E30 Zone

Just did some bored calculations on the ol' calculator with some figures I used from the last fill up on the e30.

So it costs £1.429 for a litre of petrol .

I put £20 in, which is about 13 litres.

and it lasted about 85 miles if that.

which all punches out a figure of around 27.61 MPG with nice slow civilized driving.

I know its not much of a comparison but I had a 2006 1.2 Ford fiesta and ragging that to hell got around 35 MPG.

Not going to sell the BMW, but come on its a 318i! If mine is like that, you 325 owners must be bankrupt.

Oh and before you say your car was last serviced in 1993 and your running with the tyres as flat as pancakes. I serviced it about 3 weeks ago and checked the tyres at 30psi.

around town my 2.7 does like a drink
but on a run its rely not that bad im sure the last time i worked out the mpg it was around 27 with both motorway and town driving.

but trying to compare an e30 to a ford rattler is just not gonna happen..
a 1.2 fiesta @ 35 mpg vs E30 @ 15mpg at worst, i know what id rather

Whats your blue temp sensor like? Heard bad/old ones can cause them to drink a bit more.

My touring with iS engine (m42) used to do around 24mpg around town, 30+ on long journeys.

For a 1.8 engine developed in the 80's in a fairly heavy shell late 20's MPG isnt bad.

A 325i will do similar mpg if you drive it for economy because it doesnt have to work anywhere near as hard.

Even the supposedly fantastcially economical VW Mk2 Golf 8v GTi engine will only do early-mid 30's if you drive it sensibly - and thats with a much lighter shell.

mrb27 wrote:around town my 2.7 does like a drink
but on a run its rely not that bad im sure the last time i worked out the mpg it was around 27 with both motorway and town driving.

but trying to compare an e30 to a ford rattler is just not gonna happen..
a 1.2 fiesta @ 35 mpg vs E30 @ 15mpg at worst, i know what id rather

Yeah and I don't think it really helps I live in some of the hilliest parts with some fast, high rpm, demanding roads.

Haha yeah I wouldn't care if my BMW was running 15 MPG I would never go back.
Just curious why I am seeing the Garage salesman's face more! often.

Jozi wrote:Whats your blue temp sensor like? Heard bad/old ones can cause them to drink a bit more.

My touring with iS engine (m42) used to do around 24mpg around town, 30+ on long journeys.

Mine stays quite chilly tbh sits around a tad over quarter.

Touring_IOM wrote:

mrb27 wrote:around town my 2.7 does like a drink
but on a run its rely not that bad im sure the last time i worked out the mpg it was around 27 with both motorway and town driving.

but trying to compare an e30 to a ford rattler is just not gonna happen..
a 1.2 fiesta @ 35 mpg vs E30 @ 15mpg at worst, i know what id rather

Yeah and I don't think it really helps I live in some of the hilliest parts with some fast, high rpm, demanding roads.

Haha yeah I wouldn't care if my BMW was running 15 MPG I would never go back.
Just curious why I am seeing the Garage salesman's face more! often.

wedge a coil spring under the accel pedal

mrb27 wrote: wedge a coil spring under the accel pedal

Haha by about 3 week people will be wondering why I have a very muscly right leg and why the car can only get up to 20mph.

Touring_IOM wrote:

mrb27 wrote: wedge a coil spring under the accel pedal

Haha by about 3 week people will be wondering why I have a very muscly right leg and why the car can only get up to 20mph.

hmm, ok wedge 1 under the clutch pedal too to level leg muscle, cut a hole in the floor and go flintstone style

Touring_IOM wrote:

Jozi wrote:Whats your blue temp sensor like? Heard bad/old ones can cause them to drink a bit more.

My touring with iS engine (m42) used to do around 24mpg around town, 30+ on long journeys.

Mine stays quite chilly tbh sits around a tad over quarter.

There's 2 temp sensors, brown and blue, blue is for the ecu and brown for the guages

Jozi wrote:

Touring_IOM wrote:

Jozi wrote:Whats your blue temp sensor like? Heard bad/old ones can cause them to drink a bit more.

My touring with iS engine (m42) used to do around 24mpg around town, 30+ on long journeys.

Mine stays quite chilly tbh sits around a tad over quarter.

There's 2 temp sensors, brown and blue, blue is for the ecu and brown for the guages

Oh I understand. I haven't tested them just yet. Need to get a Multimeter. I'll be getting one at the weekend.

well im getting about 25mpg around town in my 325i and im not always light on the happy pedal.

my OBC is showing 10.1l: 100

My maths is crap so i'm gonna guess around 27mpg?

Oh and 1.429 for a liter of petrol! your being robbed. 1.309 round my yard.

kolee wrote:my OBC is showing 10.1l: 100

My maths is crap so i'm gonna guess around 27mpg?

Oh and 1.429 for a liter of petrol! your being robbed. 1.309 round my yard.

Yeah it just all comes down to the health of the engine and the type of driving/conditions. I think I'll check all the sensors and injectors.

Its because I live on the Isle of Man. Some crap about shipping charges but I bet its all tax.
The Manx Government are robbing so and so's. (I can go on and on)

My locals just gone down to 129.7

Sanchez wrote:My locals just gone down to 129.7

Were'd you live? I'm moving in!

Well I think I would miss doing 100+mph overtaking a police car on the mountain road and laughing as they can do bugger all.

kolee wrote:my OBC is showing 10.1l: 100

My maths is crap so i'm gonna guess around 27mpg?

Oh and 1.429 for a liter of petrol! your being robbed. 1.309 round my yard.

10.1L = 2.24 gallons
100km = 62mi
62/2.24 = 27.7 mpg.

Not a bad guess!

Lets say you drive 10,000 miles a year. 35mpg means you need 286 gallons, 27mpg means you need 370 gallons.

84 gallons difference, at 1.43 a litre, is 536 quid a year, or just over ten quid a week.

Would you pay ten quid a week to drive an E30 instead of a Fiesta?

Grrrmachine wrote:Lets say you drive 10,000 miles a year. 35mpg means you need 286 gallons, 27mpg means you need 370 gallons.

84 gallons difference, at 1.43 a litre, is 536 quid a year, or just over ten quid a week.

Would you pay ten quid a week to drive an E30 instead of a Fiesta?

Ooooh yes. Whole reason why I got rid of the fiesta. Driving one of them made me feel like a sheep and a bit of a

So a tenner a week, I would gladly.

mr_dink wrote:

kolee wrote:my OBC is showing 10.1l: 100

My maths is crap so i'm gonna guess around 27mpg?

Oh and 1.429 for a liter of petrol! your being robbed. 1.309 round my yard.

10.1L = 2.24 gallons
100km = 62mi
62/2.24 = 27.7 mpg.

Not a bad guess!

Might have been a little modest with my math capabilities, but still from a 325 im really pleased with it.

I'm mostly pretty carefull (i usually have a baby in the car with me) but i do put my foot down now and again. Living in the coteswolds i drive up alot of hills and i work in the middle of town and use this as my daily, so i also spend a fair amount of time in traffic.

Could it be the 325 is more economical than a 318?

£25 = 80 miles for me around town, but it does get plenty of wide open throttle action so I've only myself to blame

£20 @ £1.33-£1.35 gets me about 100 miles at a push. (1.6 touring)

£30 @ £133.9 is around 110 miles for me 1.6 coupe, driving like a slag!

Pah you bunch of girls- 180miles to a £60 tank every time
Costs a small fortune but sounds epic and it's one of my few vices in life

Oh btw yeah an 8v Mk2 GTi is/was a mid to high 30's car, the 16v drank a bit more funnily enough!!

On the Roam (e30 driving roundd Scotland), its pretty much Manx Pace, if you get my meaning..

29mpg for the full 1300 miles last time out, in the 320i, tryin to keep up with a 335 and a 328i

normal day to day MPG is shown in my sig below..its within 1mpg of my e36 318iS, and I know what I'd rather have
Anyways, the 320 is off the road the now..

and the 535i is th new Daily- 16mpg so far

My e30 320i touring, average 27mpg

My E38 740i 4.4 v8 average 21mpg

Its only money

diable wrote:I used to run an XJ6 in central London 2 tonne car + 3.2 litre engine + heavy foot would get me 14 mpg so don't complain about the BM

had a4.0 xj40 at 19.. bad times for the wallet

ma 2litre 16v corsa used to get bout 10-15 mile to the gallon but that was killin it all the time most expensive car i've owned due to maintenance and fuel plus 2 tyres every 2 or 3 months at £70 a pop lol

I was surprised at how much my MPG improved when on the zone roam two years ago. I think it has something to do with long drives, little traffic and open roads. Short, stop start journeys in traffic do these cars no favours.

Morat wrote:I was surprised at how much my MPG improved when on the zone roam two years ago. I think it has something to do with long drives, little traffic and open roads. Short, stop start journeys in traffic do these cars no favours.

^^^ This ^^^

Mine sucks massively around town, they really don't like it!

4 miles twice a day in my 325, and i get about 22mpg average, but it drops to about 15mpg for the same journey in winter

e30mtech wrote:ma 2litre 16v corsa used to get bout 10-15 mile to the gallon but that was killin it all the time most expensive car i've owned due to maintenance and fuel plus 2 tyres every 2 or 3 months at £70 a pop lol

tbh thats still shocking. ive seen XE'd nova's/corsa's do 35-40mpg on a careful run but never drop that low being beaten.