Thread: D3 FUEL ECONOMY WHATS YOURS LIKE

No.Tax reasons. The D3 was a novated lease and it was essential to known how the kms and costs were tracking otherwise a very large FBT bill.

Originally Posted by Desert Traveller

....I have averaged 11.75 l/ 100 kms. My average distance per tank is 618 kms with an average fill of 72.53 litres.
I don't drive the D3 agressively or excessively speed on the road (no speeding tickets in that time).
I would be interested in seeing another D3's full fuel useage history, not an odd tank here and there.

Desert Traveller, I posted my long term usage (on page 2 of this thread) and I have achieved 11.95 lt/100km. This is calculated over the 86,000 km with each fill being full to the brim and recording each fill in a spreadsheet. I always considered my older D3 to be a bit uneconomical but I'd say maybe it's average. BTW I Have GG tyres fitted that also increased the fuel usage by around 0.5 lt/100km

Chris

Originally Posted by 300+

In the V8 I get 17 around town and an average 12-13 on a proper run. I can see single figures (just) sitting at 100 with the cruise control on.

With the V8 it seems important to have 98 octane. 96 is OK, but it adds 1-2KM around town and the car is noticeably slower. The wife put 92 in once (a whole tank full...) and the car was so slow I thought it was broken. I never checked the consumption, but I think it added 3-4 to it around town as I did tend to boot it a lot more.

I don't drive with economy in mind, so you should get as least the consumption that I do. I also spent a lot of time with the gearbox in sport mode.

Cheers, Steve

Holy smokes Batman!! You guys have 98 octane? 92 is the BEST we can legally get our hands on. We put 98 in the airplanes. I average 13.8mpg consistently on the proper road trips. Now I want 98 - pffftt make that 102!!

hi neil
the campers about 1200 kgs and i tow it about 8 - 10,000kms per year

cheers mark

Go for a diesel... you can get it boosted like Norto or WayneD
In excess of 540Nm if memory serves.

The V6 petrol has no grunt beyond pulling itself ....... the V8
requires an HSE purchase ...... lots of pieces(less than the USA)
to buy after warranty if you're unlucky.

You couldn't pay me to tow 10000km with a V6 petrol.
It's an engine option for those who don't want to get
stiffed for an HSE/V8 30 Grand (they must be kidding,
look at the Yanky prices ! ) markup... Aussie ripoff.

Originally Posted by daveyb

Holy smokes Batman!! You guys have 98 octane? 92 is the BEST we can legally get our hands on. We put 98 in the airplanes. I average 13.8mpg consistently on the proper road trips. Now I want 98 - pffftt make that 102!!

Is that California only ?

I'm sure some Fl. D3 guys use 98 ...... isn't 95 the minimum
Jag. recommend for your engine ?

Originally Posted by daveyb

Holy smokes Batman!! You guys have 98 octane? 92 is the BEST we can legally get our hands on. We put 98 in the airplanes. I average 13.8mpg consistently on the proper road trips. Now I want 98 - pffftt make that 102!!

I think that there are different scales on octane around the world. Some are RON, some are MON, etc.

I used 100 Octane in Japan as the regular high octane fuel, but I also remember reading that this was only the same as the Australian 98 due to different measurement techniques.

In fact, a quick google reveals the following: Octane rating - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In most countries (including all of Europe and Australia) the "headline" octane rating, shown on the pump, is the RON, but in the United States, Canada and some other countries the headline number is the average of the RON and the MON, sometimes called the Anti-Knock Index (AKI), Road Octane Number (RdON), Pump Octane Number (PON), or (R+M)/2. Because of the 8 to 10 point difference noted above, the octane rating shown in the United States is 4 to 5 points lower than the same fuel elsewhere: 87 octane fuel, the "regular" gasoline in the US and Canada, is 91–92 in Europe. However most European pumps deliver 95 (RON) as "unleaded", equivalent to 90–91 US (R+M)/2, and some even deliver 98 (RON), 100 (RON), or 102 (RON).[2]

So whilst your 92 may not be as good as the 98 we can get in many places, it is not far of the 96 which LR recommend.

Cheers, Steve

Interesting post Steve .

I remember 87 minimum being painted on US Army Jeeps
at Burtonwood, as a child in the early sixties.
This I now realise , was standard petrol for them.