Member Since: 16 Jun 2005
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MPG
Ive got a 2007 SE. Its done nearly 8,000 miles. I am steady eddie and I dont get in a lot of early morning traffic. I am consistently averaging 30 mpg. The run to clacton today I was showing 34 mpg. I do drive it like a bentley as the pilot sitting next to me gets car sick if she has to bank around a corner. I do think this is pretty impressive either that or the clock is wrong. If you take your foot offf the gas it amazing what you can get out of it.
6th Jan 2008 2:52 am
Harlequin
Member Since: 29 Mar 2007
Location: Hornsea, East Yorkshire
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Must confess, I play a bit of a game with the computer - on the basis that it calculates the average mileage from one reset to another. If I drive ever so gently just after filling up (and re-setting the trip), I can get silly figures, in excess of 40. So - I build up a healthy average - which is less influenced by driving technique the more miles you have done - and then thrash it for the last quarter tank - and still end up with 29/30 mpg!!I was taught to be cautious.
6th Jan 2008 7:12 am
CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: Warwickshire
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That's very good
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6th Jan 2008 11:39 am
n1cktdv6
Member Since: 20 Mar 2007
Location: Warrington
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30 - 34 MPG mine rarely changes, I am either on Mway, towing or needing to get somewhere. I don't usually see an increase on 25mpg ish....D4 HSE....Probably, but not quite decided yet.
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6th Jan 2008 7:11 pm
sidney
Member Since: 08 Dec 2007
Location: Hereford
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Lot of country roads and towns, no motorway miles and im getting 27mpg. On a long trip its close to 30, If i can use cars in front to "slip stream" I can nudge over the 30mpg. I seldom cruise at less than 55, my disco has done 50k, im well pleased with this so far. Our defender td5 is doing low to mid 20's, my shogun swb 3.2 did's would do no more than 28mpg, and my X5 i chopped in for the disco would struggle to get above 21mpg in everday use! it was the base model 3.0i petrol, and was nearly half a ton lighter than the disco! Another area where discos rule!
How about we have a silly competition here, see who can get the silliest mpg figures and photgraph them!? both high and low! I suggest pulling over before you photo them!!!
34mpg... Nice 1! Having mine torq tuned tomorrow so will be interesting to see how that affects it.
6th Jan 2008 9:28 pm
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6th Jan 2008 10:56 pm
sidney
Member Since: 08 Dec 2007
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Nice!!! , so, how low can u go?? Im gonna try for single figures tomorrow!
6th Jan 2008 10:56 pm
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7th Jan 2008 5:20 am
al cope
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I have had it read 146mpg! soon dropped though
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7th Jan 2008 2:46 pm
ThatMartinChap
Member Since: 06 Nov 2007
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So I am confused.....
I did a return motorway trip today, traffic conditions equally poor either way so spent 90% of time at 60 to 70 and 10% in slow, stop start. Overal trip was 120 miles each way.
Meter was reset before setting out.
Outward --- 37mpg (I was pretty happy with this)
Return --- 32 mpg
I cannot vouch for the conditions being exactly the same but they were pretty close.
Also the meter does not seem to give a true average since the last reset. For example, if I drive 100 miles on mway and get 35mpg then do 5 miles in town traffic then the mpg drops down to closer to 30. It is as if it is a sliding average. Does it only work if you reset on a full tank or something ?
15th Jan 2008 11:19 pm
simonsi
Member Since: 14 Oct 2007
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al cope wrote:
I have had it read 146mpg! soon dropped though
Al
Flippin eck - in 2nd gear with a cold engine too Cheers
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mine rarely changes, I am either on Mway, towing or needing to get somewhere. I don't usually see an increase on 25mpg ish....
Nice 1! Having mine torq tuned tomorrow so will be interesting to see how that affects it.
