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01-12-2013, 08:19 AM | #45 |
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I find mpg has more to do with being in the right gear. Doing A B roads at 60 and below stay in 5th as 6th is mainly for cruising and you burn a lot trying to accelerate from a higher gear at low speed. while in town doing 30mph 4th seems to strangle 3rd is best keeps the engine at optimum revs easily.
I used to get up to 51mpg when I first got it driving easy since I got back to my normal driving style I get about 48mpg mainly motorway |
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01-13-2013, 08:21 AM | #46 | |
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01-13-2013, 06:53 PM | #49 | |
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Errrrmmmmm well my 325d is only meant to do 47mpg combined, but yesterday at 2 degrees Celsius I drove a 380 mile return trip to Birmingham at 75mph and it returned 54.3mpg, plus I was squeezing the throttle hard on slip roads etc.
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01-14-2013, 02:22 AM | #50 | |
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54MPG is a great figure at that speed, but I stand by what I said, barely any cars hit the EU mpg ratings in the real world. Last edited by djgandy; 01-14-2013 at 02:52 AM.. |
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01-14-2013, 10:19 AM | #51 |
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It is amazing on fuel, I've driven it very hard around town etc and I cannot get it lower than 44mpg. I totally stand by my initial post that these 4cyl N47's in any guise cannot match a relaxed old school 6cyl. I bet the new 3cyl diesel barely beats the 4cyls in the real world. And my M57 will be more reliable hands down.
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Would love to see a comparison of the BSFC maps/graphs for the different engines. For the 318d vs. 325d (autos) there is virtually nothing in it for reported real world averages. HighlandPete |
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