Thread: How many Litres do you use to drive 100Km?

I have a 2003 Disco TD5. Over 3 years and about 60,000 kms I'm currently averaging 11.14L/100km (worst is 12.91L and best is 9.96L yeah I keep track of every fill up). I tend to try to drive economically especially with current fuel prices, and I try to avoid the Sydney peak hours when I can.

I have a 98 Tdi disco and average about 10.5L/100km which is mostly short runs around town. I havent done a long highway run in the 18 months i have owned it but would expect around 9L/100km. Matt

hi
my 1999 s1 disco v8 gave 21/100 round town the other day, then got 15/100 on a 500km trip at a round 100-110kph on crusie.
im hoping it will improve when i change the air flow meter.

MY03 TD5 Defender 90

Best 9.2l/100
Avge 10l/100
Worst 14l/100 towing 1500kgs

Trev.

my 110 with a carburetted 4.0L V8, (still running points in the dizzy) has got as low as 14.45L/100k, but a normal highway run will bring figures around 15.4L/100k.
this is a huge improvement on 17.9L/100, which was my best highway figure before i fitted the performafuel catalyst.
of course, since most of my driving is around the city, showing lesser 4wd's their poor choice of vehicle when pulling away from the lights, i tend to use a fair bit of fuel. have recorded 26L/100 on one occasion.
an effect of the fuel catalyst is that it raises your octane level by around 5 points. this is great for me as my engine also runs a modified cam, fuel with less than 98 octane pings under load.
i tend to use this added performance when ever i can. especially overtaking diesel toyotas on long hills. they see a twenty two yr old landy going past them and they think something is wrong with their engine.

Thanks for your views, they're much appreciated .
I have just posted the following message on General Chat at: http://forum.australia4wd.com/

My LR guru/advisor mate, Glen, has given me heaps of much appreciated good advice on the TDi LR Discos, now you are confirming, along with others on aulro.com, what Glen recommends! I guess after missing three TDi Discos, the last one being real value for money, I'm beginning to feel a bit disparate and have started grabbing at straws...guess that should be RR's

Anyway I believe I’ll contact the seller of the RR and apologise for not proceeding with the deal, he won’t have lost anything, time or money and I can get back to my search for a TDi Disco, preferably a 5 speed manual, which is more the vehicle we need.
Sure the RR’s are a beaut wagon but so is the LR Disco and the TD is better value for us.
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And now, after reading your posts...I’m all confused again. :?
I was sure I should give this 1992 Range Rover Vogue a miss and go back to looking for a Disco TDi but now I’m thinking that perhaps I should not dismiss this well kept RR Vogue so quickly...without at least checking it out! :?

I no longer have my lead-boots when driving...except when getting away from traffic lights, I like to get-up to the speed limit as quickly as possible, then just go with the flow, if I’m sitting on a speed limit of 60, 70, 80 or 100 and someone passes me, that’s their business, me! I’m quite happy ticking along at the speed limit.

We are retirees and my wife is not in the best of health, I have been her career for the past three years, doing the cooking, housework and other things involved with running our home, I go shopping about once every ten to twelve days and when I go shopping, I take the wife with me.
From our home to the village is a round trip of about six K, I may have to drive my wife to Lara for Doctors appointments, this involves a round trip of about 20K. When I drive my wife into the hospital for a Doctors appointment, which is seldom, that involves a round trip of about 20K.
Then every other Sunday, I drive my wife to her cousins to have a day out with the girls, a round trip of about 30Km.
In all the trips I would be driving at a speed limit of 60 to 90Km P.H. So you see we seldom do long trips.
For instance, I fill-up the Fairlane on Wednesday, with about three weeks in between fill-ups and it normally takes about 52.30 L = $71.60. (I hoard my fuel receipts)
With any 4x4 I buy, the only thing that would change travel wise, I would take-off for a couple of days up to Wedderburn, Bendigo or some other spot in the golden triangle to do a spot of camping and metal detecting, so it would be straight onto the Ballarat road, set the cc and sit on 100 almost all the way from Geelong to Ballarat or Bendigo.
Or I may head out for a days trout fishing at one of the lakes in the Western Districts, or I may head-up to Gaffney’s Creek up the other side of Mansfield for a spot of camping, trout fishing and/or metal detecting.
1, 2, 3 or four “thousand” Km trips would definitely be out and the vehicle would have a light load to carry on my short trips.

Anyway mates, it looks like its back to decision time for me! Do I call the seller of the 1992 RR Vogue and tell him thanks but no thanks and start searching for a Disco TDi...again, or do I keep my appointment for this Saturday, go check-out the fine looking RR and if it checks out, buy it! (I’m getting it at a good price as the owner is being sent overseas for three years by the company he works for) and be happy with what I’ve bought? The seller would pick me up in the RR from the Sorento ferry and let me go for a test drive!
Decisions-Decisions, what to do for the best! Isn’t that always the way!

Thanks for your advice folks,

Bill from Corio... :? again!

[quote=downundersteve]

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

<span style="color:blue">im getting around 11.3 to 11.5 l/100kms around town or freeway.....

and around 12l/100 towing....</span>

Hi

[b]<span style="color:red">Do you run Diesel ?</span>

I run a 2.2L 4 cylinder manual day to day and only get about 9.5L/100

Just wondering if it was time to change my daily ride to a defender with those kind of figures.

<span style="color:blue">yep...just check my signature below.....</span>

I have a Toyota 80 4.5 petrol. best if we do not
mention consumption figures.
But let me just add this to the discussion
Diesel costs more about 10c per L. so if you use 90L
you pay $9 more to fill.

NB. It also costs less to service and not as often.