By SteveH on Monday, March 19, 2001 - 07:27 pm: Edit

Just kind of curious as to an average MPG. Also any mods that would affect your milage (good or bad). I have a stock (for the moment) '98 S1 LSE and I'm getting on average 14mpg daily driving and 16.5 on long trips.

By Cal on Monday, March 19, 2001 - 08:18 pm: Edit

I got 17 highway below 3000' m.s.l. At 5000' m.s.l. and up, I get 15 all around, no matter how hard or soft I drive, and 13 when I buy petrol with MTBE.

Cal

By mrbieler on Monday, March 19, 2001 - 08:36 pm: Edit

About 17mpg on the highway, 15mpg around town, and 12mpg off road with lots of 4WD low range.

1997 SD

Jeff

By Steve (Oz93discov8) on Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 03:09 am: Edit

About 14 to 15mpg around town and 17 to 18 on the highway, these are in imperial gallons etc.

Whoever reckons a 3.9 can get 26mpg on the highway has got to be dreaming!!

Steve
South Australia

By Paul L on Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 07:17 am: Edit

I get 10-11 driving around town and 14 MPG on the highway...but with 87 octane. Should I be using something else?

By Mike Watson on Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 08:08 am: Edit

gas mileage...hehehehahahhehehehhhhhhhaaaaahe hehehehehhahhahhahhahhheheheheh, crying, tears boohooooooo
...mike w aka lrover94

By garrett on Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 08:37 am: Edit

Yep.....somewhere around 13-14 in town and 16-17 on the highway. I am using 87 octane too. I have a rack with ski attachments, but when you are getting this kind of mileage who is really counting. ('96 Disco 4.0) I recently bought a C130 to follow me around on long trips for some mid-interstate refueling.

By Old Soldier on Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 10:06 am: Edit

actually you should have bought a KC135 or KC10 to refuel you; they are the refueling planes. C130 are nice to parachute from, though.

My Disco is around 11-12 in town has a Brownchurch Rack on top and 225/75 tires. It is about the same mileage as I get from the 2001 Dodge 1500 with 360 ci engine. I cant wait until the gas prices spike this summer in the midwest!!!

By Chris Browne on Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 10:23 am: Edit

Its so low that I can't wait for the oxygenated fuel to go away and I get back to the 14-15mpg Anyone know when that will happen?
Is oxygenated aka MTBE?

By SG on Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 10:28 am: Edit

Don't get me started about MTBE....simply a Congressional plot to enrich a few corporate coffers and do nothing for the environment 'cept pollute it. The sooner this vile substance is removed, the better *everyone* ('cept the fat-cats, of course) will be....

Do a search on MTBE and see all the studies/research that pops up...and none of it favorable....

Cheers

By Leslie on Wednesday, March 21, 2001 - 08:06 am: Edit

I'll side with Sandy on the MTBE issue...

Anyway...

My average is a VERY consistant 16.1 mpg with a typical mix of highway and mid-size-town driving.

On a 4-lane-only trip, I can get as much as 18.6 mpg, but closer to 18.3 mpg is the norm. (I-81 in TN and VA).

My BEST all-time mileage was 22.4 mpg, when I was in a convoy with a half-dozen Series Rovers on the way to the Mid-Atlantic Rally. Whoo-hoo!!!

-Leslie

By Tony Christian on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 08:26 pm: Edit

What,

You get miles to the gallon, I measure gallons to the mile.

Tony

By Bill B on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 10:04 am: Edit

Lets put it this way - my daily driver is an F350 4WD with a V10 and 4.10 gears - why you ask - because it gets better gas mileage than my Disco!!

By Brad Bradford (Brad) on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 11:41 am: Edit

Pretty horrible gas mileage, around 11-12, 10 if the wind is blowing.

Brad

By ho on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 08:52 pm: Edit

for those with taller tires (235/85 or 265/75) and heavy equipment such as winch, roof rack, and sliders,
consider changing to 4.10 gears.

i managed to get about 40 to 50 miles more per tank.

in case you wonder, yes, i did correct for the speedo difference.

By Mike Batty on Saturday, March 24, 2001 - 08:32 am: Edit

My Discovery (V8) averages 22 miles to gallon,
26mpg at a steady 70 mph. Unfortunatley it costs me approx 70 English pounds to fill up .You are really lucky people in the U.S.A

By DentedDisco on Sunday, March 25, 2001 - 06:50 am: Edit

Im getting about 29-30 mpg{real gallons,British}
from my 300tdi