You would be surprised how many RRS owners are running around without a spare.
Most of them are completely unaware that it has been stolen.
Once did a quick survey of my home town and of 18 Sports not one of them had the spare wheel (except mine obviously as it is fitted with antitheft device). 2008 MY Java Black TDV8 HSE

Perhaps the nickable spare is LR's answer to VW's emissions cheat device. Wheel gets nicked, emissions improved. Easy.  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Slim444 wrote:

I ran 19's with ice and snow tyres on over winter (and beyond) and it raped the fuel consumption, about 10% more than with 20's wearing Hankook boots. Then again, to be expected!
Probably going to return to the 19's when the tyres are shot on the 20's, but put normal tyres on. I wouldn't mind the fuel consumption if it did the quoted, but measured consumption is still no-where near book, even on long runs, so any gains welcome!

cheers

I need to know truthfully..... who HAS taken the harmonic weights off to increase fuel consumption
someone somewhere must have tried it ?? 2007, HSE, Cairnes Blue, Factory tints, Love it !!!

RRSTDV8 wrote:

I run 255/55/19 Grabber AT at the moment and I get maybe 22mpg over all. On a steady run with not too much acceleration that goes up to maybe 26mpg. I'd expect a couple of mpg improvement if running on road rubber.

I'm thinking of going back to Pirelli ATR for summer use with Duratrac for winter/ play times. The ATR is probably a better tyre for me most of the time. Lack of supply was the issue previously but seems to be sorted now. The Duratrac looks to be an excellent all rounder but perhaps a bit too off road for most of my use.

I also use the BAS FBH controller every morning to start warming the vehicle before I set off. That will impact the fuel economy figures too as it runs for 30 minutes and uses maybe 1/2 litre each time. That's half a gallon each week straight away.

But I never bought the RRS with fuel in mind. If I did, I wouldn't have used it to do 27,000 miles last year!

Thanks for the info on your fuel consumption, much appreciated. I was starting to think I should have gone for a 3.6 but think my 4.4 is pretty damn good now !

I've got 255/55/19 Pirelli Scorpion Zero m+s on mine, basically what it came with when I bought it and they seem pretty good. They are very quiet! I test drove another Sport shod with Supercharged rims and tyres and above 20mph the tyre noise was excessive!

Going to do a bit of research on winter or all season tyres and see whats out there for this season.

Do you use the remote heater even in the summer time? Just curious really. My RRS temp gauge goes from cold to needle in the middle, normal in about 3/4mile!
My old diesel Audi used to take about 4 miles to get the heat through and was a total pain in the winter!

Gornal Hills wrote:

I need to know truthfully..... who HAS taken the harmonic weights off to increase fuel consumption
someone somewhere must have tried it ??

I read on another forum, a guy over in the States had done so and reported no handling ill effects so was wondering if anyone over here had done so?

The pain is, for the D3 and first generation Sport you need to lift off the body from the chassis to remove them, later models the weights are cast in two and can be simply unbolted.

I would love to know

grey17 wrote:

Do you use the remote heater even in the summer time? Just curious really. My RRS temp gauge goes from cold to needle in the middle, normal in about 3/4mile!
My old diesel Audi used to take about 4 miles to get the heat through and was a total pain in the winter!

grey17 wrote:

Gornal Hills wrote:

I need to know truthfully..... who HAS taken the harmonic weights off to increase fuel consumption
someone somewhere must have tried it ??

I read on another forum, a guy over in the States had done so and reported no handling ill effects so was wondering if anyone over here had done so?

The pain is, for the D3 and first generation Sport you need to lift off the body from the chassis to remove them, later models the weights are cast in two and can be simply unbolted.

I would love to know

The weights are for the benefit of the passengers, I believe, not handling.

And seriously, if you want a fuel efficient RRS buy a SDV6. The 4.4 petrol is never going to be fuel efficient.  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Hi RRSTDV8

The weights on the rear chassis are Harmonic mass balance weights and are for vibration damping at a particular frequency, not passenger comfort.

If it was for the latter or handling then they would not be rubber mounted and free swinging but just simply bolted on.
The rubber mounts and weights are to damp acoustic vibrations.

Anyone with a facelifted Sport of D4 can fairly easily unbolt them

I'd say from your figures theres not much in it between the 3.6 and 4.4 although your tyres most likely account for a bit.

Paddi wrote:

You would be surprised how many RRS owners are running around without a spare.
Most of them are completely unaware that it has been stolen.
Once did a quick survey of my home town and of 18 Sports not one of them had the spare wheel (except mine obviously as it is fitted with antitheft device).

You sound like a lot of fun

Paddi wrote:

You would be surprised how many RRS owners are running around without a spare.
Most of them are completely unaware that it has been stolen.
Once did a quick survey of my home town and of 18 Sports not one of them had the spare wheel (except mine obviously as it is fitted with antitheft device).

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic44946.html

Already replied to that question on your mpg thread. 2008 MY Java Black TDV8 HSE

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Hi Slim.

Good to hear from you and thats an interesting comparison with your winters vs summer boots. Winters have a much softer compound and some can increase rolling resistance quite a lot.

Have a look through something like this for a thorough review before you buy your next set.

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2015-...e-Test.htm

I'll be buying some this year so will read up as well.[/quote]


A good read for sure, but I won't be buying any more winter tyres. They came on the 19's when I bought them, so though I might as well get the use. Ice & Snow tyres are a bit excessive for our climate unless you potter about in the Highlands of Scotland on a regular basis! Might put 'em back on if we get winters like we used to in the mid 80's

cheers

I cleared the mud out of the rear wheel arches to save weight

I got 2 dust pan fulls out of one side. (don't know if that is typical)

and then some anti rust treatment


http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic45005.html