mal_NW
Joined: 04 Mar 2008
Location: Garstang, Lancs
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DSL wrote:cw check your air filter as changing mine made a big dif (25 up tp 29 overnight after change). Worth a few pennies, well £15, spent with TLO, might be a good group buy from Nick@Yeovil.
Anyone tried a K&N filter? Also a member of avforums.com
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simon
Joined: 11 Jan 2005
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simon wrote:Shrinky wrote:al cope wrote:, trip comp showing 34.2MPGl
Thats nothing. You should speak to simon 
Been trying to upload the pics of the Message Centre... sever won't play the game.
But yeah, 37MPG taking it easy but not driving like grandad. Included around 3 miles of low range around Stonehenge (it was a quiet day) and 154.4 miles of driving in total. Mixed roads, A, B, motorway etc.
Total range if you add the trip to the 'what you can still do' number was 710.4 miles.
IF the server will let me upload later, I'll post the pics. If you need me to of course 
You trust me don't you ??? Really you do 
Here, enough infos for you to work out the numbers
Range... 710 miles inc 154 driven.
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MPG... actually peaked at 37.3 I think.
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| Fri May 09 2008 10:44am |
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Valleyforge
Joined: 16 Nov 2006
Location: Westmorland actually
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Flippin' eck. 27.4 no matter how I drive, or where I go. Mind you, I don't bother resetting the trip think very often.
Thats still pretty good for such a vehicle but I'm getting distinctly peed off with the growing difference in petrol vs diesel prices. I liked my D2, but my D3's better ....
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| Fri May 09 2008 10:57am |
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ronp
Joined: 29 Nov 2006
Location: Lost in my own space!
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So ..... what's going on??
Why the huge differencies in mpg???
We need answers?
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| Fri May 09 2008 11:01am |
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al cope
Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
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Simon
was that real MPG, as we all know how trip comps can be inaccurate. I'm happy that mine seems to be pretty close to real, as I did a brim to brim top up, and calc using the miles I'd traveled against the fill up, and this was 26MPG when the trip comp was showing 26.1.
It does seem that the D3 does vary in its MPG by quite a bit, and thats not just auto to manual either.
Al
Just noticed from your mileometer that yours must be fairly new (4k miles and clock showing the in on-dash display). Mines an 06 model (55 plate) with just over 50k miles on it - so does model build make a difference (Euro 3, Euro 4. etc) TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony
(and 19" RRS alloys, and 20" RRS alloys, and 19" RRS alloys, and........, satnav & DVD)
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| Fri May 09 2008 11:05am |
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maddogsetc
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Hampshire
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I never get above 25 and mostly its around 22.5mpg. Don't drive that hard or fast but it is mostly local. That said it only went up to 23.something on last month's trip to the Alps. Dealers have looked at it twice but assure me its normal (!)
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| Fri May 09 2008 11:18am |
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simon
Joined: 11 Jan 2005
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MY07 onwards has a slightly modified engine for the latest emissions regs. Makes for better MPG (mine is rarely below 32/33 if I drive normally) but slightly noisier engine... has a more breathy sound to it.
This figures are for the trip computer, but my last one (MY05) averaged around 27/28 when driven normally.
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| Fri May 09 2008 11:42am |
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eddtheduck
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Location: Norwich
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I do wonder if there isn't more LR could do about this issue. The thread i started http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic21053.html?highlight= on the suspicious effects of a service on my car's consumption suggests something's not right. Anyway, I'm currently doing some brim to brim calibrations and will feed that back if it's interesting. 2008.5 D3 HSE, Stornoway, Ebony
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| Fri May 09 2008 1:20pm |
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yawlboy
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: Cork/Waterford border
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my 07 manual chipped Disco normally gives 29MPG (75% at 60/70mph and 25% in town) not bad considering I have 19" MTR's on it and the A bar, winch, mantec plate and crossbars at all times. Was getting over 31MPG prior to adding all the bits.
Did 2000kms in the UK last week with 7 people on board and towing a twin axle ifor williams trailer (BV84) and averaged 18.6MPG (and 85mph for a lot of it) The Double D's
Bluey a 2007 TDV6 LE Rimini Red (with a lot of extras!!!)
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| Fri May 09 2008 2:49pm |
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NHR
Joined: 13 Dec 2007
Location: Warsaw
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One of the oddities is why the trip computer, which I reset at each fill up, is always abot 15%, better than the actual "brim to brim" calculation. 
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| Fri May 09 2008 2:54pm |
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al cope
Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
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yawlboy, for your next rip to the UK with a trailer, the UK towing speed limit is 60mph on motorways, 50mph elswhere, and no using the outside lane of a threelane motorway
Al TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony
(and 19" RRS alloys, and 20" RRS alloys, and 19" RRS alloys, and........, satnav & DVD)
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| Fri May 09 2008 3:00pm |
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yawlboy
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: Cork/Waterford border
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I was aware just made a mistake with the ferry times and needed to get from Penrith to Fishguard very quickly!!!
won't happen again your honor The Double D's
Bluey a 2007 TDV6 LE Rimini Red (with a lot of extras!!!)
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a 2005 TDV6 S Auto Vienna Green for SWMBO
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| Fri May 09 2008 3:03pm |
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TallPaul
Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Underground, overground, wombling free.
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yawlboy wrote:
I was aware just made a mistake with the ferry times and needed to get from Penrith to Fishguard very quickly!!!
won't happen again your honor
Yes, ferry planning can be difficult, reminds me of last summer when we left Saltzburg at 9am, and the satnav said 7pm arrival in Genoa (for the ferry which boarded at 7pm!) problem was an Alfa GT (of which you just bought one it seems!) only gets 47-52MPG on a long run so we needed to stop for fuel... and lunch...
Took "short cut" around lake Garda, which is highly recommended as a scenic route, unless your filming a bond movie in which case it seems its best avoided!
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| Fri May 09 2008 5:07pm |
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stevemac
Joined: 06 Dec 2007
Location: Kent
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Getting this thread firmly back on track I've just arrived in Rochdale, having driven up from West Malling (spookily!) in Kent on visiting student daughter duty, and the meter reads 36.4 for the journey - including periods of zippy driving between the M1 roadworks. Cra  ppy traffic, but arrived as fresh as a daisy with my permagrin as wide as it can be.
Normaly I get spot on 30, but I did put a dose of REDEX diesel additive in on the previous fill.
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| Fri May 09 2008 5:30pm |
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LT
Joined: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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It's the 08 models mapping. I had an 08 plate XS as a courtesy car recently. I didn't do any calculations etc. but I did reset the computer & it didn't dip below 30mpg.
Also, it felt very lively. Far superior to my 06 model when that was "standard".
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