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Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:52 pm**

i am very close to buying a touring and after settling the 316 v 318 debate i am now getting certain people telling me that the mpg/economy isnt a great deal less than the six cylinders! ( just to make matters worse) .So i am now asking zoners in particular touring owners to give me feedback on what mpg they are getting- have never trusted manufacturers figures so i am calling on genuine folk to give me honest genuine figures for their 318i's or 320's- i like to use the ten pound rule-what will i get for me tenners worth of juice-

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:57 pm**

late 20's on all model's.

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:30 pm**

I found a good difference between my last 320 & my 316. I don't know figures but the 320 was hard to keep up with. Then again it may have been the car. I did drive the the sh*t out of it, I loved the sound of the full scorpion exhaust. In the 316 I was much more civilised.

That probably didn't help much.

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:33 pm**

the 318i i have is giving me about 30 ish which i think is ok for a 17 yr old motor

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:36 pm**

And driving like an absolute t**t not forgetting andy !

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:38 pm**

lol you bast 88d thought you give me some stick lol

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:41 pm**

I've got a '92 K 316i Touring and an '88 E 325i Touring. The 316i does around 32mpg, giving a realistic range of 350 miles on a tank. The 325i will only do around 24mpg for the same type of use, meaning that it's range is nearer 250 miles. However...both cars are driven fairly quickly...

HTH

Peter

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:43 pm**

am doin about 350 380 to a tank ibn mine sensibly

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:15 pm**

OK, here's mine - worked out to your rule.
320i Touring, commuting (8.5 miles each way, 5 days a week), 25(ish)mpg. Worked out at roughly Ã‚£17.50 per 100 miles.
So a tenner would have been roughly 57 miles.

On a run, it did 30ish mpg so that tenner would stretch nearly 70 miles.

It's all academic now though, I've converted it to LPG so I go twice as far for the same money.

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:39 pm**

Based on a full tank, bit of town driving + A roads + long motoway trip, couple of 120 blats, mine turned in 27mpg

EDIT

maz3722 wrote: i am calling on genuine folk to give me honest genuine figures for their 318i's or 320's- i like -

sorry that is based on a 325i

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:54 pm**

StuBeeDoo wrote:OK, here's mine - worked out to your rule.
320i Touring, commuting (8.5 miles each way, 5 days a week), 25(ish)mpg. Worked out at roughly Ã‚£17.50 per 100 miles.
So a tenner would have been roughly 57 miles.

On a run, it did 30ish mpg so that tenner would stretch nearly 70 miles.

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Exactly what my 320i convertible does. I bet it would be much better if i wasnt stuck in traffic all the time!

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:59 pm**

i get about 25mpg from my 325i

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:23 pm**

ive seen as little as 45 very hard miles from Ã‚£25 worth of fuel from my 320

. i think the best ive had back is very low 20's , that certainly doesnt help you at all in your application but i thought id add it anyway

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:23 pm**

i get 54 miles to a tenner around town in my 318i coupe to and from work if i drive like a old man.
if i drive it like ive nicked it then i only get about 30 miles to a tenner, hope this helps

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:26 pm**

I'm sure some clever folk on her work work out mine: 250 miles = 40 litres in a 325i

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:03 am**

some strange figures here

also remember fuel cost vary not alot but av seen a diffrence of 4 p in areas that makes diffrence

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:49 pm**

i was getting about 32mpg on the 320 and im getting 230 miles out of Ã‚£30 worth of fuel in the 25. so thats about 29mpg with the prices here.

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:53 pm**

I Was getting 24.5mph last I checked. That was commuting with mix of urban, Dual Carriageway, single carriageway A-roads and country roads. All driven full chat depending on traffic.

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:22 pm**

also note can we have the title changed to tourings please you no how fussy us touring drivers can be .if it was
someone else calling it that there`d be murder so change it if we can plz

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:26 pm**

Title edited, don't want he touring massive throwing a wobbly!

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:30 pm**

lol thanks brilliant

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:35 pm**

Huuuum well I normally get around 45/50miles to a tenner if I drive it within the limits, but once pushed (very hard!) that can half!

325 ftw!

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:42 pm**

sometimes mine is averaging 70 to a tenner

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:45 pm**

Please dont tell me thats a 2.5?

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:53 pm**

naaa a 318i when bout i got 390 to a tank that was 40 notes ish , havent really used car much in last couple of weeks lost me job so putting tenner ere an there in it an gettin 70 ish i think

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:45 pm**

I'm getting about 200 miles on Ã‚£30 in the chipped 325i if i drive like a beeeatch

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:15 pm**

my 316i touring..always gives me 400/420 miles to a tank..Empty to full is Ã‚£47 so thats about 44mpg compared with mid 20s in the sport

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:19 pm**

in a 2.0 from 89 with 230k kms i was getting 350 kms to 55 ltrs

this was with standard filer, new cables and plugs,

and a chip from Ant ;)

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:41 pm**

gra325i wrote:my 316i touring..always gives me 400/420 miles to a tank..Empty to full is Ã‚£47 so thats about 44mpg compared with mid 20s in the sport

Don't think I broke the 400 mile barrier very often, you must have a light foot Graham, lol!
How'd the MOT go?

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:06 am**

pm sent Grant

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:09 am**

Like the signature gra325i.
Nice one mate.

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:18 am**

thanks Gortour,just my way of showing my respect
anyone who is interested can leave a message for the family, see link below

http://colinmcrae.com/post_condolence.asp

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:31 am**

grantfk10 wrote:
gra325i wrote:my 316i touring..always gives me 400/420 miles to a tank..Empty to full is Ã‚£47 so thats about 44mpg compared with mid 20s in the sport

Don't think I broke the 400 mile barrier very often, you must have a light foot Graham, lol!
How'd the MOT go?

only once i broke the 400 barrier didnt think it was posssible with prices now a day

lol

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:49 pm**

grantfk10 wrote: Don't think I broke the 400 mile barrier very often

I managed it once, IIRC, I hadn't had the car very long. Was the only time I ever saw the red warning light on in the fuel guage. About 420miles I think it was. Averaged about 34mpg touring 'round the Loch Lomand area and couldn't find a bloody petrol station anywhere! :lol:

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:12 pm**

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