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1. brickwizard - Member

   Bought one a few months ago. TD4 XS love it but bit dissapointed on the average mpg figure.
   currently 30mpg arount town rising to 40ish on a good run.
   Is this the norm?

   Posted 3 months ago #
2. Flaperon - Member

   Yep.

   Posted 3 months ago #
3. MrGrim - Member

   Yes

   Posted 3 months ago #
4. Stoner - Member

   which engine?
   I have a FL 1B (series 1, but with some of the silliness fixed. Still called a gaylander down the pub round these parts though )

   I get about 35mpg on average out of it. 2.0L TD4 common rail. It's a good engine.

   Posted 3 months ago #
5. project - Member

   Ah the Bmw designed, Rover with a Citroen/Peugot engine,built by scoucers for an indian company.

   Its a big thing to drag along the road and not that aerodynamic, switch off the aircon, and when stopped at trafic lights,drive at a steady speed dont exceed 60 mph,dont accelerate hard, dont use supermarket fuel, take anyting not needed out.

   Posted 3 months ago #
6. Inbred456 - Member

   The series one td4 was a BMW engine up to 2006 with permanent 4wd. The freelander 2 has a pug engine and a haldex diff on demand 4wd. The beemer series one is the one to have apparently if your an enthusiast as with all landy's there are snags to ownership etc.

   Posted 3 months ago #
7. duntstick - Member

   I had the earlier one, effin-tank, can't imagine it got better by so much that it was enough.

   Posted 3 months ago #
8. paulosoxo - Member

   We rarely get over 30mpg combined in our auto HSE version.

   Posted 3 months ago #
9. b r - Member

   My wife has a 56 auto TD at 90k.

   Whatever you do, do not use supermarket fuel - now 3rd set of injectors...

   And 30-33mpg seems the norm, and it will also run a set of front pads between services, so keep an eye out.

   Posted 3 months ago #
10. erny - Member

    Don't think mine has ever got up to 40 mpg

    Posted 3 months ago #
11. brickwizard - Member

    eek.... Glad i dont do many miles per year! we had a Volvo V50 Drive which returned around 60mpg and £30 per year road tax!
    Big jump in running costs

    Posted 3 months ago #
12. zokes - Member

    Dunno what ours does in mpg (we're metric here in Oz), but it's on board computer reckons 7.9l/100km. That's a mixture of city, loooooooooooong drives, twisty roads and a decent amount of dirt too.

    I suspect it will drop when we put some proper wellies on it, but compared to the alternatives for what we use it for, I doubt there's anything that can touch it.

    Posted 3 months ago #

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