Gas and Mileage Question?

[jeudowe]

Clearly the gas mileage wasn't my main concern when I bought the car, but I was just surprised to see it be so terrible. Again, we're getting 15 mpg in our Range Rover around town and 19/20 on the highway (we just took it up to Maine and got 21.1 average for 6 hours! Not bad for that car).

I have to admit, albeit a bit hypocritical, it’s hard to justify going to the gas station and paying $4.90 (which is what we're averaging in our area of Connecticut... Fairfield County) only to get 13 mpg. I know I'm preaching to the quire here, but I can literally run a few errands for about 30 minutes and see a drop in the gas needle.

As you can see from my signature here, cars have been quite an obsession of mine. However, I’m starting to feel a bit guilty not being more “green”… maybe I’ll just keep the obsession and focus on something easier like recycling more plastic bags and aluminum cans!

[AzNMpower32]

The fuel consumption will improve as the engine breaks in. Give it about 10000mi.

[delhite]

highway-12-13L/100km
city-15-16L/100km

[Dave]

Just to help add some stats to this thread, I'm getting 8.3l/100km on the highway, and around 13.5km/100km city only. But it's a 3.0sd (Diesel - E70 2008 model, with 7500km)

[Craig]

Can someone convert Dave's mileage on the diesel to U.S. gallons? U.S.
MPG...

Thanks,

Craig

[PasPar2]

I dont thing i EVER got better then 17mpg in our RR. City driving was always in the 10mpg range... Our 07 v6 get around 14-16mpg in the city

Originally Posted by jeudowe

Clearly the gas mileage wasn't my main concern when I bought the car, but I was just surprised to see it be so terrible. Again, we're getting 15 mpg in our Range Rover around town and 19/20 on the highway (we just took it up to Maine and got 21.1 average for 6 hours! Not bad for that car).

[JCL]

Originally Posted by Craig

Can someone convert Dave's mileage on the diesel to U.S. gallons? U.S.
MPG...

Thanks,

Craig

Highway: 8.3 l/100 km = 34.2 mpg Imperial = 28.5 mpg US
City: 13.5 l/100 km = 21 mpg Imperial = 17.5 mpg US

Dave's city mileage is half a mpg better than my 2003 E53 3.0 in the city (14 l/100 km) The highway mileage is more of a difference, it is 5 mpg better than my vehicle was (10 l/100 km). Mine wasn't a valvetronic, but it wasn't as heavy as an E70.

For reference, 100 km/xxx litres * 4.54 / 1.6 = imperial MPG; *5 / 6 for US MPG

Cheers

Jeff

[Craig]

Thanks Jeff!

Craig

[Easroc]

I get 12-14 on my 4.4i ,and thats doing both city driving and highway ...I dont think thats too bad ....

[peacemf]

interestingly, ive noticed the american lot seem to have the bigger engines in general, when compared to the european lots..