simon
Joined: 11 Jan 2005
Location: You'll never know
Posts: 13636
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Mine went down pre 60K service and is now back up.
Did a run from home to Middlesborough and back with lots of high speed cruising on the motorway (wanted to get home). Average over the 450 miles was nearly 32 MPG.
Mind you the sections of average speed cameras were done at a steady cruise control 50MPH so may have helped. Never use cruise control on open sections though - only to keep inside a speed limit in town or roadworks. Amazing how many people you overtake when the D3 does 50 dead and others are manually trying to keep at 50 
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Gi
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Location: Basle
Posts: 28
 
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... just done 800km with one tank full. This is a magnificent 9.4l/100km or approx 30MPG!
The temperature affects my fuel consumption worse than air conditioning or load!
Gi ...this is an Italian, living in Switzerland, trying to speak English...!
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| Mon May 21 2007 1:14pm |
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andym
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Location: london
Posts: 132
 
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DEALER RECENTLY PUT 60 PSI IN MY 4 TYRES. THE SIDE EFFECT WAS I ACHIEVED 34 TO THE GALLON ON THE MOTORWAY. I REDUCED PRESSURE WHEN I REALISED WHAT THEY HAD DONE. I DO THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL ME!!
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| Mon May 21 2007 7:25pm |
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BruceP
Joined: 13 May 2007
Location: Yorkshire (Ossett-Wakefield)
Posts: 6
 
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We have just returned from a 700 mile trip to scotland mixed motorway and single track average 31.7mpg on a tdv6 travelling 70-80 mph on motorways
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| Sat Jun 02 2007 3:34pm |
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craig
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
Location: Home of LR.
Posts: 1984
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Just done a 500 mile round trip to Anglesey (with much driving to and from various beaches all over the island) from Solihull and got 21mpg whilst towing the tintent....
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| Sat Jun 02 2007 5:45pm |
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mick
Joined: 21 Jan 2007
Location: All over
Posts: 877
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just averaged 22mpg over the last week towing tintent running about etc great car. noooobody could pass me 
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| Sat Jun 02 2007 9:05pm |
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ArcticF
Joined: 04 Apr 2007
Location: Midlands
Posts: 1
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I'm getting about 21mpg while dragging the tintent, but 31mpg without it. It came as a bit of a surprise, as over the past couple of years my Defender90 didn't seem to acknowledge the van was there, regularly returning about 25mpg whether towing or not. D3 TDV6 SE Auto 2006
Defender 90 CSW 2001
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| Sat Jun 02 2007 10:14pm |
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craig
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
Location: Home of LR.
Posts: 1984
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I'm getting circa 24 mpg without the tintent.... but i guess thats living in a built up area for you 
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| Sat Jun 02 2007 10:20pm |
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norto
Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Location: batemans bay
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just towed my coromal off road camper to Wagga and back last weekend
about 900km , sat on between 90km an 100km/h and averaged 23 mpg
the country was constantly hilly , probably do 25 mpg on flat country
pretty good i think
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| Sat Jun 02 2007 11:49pm |
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norto
Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Location: batemans bay
Posts: 884
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I had Chris weave his magic on it
about 3 weeks ago as you should know i suspect
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| Tue Jun 05 2007 8:08am |
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NICKNICK
Joined: 14 Jul 2006
Location: uk
Posts: 98
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Had the misfortune today to join the A12 at Ipswich (heading London bound) and overtake within 100 yards of joining a police car doing 69 mph. The road was empty(ish) so set the cruise at 70. The police pulled in behind and stayed there for the next 45 miles (W**K**) till I left at my exit, Galleywood. By that point I was the head of quite some convoy.
Anyway over the 45 miles at a constant 70 I averaged 27.4 mpg (I reset trip as soon as I set the cruise), in my turbochipped auto HSE. The road was that empty I rarely had to brake so hardly any acceleration or braking.
Is this good/bad/expected?
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| Tue Jun 12 2007 9:46pm |
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simkna
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Leicester
Posts: 795
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Sounds about the same as mine Nicknick.
Si. Pat's Van
D3 TDV6 S Auto
Rimini Red / Alpacca Leather
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| Tue Jun 12 2007 9:58pm |
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10forcash
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Joined: 09 Jun 2005
Location: In the naughty corner.... eligible for parole 2025
Posts: 13628
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| Tue Jun 12 2007 10:18pm |
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foldsl
Joined: 24 Apr 2007
Location: Bedford
Posts: 4
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Got my TDV6 HSE re-mapped by JE Engineering (its half price in June!) and headed for Brussels a 700 mile round trip all motorway. Averaged 26mpg on the trip and got 28mpg before if I locked it at 75mph on the cruise. So bad news you think? Not really - very happy with the extra power so took oportunity equipped with GPS speed camera detector and a helpful Belgium BMW to floor it and see what the top end was. Got it to 125mph and lost bottle - would have gone a bit higher I think. Came back around 90mph all the way so thought 26mpg was OK really.
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| Tue Jun 12 2007 11:06pm |
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10forcash
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