As far as I know (not too far!) there are only 2 ways of measuring mpg with any accuracy
1. Trip mileage taken after a regular and measured amount of fuel added
2. Fill up and take trip

'Cos I am into Classics, have always used latter measure so I can show all data to person buying (being conned!) and do same on my FL2 also. Following is an extract of Excel SS which anyone can have if wanted:



The mpgs recorded show no resemblance to the 'computer' mpg shown on the dash

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Albeit i don't keep records since getting the FL2 i have alway ran a full to empty rule and i get between 360 and 400.1 miles since i started to take note of the miles between fill ups which normally are around 67L Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Just finished reading land rover owners international (feb) and they done a fuel consumption test on the freelander 2 manual and the results they got were URBAN 30.6 EXTRA URBAN 45.5 and COMBINED 34.4 they say that land rovers figues are carried out under laboratory conditions and are not the same as in the real world 07my Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Baltic Blue,Privacy Glass,Ebony black leather,Land rover detachable towbar,S/S Side bars,Climair wind deflectors,Bramble Rash,

Filled up my FL2 TD4 HSE (manual) today, she took 60 litres after 411 miles. I make that 31.13 MPG

This is mostly suburban with the odd spurt of dual carriageway, making full use of HVAC, winter pack for cold starts.

Not too upset with that - damn sight better than my previous (Disco3 auto).

For what its worth, my daily short comute (5m x 2) and round town running tends to be around 29mpg,ie near LR figures, but no matter what I do, I cant touch quoted extra urban figures.

I struggle to clear 35mpg, even on long runs, and keeping at the motorway speed limit.

Could do with swapping with one of you, and see if its the car, or my driving.
In the past,I have generally got within a couple of mpg of published figures.

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Just after Christmas spent a few days in North Norfolk with a lot of driving at 50 mph limits (ideal? for best consumption figures). From fill up to fill up I recorded 40.3 mpg, best ever for me and that was really gentle driving

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but no matter what I do, I cant touch quoted extra urban figures.

Same here, but I can't seem to get more than 32mpg ..............and thats driving very conservatively and not taking the revs above 2000rpm

Would love to know whether it's the car or my driving

rover60 wrote:

Just finished reading land rover owners international (feb) and they done a fuel consumption test on the freelander 2 manual and the results they got were URBAN 30.6 EXTRA URBAN 45.5 and COMBINED 34.4 they say that land rovers figues are carried out under laboratory conditions and are not the same as in the real world

I always do full tank to full tank calculations of consumptions and my calculated figure is normally very close to the computer one. Normally I get around 36 / 37 for my mix of A roads and busy motorway driving (27 mile commute, so plenty of time to get up to temperature). But last weekend we went away to North Wales and didn`t rush round, but did quite a few hills, as you can imagine, and clocked 40.1 on the computer, 66.1 litres for 583 miles, which equals 40.1mpg. Was trying to get 600 miles off one tankful, but bottled out at a predicted 2 miles range displayed! Don`t drive faster than your angel can fly!

nicam wrote:

I always do full tank to full tank calculations of consumptions and my calculated figure is normally very close to the computer one.

That's interesting Sam, I have assumed so far that the computer was recording fairly accurate average mpgs, backed up by comments from several other forum members.

Maybe I should try and keep manaul records for a bit too!?  Life is not a dress rehearsal!

Hi Dave,

I've done a few long trips on mine - typically 37 - 38 @70 on cruise control. Best seen was 39. Grumpy

Well, just returned from a trip to Selkirk and am happy to report that if I drive at the motorway speed limit, my average fuel consumption back to Aberdeen was 38mpg

So, it just proves that if you can stick to the "legal" speed limit, a fairly decent mpg is possible. Obviously my poor mpg before this was as I now know was due to my heavy right foot.

Also found that using the cruise control increases fuel consumption quite a bit........phew....thought it was my driving  ______________________
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Just back from a run from Stirling to Aviemore and back and like Dave for some reason I have had abnormally low fuel consumption today...................... brimmed the tank at Stirling with Shell regular and after 220miles round trip the average is showing 35mpg, which seeing as I didn't hang around is pretty good for a 3.6ltr V8!

BTW I think just about all the Freel2's produced were out on the A9 today, never seen so many in one day. How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
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BTW I think just about all the Freel2's produced were out on the A9 today, never seen so many in one day.