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45.5mpg and 640 mile range from a 325i - beat that!
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04-23-2006, 04:51 AM | #1 |
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45.5mpg and 640 mile range from a 325i - beat that!
The gauntlet's been thrown down people! On my way to the UK meet I set a new personal best of 45.5mpg. This wasn't after just resetting the counter, oh no. This was after 100 miles of driving. The 325i also reported a 550 mile range after 90 miles driven.
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04-23-2006, 05:05 AM | #4 | |
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04-23-2006, 05:26 AM | #5 |
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320d beats it...
60.3mpg and predicted total range of 805miles after 90 miles Last two are after getting home - 55.3 overall and 760ish total range (keeping up with Marilyn's 330i dropped mpg from 60 to 53 )
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Damn you diesel owners! :mad:
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04-23-2006, 07:44 AM | #8 |
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Damn you 325i petrols & all you diesels!
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Damn you Euro types with your 25% bigger gallons lol
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what was the average speed to achieve such a rate of fuel useagw over the 100miles?
when you have the opportunity to travel the same route in the opposite direction, can you please advise on your mpg rate again. could there have been a slight downward grade for most of the 100 miles? i cannot replicate the same rate in my 2.5 litre car, even with just me driving and nothing in the car or boot to add extra weight. what's the secret?
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Slightly OT, but does anyone know why the petrol tank holds 2 litres more than the diesel tank?
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I can regularly hit 41.5mpg with little effort on the motorway, and usually hit 44mpg given enough miles. Air-con is always on. My right foot alone gives 41.5mpg, to get the rest I rely on using the cruise control. I don't touch the accelerator at all, only blip the cruise stalk when I need to accelerate or decelerate, in 5mph increments. Obviously when I get to tailbacks etc the cruise goes off and I manage it myself until i'm up to speed again. In my experience, auto gearboxes sap a lot of fuel economy. My E46 318i auto could only do 44mpg (all me as it didn't have cruise control), and that was a 4cylider 1.9 litre engine. I always use Shell Optimax petrol as well. Hope that helps! |
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I'll have to visit the local Shell stations here. I don't know if we get that same formula in the States, doubt it though.
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04-23-2006, 02:34 PM | #17 |
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wow..this thread puts my "20mpg" to shame
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04-23-2006, 02:40 PM | #18 |
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Are you sure you have a 325, and not a diesel
Thats such an impressive figure to get on a regular basis- I live in the UK, and do mostly dual carriageway driving(A3, A311) in my 325 SE and I am lucky to get 32 MPG, average speed around 36 mph, nothing particulalry aggresive, but typically cruise at 80 mph, when free of the congestion. I get around 400 miles on a tank. I have not tried Cruise Control driving yet. How did you break your car in ? did you remove a couple of cylinders ! |
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Ha ha ha...you had me for a moment until I realized you are figuring in liters and not gallons. Your 98.4 liters comes to about 26 MPG...
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Marilyn P.S. In the "for what it's worth" department - I got an overall 28.3 mpg for the trip. Which isn't bad, considering some of the "oh look, I gotta catch up, darn it!" acceleration I was doing... Marilyn
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