metro fuel consumption and the way you drive

[skidmark77]

hi all,
was thinking about fuel consumption and my cars i have owned, and have realised i have always had good economy from the falcons, fairmonts i have owned. im guessing the reason for this is i drive from cheltenham to frankston for work each day which is always against the heavy traffic ie outbound from city on nepean hwy. i do about 450ks out of 60 litres of gas in my current AU.
So if this sounds like a strange question then just bear with me.
im just wanting to know your fuel consumption figures and whether you drive in the traffic or against it daily.
i hope you understand what im getting at LOL
it cos im getting a 96 disco very soon and am looking at the figures of peoples cars who are driven under the same conditions as me

[Andrew]

Mate, where are you going with this, are you buying Petrol, Gas, Diesel


If you have a V8 Petrol 96 Disco expect 20 L+ /100 K,


have a look at the Poll .


Andrew

[GEK064]

With my 99 disco V8 and I drive a good mixture of both traffic and freeway and get around the 16lt/100km on unleaded and 20lt/100km on LPG.

[Cameron_Def]

With my 99 disco V8 and I drive a good mixture of both traffic and freeway and get around the 16lt/100km on unleaded and 20lt/100km on LPG.

And I complain about my 10lph

Ha ! 16 ... gez

[George130]

I average 11.4 in the Defender. It's 40 mins of highway travel and 20 mins of slow traffic each way.

[Disco Steve]

i have a disco TD5 and it gets 9-10l evey 100km around canberra:D

[tombraider]

I never drive "metro" :cool:

But I get around 11.5-12.5l/100km

[Signal1]

My '00 Td5 Disco is averaging about 11.5-12ltr/100km. It's about 70% slow around town stop start with the rest runs into town on Western Ring Rd.

I'm trying to get more out of her but running out of ideas. Try differing acceleration techniques etc but struggling. Perhaps on next meet in Melbourne area, hope to get some hints etc...

[JDNSW]

LOL.....

don't get a Series 1...Leon is doing 14mpg :D

I think you may have a problem - when I drove a Series 1 (no city driving, all country, including one non stop trip from north of Longreach to Sydney) I never got below about 20mpg, usually a bit better.

John

[vnx205]

I think you may have a problem - when I drove a Series 1 (no city driving, all country, including one non stop trip from north of Longreach to Sydney) I never got below about 20mpg, usually a bit better.

John
Unless you are quoting a figure for very short trips in cold weather.

I noticed that if most of my trips in winter in a Series III were done without the engine even warming up properly and with all the transmission oils cold, that even with gentle driving and barely using the brakes, I could use up to 22 litres/100k. It was always much better in summer and even better still if I could go far enough to warm up the engine and the gearbox, transfer case and diff oils.
On a 16,000k trip to Broome, I averaged 16 litres/100k. Most longish trips were 18 litres/100k or better.

[JDNSW]

Unless you are quoting a figure for very short trips in cold weather.

I noticed that if most of my trips in winter in a Series III were done without the engine even warming up properly and with all the transmission oils cold, that even with gentle driving and barely using the brakes, I could use up to 22 litres/100k. It was always much better in summer and even better still if I could go far enough to warm up the engine and the gearbox, transfer case and diff oils.
On a 16,000k trip to Broome, I averaged 16 litres/100k. Most longish trips were 18 litres/100k or better.

Could be right. But note that the long wheelbase will, in my experience, use more fuel than the swb, and the Series 1, swb anyway (never had a lwb) was noticeably more economical than the S2 swb that I replaced it with. They are smaller, lighter, and have a smaller engine, with the same drive train as the S2. Any Series Landrover though will be very noticeably affected by things like soft tyres, dragging brakes, tight wheel bearings, quitte apart from any problems with the engine itself. Also sensitive to driving style and speed. Remember the S1 was designed when the UK had a speed limit of 30mph for commercial vehicles!

John