Fuel economy

Alprider said:

Just completed a round trip of about 4200km in our petrol Trailmaster mostly motorway averaged 114km/hr (140km/h on motorway) Went from the French alps down through Spain to Faro in Portugal and then back home via the Sierra Nevada so hit a few hills.

The dash said 18.4 L/100km so about 15.3 mpg not ideal as that was not towing but with a full boot of luggage…

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DaveB said:

Unfortunately when driving large, boxy, slab fronted, heavy bricks on motorways your fuel economy really suffers.

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Firestarter_phil said:

I just didn't expect it to be worse than my slab fronted, heavy Defender at the same speed

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Firestarter_phil said:

I just didn't expect it to be worse than my slab fronted, heavy Defender at the same speed

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trobex said:

Australia, both diesel and petrol are now at $2.20 and have been for nearly 2 weeks in our area. No sign of it coming down... funnily enough oil is up only about $6US a barrel (or 8%) yet prices here have gone from $1.59 to $2.29 in the same two weeks. I think like Alan Joyce ripping of Quantas customers - fuel importers are doing the same!

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nzmark said:

Petrol is well over NZ$3.10/litre in New Zealand!

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Tom D said:

Today’s trip to work. Mostly motorway with stop start traffic on Edinburgh’s bypass and through the middle of Glasgow. About 100 miles.

I’m quite pleased with this. Wasn’t going slow, just keeping up with traffic.

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Lollo050968 said:

...without RTT. 13.5-14.00L/100km
now driven ~6000km

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Lollo050968 said:

Lucky!
Germany, monday morning
E5 2,00€/l
E10 1,94€/l
100 Oktan (called super plus) 2,25€/l

Average consumption petrol with RTT 15.0l/100km
without RTT. 13.5-14.00L/100km
now driven ~6000km

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YellowLab said:

What is RTT - have not heard of that before

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Pat said:

Fieldmaster Diesel with Dueler tyres
So far 3500km in the first month
Average consumption: 10.5L/100km (also measured after topping up)
Consumption is pretty sensitive to the weight of your foot ;-)
My typical trip is 40km from home in the country side to the city: going downhill from 350m above sea level to 50m above sea level 9L/100km and on the way back uphill 11.5/100km including 10km of city centre traffic.
Highway consumption at 120km speed is between 11.5 and 12L/100km
Not too bad but a new G-Class 400 Diesel consumes one Liter less according to my friend's experience.

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Tom109 said:

Roof Top Tent

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DaveB said:

Unfortunately when driving large, boxy, slab fronted, heavy bricks on motorways your fuel economy really suffers.

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emax said:

Yes, the Grenadier really is a royal car.

It has a drag coefficient like the Buckingham Palace.

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emax said:

Yes, the Grenadier really is a royal car.

It has a drag coefficient like the Buckingham Palace.

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