Large amounts of diesel

"Tony Penner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I also had a 300 tdi, couldnt tell you what it did on long runs because it
> kept braking down, but it had cracking consumtion on the back of a AA
Relay
> wagon!


The D5 is quite quite amazingly economical (apart from when in the XC90)
Mates 54 plate S60 chipped (195bhp and 400ft/lbs ) is averaging 46.1mpg,
driven mainly fast A roads and occasional motorways.

Tim..

Tim.. wrote:
> "Tony Penner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I also had a 300 tdi, couldnt tell you what it did on long runs
>> because it kept braking down, but it had cracking consumtion on the
>> back of a AA Relay wagon!
>
>
> The D5 is quite quite amazingly economical (apart from when in the
> XC90) Mates 54 plate S60 chipped (195bhp and 400ft/lbs ) is averaging
> 46.1mpg, driven mainly fast A roads and occasional motorways.
>
> Tim..

Sounds about right - must admit to be thinking about the dark side for my
next one - chipped diseasels are definitely challenging petrol motors these
days. Still can't keep up with me though.

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"Tim S Kemp" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Tim.. wrote:
>> "Tony Penner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> I also had a 300 tdi, couldnt tell you what it did on long runs
>>> because it kept braking down, but it had cracking consumtion on the
>>> back of a AA Relay wagon!
>>
>>
>> The D5 is quite quite amazingly economical (apart from when in the
>> XC90) Mates 54 plate S60 chipped (195bhp and 400ft/lbs ) is averaging
>> 46.1mpg, driven mainly fast A roads and occasional motorways.
>>
>> Tim..
>
> Sounds about right - must admit to be thinking about the dark side for my
> next one - chipped diseasels are definitely challenging petrol motors
> these days. Still can't keep up with me though.


Okay Tim, you drive a D5 and I'll drive your car... see if you can keep up?


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what chip has your mates D5 got or was the ECU remapped and by whom?


"Keith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> My mates land cruiser amazon 4.2 turbo diesel does 25 mpg seemingly
>> constantly, whether towing or not we did a trip from
>> the tip of South Wales to Aberdeen ( its a long way, just over 1000
>> miles)
>> and back towing a 6 metre car trailer one way with a 25 cwt vehicle on it
>> cost £160 in diesel . Its had an Allard Turbos intercooler about the
>> size
>> of a tennis court , but no turbo mods, EGR disconnected.
>>
> What year is your mates Landcruiser Amazon.
>
> Keith
>

"Tim Adlam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>R L Driver wrote:
>> "Budgie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>
>>>Come on then - does anyone have any fuel consumption figures for the
>>>following, solo and towing?
>>>
>>>1995 Mitsubishi Pajero 2.8TD Auto (or Shogun)
>>>1996 Isuzu Bighorn 3.1D Auto (or Trooper)
>>>1996 Nissan Mistral 2.7TD Auto (or Terrano/Maverick)
>>>
>>>
>>>My mates land cruiser amazon 4.2 turbo diesel does 25 mpg seemingly
>>
>> constantly, whether towing or not
<snip>
>
> How does a Tdi or Td5 Dicovery do on journeys like these?
>
I've kept records of all my fuel for a year now with my 200tdi Auto
Rangey, and it's averaged just over 27.5mpg overall. Over half of that
has been towing a car transporter trailer, weighing anything from 650kg
(tare) to 2600kg (Bentley S1), and almost all the solo stuff has been
pootling around town, though I've just completed two longish solo
motorway trips at 60-70mph and got between 33 and 34mpg on them both. I
also got so bored on these trips that I calibrated my speedo and
odometer against the marker posts - the speedo was 2mph fast at 60, but
the odometer was within 1%.

The other posts have confirmed how relatively poor the JapCraps'
consumption is, though the annual cost difference disappears into the
noise of total running cost once you include depreciation and
repair/service costs.


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