No sooner am I into a reasonable condition TDV8, and have finally realised that I do actually gel with the car and enjoy driving it (having fixed a few of its original faults) and knowing how much better it could be with the suspension properly sorted..

..than I realise I really, really want a nice Supercharged 5.0, because I enjoy driving it that much.

MPG is a bit off-putting, but.. I keep browsing Autotrader anyway.

Nobody tell the fiancée, 'k?  2014 BMW 530d Touring, 2006 BMW 650i, 2018 Mini Cooper S

Just do it! I was the same 12 months ago. Just down the road if you fancy a chat about what could be a brilliant idea! There is no replacement for displacement - W O Bentley

MY2013 5.0 Supercharged HSE L320

Once you’ve driven the SC you will ignore the more frequent visits to the petrol station. 2019 5.0 SC SVA (Current)
2012 5.0 SC AB. Sadly written off by a campervan
23 plate Focus ST (Current)
1942 VEP Ford GPW Jeep (Willys) (Current)
1943 Whites M16 Halftrack (Current)
16 plate Eurofighter Typhoon, 2 x Eurojet engines with 20,000lbs thrust each. 1380mph

You are both right, I'm sure..

..it might have to remain a pipedream for the next year or so though, as if I spend the wedding fund on a car there might not be a wedding - and I'll be buried under the patio!

Need to time it right though before either a) they are mostly sheds or b) prices start to rise.. I'm good at timing it wrong; I already missed the 911 930 boat and then missed the 911 993 boat to boot I could hop on the 996 boat, but who wants the ugly one?  2014 BMW 530d Touring, 2006 BMW 650i, 2018 Mini Cooper S

I went from
56reg 2.7 gutless
07reg tdv8 not bad so remapped it
Then the 5.0 supercharged there amazing 17mpg on dash driving to work 12 miles each way costs 10 a week more
It’s the long distance stuff you really notice 350 to a tank from 500-550 in the TDV8 61 AB 5.0 supercharged rocket
07 HSE TDV8 with lots of toys EGR removed BAS remap
56 HSE WAS FULL OF PROBLEMS

Is the tank bigger on the v8 then? I get around 410 - 430 miles out of a tank on the v6. Kev

MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
MY2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey

84 litres diesel, 88 petrol according to h/book. This is what mine does if you believe the lie-o-meter on the dash.



Cheers
Col

What Col has failed to mention here, is that to get his displayed MPG as good as it is, he turned his engine off to save fuel. Sneaky! 2019 5.0 SC SVA (Current)
2012 5.0 SC AB. Sadly written off by a campervan
23 plate Focus ST (Current)
1942 VEP Ford GPW Jeep (Willys) (Current)
1943 Whites M16 Halftrack (Current)
16 plate Eurofighter Typhoon, 2 x Eurojet engines with 20,000lbs thrust each. 1380mph

Blast, I hoped nobody would notice as I didn't like to show it's only 3.6 mpg when the engine is running in case nobody believed me it was that good on fuel.

Cheers
Col

Mine gets roughly 10 UK MPG in city driving as low end torque accelerations are quite fun BUT if you step on (you get even lower MPG, which my Lie-ometer doesn't seem to always notice, but i certainly do) it you can see the fuel level dropping. Putting it into dynamic mode "changes throttle response" which, when it comes to fuel economy has only got one effect similar to drilling a hole in the tank. Then the fuel just disappears. The flip side is the amount of points I get on BP petrol stations the in Poland

I manged to collect points with mine but they were not from a petrol station.

Cheers
Col