RangeRover Consumption in Real Life

On or around Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:07:42 -0000, "Huw"
<hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>I cannot really imagine how you could actually average anywhere around 20mpg
>from a SIII petrol, but there you go.

Edward II gets about that on a steady run, but not as an average, no. LWB
2¼ petrol, very standard but on radial Avon rangers, which probably roll
more easily than some.

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In message <[email protected]>, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> writes
>On or around Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:07:42 -0000, "Huw"
><hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>I cannot really imagine how you could actually average anywhere around 20mpg
>>from a SIII petrol, but there you go.
>
>Edward II gets about that on a steady run, but not as an average, no. LWB
>2¼ petrol, very standard but on radial Avon rangers, which probably roll
>more easily than some.
>


My 1972 SIII LWB SW with the 2.25 five bearing petrol returned a steady
18mpg overall and even a bit of light towing and off roading seemed to
make little impact on that average.

To try and improve economy I fitted free wheel hubs and a rather
interesting carburettor vacuum efficiency devise. I then made a return
trip from mid Wales to London. 240 miles motorway, 50 miles city and 90
miles country roads. Drove with the sort of attention to economy not
seen since the Mobil Economy runs and got 19mpg. If I'd had a Fairy
overdrive fitted I might have expected up to another 2mpg.
--
john

[email protected] wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>, Austin
> Shackles <[email protected]> writes
>> On or around Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:07:42 -0000, "Huw"
>> <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>> I cannot really imagine how you could actually average anywhere
>>> around 20mpg from a SIII petrol, but there you go.
>>
>> Edward II gets about that on a steady run, but not as an average,
>> no. LWB 2¼ petrol, very standard but on radial Avon rangers, which
>> probably roll more easily than some.
>>
>
>
> My 1972 SIII LWB SW with the 2.25 five bearing petrol returned a
> steady 18mpg overall and even a bit of light towing and off roading
> seemed to make little impact on that average.
>
> To try and improve economy I fitted free wheel hubs and a rather
> interesting carburettor vacuum efficiency devise. I then made a return
> trip from mid Wales to London. 240 miles motorway, 50 miles city and
> 90 miles country roads. Drove with the sort of attention to economy
> not seen since the Mobil Economy runs and got 19mpg. If I'd had a
> Fairy overdrive fitted I might have expected up to another 2mpg.

Mine had both FWH and overdrive fitted. Due to the nature of its work though
the hubs were locked for possibly 90% of the time.
Thank goodness the Defender was introduced just in time. The Defenders time
is now well past though and the decrease in quality of late models is a very
poor show. Rust seems to attack the chassis and shock mounts at an
increasing rate and shock mounts on even five year old vehicles are now
breaking away due to rust. That's another subject though.


Huw
Huw

my RR1 returned average 12 mpg.
my petrol series2 returned 20 mpg, with fairy od.

my disco tdi does 25/30 mpg, depending on conditions.