Disco 1 300TDI MPG

wilbo · Jan 20, 2013

1997 300Tdi manual, only had it 2 months and doing 72mile commute round trip a day near lake district, I keep it below 2250rpm and filled to brim twice and worked out I am getting 36mpg. I bought it for the winter and due to the fact you could get mid to high 30's in the mpg stakes, so far i am well pleased as my 3.0TD Landcruiser will only give high 20's due to being auto.

Pikey · Jan 20, 2013

Fook me yu lot should go work for LR cos they couldn't get better than 30mpg out of a brand new 300tdi on a purpose made test bed???

basher79 · Jan 20, 2013

my 300 tdi i can get 200 miles on £40

tombardier · Jan 20, 2013

They quote over 40mpg on a 56mph run in the 200tdi manual owners manual. Auto might be another matter but a lot of these figures are from manual boxes

blackhadder · Jan 20, 2013

Last year we made our yearly trip to Dartmoor towing the horsebox, loaded with 300kg of Dartmoor pony. We were running late going down, so I was not being a kind driver to my D1, and only got about 20mpg. Coming back, I decided to take my time, and got in HGV slipstreams where I could. I worked it out that on the way back I got 26mpg, I think it was mainly due to allowing those nice big artics to move that nasty air out of my way. Just goes to show. Oh, and she had 210k on the clock

SpaceDawg · Jan 21, 2013

Well my girlfriend just used it this weekend, short trips heavy on the brakes and fast peddle and its back to 22mpg

So I figure, if I don't let her drive it accelerate at 2k RPM Auto, slip stream lorries when I go to the Alps in March I should get 40+ easy

30MPG would be pretty amazing though.

shagger999uk · Jan 21, 2013

Over the last year my 300tdi manual has averaged 32 mpg, on 25% svo. Lowest was 29 mpg last Xmas/January, highest was 37mpg in November - that was cruising on the motorway at 56-60 on Asda's finest diesel!

Steve2a · Jan 21, 2013

auf_wiedersehen_pet said:
Are you on ebay Steve? s2asteve?

No mate that isnt me

ricc · Jan 21, 2013

redhand said:
Fook me yu lot should go work for LR cos they couldn't get better than 30mpg out of a brand new 300tdi on a purpose made test bed???

tis obvious you got to run it in to loosen everything up to get good mpg

under 150k you got no chance

davek0974 · Jan 21, 2013

27-35 on my manual d1 1995 vintage, I don't carry any crap in the back and drive like a nanny though

auf_wiedersehen_pet · Jan 21, 2013

Steve2a said:
No mate that isnt me

Shame, that LR High Plains fleece I didn't buy from you two weeks ago is great. Thanks.

davek0974 · Jan 21, 2013

ricc said:
tis obvious you got to run it in to loosen everything up to get good mpg

under 150k you got no chance

Brilliant, mines only on 138k, I can look forward to much better figures when she's run in then

Dr_evil · Jan 21, 2013

about 30 in the 300 EDC but thats on m'way doing 55/60 got 25mpg doing 70 with the new engine in the back

davek0974 · Jan 21, 2013

Dr_evil said:
about 30 in the 300 EDC but thats on m'way doing 55/60 got 25mpg doing 70 with the new engine in the back

Engine goes in the front, you must have been reversing.

cornish rattler · Jan 21, 2013

with my 97 300tdi manual i used to have i got 30mpg around town and 37mpg on a long motorway run.

with my 98 300tdi auto i had after the manual i got 32mpg around town and 40mpg on the same 330 mile drive to my caravan in perranporth in cornwall from manchester

Dr_evil · Jan 21, 2013

davek0974 said:
Engine goes in the front, you must have been reversing.

Not if you've bought a new one and its in the boot

thank #### for HD springs

disco 1 harrogate · Jan 21, 2013

26 mpg...300 TDI ....mostly around town .

cornish rattler · Jan 21, 2013

Oh i almost forgot on both cars i removed the cooling fan and carried it in the back of the car with a plumbers spanner with it in a bag

slimbob · Jan 21, 2013

300tdi auto between 20-25 on the motorway doing 70 ish and under 20 on a short run to work and back on cold mornings.I had a go at working it out once over a week , but really couldnt be arsed as its a 2 ton landrover and wasnt designed for economical driving .

tombardier · Jan 21, 2013

cornish rattler said:
with my 97 300tdi manual i used to have i got 30mpg around town and 37mpg on a long motorway run.

with my 98 300tdi auto i had after the manual i got 32mpg around town and 40mpg on the same 330 mile drive to my caravan in perranporth in cornwall from manchester

That's pretty impressive for an auto!

I've got the fan removed, de-cat and de-egr'd too, but I still haven't managed to calculate mpg yet! At 110 quid to brim it I just put a bit in here and there

it's not a daily runner anyway. I've got a Subaru outback as well and I catch the bus to work because I can't be arsed to sit in slow moving traffic for half of my life

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