On Friday I drove my usual route from Stirling to Sway in the New Forest...................stopping overnight at Killington Lake. The trip south was good, cool weather no rain and inportantly a following breeze but WHY oh Why can I not get the MPG any higher than 31.2mpg on the trip. I sat at 70-75 with the odd burst to a little bit higher where necessary and stuck to the speed limits in all the road works sections, but I just seem to have hit an MPG "Ceiling". Some freinds down here who I visited today and are Land Rover fanatics have suggested I try the trip north with a tankful of BP Ultimate or the Shell equivalent - they found that when they accidentally filled their motorhome tank with it they were able to tow their offroad racing Defender behind the RV in top gear and hold it, which was the first time in many trips of towing like this that they had ever been to get into 5th gear even going uphill. Now they are great believers in filling up for long trips with Ultimate or whatever Shell calls their fancy stuff.
Does anybody have any experience using these fancy fuels, and are they really worth paying 3-4ppl extra for? Problem for me is that I will have to drive a hell of a lot of miles down here to get the tank low enough to make a fill-up worthwhile. I got here on 2/3rds of a tank of ordinary derv - 505 miles on 2/3rds of a tank isn't too bad, why am I being taxed for owning a "gas guzzler" that doesn't  2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

ive just come back from norfolk today and averaged 34- 37 mpg @ 70 + mph

and thats on total diesel 

aljo wrote:

ive just come back from norfolk today and averaged 34- 37 mpg @ 70 + mph

and thats on total diesel

How the fu*k did you manage that aljo? I've never got more than 30mpg on a long steady run, and that's with a remap?  MY12 SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ebony/Piano/Sidesteps/Privacy/Overfinch Olympus/JLR DRLs

Brian Mason wrote:

aljo wrote:

ive just come back from norfolk today and averaged 34- 37 mpg @ 70 + mph

and thats on total diesel

How the fu*k did you manage that aljo? I've never got more than 30mpg on a long steady run, and that's with a remap?

the car has always been good on diesel brian as i travel down to norfolk a lot . i try different ways to see if i can improve the economy ie long periods in sport mode /command shift and normal even cruise control

and all comes down to the same avaerage @ 34-37 mpg and to be honest the car seems to be getting better has approx 7000 miles on the clock now

but then again im a sensible driver  

There computers must be lying ive never managed over 30 best im getting now is 23  some of my Previous cars
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RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
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AC Cobra
Landrover Defender 90
Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

Got 24 today - all motorway and clear. I wonder what I'd get without the rack and wheel on the roof? 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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That's one heavy right foot Envoy. Arctic Frost TDV6 SE. Aspen Leather, Cherry Wood, Privacy Glass, PTI, Tow Pack, Mudflaps, Tasmods, a new Fuelflap, a RRSport.co.uk umbrella in the boot & a RRSport.co.uk sticker on the rear glass.
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It's got a lot of weight behind it!  2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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ENVOY wrote:

There computers must be lying ive never managed over 30 best im getting now is 23

the fuel bills are not what i expected so dont think the computer is telling fibs

will be going down that way again in a week or so and will do a detailed mileage check this time 

Very Annoyed wrote:

It's got a lot of weight behind it!

I was thinking the same, but I am too polite to say anything.  Arctic Frost TDV6 SE. Aspen Leather, Cherry Wood, Privacy Glass, PTI, Tow Pack, Mudflaps, Tasmods, a new Fuelflap, a RRSport.co.uk umbrella in the boot & a RRSport.co.uk sticker on the rear glass.
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Some people accuse me of thinking the world revolves around me, but I'm not stupid . . . I know it revolves around the sun. Which shines out of my @rse!!!

You all must drive like old farts, hang on a minute you lot are old farts  some of my Previous cars
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P38 Range Rover Autobiography
RRS 2.7 HSE Silver
RRS TDV8 HSE silver
FFRR Vogue black
Disco3 HSE silver
RRS 2.7 HSE silver
RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
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current vehicles
RRS 3.0 L494 Autobiography
Audi R8 V10 Spyder
AC Cobra
Landrover Defender 90
Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

VA TB  some of my Previous cars
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P38 Range Rover Autobiography
RRS 2.7 HSE Silver
RRS TDV8 HSE silver
FFRR Vogue black
Disco3 HSE silver
RRS 2.7 HSE silver
RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
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current vehicles
RRS 3.0 L494 Autobiography
Audi R8 V10 Spyder
AC Cobra
Landrover Defender 90
Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

Seems like us oldies are the harder drivers then Envoy! Or perhaps it's the extra weight of carrying our zimmerframes, oxygen, nurses, beer, etc???  MY12 SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ebony/Piano/Sidesteps/Privacy/Overfinch Olympus/JLR DRLs

Brian Mason wrote:

Seems like us oldies are the harder drivers then Envoy! Or perhaps it's the extra weight of carrying our zimmerframes, oxygen, nurses, beer, etc???

dont forget the bootload of tissues brian  

I've averaged 21.2 mpg this weekend.

















But I was towing the best part of two tonnes of tin tent behind me. Arctic Frost TDV6 SE. Aspen Leather, Cherry Wood, Privacy Glass, PTI, Tow Pack, Mudflaps, Tasmods, a new Fuelflap, a RRSport.co.uk umbrella in the boot & a RRSport.co.uk sticker on the rear glass.
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