Member Since: 27 Aug 2008
Location: Devon
Posts: 110
Mine's averaged 23.29mpg actual over the last 5,000 miles but varies from worst of 20 to best of almost 27 depending on whether it is used for short runs or longer ones.
Definitely worse in cold weather when FBH is on (assuming it works, course!) and has got worse over last few hundred miles but is in the dealer today for an EGR valve so that might help it!MY11 Disco 4 SDV6 HSE
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31st Jan 2013 10:35 am
ballast
Member Since: 13 Apr 2007
Location: South Midlands
Posts: 185
What a great thread... it makes my V8 (indicated) 17.8mpg seem pretty good; clearly I need to give it some more thrape to get the consumption right down.
Tesco's last night, diesel was 6p a litre more than unleaded; with a purchase price of £8k, it's almost bordering on a sensible decision!
31st Jan 2013 10:59 am
raincloud
Member Since: 16 Aug 2011
Location: nottinghamshire
Posts: 138
not done any maths to calculate true mpg but mine normally shows 27 when knocking about locally but was showing 32 on a run to the lake district 2 weeks ago and 31 on a run to north wales last weekend so allowing for the usual 10%ish errors still well chuffed with that!
31st Jan 2013 11:04 am
A.J.M
Member Since: 31 Oct 2009
Location: Carluke
Posts: 2847
My auto over the last 2249 miles has averaged 24.97mpg
Best was 28.53 and worst was 22.83. Not bad for mixed driving in winter.
Will see how my new tyres affect the mpg over the next few months.In loving memory of FA54WSK.
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31st Jan 2013 11:16 am
BarryT
Member Since: 09 Jan 2013
Location: North Wales
Posts: 295
Had the D3 for 2 months now and averaging 28.3 locally,nothing more than 15 mile journeys at the moment.
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31st Jan 2013 3:38 pm
Gwiz
Member Since: 17 Feb 2012
Location: Chelmsford
Posts: 212
17 to the Gallon what you got under the hood must be a V8.
mine will get 25 now the FBH is working better ( Thanks to Pete at BAS controller ) but still not as good as i want it, so checked temp reading on engine scanner and found only making about 76 deg and temp gauge sits below halfway, so have got a new thermostat, hope to do this weekend.
Thermostats also wear out Graham
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31st Jan 2013 4:00 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10350
my trip comp (reset at every fill up) can be as much as 5mpg higher than a brim to brim fill up actually works out at. At its best its 3mpg out (higher), so for all those with auto's thinking the MPG isnt too bad, is it? its it really??
I've seen my trip comp showing 16mpg if I drive it like its been nicked, so in reality, 13 or 14mpg maybe.
Yet next day, on a staedy motorway cruise, 32/33 (so 29 actual). I've never driven something with such a wide variation.
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31st Jan 2013 5:15 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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I've had as low as 12mpg, dune bashing plus road bits in Tunisia, up to 36mpg, long haul down the M6. Both actual. And had everything inbetween. Averaged fuel use over 101k is 25.88mpg, with probably 80% of that sitting on the motorway at 60mph. Someone's got to keep the oil companies in profits.
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31st Jan 2013 5:21 pm
DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
Posts: 16390
just done a trip down the M4 from Reading at 80ish and got 29.9mpg
I used to get 3mpg out of my Defender when offroading, as a comparison 8) Duncan
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31st Jan 2013 5:28 pm
mickyd4
Member Since: 26 Jun 2010
Location: North
Posts: 786
Getting about 25 (so around 22) actual driving around the doors, the DPF will be clogging up next 2023 Ineos Grenadier 3.0 Diesel Commercial
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31st Jan 2013 5:31 pm
Curly
Member Since: 30 Sep 2011
Location: suffolk
Posts: 687
Blank them with a couple of 2pence pieces. If your MPG improves, time to invest in some decent SS blanks.
4th Feb 2013 5:57 pm
BBDisco3
Member Since: 23 Nov 2008
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 3646
stew 46 wrote:
i get 22 driving like i stole it
Stew
You must have forgotten......
You did
Now give it back
4th Feb 2013 6:30 pm
Leesbay
Member Since: 19 Dec 2011
Location: rainford
Posts: 1581
27.5 actual - mines a manual, round the doors with a remap mid 30s on the motoway with cruise at 75....................................................................................................
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4th Feb 2013 6:41 pm
discovery3ski
Member Since: 25 Dec 2012
Location: leicester
Posts: 735
we got 27.2 mpg over a 444 mile round trip to somerset,the cruise set just over 70mph for the motorway. thats carrying two labradors and five adults with luggage. we were really happy with that. our old manual saab aero 9-5 turbo didnt do that good on fuel. doesnt say much for saabs really does it!Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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