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What mpg are the 318is drivers getting

How many miles off £10 or more £

Did anyone notice any decrease in mpg after installing a chip

about 30mpg

Depends what I drive it like, I normally get about 120 miles from £18. (weird figure i know)

But I can easily burn £20 in 70 miles.

ive had 2 and used to avrage around 33 out of them around the doors when i was behaving.

i get on average 32/33mpg, on a really good long steady motorway trip i can can push towards 40mpg,

before i fitted the chip i was getting 32/33 mpg at most so it made a massive difference

I went to my fav road the other day and reset the trip computer, i averaged 18mpg

asmith88 wrote:i get on average 32/33mpg, on a really good long steady motorway trip i can can push towards 40mpg,

before i fitted the chip i was getting 32/33 mpg at most so it made a massive difference

what chips that?

Best i ever got was 38 on a really long and chilling motorway crawl but on average i would say 25-35 mixed drving

40 plus easy, but the car is stripped out so weighs a lot less, also I drive like a granny

pac1982 wrote:Best i ever got was 38 on a really long and chilling motorway crawl but on average i would say 25-35 mixed drving

+1

Alex wrote:I went to my fav road the other day and reset the trip computer, i averaged 18mpg

I have a 318 8v touring and daren't work it out but I bet it's not much more than your 18. thinking of keeping the car as its all original and in good nic.

Sorry for the hijack but had thoughts of 318is conversion.

k miner very poor. drive sensible an get 22 mpg. last week i got m 65 miles out of £17. My freind has a e36 318is m42 and he gets 35mpg . Are the e36 better on fuel. I reall need 2 sort mine out

Alex wrote:I went to my fav road the other day and reset the trip computer, i averaged 18mpg

And where would that be? Anything short of the B road that links Great Broughton and Helmsley (yorkshire TT route I believe?) and I'll be disappointed!

I got 32mpg out of my last run, which I thought was horrendous, but glad to see it's normal now!

excuse my spelling folks,using a mobile. so has any one ever had any experiance with improving mpg by fixing issues like perished hoses,blue temp sensor.

If you are getting 22mpg it is obviously fecked or you can't drive.

lol obviously something is not right,thats what am trying to figure.nothing wrong with my driving because i can get 55mpg out of my diesal.thanks for the reply anyway

4.54 x £1.20 = £5.45 per gallon. £10 = 1.83 gallons x 32mpg = 58.6 miles

so you should be able to get 60 miles out of a tenner Shaz.

depends how i drive it.it returns around 30 mpg per 5 liters on the 1st butterfly and i've had 18 mpg per 5 ltrs on playing out.

this test was done from the 1st fuel light invitation.

nowadays i don't bother looking

magpie wrote:depends how i drive it... i've had 18 mpg per 5 ltrs on playing out.

...and how many mpt?

per tank-i'll tell you when i have an m42 engine what deserves my respect,one that i don't feel the need to kill outright. re a quiet one .are you poding it on the sunday? twould be nice to catch up with any of you lot really.

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i get about 22mpg and 50miles to £10

best i ever had was 65miles to £10 (based on a long run of 260miles to £40)

What can be done to help mpg?

Before all the clowns in the circus department of the site pipe up, Yes some of us do actually drive with care and attention, so comments such as 'dont wear lead boots' or 'drive under 6000revs' are not required

DaveyB

oops i meant butterfly [edit]

m42 tb's have two bit like a twin webber

£30 from nottingham to scotland 299miles steady driving at around 70mph

nicky786 wrote:£30 from nottingham to scotland 299miles steady driving at around 70mph

think mines 25/35 odd, only been on the road 14 months so not an expert, i judge it from...the 1/4 tank line, to the half way line, christmas time that cost £10 to do, and for a few times id put £10 in every time it got to that line and reset the miles counter on the clocks and try n drive to see the best i could get, and best i got was 70 miles, recently thats like £13 with current prices

recently done oil change, new plugs,cleaned air filter,and flushed wynns injector cleaner stuff, that is also said to dot he valves etc, and the mpg has improved since ive done all that ive noticed

nicky786 wrote:£30 from nottingham to scotland 299miles steady driving at around 70mph

Seriously???!! That's 54mpg! assusming £1.20 a litre

I never got over 40mpg in mine and I used to try occassionally doing 55-60mph on a motorway to maximise my profit on mileage expenses for work!

i really need to get mine sorted.i get 30 miles to £10 driving like a grandma. So what are typical things that need to be checked and replaced to get 30mpg.i also have a evolve.replaced brand new fuel tank and exhaust.

ETERNITY wrote:i really need to get mine sorted.i get 30 miles to £10 driving like a grandma. So what are typical things that need to be checked and replaced to get 30mpg.i also have a evolve.replaced brand new fuel tank and exhaust.

recently done oil change, new plugs,cleaned air filter,and flushed wynns injector cleaner stuff, that is also said to dot he valves etc, and the mpg has improved since ive done all that ive noticed

I'm getting around 24mpg around town and not much better on my drive home. Best I managed was 34mpg on a long drive.

The bit of extra weight and 4.27diff wouldn't help mpg at all though (evolve and viper chip both the same)

Jon_Bmw wrote:If you are getting 22mpg it is obviously fecked or you can't drive.

I think you'll find when you do real world calculations nobody is getting over 25MPG. Ignore the OBC.

But the you lot all live up north and drive around between fields and stuff to get to the local post office all leisurely and no traffic lights etc etc...

If the OBC is so far out then I feel a little better with my calculations of poor MPG. I have stopped caring now and just drive how ever I feel, only live once and better enjoy it before petrol runs out

Spot on.

Unless there's something really wrong, put your foot down!

just a thought,if your obc is miles out do you have a four-pot code plug or a 6-pot one?

44 MPG on mine

caned daily 77.2 miles a day.

magpie wrote:just a thought,if your obc is miles out do you have a four-pot code plug or a 6-pot one?

4-pot.

My E46 OBC is also a load of lies.

Ant, how can you honestly be getting 44MPG caned? Or are you winding us up?