forest172
Member Since: 12 Feb 2010
Location: uk
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Had my Disco 4 3.0 auto for almost 2 weeks now, and I bought it with 7.5k on the clock, and 5 month old. So should have bedded in abit
Computer has always said mpg on trip A average at 23.8 ish
Worked it out last night on a fill over 221 miles and it came out at 21.2 mpg.
To be honest we`ve been taking it easy, but do live in Derbyshire with the odd hill or two
What are other folk getting?? Thought urban was meant to be 25mpg and combined 30mpg  Cars:-MY11 Evoque SD4 Pure, MY12 Defender 90 XS & MY08 Evo X RS
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 4th Mar 2010 8:04 am |
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deehamps
Member Since: 13 Jan 2010
Location: Berkshire
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Hi Forest,
I had my D4 for three weeks now and done approximately 1300 miles. My fuel range has never been less than 29.2 mpg and on long runs i'm getting 30.9 mpg.
Most of my trips have been long runs though - the odd 200 mile here and 300 mile there mostly MW driving.
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| 4th Mar 2010 8:30 am |
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deehamps
Member Since: 13 Jan 2010
Location: Berkshire
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Oh i forgot to add - i've been giving it some heavy right foot 2 
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| 4th Mar 2010 8:31 am |
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shane middlemass
Member Since: 22 Nov 2008
Location: saudi arabia
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Yes i have got the same problem  can never get more then 390 miles to the tank full how ever i seem to drive it. should go back to the dealer this month. land Rover thinks it could be a fuel consumption problem  All they have to do now is to stop thinking and 'do' something about it
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| 4th Mar 2010 9:06 am |
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pjw
Member Since: 05 Sep 2006
Location: sussex
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yes just the same.... only getting 370 to 380 max per tank between fills and the car has done over 7500 miles now, i used to average around 430 to 450 with the D3, pls let us know what how you get on and land rover say, maybe should be mentioning this to my dealer too, is this a widespread problem with the D4??
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| 4th Mar 2010 7:23 pm |
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Winger
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Location: UK
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Real life fuel consumption certainly doesn't appear to correlate with LR's own views.......
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| 4th Mar 2010 7:30 pm |
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forest172
Member Since: 12 Feb 2010
Location: uk
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pjw wrote:yes just the same.... only getting 370 to 380 max per tank between fills and the car has done over 7500 miles now, i used to average around 430 to 450 with the D3, pls let us know what how you get on and land rover say, maybe should be mentioning this to my dealer too, is this a widespread problem with the D4??
perhaps the ecu update thats coming out soon as mentioned on another topic will help the problem. My cars an october 2009 reg, so be interested to hear from the current build owners too. Cars:-MY11 Evoque SD4 Pure, MY12 Defender 90 XS & MY08 Evo X RS
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| 4th Mar 2010 7:33 pm |
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forest172
Member Since: 12 Feb 2010
Location: uk
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what are you other guys getting? Cars:-MY11 Evoque SD4 Pure, MY12 Defender 90 XS & MY08 Evo X RS
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| 5th Mar 2010 3:05 pm |
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Russell
Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
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For the first 2/3 months got 28/29 fill up to fill up method, last couple of months has dropped off significantly and now getting 21/22  It goes in Monday for Guy Salmon at Maidstone to look at fuel consumption and for theupdate that has been mentioned on here.
Will let you know how I get on. MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
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| 5th Mar 2010 5:21 pm |
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alfrenet
Member Since: 17 Oct 2009
Location: Napoli
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My Disco4 has got about 3000 miles now, computer says 27 mpg, really is 23, too much!!!
What is more, I havenot an heavy foot, and fuel consumption is always about 23/24 also if computer, for example, sometimes says 28/29...
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| 5th Mar 2010 5:54 pm |
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oop north
Member Since: 26 Jun 2009
Location: Preston
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Not sure if this helps but Autocar magazine (Steve Cropley) say that got 27 to start with but after 4000 miles (IIRC) he's getting about 30 now
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| 9th Mar 2010 11:31 am |
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peteJ
Member Since: 20 Sep 2009
Location: St Albans
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| Re: MPG on computer different to real life, and less than LR |
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forest172 wrote:Had my Disco 4 3.0 auto for almost 2 weeks now, and I bought it with 7.5k on the clock, and 5 month old. So should have bedded in abit
Computer has always said mpg on trip A average at 23.8 ish
Worked it out last night on a fill over 221 miles and it came out at 21.2 mpg.
To be honest we`ve been taking it easy, but do live in Derbyshire with the odd hill or two
What are other folk getting?? Thought urban was meant to be 25mpg and combined 30mpg
Fuel economy figure are always 'optimistic' and fuel computers should always be taken with a pinch of salt.....one of the reasons why I always 'brim' my tank and take the mileage from the dash.
When I had my last disco chipped the fuel economy 'appeared' to improve on the fuel computer by 5% but in reality there was NO improvement and if anything was 10% lower around town!!!
Smoke and mirrors springs to mind when it comes to mpg!! 
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| 9th Mar 2010 12:48 pm |
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Winger
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It will be interesting to see how/if MPG improves as the weather warms up....... 
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| 10th Mar 2010 7:28 am |
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forest172
Member Since: 12 Feb 2010
Location: uk
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Unnecessary quote removed
never thought of that one, also wondered if premium vpower diesel etc. could improve the figures Cars:-MY11 Evoque SD4 Pure, MY12 Defender 90 XS & MY08 Evo X RS
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| 10th Mar 2010 7:37 am |
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DG
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I've never really understood why peeps have an expectation that they will achieve the official figures, which are afterall achieved in exacting conditions ....as opposed to the real world. You are right John and we will see averages improve slightly as the FFBH use diminishes. 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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