| Author | Message | ||
     Joey (Joey4420) New Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 32 Registered: 04-2003 |
Is anyone getting better than 20mpg. I have made several trips and have been suprised to get 20mpg on each. I will admit that my driving is mostly highway and about 5mgh over the limit, but here in WV it is mostly hills, so it downshifts to 3rd a lot. Just wondering  I know I am happy with it. Joey | ||
| Bill Howell (Billh13) Member Username: Billh13 Post Number: 95 Registered: 03-2003 |
Anybody else getting 20 mpg? I get 14mpg if I'm lucky. What kind of gas are you running? | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 543 Registered: 09-2002 |
Joey - with hwy driving, I get around 19 - 20 mpg. City I average about 13 - 14 mpg. That's with BFG AT tires and the front air dam cut off. | ||
| Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1630 Registered: 02-2002 |
Hah! I'd like to see more than 12 MPG. 20 is a cruel fantasy | ||
| Chad Blair (Fshnfvr) New Member Username: Fshnfvr Post Number: 7 Registered: 05-2003 |
I drive a lot of highway miles wit my truck and the best I ever saw was 16.5 mpg. I usually get right around 16. | ||
| traveltoad (Traveltoad) Member Username: Traveltoad Post Number: 48 Registered: 11-2002 |
I'm lucky to get 16mph highway cruising around 70-75mph. Around town (goin' easy) I get 13-14mph. With a little throttle action I can very easily get it down to 11-12mpg. On the trail about 10mpg. | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 271 Registered: 01-2003 |
What year are the trucks? I have a 95 d1 that gets 16mpg avg, about 18 mpg highway, 14 city. I have a full length kaymar rack with a fairing and 4 lights, an ARB on the front with 2 lights and a ome 2" lift. I'm running 30" tires (245/70/16). I'm running good gas again, but when the prices of the expensive stuff got to $2 a gal, I ran the cheaper stuff, no effect on mileage. I do run lucas injector cleaner about every 3 weeks though. I bet what kills most peoples mileage is the tire size and a roof rack. | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 548 Registered: 09-2002 |
Mine's a 98 D1 with 57k miles on it, no roof rack, stock size tires (BFG AT), no air dam, skid plate. For fuel I run the good stuff and use carb and injection cleaner in it every other month. | ||
| Bill Howell (Billh13) Member Username: Billh13 Post Number: 99 Registered: 03-2003 |
Stupid question time, Alan, What kind of plugs are you using. The reason I asked was my plugs where fouling, just a little. I went to hotter plugs. I have lost power and lost 2mpg. I'm trying to decide to open the gap on these plugs or put back in new stock plugs. | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 550 Registered: 09-2002 |
Bill - I'm running stock plugs. I may switch in the future but so far haven't seen a need to. My truck gets me to where I need it to go so I've accepted the fact that it will never go much faster than a DATS bus. However, if I ever get passed by a kid on a skateboard, then I'll look into things. | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) New Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 33 Registered: 04-2003 |
I have a '97 disco, with 82k miles, I run 92 octane from where ever I happen to buy fuel. Stock Michilin tires. No roof rack yet, and nothing from stock yet....I run mostly highway anywhere from 70 to 80 hph depending on my mood and traffic. Yesterday I made 2 trips to Roanoke VA 250 round trip, then had to drive back again today. Tomorrow I get the privledge of driving to Warrendale PA where ever that is...I have to break out mapquest to find my way....got to love work that you travel when you do have to leave home. Of course I better get my oil changed soon, I think I am at around 3k or better on oil change. stock plugs and wires. as far as I can tell all work has been done at the dealer prior to my purchasing. | ||
| charles pastrano (Charles) Member Username: Charles Post Number: 225 Registered: 08-2002 |
Joey can you go out and read the front of your hood for me. I just want to make sure the letters dont have cruiser after the Land. I get 16 on a good day. My truck is a 97 disco. If you are going up and down hills pulling 20 mpg you have a super rover or a cruiser. Regards, Charles | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 831 Registered: 02-2002 |
just to twist the knife, but if you were to closely check the actual distance you travel you would discover that with stock sized tires you aren't traveling as far on that tank of gas as you might think. the odmeter is fed by the speedo and as i recall when i first got my Disco there was about a 4mph differnce in road spped versus actual speed. so at 60 mph you are really going about 64 and the old odmeter is a spinning away giving you that warm fuzzy feeling of toyota like gas mileage out of a truck that can never get that kind of mileage. well with a TDI it could. the nice thing i have found that the Disco like the old IHs get shitty mileage weither you baby them or run the shit out of them. IMHO Mike W | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) New Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 35 Registered: 04-2003 |
Just for clarification, it does not say cruiser any where that I know of on my Land Rover. And as far as speed goes, as per all the traffic speed detectors in all the road construction that I have been driving through the last two day, my speed "o" is pretty accurate. | ||
| Scott Scott (Scottoz) Member Username: Scottoz Post Number: 68 Registered: 02-2003 |
Anything over 55 mph saps fuel - the power required to overcome wind and friction at above about 38 miles per hour is enormous; eg the difference in fuel use between say 50 mph and 70 mph is much more than the 40% odd increase in speed. I have noticed that at 130kph in OZ (thats say about 80 mph in US) you can actually watch the fuel needle on the guage move every few miles - its a horrible thing to see when here we pay close to a doller per litre and the tank takes 95 litres (about $90 per fill on premium octane). Just my 2 c | ||
| Martin Tarnate (Bubuyog) New Member Username: Bubuyog Post Number: 4 Registered: 06-2003 |
I feel good when I average 12 mpg on city driving. Norm is 11. Never got 20 even on highway driving. Did you do any modification? | ||
| Greg Ellis (Gregaust) New Member Username: Gregaust Post Number: 8 Registered: 01-2003 |
2001 D2 Turbo Diesel, after doing the sums and conversion to MPG, find I average 22 MPG around town driving reasonably hard. Can get better on the highway. | ||
| Alan Greening (Alan_g) New Member Username: Alan_g Post Number: 14 Registered: 04-2003 |
I get 29-31mpg out of my 200Tdi Disco even on running on fairly aggressive off-road tyres. Although that's after fitting a K&N air filter, Sarafi Snorkel and replacing the viscous fan with a Kenlowe electric. I also use a Webasto engine pre-heater, which although uses half a pint of diesel every time it runs it's cycle, you are starting the engine at running temperature which greatly improves the economy from the off. One thing to bear in mind is that diesel in the UK is £3.58 per gallon (US$5.69) | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 832 Registered: 02-2002 |
dude, ther is no way your speedo is balls on to actual road speed. even the meters in (doppler radar) in constuction zones aren't accurate. do me a favor next time your on the interstate. set your cruise at 60 mph and measure the time it takes you to go one mile, do this several times and post your results. use the milemarkers as a point of reference for measurement. in my experence i have never seen a speedo that was balls on from the factory, even certified calberated speedo have a error. most speedometers have you going 2-3 mph faster than you actually are traveling. if yours is that accurate it would be the first i have ever seen. mike w | ||
| Garth Petch (Garth) New Member Username: Garth Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2003 |
9.2 litres/100kph = 26 miles/US gal or 31 m/imp gal over 700 km mixture of highway and suburban travel (stock 01 manual TD5). On current conversion rates and metro diesel prices in Oz, that's $0.07.5 US per mile or 5p UK per mile | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 556 Registered: 09-2002 |
Quit showing off you diesel-heads!!! | ||
| Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Senior Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 361 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hmmmmmm. about 9-10mpg around town and about 12mpg on the freeway. lots-o-junk on the roofrack. maybe I have a stuck brake caliper or something. grin. | ||
| Scott Hayes (Scott_h) Member Username: Scott_h Post Number: 58 Registered: 02-2002 |
I'm with you Jack, I get about 11-12 on the highway and 9-10 in town....which sucks. | ||
| Rick D (Fatmcnasty) New Member Username: Fatmcnasty Post Number: 25 Registered: 04-2003 |
I get 12 ish in town and 15 ish on the highway @ 70mph. I guess this is good for a vehicle with the aerodynamics of a brick. | ||
| Bill Howell (Billh13) Member Username: Billh13 Post Number: 100 Registered: 03-2003 |
M.K. is right about the speedo. Trust me I write tickets every day. My speedo in my cruiser is always + or - 5 mph depending on tire wear and it is certified. As the tires wear the actual speed of the vehicle should be lower than the speedo. Even if you replace the tires with factory spec sizes, the speedo will not be right since no two brands of tires are really the same size. | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) New Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 36 Registered: 04-2003 |
I don't doubt M.K., but the weird thing is my speedo matched the road constuction radar signs. Not that this probably means anything, if I remember correctly now my other vehicle always seem to be way over... and I had one car that was way under the flashing lights....it could be that I just happen to be getting all the radars that are off by the same amount.... You never know...next chance I get I will check the speedo via M.K.'s method...I haven't done that since I was trying to see how fast a car ran a quarter mile and checked it off of a known good 1/4 mile marker. | ||
| noel Bond (93dico) New Member Username: 93dico Post Number: 7 Registered: 06-2003 |
I have a prozone fuelsaver and (Valve Saver) fitted, I can tell you that I noticed a big difference in smoothness and power after fitting. The economy savings are nice too. Go to this link and have a read. http://www.prozone.com.au/prozone.htm Noel | ||
| JPinson (Jeffro0502) Member Username: Jeffro0502 Post Number: 60 Registered: 02-2003 |
I'm happy with my 14 to 16 MPG all around, town or highway always seems to be the same. | ||
| Mike Pelechaty (Tonga) Member Username: Tonga Post Number: 42 Registered: 03-2003 |
Wow, must be thinner air up here in Canada. Although it doesn't hit the highway that much, my 96 4l stock Disco on michelins will break the 20 mpg mark regularly on the highway at 60mph. Stock plugs, regular fuel, fram air filter. I was quite impressed myself being such a large vehicle. Might just be one of those exceptions. | ||
| Roland Kutasi (Disco1) Senior Member Username: Disco1 Post Number: 251 Registered: 10-2002 |
What's everyone complaining about? I get 6.2 miles per gallon in mine. For the Aussie contingent, that's 21/2km/litre. | ||
| Joe M. (Little_joe) Member Username: Little_joe Post Number: 116 Registered: 11-2002 |
I've been tracking mpg since I got my 1996 DI. OME MD + 245/75R16 MTR's. Been doing all maintenance, no rack, truck is stock otherwise. Corrected mpg for tire size validated by GPS is 16.5mpg freeway, 13.7-14mpg city. This is averaged out since I got the truck. High city has been 14.7, highway 16.9 on one tank. Low is 10mpg city during the dead of winter. joe | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 151 Registered: 01-2003 |
What!!! No magnetic clamps on the fuel lines??? I usually get about 11.5-12.8 driving around the surface streets. I get on the open road and it goes to somewhere over 14.0. Tire size? If I factored that in, it might really get depressing. -Reed | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 561 Registered: 09-2002 |
Mike(Tonga) - where abouts in Canada? Also 60mph = 100 km/h (well, slightly less) so yea, if I was going that speed I'd break 20 mpg too. Really depends on how fast you drive on the hwy. Anything over 120km/h and you're going to get about 16 - 17mpg. 110km/hr and you get 19.5 - 20 mpg so at a 100km/hr I can see that. But not sure I want to go that slow though. | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 44 Registered: 04-2003 |
Found the following info on Speed "O" accuracy. And just so you know, mine was off  it took me 66 seconds to run a mile tried 3 times that put me at 54.5 miles per hour. Taking my original mileage of 242 using 12 gallons of fuel, then knowing that 54.5 goes into 242, 4.44 times. Then 4.44 times the 5.5mph that I was off equals = 24.42 miles that I was off. Take that away from the 242 = 217.58. Then divide this by the 12 gallons of fuel equals 18.13 mpg. Please correct me if I am wrong... I would like to make sure that my data is correct. If you followed the recommendation of our sales staff regarding plus sizing for your passenger car, this section is not applicable to your vehicle. If you purchased larger tires for your light truck or sport utility vehicle, you should verify your speedometer accuracy to avoid unnecessary meetings with the local constable. Installing tires different than your vehicle’s original equipment tire size outside diameter may affect the accuracy of your vehicle’s speedometer and odometer. The chart (below) is provided to help determine speedometer accuracy. If you’re driving on a highway that has a mile marker every mile, it will allow you to determine your vehicle’s exact rate of speed. Follow the speed measuring instructions below: 1. Travel at a constant rate of speed on an open highway and have someone record the number of seconds it takes to travel exactly one measured mile. 2. On the chart, locate the number of seconds it took your vehicle to travel one mile. The speed indicated next to the number of seconds is the true average road speed of the vehicle. 3. Repeat the measurement several times and average the results. Recalibration of your speedometer is recommended if significant inaccuracy is noted. Seconds Per Mile Road Speed 50 72 51 71 52 69 53 68 54 67 55 65 56 64 57 63 58 62 59 61 60 60 61 59 62 58 63 57 64 56 65 55.4 66 54.5 67 54 68 53 69 42 | ||
| Don E. Rayner (Derayner) New Member Username: Derayner Post Number: 11 Registered: 04-2003 |
Way too much free time. | ||
| Mike Pelechaty (Tonga) Member Username: Tonga Post Number: 43 Registered: 03-2003 |
Alan, I live in Brandon, Manitoba. I see you are in Edmonton. We have too many county mounties here to drive any faster than 110km/hr. There's talk of increasing the speed limit as they are doing in Saskatchewan to 110 which really means you can go 120. Alas, 100km/hr is plenty fast enough trucking around with the youngster. | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 45 Registered: 04-2003 |
Accually Don, I do have a little too much free time lately. Since a fellow employee has taken his 5 year annual 4 weeks extra paid vacation this month, I have to cover all of his sites as well as mine, meaning that I am sleeping in a hotel for the next month. This gives me the opprotunity to either a) spend lots of time driving dealing with issues at locations up to 3.5 hours drive away in either direction or site here and surf the web at a very slow connection speed. So I do both and I love every minute of it. Monday I drove 8 hours total and worked another 4, the tuesday I drove for 4 hours and worked for another 4, then Wendnesday I drove for 7 hours and worked for 5 hours. Then yesterday I only drove 3 hours and fixed the Lan connection at my house (it runs between my office and the house underground via pvc pipe), since my wife cut it in half with our industrial 5hp weed wacker. I don't think I am doing two bad, I bought my '97 Disco on the 22nd of last month and have already put 3200 miles on it. Joey | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 836 Registered: 02-2002 |
18 mpg is still pretty damn good..... mike w | ||
| Nate Jedinak (Ducati) New Member Username: Ducati Post Number: 6 Registered: 12-2002 |
I've noticed our mileage goes down significantly in the winter.. Both of our Rovers (Freelander and '03 disco) seem to hate winter fuel formulations. I couldn't even crack 12mpg in my Disco this winter, city, highway, whatever. One weekend I filled up at a Mobil station and nearly pissed myself when I got 14mpg. Filled up at the normal Shell station the next time, 11.5 mpg again. I started filling up at Mobil regularly and my mileage steadily increased to around 15mpg. One night I needed gas and couldn't get to my "special" Mobil station so I put in Shell. 14.5. After thinking about it, I think I just happened to try that Mobil station the week they got off winter forumulated fuel... I still seem to get better mileage on Mobil than Shell, BP, or Sunoco, but much closer now that all the stations have switched over to warm weather formulations. We've had our Freelander for two winters now, and I noticed the same thing with it. Guess I need to move somewhere warm | ||
| david summers (Texmoto) Member Username: Texmoto Post Number: 54 Registered: 12-2002 |
I think I would give my left nut to get 18 mpg out of the Disco. Usually around 15 on the highway with stock tires and no roof rack. 12 to 13 on the highway with rack and 32" mud tires, even correcting for the change in tire size. | ||
| Shaun Power (Shaunp) New Member Username: Shaunp Post Number: 30 Registered: 05-2003 |
My 3.9 5 speed getts 15-16 in town with the air on and around 20 0n the high away if you keep it around 60 mph. They use more fuel in winter I reckon, because they take longer to heat up so the ecu keeps the mixture rich. I'm in Australia | ||
| Bill Butt (Azbutter) New Member Username: Azbutter Post Number: 16 Registered: 06-2003 |
5 speed? | ||
| Nate Jedinak (Ducati) New Member Username: Ducati Post Number: 9 Registered: 12-2002 |
Manual ••••••. There were some imported into the states, too... | ||
| Bill Ross (Billr) Member Username: Billr Post Number: 59 Registered: 11-2002 |
I should have figured that the Canadians who have responded to this thread were out West, the home of decent fuel. Here in N. Ontario (North Bay) the fuel has such a high sulphur content that after a few weeks of just going to work, my milege (13-14mpg - US gals.) drops as the O2 sensors get coated by the sulphur. I do a nice long trip down East or to the States, things get cleaned up and I'm back up into the 16-17 range; which I think is pretty decent for a 5000 lb brick ('93 LWB) running at 110-120 km/hr. | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 583 Registered: 09-2002 |
Move out west Bill. You'd get to wheel in the Rockies too! | ||
| zane pukajlo (Zane) New Member Username: Zane Post Number: 15 Registered: 03-2003 |
Completely stock '97 with the front airdam removed. Just went over 70K. City mileage is 16. Sometimes 15 if I'm pushing the pedal. Highway is usually between 20 - 22 mpg with the cruise set between 60 and 70 mph. That's going up steep grades and elevation changes in the Rockies. Always put in 91 octane which is the highest I've found in Colorado. Would like to try 93 if I could find it. | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 598 Registered: 09-2002 |
16 and 22 mpg??? Do you go downhill everywhere you go?? That's unheard of! Especially doing steep grades and big elevation changes... | ||
| Nate Jedinak (Ducati) New Member Username: Ducati Post Number: 17 Registered: 12-2002 |
Are you sure there's a V8 under the hood of your Disco Zane?? Is the front propshaft attached?? I use 93 all the time. Usually get 14.5 in mixed mode, 11.5-12 in all city, highest is 15.2 on an all highway trip. 93 doesn't seem to help me much.. | ||
| dareDVL (Daredvl) Member Username: Daredvl Post Number: 52 Registered: 03-2003 |
Everytime I get in to a discussion about gas mileage regardless of what type of car, someone throws at a crazy high number. After much debate, it is learned that the person wasn't using US Gallons in their calculations ... | ||
| zane pukajlo (Zane) New Member Username: Zane Post Number: 16 Registered: 03-2003 |
Guys, I can't explain it. In town I have a soft foot. If I hammer it I hit every light red. So, I don't and make most of them when they are green. Same foot when driving on the interstate, except the cruise is engaged. Like you guys my mileage drops 1 - 2 mpg during the winter. Must be the warming up. Anyway, I bought mine because the motor seemed stronger than the others I tested. Maybe I got one where everyone was sober when they built it? The past two wheeling trips my mileage was 21.5 and 20.4. The only thing that I can say is that with the cruise set at 60 my mileage is hi | ||
| zane pukajlo (Zane) New Member Username: Zane Post Number: 17 Registered: 03-2003 |
daredvl, my calculations are based on US gallons. Thankyou very much! | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 602 Registered: 09-2002 |
holy crap! good for you zane. wished mine got that high mileage. | ||
| dareDVL (Daredvl) Member Username: Daredvl Post Number: 56 Registered: 03-2003 |
Wanna trade? | ||
| zane pukajlo (Zane) New Member Username: Zane Post Number: 18 Registered: 03-2003 |
Nope. Mine is an SD and that is what I wanted. Less crap to go wrong with it! | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 857 Registered: 02-2002 |
20+ mpg on pump gas.....better get a new calculator! or maybe your driving a freelander. mike w | ||
| zane pukajlo (Zane) New Member Username: Zane Post Number: 19 Registered: 03-2003 |
Last I looked it was a '97 Discovery in SD trim and colored in Rioja Red. Ask Brian Friend if this is what I drive. The mileage on my last 2 trips was 267.7 and 261.8 miles. It took 12.413 and 12.804 gallons to fill the tank up. My calculator says 21.5 and 20.4 mpg for each trip. Let me know if your calculator says different. | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 859 Registered: 02-2002 |
zane, check your mileage for accuracy. mike w | ||
| DARRELL (Puppywhopper) New Member Username: Puppywhopper Post Number: 8 Registered: 06-2003 |
keep it under 65 it will get good mileage...if i try to keep up with brotherinlaw i can see the gauge move | ||
| Robert Sublett (Rubisco98) Senior Member Username: Rubisco98 Post Number: 921 Registered: 04-2002 |
156,000 on my D1, with 245/75/16s I get 16mpg on the interstate, 13 or so around town.. | ||
| Alyssa Brown (Alyssa) Member Username: Alyssa Post Number: 178 Registered: 01-2003 |
I get a whopping 8-9 mpg. But I don't drive anywhere, and it's all in town. I still only fill up once a month. | ||
| Keith Kreutzer (Revor) Member Username: Revor Post Number: 207 Registered: 11-2002 |
I have a 97 Ford Power Stroke that gets better mileage than our Disco...When it is fully loaded with a Camper, a 4000 pound car hauler with a 4000 pound Jeep sitting on top of it... From Denver to Moab... Big hills | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 65 Registered: 04-2003 |
Zane, not to sound like a pain, since I did start this thread. My Disco was around 5.4 mph off at 60mph (i.e. when running 60 I was really going 54.6mph. Also stopped by the landrover dealer yesterday to chat, and the Parts manager told me that All Disco's are off by at least 5mph and that the freelanders are off by almost 10mph....can you say you warrenty is slipping away fast and you didn't even notice. At 50k miles, you should have almost 5k left and didn't even see it go bye. | ||
| John Hamblin (Jhmover) New Member Username: Jhmover Post Number: 20 Registered: 02-2003 |
I check mine using mile markers for the odometer and radar for the speedo. The cops around here in the SF Bay area have these little trailers with radar that announce how fast your going when you pass by. Sometimes I have to go by several times before I get to go by with no other cars around to ensure it's only reading my Disco. With the stock tires the speedo was reading faster than I was going, but the odometer was right on. I put 245 75 16's on. Now the speedo is right on within 1 mph anyway, but the odometer is about 10% slow. Just because one is correct doesn't mean the other is. I average city/highway 13-15 mpg depening on how much lead is in my foot. I just drove down to Pebble Beach the other day and took it fairly easy (55-75 mph on the highway) and got 16.3 mpg, about 230 mile round trip. Best I've gotten is 19.1 taking it very easy on I-5. Worst I've gotten is 12.3. | ||
| Mike Pelechaty (Tonga) Member Username: Tonga Post Number: 44 Registered: 03-2003 |
Zane, I believe ya. My stock 96 SD 5 speed is getting the same mileage you are getting. If all factory set speedo's are incorrect, as I read earlier in this thread, then it is all relative don't you think. Over 20 mpg on the highway for me too with a moderate foot. I'm going to use the extra money I save to buy tissues for the rest of you guys HAHAHA (I don't know how to put the smily face on here) |
