318is mpgs

[ls1toughy]

what are all you 318is owners getting to the gallon most importantly on a run will it do 40+ taking it easy
thanks

[monkey]

i used to get 35ish on a run and more like 20 to 25 around town and on b roads

[jon552]

i was getting around 300 miles on the smaller e30 tank with a mix of driving (thrashing ) think that works out to about 30-35mpg?

jon

[monkey]

300 miles and 55l of fuel is about 25mpg

[ShepsEvo3]

what are all you 318is owners getting to the gallon most importantly on a run will it do 40+ taking it easy
thanks

It will do over 40MPG but it will need mapping for it.

The tank size is 47ltrs not 55.

I generally get around 400 miles from brim to empty, admittedly thats around 49 ltrs. OBC has been on 39.2mpg for weeks now, even with harder driving.

[jon552]

ok then, i dident run it completley out of fuel extend the pick up pipe and condence the vapor to get the last little bit out on an average fill up it took about £45 (43l ish) to show full on the gauge and did about 300 miles before it was at the same point so about 30 mpg

jon

[monkey]

in that case it makes it 30ish mpg to 300miles . 400 on a tank is good going though

[ShepsEvo3]

in that case it makes it 30ish mpg to 300miles . 400 on a tank is good going though

I've seen 440 But it's not doing that right now... my fuel tank is leaking

[asmith88]

mine constantly gets around 30mpg, 35 at most

[Alex]

30mpg round town and around 35-38mpg on a run

[JayPee]

25-30 running around town, although tend to get closer to 40 on motorway journeys.

[pac1982]

My maths is shite but i've just got back of my hols in the isle of wight, spent £55 on fuel and got just over 450 miles out of my 318IS, anyone care to work out the MPG on that one?? on average fuel was costing about 104

[mrcole]

about 38mpg, which seems good for a 'stroll' around IOW.

[pac1982]

Still got just under a quarter of a tank left so i'm quite happy with that

[Torsen]

My 318is has a chip that I bought to Ant. Using the extra torque, and sifting at low-ish revs, I can normally get 7.5 liters/100Km (some 37mpg). But, with extra care, and I wasn't among the slower cars on the road, I got 6.7 liters / 100 Km (some 45mpg).

[pac1982]

Bit off topic but i had a little top speed run on the motorway on the way home and got an indicated 138mph but i dont think the old E30 speedo is very accurate TBH

[Alex]

mine gets to 120mph easy so i think 138 is deffinitly possible

[pac1982]

Even if it were possible i dont think an speedo indicated 138 would be anywhere near that speed in real life

[ShepsEvo3]

The 318is speedo seems to be a little inaccurate (too fast), but her other E30 speedos seem to be nearly spot on. I've had mine off the clock, but that was on the dyno with no load on it lol. Car has raised rev limit ;)

[Dave_M3]

I can get upto 45mpg on good fuel on a run and 35 easy without driving like miss daisy.
Will go as low as 20-25 though when pushing on.

If I put shit fuel into it I'll barely get over 25 no matter how I drive though


As for top speed, I got about 145ish, probably a little more, maybe 150 in it but I decided enough was enough. Was using a 4.1 diff so I reckon 135ish is what it was really reading.

Friend of mine hit the rev-limiter with a 3.91 diff with a very good iS... typically the speedo wasn't working when he tried it

[pac1982]

150mph in a 318IS i find that hard to believe

[Felix79]

Seeing these figures I am realising running an Alpina as my daily to Uni is not the smartest move I have made.

[gareth]

makes me less smug with my 53p/litre LPG when i'm getting 14mpg round town. that said, it will do a round figure of 100 miles to a tenner out of town and my recond is a genuine accurate 38mpg from the uk to the nurburgring, on gas too! so an equivalent of about 70mpg, and from a M30 too!

it's all down to how you drive them folks

[Felix79]

makes me less smug with my 53p/litre LPG when i'm getting 14mpg round town. that said, it will do a round figure of 100 miles to a tenner out of town and my recond is a genuine accurate 38mpg from the uk to the nurburgring, on gas too! so an equivalent of about 70mpg, and from a M30 too!

it's all down to how you drive them folks

I blame BMW and Alpina for making my car sound so brilliant when it's reved around 3-4k rpm.

But like Clarkson proved with the M3 and Prius on Top Gear , all down to how you drive them.

[oakey]

My m20 does about 21mpg

[Dave_M3]

150mph in a 318IS i find that hard to believe

150 on the clock... If you read my post again, you'll see "I reckon 135ish is what it was really reading."


Interesting though with my mates one hitting the limiter in 5th with a 3.91!

Mine is re-mapped hence it can be so frugal on good fuel and as bad as an M20 on shit fuel

[ChrisiS]

Mine is consistent at about 37mpg- I can push 40 mpg if I drive like a saint.

With the car full of equipment, and two kayaks on the roof on a high speed run to scotland it managed to average 32 mpg which I was pretty chuffed with!

[johnmaloney88]

where did u get the remap done dave? or do chips help?

[Gussy]

The tank size is 47ltrs not 55.

Are you sure about this?

[Dave_M3]

where did u get the remap done dave? or do chips help?

Was chipped and re-mapped before I got it.

The chips make a huge difference to them, a standard iS feels pathetic now after driving chipped ones

[hazd31]

150mph in a 318IS i find that hard to believe

150 on the clock... If you read my post again, you'll see "I reckon 135ish is what it was really reading."


Interesting though with my mates one hitting the limiter in 5th with a 3.91!

Mine is re-mapped hence it can be so frugal on good fuel and as bad as an M20 on shit fuel

cant be far off, i had an e36 318is running at 140 and felt like it had more to go!! mpg would read as if it was about 30-40 when crusing but i found i was filling it up moe than my my 320i which never reads over about 30mpg

[Alex]

where did u get the remap done dave? or do chips help?

Was chipped and re-mapped before I got it.

The chips make a huge difference to them, a standard iS feels pathetic now after driving chipped ones

+1

They seems a lot more reponsive when you kick the pedal to the floor at 4k rpm

[town325i]

150mph in a 318IS i find that hard to believe

150 on the clock... If you read my post again, you'll see "I reckon 135ish is what it was really reading."


Interesting though with my mates one hitting the limiter in 5th with a 3.91!

Mine is re-mapped hence it can be so frugal on good fuel and as bad as an M20 on shit fuel

cant be far off, i had an e36 318is running at 140 and felt like it had more to go!! mpg would read as if it was about 30-40 when crusing but i found i was filling it up moe than my my 320i which never reads over about 30mpg

oh my god here we go the IS dreamers are back with and engine built by god can do 140mph

[Alex]

i can see an indicated 140mph possible



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[knightmare]

I remember my old 320is only costing me 1p a mile more to run than my mrs 1.4 fiesta (loved knocking back her arguments over running costs)

Also I used to get 35mpg out of my 325i Auto (mix of stop go traffic and during the week and long drives on the weekends(200-300 mile 1/2 motorway 1/2 mountain)

the 2.7 Alpina is giving me about 20- 25 (dam my love for that acceleration )