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[charliepie]

sounds about right my father just bought a 2.4 petrol it a 98 Highway Star he gets around 35-40mpg on a run cruising at 55-60mph with the OD on

Those figures are very impressive! I get about 18-20 on a similar run in my 2.4 4wd. Maybe 14 around town at best. Was hoping for 17 around town but not too far short so can't complain too much

[Popslargo]

The 4wd is probally the reason me dads is the 2wd 2.4 model the 1978 Rover SD1 I had came with a 3speed auto linked to a 3.5ltr V8 did around 19mpg in town and 30-35 on a run topped out at 140mph lol

[gixxerboy]

i think 35-40 from a 2.4 sound to good to be true,are you sure you worked it out right or is that what commerfords told you it will do.sorry if i sound blunt but the petrol drivers on here get less mpg than the diesel drivers and a diesel driver would struggle to get 35-40mpg from there bus. i've heard all sorts of stories from people trying to sell there buses saying there car does this to the gallon knowing it does nowhere near what they claim.

[Popslargo]

Well Its more a gues then anything else we brimmed the tank in at the fuel station by preston park then went to Redcar then from redcar to osmotherly via Yarm and back to eaglescliffe on just under a quarter of a tank so i'd guess 30-35 mpg could be wrong though but either way its pretty decent for a 2.4 on a 4speed auto

[gixxerboy]

the way i work mine out is from empty i put fuel in.then work out how many gallons it is and then divide the milage covered by the gallons.
so 20quid= 14.18 liters(diesel)
14.18 liters divided by 4.54 = 3.12 gallons divided by my miles covered.

[charliepie]

this thread has prompted me to run through my figures again...

over the last 11,000kms I have used 1885 litres of lpg + 850 litres of unleaded (£1347 + £ 997) = 2735lits

if you do the maths that comes to 11.4mpg
not too great but at least the lpg helps to balance the cost a bit

lpg average 71ppl and unleaded £1.17ppl over that period(Oct 2009 - March 2012)

[Popslargo]

Makes you feels for the por sods in their common as muck land rovers they're lucky if the get 10mpg

[gixxerboy]

ive spoken to a few lads that have the big 3-3.5 turbo diesels and they reckon there getting 35 to the gallon.i dont know how they work it out but i carnt see that.

[Popslargo]

the 3 and 3.5 Landies they'd be lucky to get 15mpg with the V8 petrol as for the diesel I'd say no more then 25mpg at a push

[gixxerboy]

i was on about the big nissan pick ups.at the time i had a 1.6 pug 306 and i was just getting 40-44 mpg on a run at 70-80mph