How many miles are you getting on fuel???

[Alex]

I used to have a 2.9 XJ40...the computer average was 16mpg....being gentle with it

makes the E30 look frugal

my step dad got his e34 530i v8 computer down to 8mpg once that was hammering the balls of it tho

My mum got 8 MPG by literally pottering around Town in her 530i... You can probably see why it has been put into storage now .

Can I have some more figures on 316i's please? Preferably around town. Fuel consumption never really crossed my mind when I bought my car, but it will be interesting to see what she can do

i got around 30 mpg out of my 316i

[Alex]

I used to have a 2.9 XJ40...the computer average was 16mpg....being gentle with it

makes the E30 look frugal

my step dad got his e34 530i v8 computer down to 8mpg once that was hammering the balls of it tho

My mum got 8 MPG by literally pottering around Town in her 530i... You can probably see why it has been put into storage now .

Can I have some more figures on 316i's please? Preferably around town. Fuel consumption never really crossed my mind when I bought my car, but it will be interesting to see what she can do

[Brianmoooore]

I've kept an accurate check on my consumption since I fitted the LPG system, and overall the cost has been 52.75% of what it would have been on petrol. That's good enough for me.

It sure is - I'm not at all surprised that my maths are off, had that problem since school times From what you're saying LPG conversion sounds worthwhile.

Convert your car to LPG assuming you are going to get 40% savings in fuel costs, and you won't be disappointed. Figures vary, depending on the relative prices that you pay for the two fuels, how many short, cold running journeys you do (no warm up enrichment needed with LPG), and the condition of the original petrol fuel system.
Consider anything over 40% to be a bonus.
A characteristic of running on LPG is that the fuel consumption is less affected by 'spirited' driving than running on petrol, so there's less incentive not to!

[AlexBaur325]

My interim French chariot is doing 41.7 (2.0 petrol) knocking around

[suchy]

If I drive a bit spirited I get 150ish miles per £50 of fuel (currently 14.77mpg!) if I drive like my Nan I return close to 200 miles (currently 19.89mpg!) 325 Sport with a couple of mods but in need of a proper re-map so will be slightly better when sorted

[JGG1]

I bought a 320i touring from in Birmingham at the weekend, used a full tank getting it back to Devon (185 miles)

I did have my foot through the carpet a few times though

[bilun777]

[quote="gaszman"]this is a topic after my own heart as im still confused about how much i am getting out of my tank of petrol. filled up just over 50 pounds red light not on obc saying i have 63 miles left and the oddemeter reading 315 so drive it norm then when came to fill up again oddemetr reading 328 and obs says i have 36 miles left no red light and obc says im doing 31.7 to the gal not bad i think for a 320[/quote

The obs lies , just brim your car. Then refill it and then work it out. Not rocket science.To err is human ,if you really want to f**k things up you need a computer

[Gwynleym10]

If you are getting under 20mpg in any e30 you need to service it - you will save money!

I get over 22mpg on my 4 litre (diesel) 1989 Landcruiser and as I live in Central London and any trip I go on involves Town driving.

The most accurate way to calculate MPG is to fill the car up until it clicks and note the mileage. Keep noting the mileage every time you fill up (and how many litres you put in) until you next fill it to the click. OBC's are not know for the 100% reliability... and their can easily be 5p a litre in prices so saying I did £10 over 150miles means bugger all.

Here is my excel spreadsheet working out my MPG (UK /USA) and L/km.

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=610512&da=y


use www.petrolprices.com to find the cheapest place near you

Learn to drive in an economical way, look ahead don't speed up to traffic lights - learn to coast to them. You will actually end up getting to places quicker..

[DanThe]

Filled the tank this morning, took £10:24, my trip was on 84 miles.......

Not doing too well

[big_jof]

Just short of 30 mpg upto Glasgow from Bradford country and mway with a little sprinting around Kames circuit in the middle (kept that out of the calculation). Happy as a pig in the proverbial until I got to the forecourt and they were charging 132p/l for the good stuff

Visit the link. MIGHT work.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Lowerduty30/

[DanThe]

I got to the forecourt and they were charging 132p/l for the good stuff

And you paid it?!!!

This is one of the reasons garages are jacking the prices up so much, because muppets will pull on and pay it regardless

Not far from me there is a garage that is charging 136.9 for diesel when all the other garages are charging around 120
All the time there are idiots next to the pumps filling their cars...

Why? Because they are the only petrol station inbetween the M54 and the M6 toll, if they had bothered to drive an extra 1 mile past the M6 toll junction they would be back to normal prices

These garages should be boycotted, ram raided, burned to the ground,,, whatever it takes to stop them taking the piss

I heard the most expensive diesel in the uk at the moment is £159.9 somewhere in the chelsea massive

[ycymro]

Filled the tank this morning, took £10:24, my trip was on 84 miles.......

Not doing too well

Not too well !!

Assuming £1.20/litre I make that almost 45 to the gallon

I'd have been impressed if you meant 10.24 gallons

[DanThe]

Suppose I should have mentioned,,,, im running on LPG

Thats actually less than 15 to the gallon, but I have got a laptop to work long enough to map the ecu properly today, so now I should hopefully get a bit closer to 25

[liquid-24]

Of all the comments read apart from a few which cant be right you can average between 30 - 40 mpg at a sencible speed and 20 - 30 mpg if you want to have a little fun other than that if you really wanted you could drain a tank in hour or so with heavey braking and lots of lets say high speed driving around the country side or quiet town at night

But why care if you love your E30 then what does it matter you do it because you love it

[bruce62]

christ you guys seem to be doing better than me with my 325 touring m50 cruising up the carragway at 80 @ 4000 rpm i only get 23mpg or at 70 mph @ 3500 rpm i get 27 mpg but fun to drive hay ho

[hubble]

I broke my all time recored last week by getting 375 miles from a full tank.
I personally think that's very good indeed especially from a 20 year old car with a 2.5 lump.

Driving nice and steady within the speed limit. Motorways between 55 and 60.

Read my avatar

And before anyone says it I don't care if I drive like an old man. It saves me £££££ plus my bonnet wouldn't look as nice with stone chips

Now where's my slippers....

[Morat]

Hubble, you may as well just lassoo the damn lorry and save the rest of your fuel

[hubble]

Hubble, you may as well just lassoo the damn lorry and save the rest of your fuel

That's a very good idea!

[hubble]

A friend of mine said that there's more dead flies at the rear of my car than they are at the front.

Hmmm, I wonder what he meant by that?

[march109]

Driving in the lorries draft probably helps your mpg too.

I cruised home on the M4 cruise control set to 64mph behind many a lorry on monday and got awesome mpg though it was in a pug!

[Felix79]

My old 318 was giving me 32 mpg

My old 320 was doing somethign like 22mpg

My current 325i the engine blew up before I had a chance to work it out

[Morat]

I've just filled up. 286 miles on 57 litres (brim to brim) gave me a wallet lightening 22.8 mpg.
Ouch. Of course that is all on country roads and usually "pressing on".

[tailoutcharlie]

I get over 22mpg on my 4 litre (diesel) 1989 Landcruiser and as I live in Central London and any trip I go on involves Town driving.

Jesus! bet Ken Livingstone loved you

[o22ie]

went cannock earlier... 100mile round trip,

was on exactly 1/4 tank when i put £20 in, looks like its 1/4 tank now im back (maybe a minute fraction over)
cost me £1.193 litre.... so assuming i spent exactly £20 for the 100 miles what return is that?

on the way there, went A47 then A5 so slower traffic, zooming then stopping etc, took 1hr 30min...

but on the way back went A5 then did the M69 at hinckley to leicester hitting constantly between 90 and 100 (yes im a naughty boy) took 1hr 4min....

just wondering if i wasted the most fuel on the way there in slower traffic at lower speed or on the way back at 15 miles worth of constant high speed

[lenny-d]

4.4 V8 745i and i'm getting about 25p per mile so about 40 to a tenner then not bad for a big bus when you compare to the older cars

[Speedtouch]

Earlier this week, I achieved 60 miles and 55 miles from £10 of normal unleaded driving on two 60 mile round trips (mostly dual-carriageway, A2) which equated to 32 and 29mpg in an '89 325i Sport; quite respectable I thought. On my regular shorter journeys however, this plummets to around 30 miles out of a tenner - 16mpg

[BB-BMW-325i]

I get 25 mpg short trip and 40 mpg on motorway driveing not bad for a 325iSE.
And i have a lead foot.
But i do service it every six mounths regardless of mileage i do which is about 4500 a year.
I usally work on when it is about to overflow.

[fingerman]

270 miles from a full tank in my 320 (2.5 lump in it) - not that many miles from the tank but I don't really give a toss - it was fun

BTW - I'd would love to get the M50 2.5 in it instead of the M20 - it would go like stink, sound great and be better on fuel.

[lenny-d]

well when i did have the sport on the road i was getting around 250 to an average tank although i did once nearly get 300

[Morat]

Just a small rant here folks, any post that talks about getting a certain distance on a so many pounds worth of petrol is a total waste of time. The cost of fuel varies, and in six months time it will have probably doubled again so anyone asking the same question will have to post up yet another thread because the old posts will be meaningless.

There are loads of mpg calculators on the net which work out your mpg from litres and miles.

[StuBeeDoo]

Just a small rant here folks, any post that talks about getting a certain distance on a so many pounds worth of petrol is a total waste of time. The cost of fuel varies, and in six months time it will have probably doubled again so anyone asking the same question will have to post up yet another thread because the old posts will be meaningless.

There are loads of mpg calculators on the net which work out your mpg from litres and miles.

If you check back through some of the old posts, I've posted similar comments on a lot of them.
No-one takes any f*****g notice. They'll continue posting "why am I only getting 20 miles out of a tenner's worth of Optimax?" threads so I give up with them.
It's not even as if calculating fuel consumption correctly is rocket-science, is it? Trouble is that most of the posters of the "offending" threads can't (or don't want to..) afford the £100-odd it's going to cost to brim the tank twice.
Try telling them that only putting a few quids worth in at a time is false economy - they won't take any notice of that either, and you'll probably get "mind your own f*****g business!".

[Speedtouch]

Surely, regularly brimming the tank is pointless unless you're undertaking a lengthy journey since you're just needlessly lugging about alot of extra weight? For local motoring, I tend to run a tenner at a time until the warning light comes on.

[Chase007]

I bought a 320i touring from in Birmingham at the weekend, used a full tank getting it back to Devon (185 miles)

I did have my foot through the carpet a few times though

You need to get that car checked u shud be getting alot more than that mate

[bodger]

i get 200 miles to £40 thats taking it easy, my 325 stinks of fuel so i think its running a bit rich plus it smokes a tad when floored even though its been rebuilt not long ago

[liam012]

there is your mpg calculator right there.

1 gallon = 4.54 litres.

miles/gallons - mpg

e.g todays fill:
207 miles to fill to the brim again 39 litres.
39/4.54 = 8.6

207/8.6= 24

so mine is 24 mpg