Economy of a 318i e30?
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bear77
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Fed up with my turbo diesel airfix kit made by vauxhall and thinking of going back to an e30. Question is how economical is a 318i? Currently getting 55mpg on the Vx - how much of a drop with the e30 be...
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Grrrmachine
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About half. You can't run a 25+ year old car on a budget. Expect 30mpg on a good day.
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age
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M40 rightness if you can get to 6000rpm noone can hear your tappets
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Brianmoooore
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If you're doing the kind of driving that returns 55 MPG on the diseasal, then you should get a fair bit better than 30 MPG on the 318i, providing it's in good condition.
Add an LPG conversion, and you're back to the financial equivalent of 50 MPG+.
Add an LPG conversion, and you're back to the financial equivalent of 50 MPG+.
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hillbilly30
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318is seemed very good, better than 316i I have had in the past, would guess mpg was well into the 30's
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Saturday 5th October 2013 zone membership: 53243Grrrmachine wrote:About half. You can't run a 25+ year old car on a budget.
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Get a f* grip,we are talking about 20+yr.old sub £10k cars here,NOT the crown jewels!