Sorry if i sound thick but does the average fuel figure represent consumption at that particular moment in time or is it average consumption since I last reset the computer.

dennis1167 wrote:

Sorry if i sound thick but does the average fuel figure represent consumption at that particular moment in time or is it average consumption since I last reset the computer.

Average is from when you reset the computer last

My last car was averaged over last 100 miles or since reset - not sure with FL2.

muddywheels wrote:

dennis1167 wrote:

Sorry if i sound thick but does the average fuel figure represent consumption at that particular moment in time or is it average consumption since I last reset the computer.

Average is from when you reset the computer last

My last car was averaged over last 100 miles or since reset - not sure with FL2.

Right. But the nicest part of it, for me , is that I make say 200 Km in town and then a 150 Km outside and at the end of the trip outside town I end up with a bigger range than when I started so it ooks like a free trip but I know that there no such thing as a free trip with today's diesel prices. FREELANDER 2 TD4 SE (XS UK) IZMIR BLUE SIDE STEPS COLD PACK BI-XENON TINTED WINDOWS - AND PROUD OF HER

The trip computer on our trusty FL2's ain't as good as some others out there.

The computer resets whenever you reset any of its functions, the mileage trip, the average mpg or average speed. The reset acts on all the computer functions simultaneously. Now if you've got the patience not to reset the trip you'll get a more accurate overall figure the longer you leave it. The FL2 only gets an average consumption readout, it does not give you an instant consumption readout (thats the one where you see low single figures every time you get heavy with the right foot!)

If you want to scare yourself operate the reset before a cold start and watch the mpg for the first few miles, you will see some low figures ... but once the motor starts to warm and if you can into cruising mode the figure can rise quite quickly.

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If you want to scare yourself operate the reset before a cold start and watch the mpg for the first few miles, you will see some low figures ... but once the motor starts to warm and if you can into cruising mode the figure can rise quite quickly.

avtur wrote:

If you want to scare yourself operate the reset before a cold start and watch the mpg for the first few miles, you will see some low figures ... but once the motor starts to warm and if you can into cruising mode the figure can rise quite quickly.

Sadly 99% of our fl2 running is in this state. Hence our 22mpg average

Got to well over 40 on a run to Hull a few weeks back though. 07 Freelander 2 TD4SE Tambora Flame, side steps, privacy glass, mud flaps, boot liner and a tow bar. Ok it's the Wifes but she lets me drive it occasionally - if I've been good!

mpg intown
mpg out of town
driving the FL2: priceless

Guess we all knew that the LRquoted figures are not easy to replicate in normal life - same with all carmakers but than I don't think anyone bought a FL2 for the good mpg. THere are several so called SUV that have a better mpg but than there are plenty more with a worse mpg.
Actually the F2 is not doing so bad she is just abt 1,5 liters more thisty than my former 407 who waslighter and had better aerodynamics.
Just driving the FL2 makes surely up for the mpg. FREELANDER 2 TD4 SE (XS UK) IZMIR BLUE SIDE STEPS COLD PACK BI-XENON TINTED WINDOWS - AND PROUD OF HER