27 MPG

[LODGE-WAGON]

27 MPG Was pleasantly surprised when I check my freeway mileage yesterday. I filled up and drove on a flat freeway for exactly 50 miles and filled again. It took exactly 1.8 gallons. 50÷1.8=27.7

 

[LODGE-WAGON]

This was with the a.c. on and a bit of a tail wind.

 

[AngusMacG]

Speed?

 

[Kruegerruda]

Have seen 30mpg (diesel) on a trip at Scottisch Highlands and Lewis/Harris. Mostly small roads, 50-80km/h, sometimes 100km/h.

 

[LODGE-WAGON]

Speed?

I was using cruise control at an average of 71 mph. Was on I-84 from Hood Rover, Oregon to GreshamOregon.

 

[Michael_in_Baja]

Have seen 30mpg (diesel) on a trip at Scottisch Highlands and Lewis/Harris. Mostly small roads, 50-80km/h, sometimes 100km/h.

These were my optimum speeds for mpg breaking in my B58. I found having multiple attendents at multiple stations pumping gas (reqired) in Oregon made my observed mpg impossible to accurately gauge. I wound up getting 17-18 over the 800 mile break in ride home which averaged 53 mph.

 

[CRH]

My best, according to on board computer and not own calculations, was a 220mile round trip. Mainly on UK motorways at around 55-65mph. This was also mostly on m62 which has a climb to and from 1221 feet. Either side I may have been near sea level. The computer gave me 32mpg!!! I have front & rear lockers plus the KO2 tyres.
I have done the same drive at 28mpg, again using on board readings. Local 10 mile or so runs I would get around 24mpg. Longer runs 27-28mpg seems normal whatever the roads, twisty and slow or motorway.

 

[lightning]

That's similar mileage to my old Defender TD5 110.
l guess that makes sense as it's a similar shape.

My 2022 Defender will do 38-40mpg at a steady 70mph and around 28mpg in city driving.

At 70mph the engine is turning at 1,500 rpm where on my old Defender it was nearer 3,000 rpm at that speed.

 

[Clark Kent]

Mentioning it again for awareness...

UK MPG and US MPG are not the same so don't compare economy figures without doing the conversion first.
1 Imperial (UK) gallon = 1.2009 US gallons
1 US gallon = 0.8326 Imperial gallons

For beermat, or zip-thud pub/bar level of accuracy, US * 1.2 = UK MPG and UK * 0.8 = US MPG.
Conversion calculator here. (there are many available).

 

[trobex]

Best I had was 330km nothing over 100km except for maybe a 20k section, mostly 90km due to traffic etc - was 9.9L/100km. Just cracked the barrier!