Holy crap.. 13.57 MPG!?!

I mean, I knew it wasn't going to be great, big juicy beast that she is, but 13.57 MPG with 100 miles of that being motorway driving? Ok the rest of the tank was spent pootling around town and I'll admit I used kickdown a few times, seeing as the whole V8 experience is still new and exciting.. but... Surely not...?

Surely yes.


get used to it or get a pushbike.

Welcome to the world of big V8s

Get the butler ta drive it

OMG! He used kickdown :doh: op2: How's the engine?? op2:

Not used mine yet in case everything breaks and goes into meltdown :screaming_bug_eye_f

By my reckoning if you get in the car quietly, don't put the stereo on loud, and drive it like Miss Daisy, the car will hardly know you are there. :behindsofa: and you might get to 16mpg!

Goodfella said:

OMG! He used kickdown :doh: op2: How's the engine?? op2:

Not used mine yet in case everything breaks and goes into meltdown :screaming_bug_eye_f

By my reckoning if you get in the car quietly, don't put the stereo on loud, and drive it like Miss Daisy, the car will hardly know you are there. :behindsofa: and you might get to 16mpg!

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I got 21mpg in me classic at 60ish from preston to bordon...carrying a full set of rangie seats and carpets.

Wish I could get that - mines dropped to about 10mpg!

My 3.5 does 10mpg and the p38 I had did 14mpg if you drove it reasonably and 17 like a pussy and 9mpg in london

i've had 24 mpg on a run @ 60 mph.. Fully loaded..... Around town, 13 if i am lucky, ( with the missis driving )

Steve Ashworth said:

Wish I could get that - mines dropped to about 10mpg!

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How much does a classic weigh compared to a 38??

mine was worked out by juice in and miles done.

LOL.. not just me then! I'm sure I can get used to it.. it's just been some time since I had such a juicy motor.

Kickdown works ok, the only slightly odd thing is that unless you ease off before it redlines it just bounces off the limiter.. strange for an auto and surely a fault, but I don't use it too often.. particularly not now I've seen how much it's costing me!

15mpg out of my H reg 3.9 auto RRC with about 60k on the clock, when I had that about 15 years ago. 10mpg out of the 3.5EFI auto I have now (mileage unknown).

Pete

Best way to drive one is just sit back and let the world go by!! Not like you stole it, :crazy_driver: LOL

Best way to drive one is just sit back and let the world go by!! Not like you stole it, :crazy_driver: LOL

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Honestly, that's how she's driven *most* of the time. I got the speed demon out of me several years (and one driving ban) ago. Finally with a clean license for the first time in 5 years I'm in no hurry to lose it again.

That said, my first few weeks with a 4.6 V8 and I'm going to give it the beans a few times, right?

Valiante said:

That said, my first few weeks with a 4.6 V8 and I'm going to give it the beans a few times, right?

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Cant wait for my exhaust and filter.

juiceyv8 said:

I got 21mpg in me classic at 60ish from preston to bordon...carrying a full set of rangie seats and carpets.

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3.5efi auto - 632 miles (480 of which was at the legal limit on motorways) with just me & a couple of overnight bags - 22mpg overall. Local average, mainly rural with a bit of urban - 17mpg.

Sounds about right I reckon!

My 4.6 will do 24 on a steady run if i'm really (really) carefull, round town, single figures. Don't take the computer reading as gospel but i've found it to be right most of the time. Use maths to work my figures out though
The v8's are juicey sadly- end of.

i've taken a different approach, spent £500 on a Pug 106 diesel, does an easy 60mpg out of town and it means I can use the v8 just for fun :-D

I have 2 machines at my disposal, my RR Vogue 4.6 V8 and my BMW R1100RS. My bike is my daily transport to and from work. My RR is my hobby toy / holiday car. In truth I thrash the life out of the both of them. Even though they are both old machines they are maintained so that they can take it. Whatever each machine needs to be able to perform as it is capable of, it gets. Yes it's very expensive and yes I can afford it.
So my everyday ride does 41MPG and 0-60 in under 3 seconds and 2 gears. That's good performance. My toy averages 18MPG with speed not an issue as it's a Range Rover. That said the V8 earns it's keep lugging all that car around.

Working in London the prohibitive cost is not with fuel it's with parking charges. It costs me £2 a day to park the bike, but £20 a day to park a car. And I'm outside the congestion charge zone.

I dream of the day I get 13.57 outta my 4.0 V8!!!

I get 9 - 10 MPG but generally only use it on short runs. Grin and bear it mate!