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The fuel economy on my D4 is shocking!
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Ben4
 


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NJSS wrote:
Disco3Ben sorry your post doesn't include some vital information.

What, corrected MPG are you getting? Filling very couple of days adds nothing to our understanding of the issues. Are you doing 100 miles a day or 250 miles a day?

How are you calculating this?

Was your D3 manual or auto?

My D4, similar to yours has done 23.9 mpg over 40k miles, my D3 did 25.5 mpg over 86.5k miles. In both cases calculated in a spreadsheet of every fill up, 95%+ of the time "brimmed".

The 1.6 mpg deterioration I put down to auto rather than manual - I have disabled stop/start.

NJSS


I recently did a trip to Cornwall with the family, a trip I have done the same for year.
In the D3 (Auto 2007) I could do the trip in 3/4 tank from full.
In the D4 (2016 Auto) I went through a whole tank and had to fill up on the way.
Same route, same load, same driving - suppose the only thing that could be different is tank capacity, but my wallet tells me the fill ups are costing the same.

so on that back to back comparison I used 1/4 tank more over a 280 mile journey in the D4.

That's what really made me think that something wan't right.

I'm not interested in the D4 going any faster, just wondering if there is a map out there that will keep everything as it is but help a bit with fuel economy.
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DSL wrote:
Is that 24.4mpg real or trip comp figure?

Real. Courtesy of spreadsheet.
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dgardel wrote:
not heavy as the Disco


Del will be happy you think he weighs less than a Disco now Whistle Whistle
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don't the late model ad blue version have a smaller fuel tank by quite some margin ? to allow for the adblue tank to fit in ?

if so that could be why you see less miles per tank, you have less fuel to start off with?
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dgardel wrote:
Pelyma wrote:
My MY16 D4 was better on fuel than my 06 D3. The Cayenne is about 15% better than the D4.


less weight


Not shaped like a brick either, but offset that with a much better fun pedal from a 4.2 V8 twin turbo Whistle
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NJSS
 


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RogB

There is some uncertainty regarding the amount of usable fuel carried - see this thread:-

https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/disco-4-fue...l+capacity

Disco3Ben - the only way of gauging fuel consumption reasonably accurately is, IMHO, by brimming the tanks, and keeping meticulous records, probably in a spreadsheet.

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For reference, I do Surrey to Cornwall on about 2/3rd tank and at a decent speed.

However I do find that journey hammers the fuel consumption compared to other journeys. Think it’s all the hills on that route. Best calculate properly and see what’s what Thumbs Up
 

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Littlewill
 


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What does everyone think the actual weight decrease would have to be to get better MPG? Obviously I'm not suggesting we all start taking bits off our Discos but on the other hand have you ever lifted a pair of third row boot seats in and out! they must be 120kg at least Embarassed Embarassed!
  
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Ben4
 


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I'll brim the tank and start to record miles. Thumbs Up
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Davethegeo wrote:
DSL wrote:
Is that 24.4mpg real or trip comp figure?

Real. Courtesy of spreadsheet.


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ianm27 wrote:
dgardel wrote:
not heavy as the Disco


Del will be happy you think he weighs less than a Disco now Whistle Whistle


Phew, the diet has worked. Laughing Laughing
   
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LT
 


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Disco3Ben wrote:
I'll brim the tank and start to record miles. Thumbs Up


Or simply download a free fuel consumption app. I’m happy with Road Trip Lite as recommended on this forum many years ago. 👍
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