Managed to get 21.3 MPG on a 400 mile round trip down to the West Country on Friday back Sunday, mainly running around the speed limit(ish) but a few miles of stop start traffic each way plus a few lanes. Matches my old Pathfinder even before accounting for the difference in price between diesel and unleaded and much more comfortable. There is a difference between knowing your sh!t and knowing you're sh!t

2005 Registered 2006 MY 4.4 AJV8 Range Rover Vogue

. . . Same for my AJV8 rej

Keep it quiet as they'll all want one . . .

 Where do you go after one of these . . . ?

I had mpg that bad when towing my 3500kg trailer and it was fully loaded.

...sorry, the thread title's confusing - 'best MPG' ?

Best MPG for a refined FF not a tractor

^ let them have it Kurt - not often they have something to be happy about on this forum....

i'll get my coat... MY11 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 - "African Queen"

I have driven the BMW petrol V8 and I have to admit it was much nicer than my TD6.

Wouldn't trade my fuel economy though. With the TDV8 you get the best of both worlds.

^ Yup - especially if you like buying turbochargers . . . .;

 Where do you go after one of these . . . ?

One reason I'll stick with my TD6 for a while.

I have nothing against the diesels especially the TDV8 which my business partner has and is probably 85% to 90% equal on refinement and seems powerful enough for most real world driving. While the mpg is better in the TDV8 (not sure if the same is as true for the older TD6 diesels as most I know only get high teens or low 20s in everyday use) having had 2 diesel SUVs I just wanted a V8 while I still could. The price of a nice TDV8 is nearly twice what I paid for the V8 (albeit TDV8 has to be slightly newer) but I had had enough of big diesel repair bills even without turbos blowing etc... and the higher fuel cost and that difference pays for a lot of unleaded. My weekly fuel cost is roughly the same in my 4.4 V8 as it was in my old 2.5TD Pathfinder. At the end of the day I guess if fuel economy is the most important thing I would have bought a Golf and not any kind of large SUV, diesel or petrol.

If I can keep an average between 17 and 20 mpg I will be happy and if it works out less then not really the end of the world. There is a difference between knowing your sh!t and knowing you're sh!t

2005 Registered 2006 MY 4.4 AJV8 Range Rover Vogue

I averaged 17.6 over nearly 6000 miles in just over 3 months so a fair bit of motorway for me thats more than acceptable having driven petrol v8's and 12's for the best part of 30 yrs the FF s/c is nearly as comfy as my old Jag.

In fuel alone if I'd got a petrol and averaged 17mpg vs the avg 29 I get with my TD6 it would've cost me an extra circa £1500 at Swiss prices to cover the 55,000 miles I've done in the 4 years since I've had my car.

Hmm, that's not much. Maybe I should get an SC.

That would be a good plan
I bought mine for 14k with a private plate landrover warranty and it is immaculate in and out silly money for so much car

Meant to say it is an 07 wiyth the new interior and 86k on clock when I bought it

A TDV8 of the same year and mileage would have been an awful lot more

SandyT - that's a nice looking car and you sound like you got a great deal!

my comments were only light hearted, no offence intended - all FFRR's are great! MY11 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 - "African Queen"