The Land Rover Appreciation Group.

[Bren.]

True, true.

[Stephen Blair]

My landy is giving me 28.5 to the gallon on its holidays

Best towing jeep I've had , and I've had a few

 

 

[silky fox]

Very nice:cool:

[18 stoner]

Think your lass has burned your brekkie mate:lol:

 

Nice motor that Stevie:thumbup1:

[mendiplogs]

My landy is giving me 28.5 to the gallon on its holidays

Best towing jeep I've had , and I've had a few

 

 

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Hi Stephen mate there's no way we got 28.5 when towing a 2ton caravan is to run it red we only got 19mpg when towing our large caravan thanks Jon

Edited July 25, 2013 by mendiplogs

[Chris Sheppard]

Yes, but 'trigger's broom' comes to mind with old landies near 300k.

 

On the whole, I'd agree, but not this time.

 

I'm only the second owner and as far as I can tell all of the running gear/engine/transmission is the same it left the factory with - I'm pretty sure it's still running its original head too. The guy I bought it from was retired and had used it purely as a car with some very occaisional towing of a tiny single axle caravan so it had never been stressed. I've a huge file full of reciepts and invoices relating to it to back up it's history.

 

I replaced the chassis a couple of years ago and even that would have been repairable if I'd wanted to.

 

I've had had a few LR with over 200K on but they always felt tired and had on the whole been messed around with and tadged up with poor quality parts - this one is pretty much original and unmolested and still returns between 27 and 32mpg, and drives like a truck with a lot less miles than it has.

 

I know it's not going to be trouble free forever but even if I was to send it to the crusher tomorrow, it would still have been a very cheap truck to run while I've had it, even taking into account the new chassis.

Edited July 25, 2013 by Chris Sheppard

[rovers90]

My landy is giving me 28.5 to the gallon on its holidays

Best towing jeep I've had , and I've had a few

 

 

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Sorry Steve, it ain't a jeep, even with a small j - its a Land Rover!

[RobRainford]

I'm in love!

 

 

[HertsWood]

My td5 130 returns 28 - 30 mpg, only drops when I let the JE Engineering Stage 1 mod loose with my right foot...... Lol

 

 

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[Daniel Jiggins]

I've got my eye on a 2004 d5 discovery 91000 miles having never owned a land rover are they a good vehicle? It would only be my weekend car and occasional tow car for our touring caravan.