Thread: How's that for economy? 9.6 L/100kms

Just back from 10 days in Tasmania. Fairly stock standard 2002 td5 disco clocked up 350,000 whilst there. Did 2000 kms averaged 9.6l/100.

would love the economy of my TD6 in a range rover classic - but I have too many projects already I thought TD5's did a bit better as they aren't as much a brick as L322's?

Originally Posted by jsp

would love the economy of my TD6 in a range rover classic - but I have too many projects already I thought TD5's did a bit better as they aren't as much a brick as L322's?

A manual TD5 D2 can get into the low 8's if you drive like a granny.

I've only ever seen 11.5l/100km out of the Disco, although it does still have a parachute on top.
I doubt of I'll ever see anything close to 10, I like to travel at the speed limit.

You can guarantee that when uninformed drops in next and we lift the tent off that I'll decide to go camping two weeks later too...

Just for interest;
(I bought the TD4 because one of my criteria was 7.0L/100km (combined) to make it to my possibles-list; if it had been 7.1 I'd have bought something else!!). Highway is supposed to be 5.6 or something (ha-ha!).
6-speed auto (9-speed might get better?); 110kw/420nm; - most tanks involve about 30-60km of trailering. Incidentally, that 'worst' reading was a 400km trip with trailer, 200km of that towing full 2-tonnes, much at 110kph.

I'm a schizo mix of lead-foot & pussy-foot. I basically run 8.5 highway & 9.5 around town, have recorded all but 3 fills over 110,000km & 6 & 1/2 years.

Anecdotally, the 'ingenium' motors are almost as hard to get the promised mpg out of...

We're still very fond of our baby LR - nicknamed 'Bruce'.

Phideaux.

A trip to the Gold Coast and back ( around 455kays) for a wedding resulted in a 6.3Klm per litre return using LPG at 71cpl,,
15.8L per hundred, 17.7mpg.
That included half an hour city traffic.

not sure how to better that,,,,
maybe a tailwind




that gives me a 800klms range just on lpg,, add on the 45l of PULP and OMG,,

Pedro that's spot on for LPG m8. Nice one. Cheers

its great when it ALL works,,,

I get around two hours driving nowadays before my back says enough,,

which is fine as we only ever travel around an hour between camps