Thoughts, I have been thinking of changing my 2006 TDV8 for something else, I have been going round in circles thinking of an alternative, I love the RR it is the 5th I have had, and I cant think what to get. Conclusion I have come to is L405 3.0 Vogue , it looks like real world fuel economy will be around 60% better and road tax about half, make sense???

I justified a good proportion of my L405 on the much improved fuel economy

Don't forget to factor in all the things that are about to go wrong with a 10 year old car too

which version did you get and what sort of economy do you get?

SDV8 VSE - I get much more than I used to, but not as high as some - mainly due to being the owner of a lear right foot.....

A fill of somewhere between 85 & 90 litres gets me 550 miles at worst and 650 at best.

That makes the maths a lot easier I get about 180 to 210 for the same amount of fuel albeit mine is petrol and I do about 25 to 30k a year mmmm thinking

Just worth checking which L405 3.0 diesel is the one going pop. I understand that there is a 3.0 lump with quite a high failure rate.

Otherwise, sounds a good option to me.  2006 4.2 SC
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What is the real world mpg of a 3.0tdv6 l405?

had mine for 2 years and got a heavy right foot on motorways, get around 35mpg real world and do about 12k miles per year

My 3.0 TDV6 L405 averages about 34mpg. I also like the road tax at £230 although the benefit is entirely psychological given the overall cost of ownership.

Just be careful because if you drive one you'll want one !

I must either have a problem with car or doing something wrong - I get about 350 miles to the tank in my SDV8!!

I do mostly open A roads & motorways - only about 20% around town - but even so, 350 sounds poor.

Well just filled mine up, got down to 4 miles left on range. Tank took 80.5 litres and range showed 382 miles... no idea if that is 'normal' or not? I am a little confused or mistaken as I vaguely remember people saying their cars take 85-90 litres, mine certainly doesn't. Maybe i have taken that out of context & it was a different model, or even engine. I thought they had an 82 litre tank, which my recent fill seems to confirm ?

Edit: just googled and it looks like it is an 86 litre tank

40+ on the motorway and 29 around town, average is about 35.

spec from handbook

Fuel tank (usable) V6 Diesel 89L
All other vehicles 105L

I average about 32mpg , but most of my trips are short, on a long run I get easily over 40mpg various other LR's this one is still the best