27-07-2014, 05:18pm
After all the moaning that has gone on here including myself about the poor MPG, now here is an eye opener.
I decided to take a short break but instead of flying I decided to take the car to Brighton. Now I live in Lisburn, Northern Ireland and there are several routes I could have taken but chose Lisburn to Rosslare (ROI), Ferry to Fishguard (Wales), Fishguard to Brighton. Distance by road would be approximately 550 miles.
Tank of Diesel cost me around £73 and we set off at a steady speed of 52MPH As you can see in the 1st photo.
Average fuel started to increase as in 2nd photo and again in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th photo.
Four to Five hours later we arrived at the port of Rosslare, Ferry trip took a little over 3 hours. Arrived at Fishguard early doors and then continued on through the early hours to Brighton. We arrived In Brighton around 10am. The Average fuel showed 56.4mpg as in photo 7, photo 8 shows Distance to Empty 116 Miles. Photo 9 shows Trip of 558.2 Miles had been driven on one tank of fuel. The following day (still not refueled) we drove to Thorpe Park and Chertsey before returning back to Brighton. On Fuel up photos 10 shows 42 miles to empty, Photo 11 shows Total trip of 632.4 Miles travelled on one tank of fuel. Photo 12 shows average speed of 43MPH, photo 13 shows Average Fuel 54.9MPG.
Now I personally feel it is time to close the argument on this topic. I have forwarded this information onto LR and they can make what they want of it but it goes to show that this Car is capable of great mileage provided you don't thrash the arse out of it and drive sensibly.
SD4 Pure with 13k on the clock.
I decided to take a short break but instead of flying I decided to take the car to Brighton. Now I live in Lisburn, Northern Ireland and there are several routes I could have taken but chose Lisburn to Rosslare (ROI), Ferry to Fishguard (Wales), Fishguard to Brighton. Distance by road would be approximately 550 miles.
Tank of Diesel cost me around £73 and we set off at a steady speed of 52MPH As you can see in the 1st photo.
Average fuel started to increase as in 2nd photo and again in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th photo.
Four to Five hours later we arrived at the port of Rosslare, Ferry trip took a little over 3 hours. Arrived at Fishguard early doors and then continued on through the early hours to Brighton. We arrived In Brighton around 10am. The Average fuel showed 56.4mpg as in photo 7, photo 8 shows Distance to Empty 116 Miles. Photo 9 shows Trip of 558.2 Miles had been driven on one tank of fuel. The following day (still not refueled) we drove to Thorpe Park and Chertsey before returning back to Brighton. On Fuel up photos 10 shows 42 miles to empty, Photo 11 shows Total trip of 632.4 Miles travelled on one tank of fuel. Photo 12 shows average speed of 43MPH, photo 13 shows Average Fuel 54.9MPG.
Now I personally feel it is time to close the argument on this topic. I have forwarded this information onto LR and they can make what they want of it but it goes to show that this Car is capable of great mileage provided you don't thrash the arse out of it and drive sensibly.
SD4 Pure with 13k on the clock.