I managed 29 yesterday evening, on a clear 181mile run from Swansea to Central London:slayer:
General Lowest 500 Twinair mpg?
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General Lowest 500 Twinair mpg?
You didn't get stuck in that accident traffic at J34 did you?
1 hour to go 5 miles!
1 hour to go 5 miles!
The key to crap mpg is using the brakes a lot.
Still 50% better then my Merc!!
Good effort!
Staying on that subject - I had a ride in one of the new Range Rover Sport 5.0 V8s the other day (my mate is a journalist and covers the Motoring section of his paper, so he gets to test vehicles on a regular basis).
We did an approx 20 mile stretch from Southampton to Ringwood without any real traffic; it averaged 11.2mpg!
How the other half live eh....
Staying on that subject - I had a ride in one of the new Range Rover Sport 5.0 V8s the other day (my mate is a journalist and covers the Motoring section of his paper, so he gets to test vehicles on a regular basis).
We did an approx 20 mile stretch from Southampton to Ringwood without any real traffic; it averaged 11.2mpg!
How the other half live eh....
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Good effort!
Staying on that subject - I had a ride in one of the new Range Rover Sport 5.0 V8s the other day (my mate is a journalist and covers the Motoring section of his paper, so he gets to test vehicles on a regular basis).
We did an approx 20 mile stretch from Southampton to Ringwood without any real traffic; it averaged 11.2mpg!
How the other half live eh....
True, but how many sales in the UK will be with that engine? Basically none. Whereas in the Middle East where unleaded is effectively free......
Having worked in a rr dealer for a little while, a surprising amount.....
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Was it in Cheshire?
North Wales, Conwy Land Rover. It's quite funny to see someone come in and just buy a 100k+ Range Rover as if they were doing the weekly shop at Sainsburys. I was expecting a big red light to go off when we were buying a 500 that cost less than a 10th of that......
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To get that sort of mpg on a 'clear' run you must have been breaking a speed limit or two. Or just holding it on the limiter in third
To get that sort of mpg on a 'clear' run you must have been breaking a speed limit or two. Or just holding it on the limiter in third
Or drive with the handbrake on
It's all about the tyre pressures
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Yes, it was a totally clear run & I drove it rather quickly
The strange thing is was if I'd taken my Brera & driven at that speed, I would have got 24mpg.
I know o keep saying it but the 500 is brilliant - totally love it
The strange thing is was if I'd taken my Brera & driven at that speed, I would have got 24mpg.
I know o keep saying it but the 500 is brilliant - totally love it
