another stupid question!

hello everyone, i am a disco owner (3 days), maybe i should have asked these questions before i actually bought the car, but i fell in love with it as soon as a drove it so i had to get it! anyway i'll cut to the chase............

i have a DISCOVERY V8I S AUTOMATIC 1993 L reg

1. Is my discovery permanet 4 wheel drive?
2. does anyone else with a similar model cost £80 to fill it up and then only do about 200 miles?
3. if mine is not permanet 4 wheel drive, how the f**k do i make it 2 wheel drive and save petrol?

thank you all for reading what must seem a childs comments, but any response you make i will be grateful

cheers!

1)yes
2)yes
3)void

welcome to the world of pocket emptiers

dam it, so whats the best way to save fuel on these monsters?

dont put your foot down!

should have gone for a diesel

yeh i know, but the diesel only does an extra 20%

trade it in for a moped, i hear they do about 5brazillon miles to a galleon and , and only cost about a fiver to fill up

patvin said:

yeh i know, but the diesel only does an extra 20%

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20% extra? 240miles to a tank? Don't kid yourself, £80 of diesel in the tank will take me about 460miles, even my 90 diesel will do about 375miles to a tank.

discomania said:

£80 of diesel in the tank will take me about 460miles

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Yup same here, fill up with around £70-75 and comfortably get 430+ out of it without having to drive like a Granny (Diesel 300TDI 'N Plate)

Yeah but the sound from that engine with a sports exhaust

I can get 500 miles out of my TD5 but that is pushing it and i am then running on fumes.

Patvin - would did you expect out of a big V8?

LPG conversion.....

ok BEST YET WAS 438 MILES TO A TANK OF DIESEL BUT AT £0.96 AND 90 LITRES IN THE TANK ITS WAY OVER £80 TO FILL IT. Plus the way the thing drops bits off rattles clunks and grinds, I think I'll treat mine to a trip to the scrap yard and write off the 3 grand it cost me and never go near landrovers again .....

you don't think maybe you just bought a pile of crap that hadn't been well looked after?

I have a V8i, average 250 miles per tank, +/- £70 to fill up, dont worry about the cost, it is a true landy!

My V8 is on LPG. £24 to fill with 60L of LPG that gets me 180 to 200 miles so its approx equal to 30mpg. Think I'll stick with a petrol motor - much nicer sound and cheaper too!!

a mate of mine had a 3.9v8 disco. When he thrashed it around town it'd do about 8mpg!!!!! the thrum of a v8 is a lovely sound though!!! Much better than the clatter clack of a diesel.
get an lpg conversion done!!!! it will do less to the gallon, but at 40p ish to the litre its a helluva lot cheaper.

My old girl (N Plate 300TDI) is going strong, just hit the magic 500 mile mark from the last fuel stop (£75) for the first time and still have a bit left in there, not even had the warning light yet...do i win a mountain bike?

Buy a vinyard in France and turn the grapes in to Ethanol to run yer landy.

Got a V8i with LPG convertor. Still only get 230miles to a tank but only costs £16.89 to fill up.

Doubt I will use the petrol much except if I get caught short and can't find an LPG garage.

tootle_the_white_90 said:

a mate of mine had a 3.9v8 disco. When he thrashed it around town it'd do about 8mpg!!!!! the thrum of a v8 is a lovely sound though!!! Much better than the clatter clack of a diesel.
get an lpg conversion done!!!! it will do less to the gallon, but at 40p ish to the litre its a helluva lot cheaper.

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I get about the same MPG from both Petrol and LPG (approx 230 - 240 miles) but at £16.89 to fill up with LPG its like getting 450 - 500 miles for the equivalent in cost of unleaded.

I would definitely advise a conversion. Only recently bought my V8i auto. Absolutely love it (its my first landrover) and it came with the conversion already fitted (receipt says it cost £1900 in 2002). I have been used to driving a 1.8 TDDI Ford Focus Estate that got 540 miles to a tank of diesel (10 gallon) and was quite shocked at drop in MPG but wouldn't go back.