What sort of mileage do you get out of your 4x4s?
That is what is worrying me about buying a 4x4, and also the rumours about
the Tax shooting up to over £250

Any advice would be very grateful

thanks
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On 2006-07-18, Larry Gold <larry.gold@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> What sort of mileage do you get out of your 4x4s?

1994 Land Rover Defender 110, about 30MPG diesel

1973 Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer 712M, about 16MPG petrol (although that's a 6x6).

Get a copy of one of the car mags that has tables listing car details,
including MPG, then you can compare them. 4x4s aren't always the hogs
that the media whines on about, often much better than other more
conventional cars, e.g. big jag or subaru impreza.

> That is what is worrying me about buying a 4x4, and also the rumours about
> the Tax shooting up to over £250

The Lib Dems want to put it to £2,000, but what's the chances of them
getting into power? Whatever the cost, it's once yearly so don't
sweat it. Also tax hikes so far have only applied to new vehicles, my
Defender tax has risen by just £5.

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Larry Gold came up with the following;:
> What sort of mileage do you get out of your 4x4s?
> That is what is worrying me about buying a 4x4, and also the rumours about
> the Tax shooting up to over £250

'96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi (2.5 litre diesel) does about 28 to 32
mpg solo empty or loaded makes little difference, the variance comes from my
driving. It does about 22 to 24 mpg towing a caravan, again empty or fully
loaded makes little to no difference, the wind _does_ make a big difference.
Managed about 30 mpg towing a horse box and two horses from South Wales to
Doncaster once, but that was only doing about 45 ish mph.

Tax only went up a fiver. It won't be applied retro-actively, so can only
apply to new vehicles.

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Paul - xxx wrote:
> Larry Gold came up with the following;:
>
>> What sort of mileage do you get out of your 4x4s?
>> That is what is worrying me about buying a 4x4, and also the rumours
>> about
>> the Tax shooting up to over £250
>
>
> '96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi (2.5 litre diesel) does about 28 to
> 32 mpg solo empty or loaded makes little difference, the variance comes
> from my driving. It does about 22 to 24 mpg towing a caravan, again
> empty or fully loaded makes little to no difference, the wind _does_
> make a big difference. Managed about 30 mpg towing a horse box and two
> horses from South Wales to Doncaster once, but that was only doing about
> 45 ish mph.
>
> Tax only went up a fiver. It won't be applied retro-actively, so can
> only apply to new vehicles.
>

My mum manages to get nearer 40mpg out of their TDi Disco!

Tim A

Tim Adlam came up with the following;:
> Paul - xxx wrote:
>> Larry Gold came up with the following;:
>>
>>> What sort of mileage do you get out of your 4x4s?
>>> That is what is worrying me about buying a 4x4, and also the rumours
>>> about
>>> the Tax shooting up to over £250
>>
>>
>> '96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi (2.5 litre diesel) does about 28 to
>> 32 mpg solo empty or loaded makes little difference, the variance comes
>> from my driving. It does about 22 to 24 mpg towing a caravan, again
>> empty or fully loaded makes little to no difference, the wind _does_
>> make a big difference. Managed about 30 mpg towing a horse box and two
>> horses from South Wales to Doncaster once, but that was only doing about
>> 45 ish mph.
>>
>> Tax only went up a fiver. It won't be applied retro-actively, so can
>> only apply to new vehicles.
>>
>
> My mum manages to get nearer 40mpg out of their TDi Disco!

Good for her, she probably drives a little more sedately than I ..

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About 17MPG from my RR '94 classic in town, but then I have a 120
litre LPG tank, so the cost is respectful.
On a run I have about a 350 mile range before petrol kicks in..(or I
find another LPG station).

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:20:24 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
<who-cares-really@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>Larry Gold came up with the following;:
>> What sort of mileage do you get out of your 4x4s?
>> That is what is worrying me about buying a 4x4, and also the rumours about
>> the Tax shooting up to over £250
>
>'96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi (2.5 litre diesel) does about 28 to 32
>mpg solo empty or loaded makes little difference, the variance comes from my
>driving. It does about 22 to 24 mpg towing a caravan, again empty or fully
>loaded makes little to no difference, the wind _does_ make a big difference.
>Managed about 30 mpg towing a horse box and two horses from South Wales to
>Doncaster once, but that was only doing about 45 ish mph.
>
>Tax only went up a fiver. It won't be applied retro-actively, so can only
>apply to new vehicles.

rrx3@msn.com wrote:
> About 17MPG from my RR '94 classic in town, but then I have a 120
> litre LPG tank, so the cost is respectful.
> On a run I have about a 350 mile range before petrol kicks in..(or I
> find another LPG station).
>
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:20:24 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
> <who-cares-really@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Larry Gold came up with the following;:
>>> What sort of mileage do you get out of your 4x4s?
>>> That is what is worrying me about buying a 4x4, and also the
>>> rumours about the Tax shooting up to over £250
>>
>> '96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi (2.5 litre diesel) does about 28
>> to 32 mpg solo empty or loaded makes little difference, the variance
>> comes from my driving. It does about 22 to 24 mpg towing a caravan,
>> again empty or fully loaded makes little to no difference, the wind
>> _does_ make a big difference. Managed about 30 mpg towing a horse
>> box and two horses from South Wales to Doncaster once, but that was
>> only doing about 45 ish mph.
>>
>> Tax only went up a fiver. It won't be applied retro-actively, so
>> can only apply to new vehicles.

23 MPG out of my 2001 Jeep Wrangler, country driving - 4 x 4 down to 15 mpg.
Lushy in Australia

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:04:58 +0100, Ian Rawlings wrote:

>> What sort of mileage do you get out of your 4x4s?

DII 2.5 turbo diesel. 28.7mpg averaged over 23568 miles.

A regular long distance run (200 mile round trip) 40% minor country
roads, 50% cruise on at between 60mph and 65mpg, 10% inner city returns
over 30mpg for the trip.

> Whatever the cost, it's once yearly so don't sweat it. Also tax hikes
> so far have only applied to new vehicles, my Defender tax has risen by
> just £5.

Agreed, the fuel bill is far bigger. That 23568 miles has cost £3395.20
in 19 months or around £2150/year...

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45 MPG from our D-4D 03 RAV 4. That's just 'normal' driving.
With some effort it'll do better than 50MPG

"Larry Gold" <larry.gold@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
> What sort of mileage do you get out of your 4x4s?
> That is what is worrying me about buying a 4x4, and also the rumours about
> the Tax shooting up to over £250
>
> Any advice would be very grateful
>
> thanks
> --
> Larry Gold
> Arsenal For Life
>

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:02:26 +0100, Steve Olive wrote:

>> What sort of mileage do you get out of your 4x4s?

Disco II TD5 on about 56,000, I hope to run it up to 200,000+.

>> That is what is worrying me about buying a 4x4, and also the rumours
>> about the Tax shooting up to over £250

Why all this fuss about road tax? I guess it's because: a) It goes
directly to HMG. b) You get nothing but a pretty bit of coloured paper
for it. c) You pay it in one lump.

£250 is only around 4 fill ups for me and I fill on average every 10 days
or so. Between 23 Nov 04 and 16 Sep 06 I've spent £3,784.76 on fuel
driving 26,310 miles. Other costs (insurance, maintenace, etc but *NOT*
depreciation) have been £3983.12 = Total £7767.88 in 22 months or about
£4,250/year. £250 is not a particulary significant amount.

My MPG? Ave 28.9 but recently has been consistently above 30.

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