Hi,

Any TDV8 owners living in London? can you tell me what the economy is like and what the average speed is when you read the economy? Thinking of trading in my X5 for RR TDV8.

Thanks All

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Think some of the TDV8 guy's have said they get 25MPG at motorway speeds i think? RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
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Tim in Scotland has posted some fantastic fuel economy figures for his TDV8, but a lot of his driving is long motorway journeys.

In general most people are reporting fuel economy on the TDV8 is better than the TDV6, unless they have a heavy right foot of course. 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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Had mine re-mapped by D-tech and now get 25mpg (running around, not long journeys) as opposed to nearer 22/23 average.

Still not amazingbut I can live with it - especially with the extraperformance!!

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My average is not representative If I have to go into London then the car sits at the airport and I let the plane take the strain! I regularly do Central Scotland to The New Forest and while I generally sit at the the speed limit I do enjoy having a blast where the traffic conditions permit. On those runs I am getting around 28-30 mpg although I have had nearly 34 on one occassion. There are folks on here that seem to be able to get that all the time but not me In day to day driving (I don't commute in my v8, I generally fly to work!) I am getting between 24 and 28 mpg depending on how hard I drive the beast. Considering the car weighs in at almost 3 tonnes I think that is pretty good but I'm sure that an X5, being somewhat lighter, will be a little more economical in stop start commutering. One thing I rarely do is use the command shift/tipronic for pressing on - don't know how much difference it makes except that on the local roads the torque of the V8 compared to the V6 means that it is into 6th gear much sooner 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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average of 26 mpg when I drive, and 21 mpg when the wife drives - and thats mainly on the m25.. RRS TDV8 HSE - Hybrid TV - Sunroof - Adaptive Front Headlights - Harman/Kardon LOGIC7 system

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London driving (with the odd dual carriage way now and again) and im getting 20-23mpg over the last 500 miles.

Around town here I get about 24mpg, towing I'm getting 29mpg, motorway cruising 30+mpg.
Only once got it down to 20mpg and that was cruising on the German Autobahn but I was sitting at about 190 - 200km/h still, was getting overtaken by big Mecs and Porsches Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
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Thanks I get 20/21 with a light right foot the average speed shows 13mph.

Can anyone tell me if the TDV8 suffers from the same lurch issue as did my old Disco 3? the problem would come to life when approaching a juction, if you tap the brake when slowing then accelerate, the revs rise but the car doesn't move then all of a sudden the car would take off.

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Might as well chip in....

350 km on the clock, still on it's first tank and getting 12l/100km on mostly town and mountain road driving.

Out with the calculators boys!

swiss wrote:

Might as well chip in....

350 km on the clock, still on it's first tank and getting 12l/100km on mostly town and mountain road driving.

Out with the calculators boys!

[/quote]Thank goodness it is flat around Belgium hence the 9.4l/100km even when towing[/quote]

Alicatt are you sure you have in the right engine in you RRS ? My TDV8 uses from 10,9l if I drive really smooth -almost not touching the accelerator and in mixed cycle mostly city(80%) the rest highway approx.14l/100km 2008 RRS TDV8 HSE, Java black, Alpaca,.....

That was over the last 1500km from John o' Groats Scotland to Hasselt Belgium. 4 people, luggage etc. and a full trailer, I was keeping within the speed limit ... for a change
Last time I looked it had 8 cylinders and 2 turbos  Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
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I have done just 4500km and have an average of 10.6l/100km for mainly city driving which I think is great for the TDV8. So I am very happy as this is better than the BMW545i I had before this.  Steve

Alicatt wrote:

That was over the last 1500km from John o' Groats Scotland to Hasselt Belgium. 4 people, luggage etc. and a full trailer, I was keeping within the speed limit ... for a change
Last time I looked it had 8 cylinders and 2 turbos

Yeah but he was using reverse gear

Belgium. I love it. The only place in Europe where the drivers are so bad they have to light the entire motorway network! (Sorry! ) TDV8 with optional dog.