Ok i think i should fill up now....

[Bob_S]

yeah as I will get there quicker!! lmao

it says that on the 318is chip OBC and my maths is correct too!

[Simon13]

Zayyan who are them gaylords in your avatar?

thats bad for a 318iS should do 30mpg all day long BobS!

[Zayyan]

Zayyan who are them gaylords in your avatar?

See here:

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=33311

[Widge]

Still gaylords. I wouldn't have them on my avartar, then again I did have a bearded Kossak for a while!

[320Touring]

been doing some enconomy tests of my own recently on the m20b20 "oliver"

from light on, I filled the tank with £55 at 92.9p

gives 59.20litres (55/.929)

gives 13.04 gallons (59.20/4.54)

and I managed to cover 416 miles

about 100 of those were in town (heavy traffic)

200 on backroads (A+B roads, tackles in a manner that enjoys the e30's poise and grace )

100ish on motorway, cruising at about 65mph, they bore me so i just chill.

so the MPG for that little lot was 31.9- none too shabby i feel!

as a reward, the car got serviced on wednesday so if anything MPG should improve...

i have £15 in the tank as we speak so i'll let you know

[Widge]

So Oliver got his ticket in the end?

[320Touring]

So Oliver got his ticket in the end?

it aint called oliver thats just a reference to the way she drinks when "pressing on" (like ollie reid on a bender!)

yeah total cost of the ticket and test+ 6 months tax was £177.

god I love e30's

[Widge]

Dam that's good, that other garage is a bunch of crooks!
Might start calling mine oliver!
Sorry guys that's off topic.

[CaesarBob]

I hate you all I really do especially when my 318is is drinking to the rate of 13/14MPG no joke! I'm gonna have to get it on a diagnostics machine

Bob - are you sure you haven't got a hole in the fuel tank????

I drove to Surrey and back on Wednesday this week at a steady 70-75mph and averaged over 40mpg in my iS. That's 450miles on about 50litres. The worst i've ever got was still about 26/27mpg.

[billgatese30]

Zayyan who are them gaylords in your avatar?

See here:

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=33311

yeah, that avatar is really bad taste zayyan

[Matt_T]

Apparantly you can calibrate the OBC using the little pot on the bottom left corner of the unit, ill give this a go when/if i ever get the light on!

[Widge]

I wan't to try this too, do you turn it with a little screw driver? when on the litres setting?

[Matt_T]

As far as i know yes, i did wonder what that little pot was for, i have changed it before and not noticed any change so maybe ive thrown it way out!

[gareth]

mine usually does 180 miles to a tank (that's full to the brim and refilled only when the light comes on).. that's 15mpg!!!!

i have managed to get 250 miles to a tank once and have managed less than 100 miles to a tank too!!!

it its defence though, it's such a big engine that on the 3 mile run to work, it almost never gets more than 1/4 the way up the temp gauge so average milage it town driving with a cold engine.

still hurts though ... until i put my boot down and i do this

[delboy8000]

i cant seem to get my 325 auto above 20.8mpg on the obc,thats 50 motorway miles at 70mph going to work and 105mph coming home ,as for fuel light,comes on at approx 20m left,then miles go up to 32 then steadily down,obc is very accurate as mine went down to 9 miles then shows a straight line

[Simon13]

my 325 auto is doing about 23mpg around town which it too bad in my book. No worse than a manual as i thought it might be

scorpion centre box is getting nice and loud now too

[charlE30]

I managed to drive my 325i 208 miles yesterday with 80% on the motorway and used only half a tank