: 06 Dec 2005
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 43
P. Bianchi,
For what ever reason in Australia - No. We get to push the button on the stick and it jumps to new screens but that's it
15th Feb 2006 7:30 am
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
Smarticus wrote:
P. Bianchi wrote:
You see peepol, you outta betta begin thinking metric
Translated into imperial that reads :
"You see people, you had better begin thinking metric"
I don't think so - what the europeans failed to grasp is that the two systems can co-exist quite happily. My brain works in imperial - whenever I get quoted metric lengths or weights or volumes or speeds or whatever, I will do a conversion to imperial to gauge it for comparion - what this requires is some basic conversion numbers (e.g. 1 mile = 1.609km, 1 Pint = 568ml, 2.2lb = 1kg)Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
15th Feb 2006 1:47 pm
adara
Member Since: 14 Nov 2005
Location: Eastern Europe
Posts: 152
My TDV6 SE auto is at 3300 km / 2050 miles now but I cannot get more than 16l/100km / 18mpg...
15th Feb 2006 8:48 pm
ACHMELVICH
Member Since: 23 Aug 2005
Location: newtongrange EDINBURGH
Posts: 28
Round trip to birmingham 600 miles averaged 32 mpg with auto box. I only use bp ultimate, tried them all this works best with this engine.TDV6 AUTO S JULY 2005
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