Miles per gallon

[biolandy]

You get a good feel for current conditions like that

 

[oldskool]

If you dont let the water in it will float when deep wading, and the holes (generaly rusty ones) are to let the water out when it rains or when you wash it :hysterically_laughi

 

[fishsponge]

true... i don't intend on deep wading anyway... 1ft at the deepest, hopefully! A little water coming through isn't the end of the world, but the CD autochanger appears to be under the drivers seat, so ideally I'd like to keep that dry!

In a vehicle in which water is always going to flow in, why would you put the autochanger under the drivers seat?!?

 

[Rykard]

true... i don't intend on deep wading anyway... 1ft at the deepest, hopefully! A little water coming through isn't the end of the world, but the CD autochanger appears to be under the drivers seat, so ideally I'd like to keep that dry!

In a vehicle in which water is always going to flow in, why would you put the autochanger under the drivers seat?!?

because there aren't may deep fords in Chelsea? Have the same dilemma with mine...

 

[nathan5346]

true... i don't intend on deep wading anyway... 1ft at the deepest, hopefully! A little water coming through isn't the end of the world, but the CD autochanger appears to be under the drivers seat, so ideally I'd like to keep that dry!

In a vehicle in which water is always going to flow in, why would you put the autochanger under the drivers seat?!?

Keep away from deep water and drive slow through shallow water... your cd'll be fine

 

[Big Stu 12]

I used to watch the road through the floor on my ExMOD 109 & 110 lol...

I rember that veiw from when I used to have a Series 3 109 as well.....

 

[Big Stu 12]

because there aren't may deep fords in Chelsea? Have the same dilemma with mine...

Get a head unit that will take an Ipod or MP3 then keep it in you roof pockets.

no cleaning CD's then

 

[Dewin]

In a vehicle in which water is always going to flow in, why would you put the autochanger under the drivers seat?!?

Well it is British! renowned for our ingenuity but I'd imagine the GS & ES model Disco's were not intended for much more than posh people driving on tarmac, water babies would have bought Defender's or base model Disco's

 

[rollin danny]

wow... so many of us get 20-24 mpg and many of us get around 30 mpg.

One hell of a difference!

I have the decat pipe, but no idea about the "egr" thing. I imagine mine's quite heavy too, with all the mods, the tires are larger and it's been lifted 2" which can't help the aerodynamics.

I'm not bothered about the 21-23 mpg at all, but it's interesting to see how it varies! We all supposedly have the same engine from the same time period (roughly), but some get 20 mpg and some get 30 mpg!

Most of my miles are motorway miles too, at around the 70 mph mark. I spend a lot of time idling too though. This morning I drove 21 miles in 1 hour, but did 15 of those miles at 70 mph.

I'm in danger of overanalysing this all soon (if i've not done that already)!

So... what do you guys doing 30 mpg have that us lot doing 20 mpg don't?!?

Answer= a manual :doh:

 

[tisthymonkey]

As a newbe, here's my bit...

I have (now) a wonderful 200tdi which I saved from the scrap yard by making a huge mistake and being too stubborn to accept it. Anyway the one thing that drew me to it was how sweet the engine was. I then welded my 1994 TDI back to life and I just did 500 miles on a full tank which was 73.4ltrs. That was driving round country roads in Scotland where you are lucky to hit 50 but are up and down gears constantly to compensate for the tight highland roads. I estimate that I am getting aroud 31mpg for that so either the 200tdi is better or most sub 30 guys have an issue? What do other 200tdi guys expect/get?

 

[biolandy]

As a newbe, here's my bit...

I have (now) a wonderful 200tdi which I saved from the scrap yard by making a huge mistake and being too stubborn to accept it. Anyway the one thing that drew me to it was how sweet the engine was. I then welded my 1994 TDI back to life and I just did 500 miles on a full tank which was 73.4ltrs. That was driving round country roads in Scotland where you are lucky to hit 50 but are up and down gears constantly to compensate for the tight highland roads. I estimate that I am getting aroud 31mpg for that so either the 200tdi is better or most sub 30 guys have an issue? What do other 200tdi guys expect/get?

Welcome to the forum-those figures sound good-I am the wrong side of 50 and get low mpg-keep the welder handy,always something to repair on a landy

 

[adymanchester]

Dont care what my discovery 300tdi auto does to the gallon its still cheaper than a wife !!!!!!!

 

[williamraff]

1999 TD5 ES Manual, 144, 000 miles - 26.3 mpg - mostly cold, stop start, less than 10 mile journeys. I have only checked it the once but given the amount of cold starts and gear changing involved I dont think 26.3 is bad. I have yet to check if the EGR or any other mods have been done yet.
If 30mpg on a constant run is posssible I will be very happy, my renault scenic 1.6 petrol only did a combined 32 mpg.
To be honest if you are going to buy a vehicle which looks like and weighs the same as a small house - thoughts of what it will do to the gallon should have been banished long before purchase.
The best we can do is to mantain and service it to the best of our ability and then drive it the way we want to - the vehicle will then do what it is going to do and that is it!
For me, my Discovery is a vice - it is going to cause me problems and cost me a lot of money.
Is that any worse than any other vice? I dont think so; my kids love being driven in it and the misssus loves driving it - win win
Will.

 

[papasmurf123]

I have a Kreg 200TDI 180000miles and I get anything from 30 to 38 mpg but I think most of the time I am getting just over 30 and that's on diesel or veg oil. Although I have found it don't run as smooth on veg oil

Rob

 

[smarty1972]

I don't mind what mpg i get,just wish i'd got a v8 with lpg!

 

[Bump]

I find the fact that she dont like cruising at 80-85mph like the mondeo i have quite realxing, I just sit there relaxing and watching the scenery and traffic go by, i get home much more relaxed in the landy than the mondeo too. Over the 25 miles, the drop in sped makes no difference really and less chance of losing the license too.

I can't agree with that more, having replaced (though still have ) my mondeo with the disco i travel a lot slower, it makes very littler difference to journey times and seem to be a lot more relaxed.

Though i did get lost last night and ended up coming into a 30 at 55 straight into a camera. :doh::doh:

 

[50 pence]

I can't agree with that more, having replaced (though still have ) my mondeo with the disco i travel a lot slower, it makes very littler difference to journey times and seem to be a lot more relaxed.

Though i did get lost last night and ended up coming into a 30 at 55 straight into a camera. :doh::doh:

I agree.

I,ve found, cruising on long journeys, that 60 is the perfect speed.
Its good for mpg and I dont seem to be changing lanes very often.

Del.

 

[rollin danny]

I agree.

I,ve found, cruising on long journeys, that 60 is the perfect speed.
Its good for mpg and I dont seem to be changing lanes very often.

Del.

Yes 60 is the perfect speed and I dont seem to be changing my underpants as often.

 

[lerk]

97 (P) 300 Auto - over the 2 years I've been driving the auto, I've experienced the following...

Standard trim but egr blanked, decatted and fan off - average mpg ~24mpg if driving 'carefully', ~20mpg when driven faster than it wants to go. Best mpg was a long motorway stint at 60mph - 27.8mpg

I then fitted 235/85 AT2's and found the following...

The speedo changed from 10% optimistic (ie 55mph when only travelling 50mph) to 2% pessimistic.
The mpg figures I recorded dropped from the ~24mpg down to ~21mpg, fair enough tyres now have more friction than road ones and the milage recorded is now 12% less, so the tyres are costing me 0.12mpg - not really the end of the world. However when on a long run I have now recorded 25mpg (original equivalent 28mpg!) I put this down to the taller gearing due to the larger rolling circumference of the tyres.

HTH
LERK

 

[fishsponge]

interesting... that kinda ties in with my experience actually.

today, we discovered that my air filter was pretty disgusting, so it's been cleaned out now and unless I'm mistaken, I appear to have more torque now and don' need to rev it as much!

time will tell...