I have been getting 40 to the gallon on mixed careful driving but it all fell apart last week-end.

My rock band had a gig in Harpenden so five of us went up from Somerset in the FL2 with a box trailer on the back with all the gear in. 60mph all the way on the M5, M4, M25 and M1 translated into 26 mpg...  John
07 HSE Narvick Black
Land Rover Series One
Triumph Rocket 111 (sadly gone!)

towing - the work of the devil  At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

chicken george wrote:

towing - the work of the devil especially those that tow with tractors, worst kind

IanH wrote:

I assume EYorkshire wasn't driving and somebody else took that picture (posted 13th May) when the car was doing 60+mph

I expect he quickly braked and took the picture before the speedo had returned to 0mph

well just got back .
North Wales to Southampton (4 cases for Mrs M full of frocks and shoes and a holdall for me )
Quick side trip to Milton Keynes on the way back and then to North Wales
(not hanging about either,none of this 50 -60mph on motorways!!! )

534.3 miles door to door 38.475 mpg 2800 on the clock,hope to better this after about 10-12000 miles
seems pretty fair.
(tank full to tank full )
Number of liters divided by 4.546=Number of gallons
mileage divided by gallons = mpg

Will have to wash all that southern mud off today, no car washes to be found south of Watford Gap
(well no cheap ones anyway)


Sd4(chrome A*se piece)
Roof rails , tow bar (for pulling BMW X5,s out the snow when they get stuck !! )  Wales
Were the mud is thicker, and the ruts are deeper.
(And we have the water to wash it off, and more on the way..! )
Sd4 and chrome Ar*e piece, Auto box for best fun
09 Xs Gone
12 xs Gone
HSE with Leather seats and 4 years warrenty.. staying for now !

Last edited by mudslinger on 25th May 2012 6:42 am. Edited 3 times in total

Hi all,

I have been looking at the forum for the past couple of months since buying my new to me FL2. I was AMAZED the other day that I managed to get 50.4 mpg on a trip from Basingstoke to Milton Keynes. I averaged just over 50 mph for the journey during Friday morning rush hour traffic. I was so shocked I had to take a picture of the dash showing the actual figure.

So much for 4x4's being gas guzzlers

IDHLR wrote:

Hi all,

I have been looking at the forum for the past couple of months since buying my new to me FL2. I was AMAZED the other day that I managed to get 50.4 mpg on a trip from Basingstoke to Milton Keynes. I averaged just over 50 mph for the journey during Friday morning rush hour traffic. I was so shocked I had to take a picture of the dash showing the actual figure.

So much for 4x4's being gas guzzlers

Normally I have been getting somewhere between the high 30's and low 40's so this is defiantly not normal.

It was undoubtedly helped by a few sections of average speed camera monitored 50 mph sections where I just sat back and relaxed letting cruise control do its thing.

On the next leg of my trip from Milton Keyens to Durham I think my average was around 39mpg.

Iain

IDHLR wrote:

Hi all,

I have been looking at the forum for the past couple of months since buying my new to me FL2. I was AMAZED the other day that I managed to get 50.4 mpg on a trip from Basingstoke to Milton Keynes. I averaged just over 50 mph for the journey during Friday morning rush hour traffic. I was so shocked I had to take a picture of the dash showing the actual figure.

So much for 4x4's being gas guzzlers

ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE LR MPG CLOCK ..??

if so heap big lies ,mine once said 78mpg , while going uphill...!!!

The only way to tell is by the method mentioned earlier
i.e. tankful to tankful,noting the liters used anything else is LR PROPAGANDER...!!  Wales
Were the mud is thicker, and the ruts are deeper.
(And we have the water to wash it off, and more on the way..! )
Sd4 and chrome Ar*e piece, Auto box for best fun
09 Xs Gone
12 xs Gone
HSE with Leather seats and 4 years warrenty.. staying for now !

Hi,

Just put 5,000 miles on mine,(manual box) and seem to average 38mpg. Fast long journeys knock it right down though. Any one else noticed that they use more fuel in sixth gear than in fifth?

Mike

Nice piece of flat motorway, 56mph, cruise control on averaged 68.2mpg in the D4  ______________________
2011 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8
2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

s7gpt wrote:

the only way id get that in mine would be to free wheel down a hill, best ive ever seen was 40mpg

Dave wrote:

Nice piece of flat motorway, 56mph, cruise control on averaged 68.2mpg in the D4

Why on earth would you want to drive at 56 mph on the motorway unless your aged 80 or above

Daves a short arse so seeing over the dash is a problem 56 is fast enough in those circumstances. At work
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"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

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