calling all tourings

[maz3722]

i am very close to buying a touring and after settling the 316 v 318 debate i am now getting certain people telling me that the mpg/economy isnt a great deal less than the six cylinders! ( just to make matters worse) .So i am now asking zoners in particular touring owners to give me feedback on what mpg they are getting- have never trusted manufacturers figures so i am calling on genuine folk to give me honest genuine figures for their 318i's or 320's- i like to use the ten pound rule-what will i get for me tenners worth of juice-

[zaust]

late 20's on all model's.

[Scruffymurphy]

I found a good difference between my last 320 & my 316. I don't know figures but the 320 was hard to keep up with. Then again it may have been the car. I did drive the the sh*t out of it, I loved the sound of the full scorpion exhaust. In the 316 I was much more civilised.

That probably didn't help much.

[touringandy]

the 318i i have is giving me about 30 ish which i think is ok for a 17 yr old motor

[Herrity]

And driving like an absolute t**t not forgetting andy !

[touringandy]

lol you bast 88d thought you give me some stick lol

[PeterS]

I've got a '92 K 316i Touring and an '88 E 325i Touring. The 316i does around 32mpg, giving a realistic range of 350 miles on a tank. The 325i will only do around 24mpg for the same type of use, meaning that it's range is nearer 250 miles. However...both cars are driven fairly quickly...

HTH

Peter

[touringandy]

am doin about 350 380 to a tank ibn mine sensibly

[StuBeeDoo]

OK, here's mine - worked out to your rule.
320i Touring, commuting (8.5 miles each way, 5 days a week), 25(ish)mpg. Worked out at roughly £17.50 per 100 miles.
So a tenner would have been roughly 57 miles.

On a run, it did 30ish mpg so that tenner would stretch nearly 70 miles.

It's all academic now though, I've converted it to LPG so I go twice as far for the same money.

[Cotty]

Based on a full tank, bit of town driving + A roads + long motoway trip, couple of 120 blats, mine turned in 27mpg

EDIT

i am calling on genuine folk to give me honest genuine figures for their 318i's or 320's- i like -

sorry that is based on a 325i

[Dipesh]

OK, here's mine - worked out to your rule.
320i Touring, commuting (8.5 miles each way, 5 days a week), 25(ish)mpg. Worked out at roughly £17.50 per 100 miles.
So a tenner would have been roughly 57 miles.

On a run, it did 30ish mpg so that tenner would stretch nearly 70 miles.

[color]

Exactly what my 320i convertible does. I bet it would be much better if i wasnt stuck in traffic all the time!

[andye30nut]

i get about 25mpg from my 325i

[fuzzy]

ive seen as little as 45 very hard miles from £25 worth of fuel from my 320 . i think the best ive had back is very low 20's , that certainly doesnt help you at all in your application but i thought id add it anyway

[bmwowner]

i get 54 miles to a tenner around town in my 318i coupe to and from work if i drive like a old man.
if i drive it like ive nicked it then i only get about 30 miles to a tenner, hope this helps

[StriderDriver]

I'm sure some clever folk on her work work out mine: 250 miles = 40 litres in a 325i

[touringandy]

some strange figures here also remember fuel cost vary not alot but av seen a diffrence of 4 p in areas that makes diffrence

[HairyScreech]

i was getting about 32mpg on the 320 and im getting 230 miles out of £30 worth of fuel in the 25. so thats about 29mpg with the prices here.

[Morat]

I Was getting 24.5mph last I checked. That was commuting with mix of urban, Dual Carriageway, single carriageway A-roads and country roads. All driven full chat depending on traffic.

[touringandy]

also note can we have the title changed to tourings please you no how fussy us touring drivers can be .if it was
someone else calling it that there`d be murder so change it if we can plz

[E30Mark]

Title edited, don't want he touring massive throwing a wobbly!

[touringandy]

lol thanks brilliant

[Leen]

Huuuum well I normally get around 45/50miles to a tenner if I drive it within the limits, but once pushed (very hard!) that can half!

325 ftw!

[touringandy]

sometimes mine is averaging 70 to a tenner

[Leen]

Please dont tell me thats a 2.5?

[touringandy]

naaa a 318i when bout i got 390 to a tank that was 40 notes ish , havent really used car much in last couple of weeks lost me job so putting tenner ere an there in it an gettin 70 ish i think

[BadDave]

I'm getting about 200 miles on £30 in the chipped 325i if i drive like a beeeatch

[gra325i]

my 316i touring..always gives me 400/420 miles to a tank..Empty to full is £47 so thats about 44mpg compared with mid 20s in the sport

[johnono]

in a 2.0 from 89 with 230k kms i was getting 350 kms to 55 ltrs

this was with standard filer, new cables and plugs,

and a chip from Ant ;)

[grantfk10]

my 316i touring..always gives me 400/420 miles to a tank..Empty to full is £47 so thats about 44mpg compared with mid 20s in the sport

Don't think I broke the 400 mile barrier very often, you must have a light foot Graham, lol!
How'd the MOT go?

[gra325i]

pm sent Grant

[Gortour]

Like the signature gra325i.
Nice one mate.

[gra325i]

thanks Gortour,just my way of showing my respect
anyone who is interested can leave a message for the family, see link below


http://colinmcrae.com/post_condolence.asp

[touringandy]

my 316i touring..always gives me 400/420 miles to a tank..Empty to full is £47 so thats about 44mpg compared with mid 20s in the sport

Don't think I broke the 400 mile barrier very often, you must have a light foot Graham, lol!
How'd the MOT go?

only once i broke the 400 barrier didnt think it was posssible with prices now a day lol

[StuBeeDoo]

Don't think I broke the 400 mile barrier very often

I managed it once, IIRC, I hadn't had the car very long. Was the only time I ever saw the red warning light on in the fuel guage. About 420miles I think it was. Averaged about 34mpg touring 'round the Loch Lomand area and couldn't find a bloody petrol station anywhere!

[touringandy]

lol