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Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:30 pm

hi guys im thinking of getting a 2.5,what are you guys gettin out of a full tank,and around town,
would be my daily runner if i got 1, :D
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:50 pm

This has been asked loads of times mate, best to do a little search :D
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:54 pm

I get 350-380 on motorways, and 320ish on general driving.
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:27 pm

310 miles from full to the light illuminating (around 45 litres petrol) which equates to about 30mpg.
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:46 pm

in london about 230 to the tank on a run [germany ] 380 to the tank
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:00 pm

Dr Firefly wrote:I get 350-380 on motorways, and 320ish on general driving.
thats not bad,because my e36 318is is gettin probally less,
i had a e30 IS and that does better fuel than my e36
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:04 pm

to about £20 i get around 100miles thats town and a bit of foot down i got a 325i cab
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:52 pm

oh how i miss the 100 miles to £20 of petrol

i'm lucky now to get 80 odd miles with granny driving in my mr2 tubby, hit the loud pedal and you can get that down to about 12mpg and that's super unleaded petrol :cry: :cry:

definately got to get myself another E30 still cant beat them for reliability and engineering :D
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:56 pm

alan325i wrote:oh how i miss the 100 miles to £20 of petrol

definately got to get myself another E30 still cant beat them for reliability and engineering :D
thats true,i like how my old e30 was easy to work on,the 2.5 dont seem bad on fuel then,i might look into gettin1 soon :D
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:24 pm

andyp wrote:in london about 230 to the tank on a run [germany ] 380 to the tank
thats what i get out of my lux as i mainly drive around bristol. I might as well get 1 now, want a sport though.
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:31 pm

Mixed driving (some city traffic, some 50 zone and some motorway) I have got a steady 27mpg in my 325 since I got it back on the road 1000kms ago. The tank was bone dry so the calculations are fairly accurate.
And this weekend I found a small leak (the feed to the fuel rail was seeping at the join), so in theory it should improve ! :mad:
These are sensations as hard to forget as they are to ignore.....
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:57 pm

im quite tempted to get 1 now as the mpg aint bad on them,my IS was good on fuel,but didnt have enough power :twisted:
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:02 pm

MPG on a 20 year old 6 cylinder 2.5 can't be very good , this is why I have never calculated it !
I just fill up when empty :D
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:57 pm

two months ago i filled 'er up with 47 litres of super unleaded - roughly about 50 quid..Then the MOT/Tax ran out and i didn't really drive it apart from here and there in my private car park 8)

Every other day i started the car for a good half hour or so and let her get warmed up..that full tank has just hit reserve and i just did 52 miles :P

I don't know if thats good or bad...but a full tank near enough lasted me 2 months and did 52 miles..with the odd start/warm up every other day!
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E30NutUK wrote:two months ago i filled 'er up with 47 litres of super unleaded - roughly about 50 quid..Then the MOT/Tax ran out and i didn't really drive it apart from here and there in my private car park 8)

Every other day i started the car for a good half hour or so and let her get warmed up..that full tank has just hit reserve and i just did 52 miles :P

I don't know if thats good or bad...but a full tank near enough lasted me 2 months and did 52 miles..with the odd start/warm up every other day!
In the last year, my touring has done 16000 miles and got through 15 gallons of petrol. :D
This is why I no longer drive an E30......

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Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:26 pm

fook it who cares my 325 sport is as thirsty as fook but i love it so i dont care what fuel it use`s :mad:
if i cared about it with the price of fuel at the mo i wouldn't be driving it i would be in something small engined.
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:17 pm

They are an animal on the juice but if you can afford £20 for 100 miles and less when you put the foot down then go for it! revving them is addicitve especially with a nice stainless steel line and this doesnt help mpg either!
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:26 pm

marty325 wrote:They are an animal on the juice but if you can afford £20 for 100 miles and less when you put the foot down then go for it! revving them is addicitve especially with a nice stainless steel line and this doesnt help mpg either!
i think i should be able to afford to run it,i think i can fight of putting my right foot down :evil:
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:27 pm

marty325 wrote:They are an animal on the juice but if you can afford £20 for 100 miles and less when you put the foot down then go for it! revving them is addicitve especially with a nice stainless steel line and this doesnt help mpg either!
i got 300miles from a 45quid fill up in my 318 but its got 125,000 on the clock. these 325 mpg sound reasonable something for the future i say. Whats the 24v like on comparison?
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:06 pm

lets be honest if you have to ask the question can you really affort to run it ??/
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:13 pm

elvis wrote:lets be honest if you have to ask the question can you really affort to run it ??/
yea i can i was just curious :D
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:18 pm

Just keep chucking 20's in.
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:23 pm

No idea ! She gets fuel when the fuel gauge says it's empty. Just buy the 2.5. You won't care about economy as you'll be having too much fun. :thumb:
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:02 pm

georgen wrote:No idea ! She gets fuel when the fuel gauge says it's empty. Just buy the 2.5. You won't care about economy as you'll be having too much fun. :thumb:
im on the look for 1 now,i dont mind a IS,but ill try and find a1 with a solid body :D
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:33 pm

georgen wrote:No idea ! She gets fuel when the fuel gauge says it's empty. Just buy the 2.5. You won't care about economy as you'll be having too much fun. :thumb:
Thats why the IS owners talk about how good their economy is :bolt:
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Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:47 pm

Blitz wrote:
georgen wrote:No idea ! She gets fuel when the fuel gauge says it's empty. Just buy the 2.5. You won't care about economy as you'll be having too much fun. :thumb:
Thats why the IS owners talk about how good their economy is :bolt:
thats why i was thinking of gettin another 1,plus there quite nippy :D
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