Member Since: 07 May 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 119
MPG Trip Computer Doesnt always Lie
Have read that the trip computer can exaggerate by up to 4 MPG.
Have done a brim to brim test over 150 motorway miles. Trip said 38.8 MPG.
Actual figures 150 miles used 17.4 litres (3.83 gallons) = 39.16 MPG.
Manual, keeping to around 65 MPH on motorway.
13th Nov 2009 2:22 pm
lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
Think you must have the only pessimistic readout ever installed by Landrover
Wouldn't tell to many people or you might get a recall to get it "fixed"D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
wish it was me,use my auto for a six mile commute and the car tells me I'm getting 26.4 mpg but the filling station pump tells me its nearer 22 mpg.
13th Nov 2009 8:07 pm
paulJ1
Member Since: 17 Mar 2009
Location: Stewarton, Scotland
Posts: 268
how does the mpg computer work ??
Does it work of the senders in the tank or the fuel injectors ???Got our Disco... Love it.....
14th Nov 2009 1:38 am
SPOTTER
Member Since: 06 Dec 2006
Location: Adrift........
Posts: 3095
I find that as long as you brim the tank to the top of the filler neck each time it is pretty accurate (usually within 0.1/0.2 of a cal).....I think part of the issue maybe the 5 litres of so between the pump cutting out and fuel appearing at the top of the filler pipeend of an era ....... maybe a Defender when it appears.......
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