Honest answers please...LOL Fuel consumption?

Pilotewanderers said:
We are going to replace our much loved MH in the next five years. Our current fuel consumption is roughly 20 miles per gallon as we are badly geared.

What is a reasonable expectation from a modern 2 or 2.5 litre diesel?

We are planning on a 7m vehicle or maybe 8 so not massive.

PW
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Buerstner T660 Nexxo on a Ford with 2.2 TDCI returns about 30 mpg, I dont push it,around 55/60 on the motorway and 50 on minor roads.
 
Hymer 684 Classic Camper, on Fiat 2.8 TDI. 7m long x 3m high, with the aerodynamics of a brick! Constant 25 mpg.
 
Mpg

I agree with other posts that getting the vehicle which suits your needs is the most important factor.
It is still worth considering fuel..after all what are the main motorhome related costs.

In no order but fuel 1st as most relevant to this Thread
Fuel
Campsites (Can go wild or get CCC CS for about £12 or less especially without EHU)
Gas (get lpg if you can)
EHU (get solar)
Insurance.
 
Hymer Silverline 3.5t, 6.57m with a Ford Transit 2.2 Duratorq tdci (140bhp) engine (Cat 4 ). 6 speed manual. We get about 28-30mpg but we do a lot of motorway driving (at max speeds) on each tank of fuel. On a recent trip where we'd filled up and then kept off the motorways it was 32mpg and heading upwards from that, but then we hit the m'ways again.
Figures are from the dash display, I've yet to try it out the pre-onboard computer way.
 
Sorry in advance

Not wanting to throw this off topic but if you put fuel in a car "more mpg" but then if going away for a week or more you could spend 45 quid a night (assuming 2 people) on b&b plus you have to find somewhere to stay, so I look at it as £45 of free diesel a day and know its a nice b&b maybe I am strange but I can go a decent way on that plus what the car would have used as well. so if I have the money it seems reasonable to me :drive:
 
my neighbour here used go to morocco with us . i was in my truck he was in an ldv convoy. he saved 300quid on fuel. but couldnt take a m,bike because of the weight . couldnt come home with 500litres of fuel or loads of wine and beer to save buying in uk etc . or take some of the things he liked that are cheaper here in uk.
he now has a truck and even has 1000litre fuel tanks etc . find all in all the truck almost makes money for him .
even taking loads of wine beer into morocco saves lots of money . even i can actually leave morocco on cheap diesel and getr back to uk . but filling before leaving spain is another saving .
mpg isnt every thing .
i dont even bother with a car anymore use the unit as my car . saves mot ,tax insurance etc .
thats alot of diesel in my truck.
mind if its dry i prefer a motor bike .
 
Renault Rimor 63 plate MH, 2.5ltr 3.5 ton & get 30mph average over 1k miles.
 
antiqueman said:
Never checked mine it does what it does, not cos wealthy just I did not buy it expecting it to be economical. 1998 2.8 jtd swift kontiki 640. I know it does more to the gallon than 2008 mini cooper s did.
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Red diesel is really cheap anyway so you`ll be alright :lol-049: :lol-049:
 
i run a 2.5 banana transit ...never ever checked the fuel comsumption,the size of van ticks all the boxes for me, and i have an economical driving style.

i could get more mpg by spending loads of money on a newer van with a modern engine with loads of electrickery , then theres the horror stories of thousand pound injection pumps , 200 quid injectors that have to be programmed into the onboard computer etc

all in all id be spending a lot of money to save a little with the probability of expensive repairs in the future.
 
st3v3 said:
Unless you're doing big miles, it really isn't going to make that much difference. a couple of hundred quid a year the have the right MH for you, and all the good times that go with it.

3000 miles per annum, difference between 20 and 30 mpg is less than £300.

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You take your time deciding lol.
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3K per annum! Hardly seems worth having a van just to do that!
 
I run a self build Citroen Relay high top long wheelbase. 85 ltr water tank. Two leisure batteries, fully fitted out and with myself 18 stone plus the missus 11 stone aboard I get 34 mpg on average. It is the 2.2 litre turbo 2004 model. Cannot fault it, drives like a car with plenty of punch, will do 80 mph but I try for 60 mph steady all day. I used to drive yanks so I have good training in getting the maximum mpg from any vehicle.
 
Hi
Just come back from trip down to Castillane in The Gorge De Verdun, pulling me trailer with a Yamaha XJ900 Diversion on it on the way back we crossed over or through Avignon and stayed at Vallon Pont De Arc then hoofed it home up the autoroute...
We managed to average 25 to 28 mpg, round trip of 2295 miles over two weeks, the best price we paid in France was 1.14 euro a litre, it seems to give the same average with or without the trailer.

Its happy at around 60-65 mph the van is a Compass Merit 6.4 metres on a Peugeot chassis 2.5tdi on a 98 plate... very pleased with that MPG! ;) :wacko:

I think the 25 mpg tank was when we had a day of head wind..its not the most aerodynamic shape! :banana:
 
My Auto trail 696g 3.0l 4ton did 25.1 mpg on recent 1700 mile trip down the Loire valley and back up through Brittany and back along the north coast
 
ricc said:
i run a 2.5 banana transit ...never ever checked the fuel comsumption,the size of van ticks all the boxes for me, and i have an economical driving style.

i could get more mpg by spending loads of money on a newer van with a modern engine with loads of electrickery , then theres the horror stories of thousand pound injection pumps , 200 quid injectors that have to be programmed into the onboard computer etc

all in all id be spending a lot of money to save a little with the probability of expensive repairs in the future.
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Wot he said +1.

My banana engined LDV Convoy does 29-31 and it ain't flat where it does most of its miles. But I do have to drive it properly, ease it up to speed (between 55 & 60 open road max).

All in all I really don't think I can complain about 30mpg given the low cost of van and the simplicity of the mechanicals. Running costs don't come much lower without running veg oil of other faffing about I reckon.

G.
 
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