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listerdiesel

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• Apr 2, 2017

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We get 300+ out of a tankful on our D2 V8, that's running at motorway speeds on motorways.

Best mileage is at a steady speed, not up and down.

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• Apr 2, 2017

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Just got 22 mpg out of my V8 on a long run, using the cruise control too. Quite pleased with that, normally it's 14!

 

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• Apr 2, 2017

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Salisburylander said:

Just got 22 mpg out of my V8 on a long run, using the cruise control too. Quite pleased with that, normally it's 14!

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I find the CC on my TD5 D2 Manual, makes the fuel consumption increase slightly compared to driving "manually". Does it make a difference on the V8?

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• Apr 2, 2017

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Mine's an auto and it doesn't make any difference whatsoever on my car! Quite strangely, I've fitted slightly oversize tyres and on the journey to my in-laws (approx 135 miles), it's still 22 mpg! How wierd is that?

 

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• Apr 2, 2017

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Salisburylander said:

Just got 22 mpg out of my V8 on a long run, using the cruise control too. Quite pleased with that, normally it's 14!

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That's about right on a run, the last time I checked my disco's mpg was around 4 years ago on a run to Devon via M25, M3 and the infamous A303 I got 22 mpg. On the way home via M5, M4, M25 I got 18 mpg and I was home in half the time to going... for me motorway speed is as fast as I can safely get a way with.

My old 4.2 Maserati Quattroporte, now part ex for a V6 Jaguar, did 36 mpg on a light throttle at 70mph and 20 in traffic according to the dash display, so not all V8s are juicey, although it was single figures when I went on a motorway, I never did reach its max of 177mph

 

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• Apr 2, 2017

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neilly said:

I find the CC on my TD5 D2 Manual, makes the fuel consumption increase slightly compared to driving "manually". Does it make a difference on the V8?

Cheers

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Would that be an individual V8 or V8s as a whole. individually I've never noticed, but J Clarkson when on Top Gear took an Aston Martin to Switzerland said he used more fuel fuel with CC engaged, although that car was a V12.