Been driving the fl2 sd4 xs for 4 months now and the more I drive it the less I like it 1=mpg sh##e 2=its to small 3= its not a landrover( 1st sticker I find ford fuse box). Sorry rant over and sorry all you fl2 loving people. Think I'm in the market for a good td5 discovery or a motorbike or both. Turn off your TV turn on your brain
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Series 3 short wheelbase
Range Rover v8
Disco300tdi
Disco td5 best landrover ive owned ever
Now Freelander sd 4 xs

Yes your right, same opinion as most people on this forum

Iain

What mpg were you getting from your Td5? I only got 35mpg from my Fl2 averaged over the years I had it, but I knew the mpg was crap compared to a normal car.

Is it too small for your everyday use, or too small compared to the D2?

If you know where to look you'll also find a Volvo sticker. The Fl2 was designed when Landrover was owned by Ford. By the same aurgument is the D2 a BMW?

My 7 seat TD5 auto XS got 25mpg most of the time.

I loved it though.

Very versatile.

Sold it when we sold the boat and caravan after the kids left home.

 Jules

I have a 2012 SD4 and out here I hardly use it on anything longer than 5 miles with an occasional run of 25-30miles ( it's a small island and nothing is more than an hour away at 100KPH) I average about 29mpg and consider that pretty reasonable. I looked at the TD5 and decided it was a very poor attempt of a new car, more despite what BMW said, it was a facelift with a new engine and an all steel body as the BMW penny pinchers couldn't join ally to steel with the 300 series unlike the 200 series, look atany Landrover of yesteryear and you will find bits of Austin or Rover in them somewhere, an LR is similar to MG a bitser always was, though not so much today, but I wonder what TATA bits are hidden away  my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.

Used to get 28 mpg towing and on a solo run but with a much more useable sized car. Just seems for a 61 plate fl2 its very poor mpg the disco was a 52plate lump of iron (and the best landrover I've ever owned) the fl2 in my mind should get mid to high 30 easy. Big question why doesn't it????? Turn off your TV turn on your brain
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Series 3 short wheelbase
Range Rover v8
Disco300tdi
Disco td5 best landrover ive owned ever
Now Freelander sd 4 xs

I got 9mpg towing and 15 solo in my disco.



serves me right for having a 3.9ltr V8 auto. Common sense isn't very common.
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Bet that sounded lovely. Turn off your TV turn on your brain
List of previous vehicles
Series 3 short wheelbase
Range Rover v8
Disco300tdi
Disco td5 best landrover ive owned ever
Now Freelander sd 4 xs

When in the UK I averaged about 33 on mixed urban suburban but 40 on runs from the Loch Lomond area to Dover, it didn't like French supermarket fuel so dropped to about 36mpg, did I care, not really, it was a fantastic long distance cruiser and stable as a rock when the heavens opened, one of the few cars that could keep to the speed limit and see where I was going and it;s the same out here in the torrential rain, many hold us up an no one can keep up. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.

Would be happier with those figures than 28 when solo loaded up Turn off your TV turn on your brain
List of previous vehicles
Series 3 short wheelbase
Range Rover v8
Disco300tdi
Disco td5 best landrover ive owned ever
Now Freelander sd 4 xs

We get about 36mpg in the SD4 - which is ok as we only do about 8K miles per year Jules

Would be hard to find a D2 now without a rotten or repaired chassis! MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
MY15 Xenon Headlight Conversion

MY17 RRS SVR - Estoril Blue Cirrus/Ebony 🪣💺’s

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Bad news I sold a really good disco td5 to buy the fl2. Turn off your TV turn on your brain
List of previous vehicles
Series 3 short wheelbase
Range Rover v8
Disco300tdi
Disco td5 best landrover ive owned ever
Now Freelander sd 4 xs

Jules how do you get 36 I've been driving like a grandad and best so far working it out and not believing the dashboard lie ometer is 28mpg Turn off your TV turn on your brain
List of previous vehicles
Series 3 short wheelbase
Range Rover v8
Disco300tdi
Disco td5 best landrover ive owned ever
Now Freelander sd 4 xs

You don't drive like a grandad, just drive normally, if you drive like a grandad you will use more fuel as you'll never be in the right gear, I 've tried it my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.