Freelander 2 MPG?? (Thinking of switching from Disco2)

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Yer lose a bit of mpg with an auto but yer dun't need to do a clutch change. So it balances out on cost. Sliping a clutch when pulling away towing up a slope or oft road... yer can sometimes smell the clutch. Auto gets round this.
 
While we're waving our will showing our dash displays...

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Hippo said:
Yer lose a bit of mpg with an auto but yer dun't need to do a clutch change. So it balances out on cost. Sliping a clutch when pulling away towing up a slope or oft road... yer can sometimes smell the clutch. Auto gets round this.
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Which is fine if the box or TC doesn't pack a sad.

In which case, you have a far bigger bill than replacing a clutch.
 
Here's a tip for improving the mpg on an auto FL2. Snick the gear knob to the left and change up a gear manually a bit earlier than it would in auto. On a long 'A' road run, where you could be sitting all day at 50 or 60 mph in 5th gear, you can pop it into 6th and watch the mpg climb. I've seen 40 mpg on a long stretch of 50 mph roadworks on the M6 and on the A9.
The lie-ometer is important though. I reset it every time I fill up. If the average mpg drops it's an indication of something going wrong (or I've let the wife drive).
 
Rank Amatuer said:
Here's a tip for improving the mpg on an auto FL2. Snick the gear knob to the left and change up a gear manually a bit earlier than it would in auto. On a long 'A' road run, where you could be sitting all day at 50 or 60 mph in 5th gear, you can pop it into 6th and watch the mpg climb. I've seen 40 mpg on a long stretch of 50 mph roadworks on the M6 and on the A9.
The lie-ometer is important though. I reset it every time I fill up. If the average mpg drops it's an indication of something going wrong (or I've let the wife drive).
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Actually, I was pondering that today whilst toodling along at about 45mph - thought the revs sounded a bit high - and pondered popping the lever over and changing gear myself.

I've only ever put it into manual control coming down long steep hills before.

Tis interesting, cos on acceleration some times, I feel it has chosen a to higher gear, but it feels like its got buckets of power and just continues to pull really impressively.

My display only tells me what gear it is in when I pop the lever over to manual, which is a bit of a pain.
 
Hippo said:
Yer lose a bit of mpg with an auto but yer dun't need to do a clutch change. So it balances out on cost. Sliping a clutch when pulling away towing up a slope or oft road... yer can sometimes smell the clutch. Auto gets round this.
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Yes, long term cost wise I suspect auto MAY be cheaper. But horses for courses, in my life the fill up cost is a bigger problem day to day than the need to find a chunk for a replacement clutch. Yes I get the point that it might be false economy to see manuals as cheaper to run overall.
 
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