Considering I have been driving pretty hard the past week or so I was surprised to see my consumption figures.

Cons1 is overall, cons2 is that the current tank of fuel. Who said running a TDV8 is expensive? (OK it is due and MOT and an Oil service now...)

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Not bad, just got an average of 26 on my last tank. Had a trip to the lakes with mixed driving so thought that was quite good.

Last week I averaged 31.7 mpg for all 584 miles I did. Checked it by briming the tank and then filling it again.

Curiously the display only showed between 31.3 and 31.5 all week.



Edit:

Ooops, think was for TDV8 owners... obviously you are using the extra power.

Yes, this was JUST for TDV8 owners, how dare you enter our midst...lowly TD6 driver

GET OUT!


Kidding.

In all seriousness, althought the car felt awesome today on a 260 mile round trip, I do wonder what JE could do with it  Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Fox, I seemed to get about the same out of my JE'd TD6 to be honest.

I never made above 29mpg, even on a long round Europe trip last year (2009)

That was a good trip. Would love to do that in the TDV8. Awesome. Until you've had one, you just don't know how good it can be. Less wheezy, VERY gutsy, LOADS of torque, 60-100mph is phenomenal.

Just wait till you get one

Or, better still, the new TDV8. I hope I can get one of those one day. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

towing this weekend 19mpg As for towing performance  No body told me there would be days like these

L Reg dark purple/burgundy sort of Disco
R Reg very red disco
Bright Silver disco TD5
Sort of bright girly powder blue disco TD5
Gone (a while back) 1999 P38 4ltre Autobiography. 13 miles to the gallon, 10,000 miles to the engine
Gone MY06 RRS HSE Rimini Red
Gone MY10 RRS HSE Purple
Gone 2007 TDV8 Vogue OF Stornoway Grey (In Love again)
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Baltic Blue
MY66 VOGUE TDV6 3.0 Red

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That was a good trip. Would love to do that in the TDV8. Awesome. Until you've had one, you just don't know how good it can be. Less wheezy, VERY gutsy, LOADS of torque, 60-100mph is phenomenal.

Just wait till you get one Thumbs Up

Or, better still, the new TDV8. I hope I can get one of those one day.

At the risk of going a bit off topic... (again)

I would love a TDV8, I've looked for one a couple of times, but I was so spoilt with what I paid for my Td6 that I have a psychological problem paying 35k-45k for a good TDV8 when my Td6 (which was and is good) was only 24k at three years old and low milage. To pay so much for one two or three years old makes me think it's a lot more sensible to just go for new... and I can't afford one of those. Particularly as other than better acceleration and better refinement everything else is pretty much the same. So it's like spending 20k just to have less noise moving from the Td6 to the TDV8. Bare in mind that at over 31mpg I drive mostly like an OAP and 90% of my driving is commuting into/out of London where performance is pretty irrelevent.
I just can't make the TDV8 argument add up for my personal position. It feels like buying a bigger lump of future depreciation. Maybe later when the new model is out and TDV8 prices drop as they are not the current engine...

Ramble over.

Its a hard one to call, my change was different, and has been exaggerated by the jump from RRS TDV6 to FF TDV8, but oh boy what a differnce. Know most of the uplift is from RRS to FF but the engine and performance is awesome. Gone back 2 years but worth it x2 in my humble uninformed opinion, had i bit the bullet in September would have saved £10k No body told me there would be days like these

L Reg dark purple/burgundy sort of Disco
R Reg very red disco
Bright Silver disco TD5
Sort of bright girly powder blue disco TD5
Gone (a while back) 1999 P38 4ltre Autobiography. 13 miles to the gallon, 10,000 miles to the engine
Gone MY06 RRS HSE Rimini Red
Gone MY10 RRS HSE Purple
Gone 2007 TDV8 Vogue OF Stornoway Grey (In Love again)
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Baltic Blue
MY66 VOGUE TDV6 3.0 Red

i can get 28.6mpg on a long run and usually around 24 normal driving this is an improvement of around 1 mpg since an autologic upgrade to 320 bhp!

forgot to say just run in with 80000mls on clock

Well having come to the TDV8 from a 4.4 V8 Discovery I am amazed at the economy.

OK, having the 4.4 made me drive more gently but it used to average about 21. On a run up to Washington, steady 65 all the way it would manage 24.

The same run in the FF this week gave me 37.8 average, again at 65 all the way. Coming back I had about 600 kilos of kit in the back too. BTW, I never break speed limits on company time

Towing the tintent 2 weeks back gave me 23 average. Mostly A roads in the Peak district where I also discovered that the thing pulls like a train. The torque going up hills is nothing short of awesome.

TBH I was going to get it re-mapped but now, well, why bother ?? It'd pull the Forth road bridge from its mounts if you left it long enough

remap is well worth it it just gives you that edge when towing or blowing away boyracers or both at the same time!

lrdaft,

Did you drive the TDV8 before it got chipped so you knew the difference? Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

I have noticed that on my 3.0 V6 CRD 300c the fuel consumption figures are much better when travelling quite fast and 75-80mph seems about the best!

On a trip I get 35 mph+ and about 28 mpg urban mix....

Not sure if the same is the case with the TDV8.

rruk
i drive all landrover products every day and you always know which ones are chipped
sometimes standard ones fell quite sluggish especially tdv6 sport & d3 and td5 2011 4.4tdv8 vogue black with black
2005 autobiography supercharged in Auckland blue!
2005 supercharged now sold
2011evoque now sold
2007 tdv8 vogue se gone but not forgotten
rrsport 2.7 hse gone
4.4 autobiography 2004