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Matt
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 03:30 pm: | 
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Curious to see what other people are getting on a full tank?
Matt |
PerroneFord
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 03:54 pm: |
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Im getting about 255 miles in town and about 280 mixed city/highway. That's with the 21.6 Gallon tank
-P |
F.J. (Rovercon)
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 04:24 pm: |
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same thing here around 250 with mostly city driving. at an avg of $1.65/gal for premium gas, it isn't pretty. |
isaacfain
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 04:29 pm: |
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with my heavy right foot, i've been filling up at ~190 mi on 17.5/18 US gallons.
doh!
isaac / seattle |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 05:01 pm: |
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34 miles per gallon UK. 300tdi. |
Jim Macklow
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 07:00 pm: |
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'95 disco, getting around 290-305 miles. I think I have the 23.5 gal tank. Usually drop in 21-23 gallons. Driving is mixed 80-90mph on highway and lead-footing up mogully dirt roads for the rest. going easy on the highway (driving 70) doesn't seem to help much.
Avoiding headwinds helps a lot. |
bender2033
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 08:17 pm: |
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34 MPG with 300 tdi !!!! Thats awesome! I wish we could get more diesels here in the US. Esp in Trucks/SUVs. I think that Mercedes has stopped US diesels, the only ones that I know of are the SWEET VW tdi in the golf/jetta/bug and of course the big diesels in Ford/Chevy/Dodge pickups.
Is it possible to swap over 300 tdi in a US disco? What cost $5000 ? Ahh I can dream.
-bender2033 |
Sean H
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 09:41 pm: |
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All I want is a tank bigger than 15.6 us gal. You disco guys are lucky. Never thought I would yurn for the $40.00 fill-up 210miles per tank |
Erik Olson (Jon)
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 09:48 pm: |
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265 on the 20++ gallon tank, 275 if I'm doing flat flat hwy. miles - to quote Leslie Nielsen, "I love it!"
e |
\Mike... (Mpeters)
| | Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 10:56 pm: |
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96Disco - 225 miles on average per 20.x gal. tank -
with a tail-wind coming down a mountain and the jib hoisted / main-sail trimmed, i get about 227.
/mp |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 12:03 am: |
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Just did some routine maintanance and I'm up to 16 MPG, on a 96 Disco with 104,000 miles. My tank is 23.4, so you do the math... Peace.. |
BW
| | Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 12:48 am: |
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350 miles per tank on a 2001 D2.
BW |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 09:19 am: |
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Approx 500 miles - around town. Ha Ha ! Td5 rules! |
Chris Brown
| | Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 10:23 am: |
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308 was the fartherst I've ever gone....that was with the dummy light on for about 20-25 miles. Playing it safe....around 280.
Chris Brown
'94 Disco |
Mel A.
| | Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 12:04 pm: |
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293 with Z-max, Borla, and a 5-speed. |
Danno
| | Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 12:15 pm: |
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280 - 335 (corrected odometer off by 12%) w/ 255/85/16's, 87 octane, Mobil 1, Flowmaster, Bosch +4's, Lucas gas additive, K&N. |
Kingfish (Kingfish)
| | Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 02:05 pm: |
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My light comes on at 315 miles. 95 Discovery. |
Bryan Weiss
| | Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 10:31 pm: |
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Damn, I must have a hole in my gas tank or something. I get about 200-210 on 20.x gallons with mostly city driving. Highway isnt much better. All highway on one tank might get me 250. I do know that I have a crack in the manifold gasket. Plus the roof rack and no front airdam. Any suggestions on how to eek out better fuel mileage? How much effect could the manifold gasket have?
'96 Disco with 60k miles. |
Cal
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 12:32 am: |
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Intake or exhaust manifold? |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 08:09 am: |
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roof rack is the main killer of mileage. removing airdamn will have little effect on the brick that you are driving. i have a '96 with a full length rack, lights on top and 32" tires with HEAVY NATO wheels and get 14-16 tops on highway driving. (with a nice tailwind!!)
ways to improve mileage? new plugs and wires. new O2 sensors. a light foot. and i am sure many other variables. |
niall forbes (Forbesn)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 08:40 am: |
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I'm suprised to hear the roof rack makes such a difference. I mean, it makes sense, but talking to D90 and Rangie owners, I've been told repeatedly that when they put roofracks on, they were surprised to notice no differnce in mileage. |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 08:50 am: |
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i think adding a 'deck' to the rack will help, which i have done. but there was a difference when i put the rack up there with some big hella 2000's. a decrease of about 2 mpg+. but when it comes down to it you are going to get shitty mileage with a D1 no matter what you do. i mean anything under 16 mpgs sucks anyhow, so between 13-16 does not really make much of difference. but a light foot is the key. |
John Kruger (Johnnyk)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 09:46 am: |
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350 hwy with the XD lifted 3"
John |
Buckaroo (Buckaroo)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 09:49 am: |
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Drove from the Cape to Boston and back down this weekend. Doing about 75 on the highway...I'm down half a tank and I've gone 233 miles...woo-hoo! Although this morning in my 5 mile commute to work it seemed to suck down almost a quarter tank.
-Buckaroo
96 D1 with a few "issues" |
John Kruger (Johnnyk)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 09:53 am: |
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For those wondering, I did not take the tire size into account. So the mileage is not actual, just what the odometer says....
John |
Another ANON
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 10:14 am: |
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Is anyone else bored with Mr. TDI's enlightening remarks? Well, we'll be waving as we wiz by on the highway at 90 while you're still chugging along at 55 ha ha ha LOL |
Jeff Bieler (Mrbieler)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 10:23 am: |
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Hey! What's wrong with 55MPH? |
Bryan Weiss
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 10:28 am: |
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exhaust manifold not intake. |
fly1747
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 10:45 am: |
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Thanks everyone,
My tank has a little more to go and it looks like I will get about 275-290 mostly around town, some highway.
Laters,
Matt
96 DI- about 285
97 DI- we shall see |
G. Gr�ner (Germán)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 12:09 pm: |
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420 miles with full tank @ 80 mph avg until dummy light on.
(300tdi)ARG |
Ted Haug
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 01:34 pm: |
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Around town I will get between 280 to 300 on a tank. And on the highway, I have gotten around 330 on a tank full. She's a 96 with the five speed and 110,000 on the clock.
I thought my mileage was bad, I think I would sell her for sure if I was only getting 200 - 230 on a tank. |
Mike White d1
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 01:44 pm: |
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my 97 d1 with a 23 gal tank gets 280 to 300 per fill up, I have a roofrack with a Packasport compartment and drive 80 to 90 MPH on the freeway. My driving is half city half freeway.
Mike |
Brad Bradford (Brad)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 02:05 pm: |
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1996 SD
200 miles w/Headwind
240 miles w/Tailwind
220 miles no wind |
Sacha
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 02:06 pm: |
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My D1 with rooftent, 33x10'5x15 BFGoodrich, and a tuned 300Tdi engine gets about 480miles a tank. And yes it doesn't 90 on the freeway, but it easy goes 80 on the freeway, and as far as I know out of my expierence. You really really can't afford to drive 90 mph in the usa. If they catch you, you are in deep problems. Beside how much miles does a D1 with 90 miles? And after filling up your tank I am still driving my 80 miles (hahaha) Greetings from Overseas |
JAugusta
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 03:13 pm: |
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We're getting scrwed - I want a deisel!
I get 335 BEFORE Dummy light comes on -- pinning my 5-speed at 70-71 on cruise. Getting 17.3 MPG.
I've been to 350. |
Marc
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 03:31 pm: |
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My God!
I only get about 10mpg around town (according to my odometer, but I do have 235/85s, so probably not exact). Still, that is right at 200-210 per tank. No roof rack, front ARB, rear TJM, RN sliders, OME MD suspension --- What can I do? |
Mel A.
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 04:03 pm: |
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Get 4.10 gearing, a free flow exhaust, Z-max 9this stuff actually works!), and if you have mud-terrain tires, sipe them. That should give you better mileage |
Danno
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 04:21 pm: |
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marc,
check your odometer to the milemarkers on the highway for about 10 miles. also when was the last time you changed your fuel filter? more air in the tires. |
jay caragay (Jcaragay)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 05:06 pm: |
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1995 Discovery with stock engine and K&N Filter.
Adventure Rack
RoverTym Standard Bumper Brush Bar
2" RTE Lift Springs
245/75R16 tires
My odo reads 225 miles on about 22 gallons of Regular Unleaded Fuel from Exxon. |
Erik G. Burrows (Erik)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 05:41 pm: |
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About the zMax: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/02/zmax1.htm
FYI |
doug james (Dgj95lwb)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 05:58 pm: |
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'95 LWB 4.2L, Stock , no airdam, f 25#/28# rear.
Personal best: 340 mi, cross country. On fumes...?
Saw 19 last summer, without a/c .
17.5 mostly hi-way. 13.5 as the town hack.
LT average: 16-17 so far. 101k mi.
Incidentally, the "1/2 mark" @ gauge, is NOT...
doug james |
Canuck
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 06:45 pm: |
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I cant believe the extreme mileage some of you are getting out of your rigs ! I have a 95 disco absolutely stock , with 146,000kilometers , or 90,000miles and I'm getting about 9miles per gallon : ( or 21 kilometers per litre . What the heck is wrong with my truck ! It's drives great but with a thirst like that something has to be seriously wrong or we just have really bad gas in Canada ! coincidently prices in Vancouver right now are 75 cents per liter or $3.00 canadian per gallon in us funds that's about $6.00 US per Gallon !
Any suggestion on what to check on . I drive part city and part Hwy, and this is my commuter vehicle . I do have that little hose that runs from my distributer cab to the air intake plugged off (starts and runs better this way) Not sure if that would make that much of a difference for the mileage though.
Disco Canuck ! |
Bryan Weiss
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 06:50 pm: |
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Marc, I get exactly what you are. Between 200 and 210 in the summer per tank. I am right at 10 mpg. Stock tires (a little worn), roof rack with Hella 4000's, 60k miles and crack in exhaust manifold. Even when it was closer to new (24k miles when I got it) it didn't get more than 240 per tank in the city. I dont know what else to do either? Any help from anyone? I know these things are pigs but come on... 10 mpg!@?! |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 06:55 pm: |
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>>Any suggestion on what to check on .
double check that math
rd |
zpukajlo
| | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 07:01 pm: |
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Stock '97, no airdam, auto-box, 91 octane. My truck gets 14.5 to 16.5 around town. Just depends on my lead foot! On the highway the best I ever saw was 370! Still had 6 gallons left on that tank. Usually I see 17 to 19 mpg, but I have hit the magic 20 a few times.
Z |
Mike S.
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 12:55 am: |
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Stock 97 disco. Everyday driving gets 16 to 18 mpg. 18 to 20 highway with the cruise set at 60 or 65. Best mileage is with 89 octane. Premium robs about 2 mpg. |
Ron
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 03:13 am: |
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About 750miles
oh wait that was the Suburban
220 on the disco is about average but it leads a hard life (lots of 0-2mile trips) so it gets ~10mpg
300Tdi and 3 tanks on a 110 would be ideal for me
Ron |
Dane_in_ Oz
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 04:43 am: |
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Disco Canuck,
May pay to check plug leads first. Had same problem for ages before diagnosis. All appeared fine on test equipment but obviously not. Before 9.5mpg city irrespective of driving falt out or angel gear down hill. After new leads 14-15 mpg city and 17-20mpg highway. Rack cuts ~1mpg around town or highway. ARB bar and warn probably not helping but no major lift .... yet!
Still pathetic but sweeter than tdi anyday.
98 Disco |
Garrett #2
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 08:34 am: |
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1996 XD with 80,000 miles!!
roughly 220 miles per tank
sucks!! |
Greg French
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 11:25 am: |
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I have a 97 5-speed with a full rack, ARB winch bumper, 245-75-16's and I get between 16-19 mpg. Usually around 300 miles on a tank.
I think the 5 speed helps. |
Erik G. Burrows (Erik)
| | Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2002 - 06:04 pm: |
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I finally got off my butt and graphed my fill-up log. If anyone is interested it's at:
http://www.erikburrows.com/?node=Land+Rover+Milage
This is for my 2000 Disco2 with 265/75 BFG ATs. |
p m
| | Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2002 - 06:41 pm: |
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do you have to stand up while using matlab?
peter |
Erik G. Burrows (Erik)
| | Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2002 - 06:46 pm: |
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Eh? |
p m
| | Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2002 - 06:56 pm: |
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i meant getting off your butt
i've done mine a while ago (click here), and came up with the (obvious) conclusion that the biggest factor is the right foot.
peter |
Erik G. Burrows (Erik)
| | Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2002 - 07:09 pm: |
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Ah, I thought it was an EXCITED about matlab joke. (I'm a computer geek, not a math geek)
Interesting data, two very different aproaches to measuring the same thing. I must remember to mark trips to do that kind of analysis also. Thanks for the idea! |
p m
| | Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2002 - 08:36 pm: |
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if you look at my plot again, you'll see the max. number for gas mileage on the stretch between Grand Junction, CO, and Beaver, UT, about 19mpg. On the very same stretch (minus the most relaxed Grand Junction to Moab turn-off part), I've seen the worst gas mileage, <10mpg, going in the same direction, against some 35-40mph wind with wet snow. Needless to say, this is an infamous stretch with 136mi with no gas stations, and I started it with a little less than 1/2 of a tank...
It was a bit ugly to climb to the ice-covered roof rack for the jerry can...
peter |
Ron Poole
| | Posted on Friday, May 31, 2002 - 07:47 am: |
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I had a 1984 petrol disco and the best was 18mpg (IMP gallons) The usual was about 15mpg. It did have a modified computer not that it did much better than before. I now have a 1998 TDI auto and the best so far (60,000 Kms) is 31mpg. Again imperial gallons or close to 10kms/litre. We tow a 17ft caravan and get 22mpg. And it certainly does better than 55mph. We cruise around 90kph with the van in tow and about 110 kph on the highway. I have fitted a cruise control however this has proven to make economy a little worse than using the calibrated foot. Our latest trip can be seen at http://www.nqcc.com.au/The%20Adelaide%20trip%20in%20brief.pdf (300K download)
Ron |
SoccerMom
| | Posted on Friday, May 31, 2002 - 01:09 pm: |
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Just finished 1,200 miles trip on my Disco II,
doing about 80 on the highway, paying $1.65 - 1.85 per gallon, 4 stops, $35.00 fill-up
and that's about 380 miles. |
Chris S.
| | Posted on Friday, May 31, 2002 - 02:59 pm: |
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2000 DII lifted 2" w/ weight of ARB, best I got was 408 on highway w/AC on. Only had 1.2 gallons left at fillup.
Chris |
Ken
| | Posted on Friday, May 31, 2002 - 04:15 pm: |
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For all those out there with poor gas milage , just checked my vac assist line, it was unhooked, by previous RO, had a plug in it . Removed plug and recconnected . Now I get an extra 62 miles per tank and that's with old rotten plugs and pipe cleaner wire for cables . Not sure if the o2 sensors have ever been changed and I'm at 97,000miles. Last guy did say he had a problem passing air care , says he had to change the radiator ? not sure if he's full of BS or what . Anyone ?
So thanks to the reader who gave the good advice.
Ken |
Brad Russell (Bradnc)
| | Posted on Friday, May 31, 2002 - 06:23 pm: |
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I have a 97 D1 and i just filled it up w/ 21.9 gallons after driving 309 miles in the city. Anybody looking for better mileage, don't waste your money or time messing with all that other crap, just drive more conservatively. My mom drove the disco for a week and had to fill up at 220, i drove it the next and had about 310...it's all in how you drive. Try if for one tank and see, just let off like a mile before a stoplight and keep it at 1500 rpm when starting from a stop.
Brad |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Friday, May 31, 2002 - 07:14 pm: |
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55mph with TDi ??? More like 80mph and still getting over 30mpg. |
Jess
| | Posted on Friday, May 31, 2002 - 08:19 pm: |
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hey, i have a '95 d1..i believe it has a 23.6 gallon tank, but would like someone to verify for me...also i am getting just below 250 miles...maybe 250 on a good day...my fuel gauge is whacked! sometimes i can see it go down when i drive 15-20 miles...and other times i get in the car and i have more gas in it then when i parked...so i don't usually let it run that low...later,
jess |
Arthur
| | Posted on Sunday, June 02, 2002 - 07:59 pm: |
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96 D1 with 5 spd and 125K miles
350 to light on with mostly highway driving, as much as 380 if all highway, down to 320 if mostly around town. |
Andy
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 04, 2002 - 07:14 pm: |
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How do you compensate for the larger tires? I know my speedo is five miles per hour faster with 245/75's by checking it against GPS. I was using my Garmin and a Trimble, both read the same. I thought my mileage was poor until I read this post. Now its looking like my 95 w/96k is about average. So how does tire size effect mileage? With is running faster am I getting less miles or more miles on the odometer?
Andy |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 05, 2002 - 11:23 am: |
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2001 TD5 manual...
Always more than 600 miles out of a tank...admittedly on fumes at the end. |
Susannah
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 05, 2002 - 01:31 pm: |
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My first car was a 1979 Mercedes 300D...and ever since then I have missed the diesel engine. I really wish we could get them in the states, provided we do some emissions work. But alas, that probably won't happen. You would think the yucky emissions would offset all of the Disco drivers getting 12mpg!!! |
Derald (Canyonsnail)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 05, 2002 - 05:15 pm: |
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I have a 2002 D2 - Over the first several thousand miles I averaged about 12.7 mpg, mostly around town. When I bought the truck the dealer explained "sport mode" and indicated that mileage would suffer when it was used. At 12.7 I didn't figure it could get much worse so I gave decided to give sport mode a try. Over the past two thousand miles (with no change in driving pattern) my mileage has actually improved to about 13.7 mpg. This doesn't seem to make sense, but it's been very consistant. |
disco
| | Posted on Saturday, June 08, 2002 - 04:15 am: |
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come and live in the uk, i'm running my v8 on lpg
half the price of petrol and still getting 14mpg
around town and up to 20 mpg on motorways |
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