I'm no stranger to these wonderful cars, but 8 months in to my first L405 - I bought a previously owned 3.0 V6 from my friendly LR distributor, from whom I've bought all my others previously.
For anyone who's not driven a few different models across the range, the FF is truly head, shoulders and torso above anything else, and for me, a total pleasure to drive.
Comfort is very important to me, and this is truly comfortable, but more so, economy is up there too. To this end, I have done a medium term test and came up with these results, dash photographs taken yesterday on a business trip to deepest Cambridgeshire. Admittedly, these numbers are per the vehicles' computer but I'm not techie enough to do otherwise.
I was impressed, maybe you will be too??????
This was over almost 4000 miles, and is a mixture of motorway and A/B road motoring, thus the average of 40MPH, but over 40 MPG!!!!!

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i've had mine for just over 6 months and i too am amazed by the comfort and mpg
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I'm two and a bit years into ownership of my 3.0 tdv6 and it's the best car if it's type I've owned. Previously X5 and Cayenne.

Been thinking about a 5.0 - what's the real world mpg like?

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Mine shows just above 25mpg over 18,000 miles. Almost all "oot the road" i.e. hardly any town use. Almost always Shell V Power. Winter is less economical as Goodyear Duratracs have notably higher rolling resistance than Pirelli Scorpion Verde, and am off road more then too. Only Range Rovers since 1988

Very interesting post. We’ve had our tdv6 now for around 5 months. It was brought blind without viewing but for the right price. After getting delivery and driving for the first time I was impressed by performance and equally impressed by the annual tax. After owning family cars such as the older rrs’s and discovery’s as well as owning a performance car as a toy I thought it time to calm it down and get a reasonably new ff. I can honestly say I don’t miss my performance toy. The fact I’m driving around in pretty much the top 4x4 that can be brought I’m loving it. I do however crave for the burble and performance of a supercharged L405 now though.

My 4.4 has averaged 28mpg over the last 18 months & 2000 miles

28mpg is what I see on my 4.4 but can get 31mpg for certain runs. No remap. --
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CS wrote:

Mine shows just above 25mpg over 18,000 miles. Almost all "oot the road" i.e. hardly any town use. Almost always Shell V Power. Winter is less economical as Goodyear Duratracs have notably higher rolling resistance than Pirelli Scorpion Verde, and am off road more then too.

What size wheels and Duratrac tyres you using through the winter please? Just about to pick up my 5.0ltr SVA and was considering some winter wheels and tyres  "UNDERSTEER" ----is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"OVERSTEER" ------is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"HORSEPOWER" ----is how fast you hit the fence.
"TORQUE" -----------is how far you take the fence with you.

Style 502 wheels and 255/55R20 tyres. They do dull the performance a bit and one has to watch speed as they are rated to 99mph only. Not that we'd be anywhere near that on UK roads obviously. Only Range Rovers since 1988

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CS wrote:

Mine shows just above 25mpg over 18,000 miles. Almost all "oot the road" i.e. hardly any town use. Almost always Shell V Power. Winter is less economical as Goodyear Duratracs have notably higher rolling resistance than Pirelli Scorpion Verde, and am off road more then too.

What size wheels and Duratrac tyres you using through the winter please? Just about to pick up my 5.0ltr SVA and was considering some winter wheels and tyres

Hi Brad, do you know if the 20” 502’s fit the SVA

Think I need some wheels for the winter months as the 22” wheels are such a low profile they are sure to get damaged somehow  "UNDERSTEER" ----is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"OVERSTEER" ------is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"HORSEPOWER" ----is how fast you hit the fence.
"TORQUE" -----------is how far you take the fence with you.

Your dealer will be able to tell you, or you could message Dan@Duckworths. My wheels came from Dan, he occasionally advertises unused wheels with tyres that customers are changing. Excellent product, service and price from Dan I thought (I have no connection with Duckworths other than as a wheel buyer). There are more recent styles for 2019MY cars that should fit the winter tyres too.

If you are not going to do much off road then more road focussed winter tyres might suit you better. If you look at ownerinfo.landrover.com you will see the LR homologated list, Pirelli Scorpion Winter, Michelin Latitude Alpin 2 among others. Only Range Rovers since 1988

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Hi Brad, do you know if the 20” 502’s fit the SVA

Think I need some wheels for the winter months as the 22” wheels are such a low profile they are sure to get damaged somehow

If it has the same 6 piston brembos my AB has yes.

regarding what CS mentioned about calling the dealer. They'll tell you the smallest wheel you can fit is 21" for whatever reason, same with tire shops. The 20's however do fit.

Here they are test fit, on my car.

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Got my 4.4 back in late April and 11,000 miles in I am averaging 33-35mpg - considering most of my week-day mileage is town-to-town, only letting rip at the weekends, I am very happy with that figure.

I once owned an Audit S8 (the 4.2 V - had it 2 years and put 70,000+ miles on it, at an average of 19mph!

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