Thread: Tow test - 2016 D4 SDV6 vs LC200 Sahara

Originally Posted by Lukeis

If you can’t trust the dash to give you accurate fuel use how are you getting the true figures?

I’m assuming you cannot trust the odometer if you can’t trust the fuel use or speedo and you can’t use a GPS as it doesn’t take in hills, or does it?!

Odometer is fine, I plot my litres to the actual distance travelled. The fuel average dash figures are marketing hype. I have however attained the magic 9.4l/100 these cars are supposed to get, the dash at that point read 7.9!!

Originally Posted by Lukeis

If you can’t trust the dash to give you accurate fuel use how are you getting the true figures?

dont talk to me about that!

last night, in the ute, it displays how many km til empty.
light comes on at 80km and ive never taken it before 60km til emptry


last night, it said 80km to go, and i had 75km til i got home
then 60km to go and 55km til home
then 40km to go and 35km til home
then 20km to go and 15km til home
but with it displaying 20km to go, it was empty, and i wasnt home

Originally Posted by justinc

Odometer is fine, I plot my litres to the actual distance travelled. The fuel average dash figures are marketing hype. I have however attained the magic 9.4l/100 these cars are supposed to get, the dash at that point read 7.9!!

i cant get the dash to get below 12l/h

Originally Posted by justinc

Odometer is fine, ...

It must be the cold weather that does it for you Justin as my Defender, D2 & D3 odometers have all been erroneous, even when run with standard issue tyres on standard rims. That's when map, road sign and sat nav distances become helpful.

I downloaded a simple fuel consumption ap from Play Store to my phone. I reset the odometer when I fill up, then next time I refill I just enter the amount of fuel and distance travelled and get the figure.

Whenever I fill up I just do a rough calculation using what passes as a brain in my head and if it's about right according to if I'm towing or not, that's it. I don't spend much time worrying about it or watching the dash to check whether my right foot is too heavy or not.
Got better things to do with my time.
AlanH.

Originally Posted by ATH

Whenever I fill up I just do a rough calculation using what passes as a brain in my head and if it's about right according to if I'm towing or not, that's it. I don't spend much time worrying about it or watching the dash to check whether my right foot is too heavy or not.
Got better things to do with my time.
AlanH.

Yup. I buy car. I fill it. I use it. It is what it is. I don’t choose the car based on whether it’s 14L/100km or 9L/100km. Well I might at the initial stage but once I own it and I realised they lied more than expected, I’m screwed anyway so I don’t live it.

I adjusted the CCF consumption fudge factor in both my earlier D4 and the current RR to be as realistic as possible so that I could be better informed about the remaining fuel.