Navara MPG

[combined tree services]

i have a 54 plate D22 and a 57 plate D40 , i personally find that the d22 is much better suited to towing and the generall running about with 3-4 sets of climbing kit and chainsaws in the back and 3 -4 of us in the cab . but when it comes to long journeys the D40 winns hands down . 3 weeks ago i drove from truro- manchester and back in one day to do the 800 mile round trip i burnt just under a thank and 3/4 of fuel , i spent my time on the motorways at roughly 80-85mph and the onboard computer was pretty much spot on telling me that i was averaging 28.3 mpg , i have found that the most economical way of doing long trips like this is to use cruise controle , this was proven when last weekend me and the mrs went to Churth Streton in shropshire and back again with her driving and not using cruise controle 26.1 mpg !!!!! . Now was it the woman driver or the lack of cruise controle that burnt more fuel ?????????

[Rich Rule]

i find cruise control uses more fuel than not using it. must have been your missus's lead shoe!

[Leyburn Lad]

Running a Hilux 2.5 HL2 model on 57 plate 120 bhp

 

had ifor williams back on kitted with three mens climbing,saws and other general gear plus pulling a jenson tracked chipper, on average 380mls to a £98 pound tank of diesel

 

now removed back of pick up, not towing and only myself in pick up, if I potter around on a roads and stick to 70 on m/ways get 500mls to £98 pounds worth diesel.

 

only other pick up i have heard doing this is the izusu rodeo, but there like rocking horse muck to find

[nepia]

Went to Ipswich and back the other weekend and did mega-eco mode driving for the first tank and got 37.7mpg (39mpg showing on computer) and 620 miles to the tank. Not going much faster than the lorries at that though. Goes to show that fuel economy isn't so much down to the vehicle but the way that that vehicle is driven.

 

Jonathan

 

 

You really are the planet's friend! My Navara has 1800 miles on it now and has just achieved the dizzy mpg heights of 28.8 according to the pooter and that's with Granny Jon driving (2000rpm exactly on motorway). How do you do it?! Do you think my mpg will climb much as the engine continues to ease?

[Rich Rule]

Auto or manual though?

[Rich Rule]

Driving up to Cheshire tomorrow morning for a wedding at the weekend, with a very touchy, pregnant missus. Might have to try that on the journey. I'll try and remember to duck.

 

At present I am getting around 33 mpg average.

[nepia]

Rich - manual. I wonder how much difference BFG ATs make though.

Jonathan - likewise; always try to keep moving and minimise the stop/start stuff. But my driving is little motorway and mostly just outside London and around Surrey so I may have misled you when I mentioned motorway driving.

But at least the numbers are moving in the right direction.

 

Cheers,

 

Jon

[Rich Rule]

Jon,

 

Try looking on nissan-navava.net for advice on reseting the ECU. There are loads of threads and instruction on how to do it. The vehicle will go into learning mode and the first few miles set the ECU and injectors. (so don't go booting it or you'll have performance without economy.

[Rich Rule]

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[nepia]

Thanks Rich. Slightly sadly I'll put my hands up to being a member there too. Had to laugh in a cruel way at the last post on that thread!

Will print off the instructions and give it a go: if I mess it up I'll scream 'warranty' and get it sorted!