E30 Zone

Just filled my car with petrol again and worked out my mpg.

28.9 mpg which is all short jouney town driving.

Got 38 mpg last week when i drove it home from Bristol (500 miles)

I am quite surprised how good it is

That sounds a bit too economical to me! Sure its not running a bit too lean?

Or it could be that its got a very new AFM hence running how it should!

no idea m8 but it certainly pulls like a train

whats an AFm by the way

bigdek wrote:whats an AFm by the way

AFM= Air Flow Meter, its the black box behind the air filter and it regulates/monitors the flow of air into the engine

here's a pic to show you where it is


ps-well done on the 38mpg-thats what i've got as a max outta my 'ollie reed' 2.0 m20

so your getting say over 360 miles to a tankful driving round towns?

I'm it little hesistant to believe u!

I can get 30mpg on the m-way in my sport no problem, but round town 22mpg if your lucky

Simon13 wrote:so your getting say over 360 miles to a tankful driving round towns?

I'm it little hesistant to believe u!

I can get 30mpg on the m-way in my sport no problem, but round town 22mpg if your lucky

i agree, thats about right

no need for me to lie m8 .

just thought it would be less.

i'm not saying u are lying i'm just stating that i find that very hard to believe thats all. My 2.5 runs sweet but u still have to drive conservative to get 25mpg plus in these cars

My guess your trip from bristol was taken at 60 mph or a bit less? Cruise control would greatly help a good mpg figure on a long run if u have it

took 7 hours so avrage speed would be approx 71mph

u don't say much?

so how did u work out your mpg? did u fill the tank right to the top of the filler neck?

I'm getting 14mpg

chu346 wrote:I'm getting 14mpg

what the hell are you doing in it?

Helmet wrote:

chu346 wrote:I'm getting 14mpg

what the hell are you doing in it?

I'm currently running it in!

14 mpg thats going round a race track, M5 V10 territory too

you must have a hole in your fuel tank

I think the obc must be wrong. I do drive fast tho

Simon13 wrote: so how did u work out your mpg? did u fill the tank right to the top of the filler neck?

Thats what I did to work my MPG out when I first got the sport.

Filled it up so I could see the fuel in the filler neck, drove to Heathrow and back all M4/M5 at around 75mph (didnt go below 70, didnt go above 80). Filled up again at the same petrol station when I got back, again so I could see the fuel. Averaged 37-38mpg.

Did the same thing around town/everyday driving, averaged 26-27mpg.
Gave it some stick one night - 20-21mpg.

I was happy with that.
The car ran fine and the guys I followed upto Rockingham will tell you, it wasnt slow.