Thread: Petrol V Diesel Ongoing Fuel Running Costs

Here are the fuelly results for the LR3 petrol V8:
Land Rover LR3 Mileage | Fuelly

V6 diesel:
Land Rover LR3 Mileage | Fuelly

You can click down through the model years and into individual vehicle records to get more.
The beauty of that site is getting a big enough sample to even out the occasional person doing a lot of town driving or all open road.

But clearly the driving conditions in Russia or the diesel quality is terrible: Discovery IV (Land Rover LR4) | Fuelly

Well I have been busy clocking up miles in the D4, in about seven weeks we have done over 6,000 kilometres. You guys know the story, its that nice to drive that we get in and go at every opportunity.

I have not kept fuel usage records for all of that time but have for around two thirds of the k's and I can say with reasonable accuracy that with mainly around town and country road driving combined the V8 is averaging just under 14 litres per 100 kilometres.
Having said that it is hard not to drive it with some enthusiasm as it loves to get up and go.
Once I calm it down a bit I reckon my fuel usuage numbers will be a lot less and more than likely around the 13l/100 mark.

Again even at high 13's per hundred its not much more than the 2.7 D3 which I'm keeping records for as well.

Originally Posted by TerryO

Well I have been busy clocking up miles in the D4, in about seven weeks we have done over 6,000 kilometres. You guys know the story, its that nice to drive that we get in and go at every opportunity.

I have not kept fuel usage records for all of that time but have for around two thirds of the k's and I can say with reasonable accuracy that with mainly around town and country road driving combined the V8 is averaging just under 14 litres per 100 kilometres.
Having said that it is hard not to drive it with some enthusiasm as it loves to get up and go.
Once I calm it down a bit I reckon my fuel usuage numbers will be a lot less and more than likely around the 13l/100 mark.

Again even at high 13's per hundred its not much more than the 2.7 D3 which I'm keeping records for as well.

Did the same thing when i got a couple of my past V8s haha you just love the power and then you get used to it and settle down haha but its still great fun!!

I was driving mine last night when the storm was on full tilt in my area ... Huge bow waves here and there ... I even noticed a couple of the puddles ... Little cars stopped on the side of the road ... I engaged the humorously named sport mode and belted on, V8 singing away nicely (Disco is made for those conditions I reckon) ... I think I used about 1/4th of a tank in an hour of driving and even at times had to stop eating my chips and put two hands on the wheel.

Anyway, sounds like your econ is similar to mine Terry - infinitely user adjustable but tending to average around the 12-13 mark for normal use.

Originally Posted by Epic pooh

I was driving mine last night when the storm was on full tilt in my area ... Huge bow waves here and there ... I even noticed a couple of the puddles ... Little cars stopped on the side of the road ... I engaged the humorously named sport mode and belted on, V8 singing away nicely (Disco is made for those conditions I reckon) ... I think I used about 1/4th of a tank in an hour of driving and even at times had to stop eating my chips and put two hands on the wheel.

Anyway, sounds like your econ is similar to mine Terry - infinitely user adjustable but tending to average around the 12-13 mark for normal use.

I can only get about that in my 325

Originally Posted by Tote

Not Land Rover but we gave the question considerable thought when SWMBO bought her Wrangler. We worked out that with the smaller difference in quoted economy figures we'd have to do 600,000KM to make up the extra cost for the diesel over the petrol.

Regards,
Tote

Depends where you are doing the Klm's of course. Having better economy is of little benefit when in the middle of nowhere, and finding there is no unleaded for another 400 k's.

Originally Posted by ADMIRAL

Depends where you are doing the Klm's of course. Having better economy is of little benefit when in the middle of nowhere, and finding there is no unleaded for another 400 k's.

That is a very valid point. We went to Mt Augustus a couple of weeks ago and there was no ULP at either Murchison or Gascoyne Junction until further notice. Since these are about the only fuel stations between the inland route through Meekatharra and the coastal route through Carnarvon it would be a disaster to travel the Gascoyne and Murchison district in a petrol vehicle. Everywhere else we have been in Australia, though, we have always found either ULP or Opel available in the places where we filled up with diesel.


Bob

Originally Posted by Meken

I can only get about that in my 325

Town mileage (commuting) in my 4cyl sube is 12+. Don't use the disco for commuting very often and as I said the economy is highly user adjustable according to mood and driving behaviour !