Thread: P400 S tow review

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

Fuel consumption and range were always questions in my mind re the P400 vs the D250/300.

Land Rover Defender 2021 Tow Test - motoring.com.au

You would think designing and building a brand new vehicle from the ground up for touring and towing,they would listen to their customers and fit a decent sized fuel tank.
Oh well, everything is a compromise in one way or another, and it will give the aftermarket guys something to design.

looking for an off road van to stick behind my P400, this article was published just at the right time. 20L/100K's is pretty reasonable..
i will have to keep my fingers crossed that is about right. That said I see the need to carry at least 4 jerry cans (tank ish) of fuel to get better range
when we get into the back of beyond, not unless of course an aftermarket option comes up with a bigger tank and I can reduce the number of
jerry cans, one blessing is there is no spare wheel to relocate as on the RRS or D3/4/5

One of the D200 owners on the Aussie FB group owners runs a JB off road van and he recently got an average consumption of about 16.8L on highways
and 20L/100 ish when on NSW country roads with all the twisty's and hills, not bad for the lower powered diesel hauling over 3 ton of trailer

Originally Posted by zilch

One of the D200 owners on the Aussie FB group owners runs a JB off road van and he recently got an average consumption of about 16.8L on highways
and 20L/100 ish when on NSW country roads with all the twisty's and hills, not bad for the lower powered diesel hauling over 3 ton of trailer

Those fuel economy figures are not worth the paper they are written on without knowing the speed done over the complete trip.

Sitting on 90Kmh instead of 100 makes a massive difference, and quite a few seem to sit on 80Km/h or thereabouts, on the HWY.

Many speedo's dont read actual either.

Just saying, not trying to hijack the thread.

Originally Posted by scarry

Those fuel economy figures are not worth the paper they are written on without knowing the speed done over the complete trip.

Sitting on 90Kmh instead of 100 makes a massive difference, and quite a few seem to sit on 80Km/h or thereabouts, on the HWY.

Many speedo's dont read actual either.

Just saying, not trying to hijack the thread.

I always thought it was 80kph when people can’t overtake and then increase to 100kph when overtaking is possible.

Originally Posted by scarry

Those fuel economy figures are not worth the paper they are written on without knowing the speed done over the complete trip.

The remote app also provides the average speed for the respective trip/journeys as well as distance covered etc. I have checked my petrol receipts against the
apps stated figures and they are close enough, so i find it both accurate and very useful, so certainly worth the "screen" they are displayed on

Originally Posted by zilch

The remote app also provides the average speed for the respective trip/journeys as well as distance covered etc. I have checked my petrol receipts against the
apps stated figures and they are close enough, so i find it both accurate and very useful, so certainly worth the "screen" they are displayed on

There was no mention of an app used?

Maybe I misread.

Sure with the right app,it can be done very accurately,as you do.

Looking forward to your results.

But many don’t.

Dash read outs are also another trap,some vehicles are very inaccurate,others extremely accurate.

Originally Posted by scarry

There was no mention of an app used?

Maybe I misread.

Sure with the right app,it can be done very accurately,as you do.

The D200 owner was towing a Lotus gator off road van and posted on the owners FB group the screen shots from the LR remote app, each journey is detailed with a map, average speed,
fuel consumption, time and distance.. quite nifty.. the app is tied to your LR incontrol account.. and is available on later year Landie models. Attached a copy of one of my journeys the weekend for reference

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Originally Posted by zilch

The remote app also provides the average speed for the respective trip/journeys as well as distance covered etc. I have checked my petrol receipts against the
apps stated figures and they are close enough, so i find it both accurate and very useful, so certainly worth the "screen" they are displayed on

I know it's not the Defender but, on a recent trip up to Ballina I was quite surprised by both the efficiency and the relative accuracy of the cars consumption figures. I filled it to the brim and zeroed the trip meter before setting off. By the time I decided to fill up (at SWMBOs instruction due to her fuel anxiety thanks to running out of fuel in a Mini with a dodgy gauge 10 yrs ago) I done the trip up and spent a couple days driving around Ballina/Byron area which left me with 100Km worth of fuel left(ex reserve), 975Km travelled and 77.5L to fill the tank again. The dash was indicating 7.7L/100Km but calculated at 7.95L/100Km. I reckon that's alright for 5yrs/160K Kms.

It'll be interesting to see what the new diesel IL6's achieve.

Happy with that!