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Yes its already running at 31mpg after 2 complete tank fillsMike
4th Feb 2014 6:05 pm
dean.hall
Member Since: 25 Dec 2013
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The other thing I have noticed about the 2014 car is the RFL is £620 for the first year and £280 per year after that.
I was expecting £475.
12th Feb 2014 7:28 am
mse
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Location: Shropshire
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Yes had you not realised the lower tax?
Im sure I posted on here - its one of the reasons I was sure to wait...thanks goes to the stupid stop/start systemMike
12th Feb 2014 10:24 am
dean.hall
Member Since: 25 Dec 2013
Location: Back on the Betty Ford Clinic
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not realised the lower tax until I got the tax disc through the post.
I agree about the stupid stop/start technology. Think Land Rover have some bugs to sort out with it.
A couple times it has shut the whole car down when I put it into park.
Then the next time it does nothing while I'm waiting for it to shut the car down.
12th Feb 2014 1:27 pm
mse
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Location: Shropshire
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It wont do it for a range of reasons:
Battery Level
Cooling/heating system in use etc
It still catches me out but I by default turn it off...it is absolutely awful - in any car - you should be able to disable it.
The tax thing was the first thing I got interested in moving across to a disco, my only main motivatorMike
12th Feb 2014 3:32 pm
fat bloke
Member Since: 07 Aug 2006
Location: OXFORD
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Its possible to have timed climate in a GS but GS Has 4.2 screen which is usual size for GS?..when you build it surely it must need upgraded XS larger screen or am i missing something?
25th Mar 2014 8:52 pm
amazing
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looks like single turbo tdv6 back in the game.It is better to have and not need it then need and not have it.
13th Nov 2014 6:15 am
Paul White
Member Since: 27 Jan 2012
Location: Marshfield, Nr Bath
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mse wrote:
Yes its already running at 31mpg after 2 complete tank fills
Was that before you actually drove it?
How on earth do you get 31 mpg (true), not on the Lieometer?
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28th Nov 2014 6:07 pm
mse
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its actually done more than that it consistently sits at 30/31mpg, it was running 34/5mpg for a while.Mike
1st Dec 2014 12:24 am
Paul White
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Mike
I am genuinely intrigued to find out how you get a consistent 31mpg from your D4 and even more so, 34mpg.
What model is it? Is the MPG taken from your car or an App? What type of driving are you doing, urban,Mway etc?Do you have A/C and Auto on in the car?
The most I have ever managed is 29.8 on a long Mway journey. The car told me 32.6mpg but the iPhone App told me 29.8.
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1st Dec 2014 9:48 am
Robbie
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My running average has never been lower than 30 mpg. It used to be over 32 mpg before the gearbox software update.
This is without all the stop/start stuff on later vehicles.Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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Ok, so what model is it, GS/XS/HSE and do you have Aircon and Auto on?
Also what driving are you doing, is it MWay etc?
I am amazed at the mpg being quoted. I have 4 friends with D4's and none of us are getting anywhere near 30mpg average. Mind you we do all live in the sticks so most of the driving is short journeys with some Mway. I do about 75/80mph on Mway with Cruise Control.
I should add, I don't expect to get much over 23mpg average from a 2 tonne vehicle, but I am intigued
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2011 D4 XS Galway Green Gone
1st Dec 2014 10:06 am
Robbie
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As per my profile - an MY13 HSE. Mainly rural and town driving for me with work being 26 miles away.Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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Nothing special - its obviously a 2014 MY discovery HSE with various options. It does a mix of driving but not much urban except recently no short journey.
I don't use stop start, I don't hammer it, but then I don't hang around either - so motorway speeds when on the motorway etc.
Its MPG did go up when I checked the tyre pressures
I have a photo somewhere of the dash showing 36/37mpg on its trip up to Hull, when you calculate it, its only 1 mpg or so off on mine since it was electronically messed around withMike
1st Dec 2014 11:33 am
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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On a 10 mile drive up the A19 to Thirsk (North Yorkshire) I passed quite a few Discos coming in the opposite direction.
No surprise there then, but what did surprise me were the variants.
Of the 8 I passed, these were the model year designations:-
0 x D3s
2 x D4s pre MY14
6 x D4s MY14
would never have expected that type of ratio.
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not realised the lower tax until I got the tax disc through the post.
