Vehicle has now copvered 60K ('08) and still gives me 42mpg during the summer (it was at 43.5 after 250 miles when I dropped it off at the stealer today). This can drop to 37mpg in the winter (winter of 09/10 especially bad) ... returned 39mpg this winter. Most of my driving is open road rural so plodding along at 50 for 10 miles or so on an 18mile run isn't unusual. Going home one night I filled up and the last 12miles achieved 57mpg! .... if only 2008 Freelander2 GS TD4
New steering pump and rack fitted 10000 miles (warranty)
Driver's seat started 'dropping' 30000 miles
Rear parking sensors giving continuous tone when raining heavy 35000 miles
Rear parking brake siezed 40000 ... new rear disks and pads (warranty)
Clutch slipping 54,000 ... new clutch ... £800 ! ... (not warranty)
Rear diff bearings replaced at 60,000 and 85,000 (warranty)
New DMF and clutch, rear diff (uprated nose bearing), front and rear disks at 115,000

Mine is nearly six months old, done 4000 miles, and it's got slightly better it's now running around 30.1 mpg but was out with a friend of mine last week who had a loan freelander same age but it was an td4 s auto and that was doing 33 mpg
Thought my manual should have been better 

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I tanked up with Tesco Diesel a week ago and drove from Kent to Birmingham, on to Liverpool and averaged 48.0
I was gobsmacked to say the least, this was 55 - 70 mph on motorway
only happened since 300ml 2t
not a believer of the improvements believed from addition
car is an 11 plate GS manual

tanked it again yesterday and 300ml .. will see how she goes round the lanes in kent
sevenoaks to home (14 miles) did 40mpg average

who knows

I was shocked and very pleased on trip from Coventry to Cheshire 49mpg this friday with heavy traffic in parts, 2nd tank of VPower Diesel and very pleased, i was driving like Miss Daisy have to see what it is like on the return trip today 2010 GS Stornoway Grey

I'm disappointed when I don't get 40 average on the trip computer on a tankful (volume calculation is always a bit less).
It's been as high as 46.4 and as low as 34 but given the gov't figure of 37.7, I'm well pleased at 68,000+ miles and flawless winters when I've always got to client locations and back home...whatever the weather
I bought FL2 after Discoverys for this very reason and with the VG Turbo engine and lighter body, it's fun to drive as well. Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
Gone... 2008 (09MY) XS Td4 Manual Stornaway Grey
Prior... 2003 G4 Discovery 2, 1998 Disco 1 and 1997 Disco 1 Company car before that
Also gone in Nov'13, after 7.5 yrs, to new owners with time for more TLC - 1980 Series III 88
Current 2015 Discovery Sport HSE 2.0

I've been really disappointed in the diesel consumption since we got the 2008 HSE Auto last year. Admittedly we do a fair few shortish runs (around 5 miles or 9 miles is common) but there are some longer runs included as well and even on the motorway at 70-75 mph consumption doesn't go above 32mpg. Running around locally it's under 30 - sometimes 27.5

We're not speed merchants but there ARE hills in Cornwall!

Previous BMW 530d with similar usage did mid-30s, with 40 plus on the motorway. Ours - 2008 Stornoway Grey HSE Auto
Tricia's - 2006 Royal Blue Beetle Cabriolet Auto
Mine - 2014 Vespa GTS 300 Super Sport Matt Black
Ours - 2007 White Bailey Pageant Champagne

Reset the trip computer whilst going down hill today with the clutch depressed I averaged 345.2mpg then it soon went back to below 30's waaaaaa

Best ever today 11 plate SD4 250 mile round trip from stoke on Trent to Bristol and back 45.2 mpg according to the OBC I was stunned maybe the engine has finally loosened up after 25,000 miles  SD4 Sport LE Firenze Red - no options or modifications yet, but it's early days.

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I've now been driving our FL2 full time for the last three weeks, It's
a 2009 GS manual.

Ive just worked out the MPG I've been getting.

All local on A & B roads, 8 miles to work, 10 ish miles
through the day and 8 miles home.

41.4 MPG...wow...

That's good considering the circumstances you mentioned. I do 16 miles to work each day which is mostly a blast down the A38. Trouble is I have a lead foot and do not drive economically at all so I get mid thirties or sometimes low thirties  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

That's brilliant!

My wife only gets 36mpg in hers! I will tell her off!

My pick-up truck is doing around 23 mpg! I am Thinking of swapping it for a disco as I have heard these can get 30+ which is great Black FL2
L200 Warrior

I have been driving it like an old woman....I've not gone above 50mph and not
above 1750rpm .

I also removed the Land Rover cross bars and the Atera cycle carriers.

With the price of fuel am quite pleased with that...I can only get 18mpg
out of the Audi...when the wife needs the Freelander back i'll be going to
work on my bike...

Recently I had a loaner whilst my 08 manual was in for service. They gave me a '59 S TD4e. Couldn't get it below 40 mpg no matter how I tried! Ended up returning it with more fuel in it than when I started! Bit of a bummer!  10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

My 2008 GS auto is still improving at 21k.
just did a trip of 200+ miles and returned 42.9 MPG. Just couldn't crack the 43 MPG.
I thought 42.9 over 200 miles was very good but that was driving like a nun and cruising at 62mph on the motorway. As soon as you creep to 70 it will drop to 37 avg and if you cruise at 75 it drops to 33 avg.
Still when I filled up it was great to see 575 miles on the range appear

I have certainly noticed the effect of outside temperature on mpg.
During January and February our weekly 250mile motorway round trip was returning 37-38 but during the recent heat wave it was 40-41. Exactly the same route and driving style same.
Incidentally I find the variation in deisel prices almost unbelievable and I would love the suppliers to justify them. As far as I can see the garages will charge whatever they can get away with.
In the midlands around our home town it currently ranges between 143.9 & 148.9.
In Surrey in a 3 mile radius it ranges from 144.9 to 149.9. however on the M1 it can be 156.9.
Also why are they allowed to price at 0.9p it is ridiculous when it is impossible to pay 0.9p! Tattoos - Why would you choose to look like the wall of a public toilet?