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12.6 mpg ? Is that normal
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10-11-2012, 12:38 PM | #1 |
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12.6 mpg ? Is that normal
12.6 mpg ? Is that normal
I have a 2006 325i, on my dash board it says 12.6 l/100km. Is that another way of saying that I'm doing 12.6mpg ? Let me know |
10-11-2012, 01:20 PM | #2 |
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It means you are burning 12.6 liters of fuel for every 100km you drive. It works out to be about 18.7mpg which is still really poor for a 325i, unless you are always stuck in traffic.
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10-11-2012, 01:42 PM | #3 |
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It's always been a constant 12.6l it never changes, is there something wrong with my car. I only drive my car in the city, so I don't drive it like a maniac. Is it based of how I drive the car ?
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10-11-2012, 03:30 PM | #4 |
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It's a function on traffic (city vs highway) and how hard you drive your car. If shows your consumption to date. You can reset the meter and see if it changes . I do a lot of stop and go traffic in the city especially rush hour and I average 13.5 litres / 100 km.
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10-11-2012, 04:56 PM | #6 |
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That's low if you don;t do permanent WOT.
Play with the onboard computer, you can reset the counter and set it to MPG. Its on the center console (menu, config, if I remember correcly). |
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10-12-2012, 02:57 AM | #8 | |
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10-12-2012, 10:33 AM | #10 |
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WOT=Wide Open Throttle
Normal values in L/1000km should be around 10.5-11. That's 22 to 24 mpg. Lower values are anomalous, but not impossible if you drive aggressively or in heavy traffic. Under 18mpg is not normal, whatever driving condition. |
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10-12-2012, 04:09 PM | #11 | |
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10-20-2012, 08:24 AM | #12 |
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You're not sure if you reset it correctly??? Did it go back to 0.00 (or, I believe, ---)? If it still reads the same... then you certainly did not! Just hold that button down, baby, and don't be shy!
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10-22-2012, 03:29 AM | #14 |
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ok this time I'm 100% sure I did it right. it still reads the same, the only thing that changed was my km's my car use to be at 102k now its 64k. what's going on, I saw a check mark beside the reset after holding it down so I assumed it worked but it didn't. it still says 18.6mpg
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10-23-2012, 12:07 PM | #16 |
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A check mark by reset? While MPG is showing on the dash display, push and hold the "BC" button on the turn signal stalk and it goes to 0 or the current MPG if your driving.
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