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      11-22-2010, 03:18 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Darkeeboy View Post
Im looking to get a frugal yet entertaining car and see that BMW have very high published fuel economy numbers. My question is, given a typical journey, such as 80% motorway at legal speeds, plus 20% A roads, will there be much of a difference in fuel consumption between the 318 and 320 diesel? I see that the HP figures are a lot higher for the 320... Also, driving like miss daisy, could you get 50mpg out of the 325d?

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My first thought is, what do you get from your current car? (The BMW, as an average). That will give a picture of where you stand with mpg figures. That certainly will help, for any opinion, so that you don't have unrealisteic expectations.

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