They are far from gutless, they just have an odd throttle action with all the go in the last bit of travel.
Why doesn't this affect the petrols? The throttle travel is long for off road control so is presumably the same?
They are far from gutless, they just have an odd throttle action with all the go in the last bit of travel.
The same travel on both, just full travel is seldom needed on the V8, with the diesel you just get the sense nothing much is happening & find you have to plant your foot down under normal driving which drove me nuts after a few test drives, hardly the refined RR drive i was expecting.
I haven't driven a diesel but they don't suit the car IMO and before I get told off I'll explain why. I bought a 4.0 V8 this weekend (turner engineering V8 which should pre-empt liner issue). Yes a big thing is the comfort, driving position and environment but overall the thing that makes the whole thing work is the engine. It is so smooth! Pulls well but most of all, sounds superb. Every time you pull away or rumble down a side street it makes you grin. I was lucky to find one with the engine repaired but there are soooo many still about which have not had problems you have to ask how many actually suffer. If you're worried about economy I would'nt go for a range rover. Mine gets 16 in town, 20 at 70-90mph and 25 at 50mph but then it is a re-engineered item that may help on this front. Towing? Would imagine teens at best.
In summary always go V8.
Funny how people criticise the diesel as noisy then rave about the wounderful noise from the V8. My DHSE engine is inaudible most of the time which is how I like it, if I want engine noise I drive my sports car.I haven't driven a diesel but they don't suit the car IMO and before I get told off I'll explain why. I bought a 4.0 V8 this weekend (turner engineering V8 which should pre-empt liner issue). Yes a big thing is the comfort, driving position and environment but overall the thing that makes the whole thing work is the engine. It is so smooth! Pulls well but most of all, sounds superb. Every time you pull away or rumble down a side street it makes you grin. I was lucky to find one with the engine repaired but there are soooo many still about which have not had problems you have to ask how many actually suffer. If you're worried about economy I would'nt go for a range rover. Mine gets 16 in town, 20 at 70-90mph and 25 at 50mph but then it is a re-engineered item that may help on this front. Towing? Would imagine teens at best.
In summary always go V8.
Funny how people criticise the diesel as noisy then rave about the wounderful noise from the V8. My DHSE engine is inaudible most of the time which is how I like it, if I want engine noise I drive my sports car.
Anyone who thinks they get 25mpg from a V8 is either on the back of a recovery truck or they believe the fuel computer.
I'll add 2p here. Always a V8 for me, I took my old girl on a long run to a wedding and back with some friends and a boot full of beer on a 600 mile run this weekend mainly motorway with some A roads at either end plus a bucket load of traffic a total of around 17 hours behind the wheel and according to the trip computer we average 21.6mpg, on the fill up I manually calculated 21.2mpg (21.24 actually!) so the trip wasn't that far out considering. Most of the journey completed at 65-75mph where conditions allowed plus dispensing with an old D1 that seemed to have some sort of stuck throttle just past guildford....
Slightly down on the published figures for extra urban then. May need a tune up.
I thought the 23.2 was at a constant 56mph? I thought she had done pretty well to be honest! Only 4mpg down on the M5.
No it's not it is varied, look at what they did in RAVE it's written there. It was only a short test to be fair to them other figures are possibly available. I don't think it did bad either for a gas guzzler, it was a tongue in cheek comment.
And the diesel runs very happily on 100% Biodiesel (B100) - the proper refined stuff. £1 a litre if you shop around.
Can you just put bio diesel in without any mods or setups?
May need a fuel filter change after a couple of tanks.Can you just put bio diesel in without any mods or setups?
May need a fuel filter change after a couple of tanks.
You might be surprised at the amount of **** it strips out then. Next village to us has a bio diesel refinery using oil seed rape (Colza), sadly it is illegal to use it in private vehicles here so almost all is shipped to Germany. Buses have a derogation in some places allowing use.Genuine commercial bio diesel should need no more maintenance than dino diesel.