Member Since: 03 Nov 2017
Location: Dorset
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What’s the best MPG you’ve got out of your D4
Thought I would see what’s MPG I could get out of my 2015 D4 HSE. So driving from Ferndown to Southampton this afternoon which involved single carriagway, dual carriageway and some Motorway. I set the Cruise Control to 65mpg once on the dual carriageway and coming off the slip road at Southampton I was getting 35.4 mpg. I was pretty happy with that.
22nd Nov 2017 8:47 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4488
Don't take any notice of the lie-o-meter! Richard
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22nd Nov 2017 8:49 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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34.52mpg (actual, not lie-o-meter) over 489 miles for D4, 37.72mpg (again actual) for the D3. Both long hauls on cc at 60mph.
Long term average, 31.12mpg over 15,438 miles for D4, 26.99mpg over 165,092 miles for D3.
22nd Nov 2017 8:55 pm
LaserTam
Member Since: 31 Aug 2015
Location: Essex
Posts: 831
Due to reasons I wont bore you with, a month or two ago I had to make 3 trips from home in south Essex to Peterborough and back, within 7 days. It was surprising the difference in MPG the on-board 'puter gave me on each trip (as said, its not actual fact, but I am guessing its constantly inaccurate, if you see what I mean)
1st trip was early Sunday AM, not much traffic, steady 70, got about 31.
2nd trip was PM midweek, much more traffic on the road, but didn't particularly slow me down, so similar speed (and therefore similar journey time) and got 33 mpg
3rd trip back, I was following my dad who was towing a caravan, so I was at very steady 60, but more importantly tucked nicely behind his caravan - got 37 mpg.
My conclusion - I know the disco has the aerodynamic properties of a garden shed. 3rd trip was always going to be better, but 2nd trip was better than the 1st, because I was in traffic, following 'white van man' or just following cars, so they kindly punched a whole in the air for me.
Not scientific, but interesting.MY2012 D4 HSE Nara Bronze with some extra stuff
Member Since: 05 Aug 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 507
Did a couple of overnight jobs in central London last summer & after two days of driving up from rural Hampshire via A3 & back again with zero traffic & observing the relevant speed limits (no other traffic to hide in & avoid plod plus speed cameras everywhere) the average for around 250 miles was...
Thought that was pretty impressive but managed to get the lie-o-meter to beat that on a run of about 50 miles coming back from the engines first service (it was replaced by dealer with a new unit when I bought the car) back in February this year. A combination of rush hour traffic in town, then 40mph & 50mph speed limits through road works on cruise control followed by rush hour motorway speeds.
I know it's the lie-o-meter but I was pretty impressed just the same - seems the secret is to keep a steady speed, not too fast, & avoid sudden acceleration or deceleration, obvious I guess!?D4 - Stornoway Grey
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23rd Nov 2017 12:12 pm
Getoffmyland
Member Since: 13 Aug 2015
Location: West Berkshire
Posts: 105
So, how do i get the average mpg to show? its not there on my dash???
23rd Nov 2017 3:11 pm
Oswiperus D3 Decade
Member Since: 02 Apr 2010
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
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I find that the difference between driving into a head wind and having a tail wind can make a significant difference in mpg on the D3 & D4Stu
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23rd Nov 2017 3:36 pm
Firebod999
Member Since: 03 Nov 2017
Location: Dorset
Posts: 18
Getoffmyland wrote:
So, how do i get the average mpg to show? its not there on my dash???
Press the button on the end of the indicator stalk, you will then scroll through total miles, Average Speed, Average Fuel, Instant Fuel etc. Also hold down the button on the end of the stalk to reset Trip A.
23rd Nov 2017 5:02 pm
LaserTam
Member Since: 31 Aug 2015
Location: Essex
Posts: 831
^^ only if you have trip A selected. You can display so it starts for scratch at every journey, but then you can hold the indicator button and it adds this journey stats to the last journey. RTFM MY2012 D4 HSE Nara Bronze with some extra stuff
23rd Nov 2017 5:08 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Bit of a backward step in the D4. To get basic info (odometer, trip & mpg) you have to scroll through everything but in the D3 it was all there if set how I liked it.
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Although it said 39.3 above, the actual was 32.1mpg. Beware of the lie-o-meter, it is as useless as a useless thing in the useless season.
23rd Nov 2017 5:08 pm
hilly10
Member Since: 29 Sep 2016
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 325
Brim to brim Cannock to Harrogate A38 and M1 Sunday morning and traffic light. 35.5 mpg
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24th Nov 2017 6:32 pm
Getoffmyland
Member Since: 13 Aug 2015
Location: West Berkshire
Posts: 105
thanks all.
i shall re-set it tonight.
amazed you guys are getting in the thirties...
27th Nov 2017 5:26 pm
Scottydog
Member Since: 03 Aug 2015
Location: Scotland
Posts: 377
22.3 mpg😤24MY X-Dynamic HSE Defender 110.
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27th Nov 2017 5:45 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8178
Oswiperus wrote:
I find that the difference between driving into a head wind and having a tail wind can make a significant difference in mpg on the D3 & D4
Particularly if you've got the tin tent on the back It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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