E30 Zone

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,

This has been asked loads of times mate, best to do a little search

I get 350-380 on motorways, and 320ish on general driving.

310 miles from full to the light illuminating (around 45 litres petrol) which equates to about 30mpg.

in london about 230 to the tank on a run [germany ] 380 to the tank

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
INDY

to about £20 i get around 100miles thats town and a bit of foot down i got a 325i cab

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

definately got to get myself another E30 still cant beat them for reliability and engineering

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

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

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.

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 !

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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
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.

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!

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
INDY

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?

lets be honest if you have to ask the question can you really affort to run it ??/

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

Just keep chucking 20's in.

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.

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.

im on the look for 1 now,i dont mind a IS,but ill try and find a1 with a solid body

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.

Thats why the IS owners talk about how good their economy is

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.

Thats why the IS owners talk about how good their economy is

thats why i was thinking of gettin another 1,plus there quite nippy