Thread: Fuel economy ??

^ Hahaha. All down hill...should be coming out in China soon! But seriously, I generally change the gears between 1800rpm and 2300ish depending on the situation. I think the difference is that I try to take off smoothly and lightly on the accelerator. I was once told that the accelerator is like a tap. Open a tap a little and you get a trickle. Open it more and you get a gushing flow.

The best I've managed to get is 8.2L/100kms. The very worst was mid 9's. And this with an engine that is still tight. I have about 15000kms on the car at present.

Originally Posted by debruiser

WHAT!!!! 8.7!!! that's awesome.

Yep, impressive figures! We get around 11.5l/100km out of our MY13 90 but have a bullbar, rear bar, roof rack and MTs, each of which add about 0.5l I'm told.

95 defender 130 300tdi 220K kms
10.52 l/100km

Originally Posted by Orkney 90

^ Hahaha. All down hill...should be coming out in China soon! But seriously, I generally change the gears between 1800rpm and 2300ish depending on the situation. I think the difference is that I try to take off smoothly and lightly on the accelerator. I was once told that the accelerator is like a tap. Open a tap a little and you get a trickle. Open it more and you get a gushing flow.

The best I've managed to get is 8.2L/100kms. The very worst was mid 9's. And this with an engine that is still tight. I have about 15000kms on the car at present.

Post some pics of your trip

That is about where I change gears too, and I drive around at 60km/hr in 5th to keep revs down a bit while cruising around. Maybe my tap has a leak Or it's my bull bar, snorkel, and checker plate slowing me down.

It has to be the checker-plate. Really disrupts the smooth, flowing aerodynamics of the Defender. Checker-plate...instrument of the devil.

Just returned from a weekend on straddy Is, 200kms on road, 100 kms off road, returned a overall consumption of 10.2 l/100km ,I'm extremely happy with that.

1996 defender 130, 300tdi , 4HP22 auto, 300000kms +, bullbar, racks, LR tank = 2400 Kgs + camping gear, driven like my grandma would .

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Wouldn't you love to post these figures on a Cruiser forum

9.5l/100km around town and about 10 on a trip. 94 TDI with high speed streamlined chequerplate steel tray. best range is at around 90-95 km/hr on a Brisbane - Sydney trip. Skinny's definitely save fuel.