(_ 230 Miles to a 55L tank__)

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Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:05 pm

as above gentlemen, this is in a 325i no mods. sound reasonable,. and its a consistant 230miles to from full to redlight after low petrol mark,. self explanition really? what is anyone else gettin 325i only please. this is on an E plate, 1st edition facelift. thanks guys.
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:08 pm

sounds about right mate.
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:10 pm

How much fuel is it actually using for those 230 miles? As in how much does it take to brim it?
& what sort of driving is that from?
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:18 pm

Roughly what i'm getting a week in my sport. 230-250
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:34 pm

I have a 325i auto-and yup thats about right-but i push it a bit quite often
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:51 pm

get similar in both my sport and 320cabby, less if the bA/C on in summer!!

also of course depends on where and how you drive. ie. 60mph all on motorway will get loads more miles than caning the arse off it round twisty roads, but i am sure no zoners do that! winkeye

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Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:27 pm

20 quid gets me 150 mile ish.mines got bbtb and zone chip.
that .auto will use more.if its manual think you need to have a look.

binding brakes
tyre pressures
coolant temp sensor.blue ecu
basic service items,plugs,leads,cap,arm,valve clearances,
obviously fuel leaks.

what is your diff ratio.how many rpm top gear at 70 mph?
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:46 pm

Alpina C2.5 manual = 240-260 miles on 50L(22-23mpg). Depends on the type of driving and duration etc, but that's a longterm average on plenty of mixed driving.

325i Auto = 220-240 miles on roughly 50L, doing the same sort of driving.

Both cars can manage 26-28 mpg at reasonable motorway speeds, anything 90mph+ starts to eat into fuel economy!
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:11 pm

i get just about a 100 miles for 20 quid on my 320i Cab, i use half local and half dual carriageway, is this normail?? Is there any other 320(dont tease) cabby's..
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:17 pm

f**k me how are u driving!

my 325i auto does 360 miles to a tank
my alpina 2.7 managed 350 all m-way at 80 plus when i drove it home last week
my old sport used to 300-330 on average!
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:28 pm

N4SBM wrote:i get just about a 100 miles for 20 quid on my 320i Cab, i use half local and half dual carriageway, is this normail?? Is there any other 320(dont tease) cabby's..
exactly the same as mine was getting and i aint got a cab.It does seem to have improved (slightly)) since i fitted a new thermostat the other week
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:49 pm

FARK i must have a sweet 1

130 miles on Ԛ£15 in the 320.... this was about half "showing my mates what it would do"
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:29 am

what size tank is a touring? 325? I just drove to redditch and back, got roughly 250miles before the red zone.. so close to 280 when the light comes on. I think I do have a sticky brake. How to fix this?
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:43 am

fuel tank in a touring is 63 litres sir!

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Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:49 am

did 240 in my tech 1 from london to leeds not dropping under a 100mph 95% of way
all on £30 bargain :cool:

and its running rough as hell and missing too
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:49 am

My Tech1 Sport would manage 320 miles from Grimsby to Bournemouth (when I was a student type)... and I never used to hang around. 80 - 90mph most of the way, with fast blasts in between.

230 isn't very good. 8O
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:53 am

I was chuffed last week - I got 260 before the light came on in my Touring. Its been 220-230 up till now. Then again the fuel gauge doesn't work properly, so i'm just hoping the fuel light is accurate!
(always take a can!)
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:27 pm

so basically.. I'm getting shit consumption!
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:34 pm

oze30 wrote:so basically.. I'm getting shit consumption!
well yeah - but frankly we all are...
Just confort yourself with how much you are saving on depreciation!
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:54 pm

I just got my 325i sport H reg (swapped for a N reg Micra Super S) the car needs some work, oil leaks fuel filler neck and fuel hose replacing.

When I got it it was using about £20 to do 130 miles :cry: and that was all motorway. After noticing a smell of fuel when driving hard looked at it and the fuel return hose of the pressure regulator was pourous changed all the fuel hose in the engine bay and now I do the same journey on £12 and round town its a million times better.

It was mostly leaking when gear changing which is when the fuel regulator dumps lots of fuel down the return.

To check this start the engine then squeeze the fuel return pipe and if buggered it will weep around the unions to the regulator.

Hope this helps, my mate used to work as a BMW technition and he said the e30 6 cylinder engines murder there fuel lines all the time due to the extra heat in the engine bay.
If I can't fix it I'll f**k it up so bad nobody can!!
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:47 pm

Got 373miles out of 54L at the weekend, mainly Mway/DC but some stop-start stuff too

89 325i Touring :)

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Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:58 pm

62 miles to £10 in M40 316i :) chuffed!
If I drive like a flower I can expect 100 miles to £10 but it's tedious!
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Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:50 pm

Bob_S wrote:If I drive like a flower I can expect 100 miles to £10
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Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:02 pm

When you have 2 sp30's on you like me which gave me 11 points flower driving is the only way :roll:

Unless your in a built up area where they can't prove squat!!! :wink:
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Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:22 am

Hey fairy boy, how come you got 11 points for two speeding offences? I thought that you only get 3 points for speeding. What were you doing?
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