npinks wrote:

like Avturs 40+mpg means nothing to me as I don't live on the motorway etc

I live in a nice suburb of South Manchester .... what do you mean ....

Joking apart, I have to accept that the miles I cover in my car, be it Mazda, Land Rover or Volvo are predominantly 'cruising' miles, not necessarily all motorway but certainly my business miles are all covered on trips of over 100 miles. In fact now I think about it my average journey length is certainly the top side of 150 miles. I'm not a prolific lane three 90 mph+ driver, for peace of mind I do tend to stay legal.

What I have noticed with my last four cars is that with my style of driving and type of journeys my overall fuel consumption comes very close to the official government 'combined' figure, which is great for me. However I'd be the first to admit that my figures are likely to be as good as anyone is likely to get, and that an auto FL2 driven predominantly around town (or with an NP style level of enthusiasm!) is going to fall somewhat short of these figures. Another thing is that to get any degree of accuracy figures need to be collected over a period of time, snapshots of the odd 100-200 miles here and there are probably not truly representative. I'll stand by my figures because they are collected over significant mileages but I know that from tank to tank there can be variations.

Bottom line is that anyone buying an FL2 is probably not buying it to set economy records ...

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27.7mpg with an auto 90% urban

Between my Manual and Auto there is about 100miles difference between fill ups

But even driving at a steady 70-75mph to burton on trent last weekend only got 30mpg

Maybe its time to look at mpg increase options  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

or lobby the government to reduce the price of diesel so MPG is less of an issue!! I'm sure my FL2 did more than 30 MPG though...

to fact its only doing 30Mpg doesn't bother me as i claim for my fuel from the company, but then the fact when i do drive it sensibly it doesn't respond, but then the adaptive gear box will have learned my driving style etc Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

to fact its only doing 30Mpg doesn't bother me as i claim for my fuel from the company, but then the fact when i do drive it sensibly it doesn't respond, but then the adaptive gear box will have learned my driving style etc

npinks wrote:

Maybe its time to look at mpg increase options

Yeah right  Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
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Boolia wrote:

beautiful motor though and stunning in white!

cheers  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

Maybe its time to look at mpg increase options

What get the wife to drive? 

She doesn't drive auto's when she tried she was shifting the left foot onto the brake like it was a foot possessed  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

She doesn't drive auto's when she tried she was shifting the left foot onto the brake like it was a foot possessed

brillant!!

Just done Boulogne and back mainly motorway, 4 up and not hanging around and computer says 32.2mpg.
That is in an auto HSE. 09 FL2 HSE auto Lago Grey
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Trip computers are not really a true average and should be viewed as just a guide.
The best way is to full up, zero the mileage and then in our case 300 miles later fill back up again.
Change how many litres you have put in to gallons (divide by 4.55) and then divide the mileage you've done with the gallons used. So in our recent case 61.31 litres = 13.47 gallons, doing 312 miles = 23.16 mpg (all short urban trips, wife using it midweek, me at the weekend or occasionally long haul with 1500kg of white box on the back). I think it's the midweek trips that are drinking it

mcphersonstrut wrote:

Change how many litres you have put in to gallons (divide by 4.55) and then divide the mileage you've done with the gallons used.

mcphersonstrut wrote:

Trip computers are not really a true average and should be viewed as just a guide.
The best way is to full up, zero the mileage and then in our case 300 miles later fill back up again.
Change how many litres you have put in to gallons (divide by 4.55) and then divide the mileage you've done with the gallons used. So in our recent case 61.31 litres = 13.47 gallons, doing 312 miles = 23.16 mpg (all short urban trips, wife using it midweek, me at the weekend or occasionally long haul with 1500kg of white box on the back). I think it's the midweek trips that are drinking it

Several times I have checked the FL2 computer reading against the manual method/web based calculator and also using different driving conditions, but the results are always (almost) the same No big variations that would warrant not relying on the computer reading

Has anybody else had a similar experience If the results you are getting are vastly different it may be interesting to hear your results. The bottom line must be if or not to rely on the computer reading  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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