What MPG do you get?

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pauldaf44

pauldaf44

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Im interested to see what sort of fuel economy people are getting from their Land Rovers. It would be quite easy to build a resource which will give people an idea as to what there vehicle should be doing to the gallon and may pre-empt a few breakdowns.

For this to work we need to know what vehicle and engine and a rough idea of any modifications fitted that are likely to effect economy.

This is what mines doing

Land Rover - Disco 1 300TDI
Transmission - Manual R380 Gearbox
Last tank full returned - 34mpg
Type of Driving - Road work lots of out of town but lots of hills and gear changing, Lightly laden
Mods - Standard apart from Cooper Discover All Terrain tyres.
 
Disco2, V8, LPG.

Normal running around about: 15-16mpg on LPG, equivalent to about 26mpg in petrol money terms.

Better on a long run, up to 18-20mpg on LPG, equivalent to about 30mpg in petrol money.

10-12mpg on LPG towing the big trailer :eek::eek: which we will be doing on Friday when we drive to to Durham.

Peter
 
listerdiesel said:
Disco2, V8, LPG.

Normal running around about: 15-16mpg on LPG, equivalent to about 26mpg in petrol money terms.

Better on a long run, up to 18-20mpg on LPG, equivalent to about 30mpg in petrol money.

10-12mpg on LPG towing the big trailer :eek::eek: which we will be doing on Friday when we drive to to Durham.

Peter
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Makes my fender 90 300tdi sound quite good at 31.7mpg on 15% SVO :)
 
Disco 1 300 Tdi manual

Start stop traffic, and a mix of A and B roads and a two bar roof rack. Over the last 5000 miles a constant 29.8 mpg.

Very happy with that!
 
1983 Series 3 petrol 2.25.
Mixture of town, A roads and green lanes.
160 miles to £50.
Too scared to work it out:D
 
toms3 said:
1987 land rover 90
200 miles to £50
Disco 200 TDI converted
Dunno how to work it out :rolleyes:
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£50 divided by cost of diesel per litre = 50/1.39 = 36 litres

36 litres divided by 4.54 to get it into gallons = 7.92 gallons

200 miles / 7.92 gallons = 25mpg
 
ajb403 said:
£50 divided by cost of diesel per litre = 50/1.39 = 36 litres

36 litres divided by 4.54 to get it into gallons = 7.92 gallons

200 miles / 7.92 gallons = 25mpg
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Wow, i was actually just working it out! Thank you very much for that!

My mpg is really bad then by the sound of it :confused:
 
Land Rover - Defender TD5 90 1999
Transmission - Manual Gearbox
Last tank full returned - 27mpg
Type of Driving - Road work lots of out of town and gear changing, Lightly laden
Mods - BFG All Terrain tyres 265.70.16, Galvanised safari roof rack, EGR removed, 2" lift Kit.
 
Discovery 1 300TDI
EGR removed, De-cat pipe
28mpg on the first tank full (not had it long)
Running biodiesel costing 20ppl, so 3p a mile.
 
need to check mine but also need enough pay to fill the tank :( mine is a disco 1 200tdi standard except roof light bar light load and usually plenty of town work so 50mph at most on the outskirt roads with a light load hoping its drinking close to 30mpg as it seems to be gentle on the fuel i do give it but then i don't drive it like a hoon like i do with my car
 
Does'nt matter about mpg,it's a land rover.I made some serious cut backs to run mine,stopped smoking and drinking.I feel mutch healthier and happier,especially when fueling up my landy.
 
88" Series 2a V8,265/75/16 insa turbos,full cage,winch,rocksliders so a bit heavier than standard. Running disco axles so 3.54 diffs plus overdrive,20 mpg on a run at 65 mph and down to about 10/12mpg round the country lanes.

The disco 300tdi auto does 30 mpg though lol
 
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