Just been in a mates 2.5 vectra. The onboard computer showed an average fuel consumption of 16mpg, and when accelerating hard for a couple of seconds it only got 7.5mpg A vectra is supposedly a normal family car but these figures are awful . Our 'gas guzzling 4x4' does 40mpg  2002 Discovery Adventurer LE
1998 Freelander xedi
Ertl limited edition RRS model number 817

it is on parr with our AC Cobra, £25.00 to do about a 19 mile jolly, but a family car, that cannot be right  no regrets!
ONE LIFE LIVE IT.

Subaru Impreza's are even worse and they only have a 2.0litre engine and a much lighter body! Friend of mine has a WRX hatchback and reckons he has never seen better than 18mpg, ever, even with very restrained driving! And it's CO2 emissions make it a good friend of Gordon Brown - much higher than the RRS.................. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

I rest my case me lord

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Baron how the hell do you manage that, do you just drive down hills  some of my Previous cars
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P38 Range Rover Autobiography
RRS 2.7 HSE Silver
RRS TDV8 HSE silver
FFRR Vogue black
Disco3 HSE silver
RRS 2.7 HSE silver
RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
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current vehicles
RRS 3.0 L494 Autobiography
Audi R8 V10 Spyder
AC Cobra
Landrover Defender 90
Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

That was in the D3 tdv6 hire car

Mine is doing 23.6 today

But does it with STYLE   SDV8 vogue SE.
Corris grey and ivory leather + most of the toys.
Limited edition RRS model number 0001
Gone TDV8 RR Sport. Never to be forgotten.

Wife has an i8 BMW

Baron wrote:

That was in the D3 tdv6 hire car

Mine is doing 23.6 today

But does it with STYLE

 MY12 SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ebony/Piano/Sidesteps/Privacy/Overfinch Olympus/JLR DRLs

If the environmentalists get their way we will have to leave our 4x4 's at the city gates and drive a small space efficient vehicle that doesn't clog the roads.

MINE(Click) will be in java and alpaca naturally.

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Baron wrote:

That was in the D3 tdv6 hire car

Mine is doing 23.6 today

But does it with STYLE

That makes me feel a whole lot better  some of my Previous cars
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P38 Range Rover Autobiography
RRS 2.7 HSE Silver
RRS TDV8 HSE silver
FFRR Vogue black
Disco3 HSE silver
RRS 2.7 HSE silver
RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
______________________________
current vehicles
RRS 3.0 L494 Autobiography
Audi R8 V10 Spyder
AC Cobra
Landrover Defender 90
Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

I filled up in the centre of Glasgow yesterday and drove home, through the "coming out of town on a Saturday" traffic, uphill and down dale in the country and then along the flat of the A811 to Stirling last night, through town to Falkirk, town centre driving on a Saturday night and this is what the average fuel consumption is showing now. This is the best that I have ever had in non motorway/long haul, steady speed driving. I don't know whether to put it down to having run 3 tanks full of "branded" (Shell and Esso) ordinary diesel (not optimax or ultimate) through the system instead of the Sainsbury's cheapest that I have nearly always used since taking delivery of the car 2 years ago. Thess miles have been run in the same driving conditions that give me 26-28mpg on Sainsbury fuel and my driving technique - at the speed limit for the road/conditions- hasn't changed. I am now regularly seeing 450 miles out of 65-70 litres of diesel so for me fuel stops are coming up ever 2 weeks at the moment. Doubtless it will all be put back to the bad old days when the car goes in for it's 2nd service in a couple of weeks time - the indicator has just come on to say 30 days to next service and this car has never had good economy after a service and they have fiddled with the ECUs.

For the Colonials
30.1 miles per gallon (British/Imperial) equals 9.38 liters/100 km

You all know that its just jealousy that pics out the 4x4's loads of cars are much worse than ours its all just a case of ( Said in my best Tony Montana voice ) " Look at the bad guy . You people need people like me so you can point your F ing fingers & say thats the bad guy"

TonyMeg wrote:

You all know that its just jealousy that pics out the 4x4's loads of cars are much worse than ours its all just a case of ( Said in my best Tony Montana voice ) " Look at the bad guy . You people need people like me so you can point your F ing fingers & say thats the bad guy"

You're dead right right Tony! We're just the scapegoats for all the other hypocrites using the road. If they REALLY cared, they'd ride a bike or walk. But no.., instead they carry on polluting and blame US to clear their conscience for the current state of the environment!  MY12 SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ebony/Piano/Sidesteps/Privacy/Overfinch Olympus/JLR DRLs

That was my vectra btw.

today was a good day in it as i got 26.3mpg!

I normally use it for short jurneys that why its low. When i take it for a long run then it goes up a lot.

Last weekend I ran down from Kent to Dartmouth around 280 mile. Average speed of 58MPH and achieved an average of 30.8 MPG on BP standard D
I didnt get a photo though.

JG