RRS 4.2 supercharged - running costs?

[grand cherokee]

i drive a 4.4 V8 Range Rover - getting currently 16.1mpg with rural driving

dropped to about 12mpg in urban driving at times

never had 20mpg even cruising on a motorway

but love the car and with the slightest mod its a least as quick as a 4.2 SC!!! with non of the problems

Edited by grand cherokee on Saturday 1st September 11:39

[dubbs]

At least as quick with none of the problems? What are the problems with the 4.2 S/C aside fuel consumption which a chipped TDV8 will not improve on when giving it beans?

You make it sounds like the 4.2S/C is full of problems and the TDV8 isn't - not so. Both have foibles.

[grand cherokee]

dubbs said:

At least as quick with none of the problems? What are the problems with the 4.2 S/C aside fuel consumption which a chipped TDV8 will not improve on when giving it beans?

You make it sounds like the 4.2S/C is full of problems and the TDV8 isn't - not so. Both have foibles.

come on about problems - you know as well as me - see FFRR forum?

and do not talk about LPG conversions - lol!

[krusty]

grand cherokee said:

never had 20mpg even cruising on a motorway

We had just over 21 from ours on a 200+ mile run to Cornwall last year and even a 40 mile run to Beaulieu yesterday was showing as 19.2

[ProjectBayern]

I sold my RR TDV8 yesterday and previously have had a RRS 4.2SC.

They are both fantastic cars but expensive to run. The RRS SC is ridiculous on fuel, I have a Bentley Continental now and that's better on fuel than the SC was. I also had loads of electrical problems with the RRS. Ford ear car and it showed in the build quality, electric memory seats went along with a few other things on the comfort module and the plastics never felt up to standing the test of time. In honesty I don't ever remember being particularly shocked by the price of brakes and tyres in comparison to any other prestige/4x4.

Range Rover TDV8 I've just sold is literally the best car I've ever owned and all the car anyone would ever need. I own a tuning company so the first thing I did was remap it and the extra torque made a huge difference. I have a progressive driving style so the mpg never really went above 23 but I've remapped friends cars who've seen the mpg go as high as 30. My car still had it's problems though, EGR valve fault, horrible road noises when run on certain tyres, alarm sensor under the bonnet went twice (meaning I had to open the bonnet, then lock the car on the key then disconnect the batter and shut the bonnet every night for a week whilst I found the time to whip it in to be replaced). Nothing major and certainly shouldn't detract from the plus sides of RR ownership...........get one bought.........you won't regret it.

C

[grand cherokee]

krusty said:

We had just over 21 from ours on a 200+ mile run to Cornwall last year and even a 40 mile run to Beaulieu yesterday was showing as 19.2

you must drive like pre menstrual nun - on a good day?

i've again checked figures - average 16.7mpg - and thats driving with a VERY easy right foot

Edited by grand cherokee on Saturday 15th September 12:53

[dubbs]

I'd get low 20s on motorway runs and around 14-17mpg in town, which living in SE London meant most of the time.

[355fiorano]

Just did a roundtrip from London to Paris in a 4.2 SC,. Average 17.3mpg
Long run MPG over the last 3 months is around 15.1 mpg
When i first got it I was struggling to get it to above 12mpg. Clearly training the right foot is working.

[OdramaSwimLaden]

I had a new 2006 FFRR Supercharged and can never remember seeing 20+ MPG. Motorway runs would be late teens and london driving was as low as 9 MPG. More usually town driving (London) was 13-16 MPG.

In 2 years it was 100% reliable though.....rare!

[djo]

Oooh, after all these posts I cannto resist the temptaton to come in..sorry! I have had a 2007 07 FFRR from new (so 5 years now) and it has covered 43,000miles. Over the last year I have seen appx 20mpg on the motorway and dropping down to around 16 in town, averaging about 18. Not bad, but also pretty much where LR stated it should be. Best of all it is a qhole 1mpg better than the 4.4 BMW petrol FFRR that I had before.

still not great, but a great car and like the previous poster apart from a new radiator, touch wood, the car has been faultless!

[jackbauer]

so anyone with a 3.6 TDV8 doing urban only in built up area such as london? whats a realistic figure?

my BMW E60 530i (petrol) returned on average 23-24mpg for urban driving including some A road driving. urban only would drop to 20-21mpg. by urban i mean town centre with speed humps on every side road, traffic lights everywhere and slow moving traffic. and this was from the refined 3.0 litre engine that had official figures of 26.2 mpg urban. I was happy with that. if i get those figures from the beastly TDV8, id be happy.

[CycleSi]

I'm getting 21.2 mpg in built up town driving in my TDV8.

[911Thrasher]

Had a 2006 4.2 FFRR supercharged - my average consumption was roughly 300miles on a full tank (150GBP) in Central London...could stretch to 350-400miles on highway at 80mph cruise control.

[Tyre Smoke]

My RRS S/c does 14 around Devon and a bit more on a run, probably 16. It does 10 when towing the caravan. It's also de-catted and on 22's which make a bit of difference. The de-cat made about 15% difference (for the good) on fuel consumption.

[puss]

Surely if you de-cat any car it will fail on the latest emissions tests for an MOT? Or am I missing something?

[Tyre Smoke]

Quite possibly.

I couldn't comment.