al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
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a touch low for a manual, but not by much. Used to get 24/25 around town from my old one, no where near from the Auto 
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 30th Jan 2013 7:13 pm |
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DavidSally
Member Since: 31 Oct 2012
Location: Chesterfield
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21 actual on my auto
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| 30th Jan 2013 7:15 pm |
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Down&Dirty
Member Since: 17 Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere out back
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filled mine weekend and did some calculations averaged out to 27.6,computer told me i was doing around the 30 mark  ,but wasn't quite empty,im very happy with that  as the majority of it was local running around,my08 manual
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| 30th Jan 2013 7:39 pm |
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markV
Member Since: 13 Jan 2013
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 19
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my 06 manual showing 29 ish on the computer, but I calculated 27 after a refill. thats with a fair bit of short local trips and a run to North Wales and back (150ish miles). My old 03 plated Td5 defender 110 did 27mpg regularly and that was with a big winch on the front and a roofrack with roof tent.
Thinking about the BAS remap for the disco to see if it can be made better....  DILLIGAF
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| 30th Jan 2013 7:48 pm |
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anglefire
Member Since: 09 Mar 2010
Location: In the Club House
Posts: 4180
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My average (true) over the last 58k is 24. Since the end of November it has used no fuel. But I am expecting a big bill which will make any fuel cost pale into insignificance.
I am expecting it to either improve or be worse when I finally get it back.  Mark.
2006, D3 SE Auto - gone but not forgotten.
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| 30th Jan 2013 7:54 pm |
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J@mes
Member Since: 10 Nov 2008
Location: Bomber County
Posts: 4547
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markV wrote:
Thinking about the BAS remap for the disco to see if it can be made better....
Don't kid yourself 2014 D4 XS
2005 D3 SE - Gone
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| 30th Jan 2013 7:59 pm |
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discovery3ski
Member Since: 25 Dec 2012
Location: leicester
Posts: 735
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My wife's diesel hse 2005 auto I doing 21.9 on its generally short commute. Hoping a good run will raise it a little. Using two stroke oil in the tank and wondering if I should fit te e g r blanking plates I bought for it. Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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| 30th Jan 2013 8:07 pm |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
Posts: 16390
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its not so much how you drive it but where you drive it.
you can drive very carefully around town and still get crap MPG , compared to doing 80mph on the mway..
its the acceleration that uses the most fuel.. Duncan
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| 30th Jan 2013 8:11 pm |
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Bigcol66
Member Since: 28 Jul 2010
Location: Welshpool, Powys
Posts: 775
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I am getting around 27 from my 06 manual including some light towing.
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| 30th Jan 2013 9:26 pm |
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RogerP
Member Since: 28 Dec 2012
Location: Midlands
Posts: 13
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i've been getting 24mpg on my daily commute which is stop start traffic (10 miles each way).
It did drop to 22mpg during the snowy / cold period but I put that down to being stuck in traffic more.
On a m-way run at..ahem!!!...  motorway speeds I get 28-30mpg
Taking the reading from the dash but having just done a rough calculation of actual its not that much different (probably 0.5 less on actual).
got to be honest I'm happy with the figures as my last car (C Class 220 CDI estate) was 29 on the commute
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| 30th Jan 2013 9:34 pm |
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Curly
Member Since: 30 Sep 2011
Location: suffolk
Posts: 687
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Hmmm it was a sudden drop I must add.
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| 30th Jan 2013 9:35 pm |
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MartinR
Member Since: 27 Jan 2008
Location: Oxon
Posts: 708
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My last three tanks are showing 22.6, 35.9 and 27.5 (brim to brim). The first was the usual up and down the A43 with its excess of roundabouts, the last two were with a friend sharing the driving on a trip to Snowdonia last weekend. I don't know if he drives his own car (a Clio) like that, but the mpg he gets from the D4 is something else!
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| 30th Jan 2013 10:07 pm |
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DiscoAde
Member Since: 28 Nov 2012
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 48
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Does wheel size affect mpg? Mines got 22's and is only getting 18mpg but the wife does just use it for short runs and it's an auto
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| 30th Jan 2013 10:54 pm |
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G_Cam
Member Since: 12 Aug 2010
Location: Fife
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Curly wrote:Hmmm it was a sudden drop I must add.
Wow...I'm in a identical position....it was showing 32mpg
Slipped to 29.5 when I put the Frontrunner rack on
Went down to 22.9 over the weekend ...got 2 x calipers, disks and pads fitted yesterday... the brakes were binding due to a seized caliper...
Did my usual commute to the airport.....having reset the trip its showing 23.9 Mpg.... OK it has Been cold.....how much fuel does the FBH guzzle?
Could it be an EGR issue? It does seem Very coincidental....I thought it was just me.... or are there more members of the Measly Manual Mpg club?
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| 30th Jan 2013 11:55 pm |
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G_Cam
Member Since: 12 Aug 2010
Location: Fife
Posts: 2061
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Curly wrote:Hmmm it was a sudden drop I must add.
Wow...I'm in a identical position....it was showing 32mpg
Slipped to 29.5 when I put the Frontrunner rack on
Went down to 22.9 over the weekend ...got 2 x calipers, disks and pads fitted yesterday... the brakes were binding due to a seized caliper...
Did my usual commute to the airport.....having reset the trip its showing 23.9 Mpg.... OK it has Been cold.....how much fuel does the FBH guzzle?
Could it be an EGR issue? It does seem Very coincidental....I thought it was just me.... or are there more members of the Measly Manual Mpg club?
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| 31st Jan 2013 12:10 am |
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