Thread: 2012 Defender puma 2.2 fuel consumption 13.5l/100??

I recently put Mickey Thompson's on my 90', and at first my fuel consumption was up by 1 L/100Km. But since playing with the pressures to even the wear pattern, and then going the other way for handling (during emergency breaking etc), I have found that I am using less fuel now. If you don't operate at the correct pressure for that particular tyre, on that make/model of vehicle (plus mods), then you are not going to get the best performance.

But in general, wider tyres do require more power to use.


Cheers,

Phill.

Going from skinny to fats can increase fuel burn by upto 15% on my defender
. Road tyre to a/t or m/t