auto 325 touring fuel return

[doeboymr2]

how much do people get out of there tanks in there 325 auto, i have a touring and it costs me £50 roughly to fill up and it gets me about 230miles before she need to stop again, i have only had the car a couple of weeks and i am finding it to be the least economical of my to cars and my other car is a 315bhp mr2 turbo!!!!

i expected it to be a bit juicy but it seems really bad!!

i am a bit gutted as she is a really solid mint car, and lovely to drive and exactly what i wanted for a winter car but i may have to part with it due to her drink problem!!

what do you other 325 auto owners get to a tank?

cheers

steve

[stevotheevo]

i get about 250 miles, its a manual but i do have a heavy foot.

[maggspower]

Hi there, just done some tests on mine

Im getting 27mpg half town driving, half motorway, and the other day did 400 miles to a tank on a motorway trip, which worked out at 33mpg, this was all done using proper the proper grandad style stuck to 70mph, no hard exceleration ect.

To be honest the auto box is bad for consumption around town, but better on a run. Until last week it had been a while since i drove an auto round London it is easier the only side effects are the consumption and my terribly withered left leg

If you do alot of town driving a manual would be better.

this week i did mostly town driving and have done about 270miles the fuel lights not on yet but it will be soon having said that it will cost about £60 to fill up so not far off yours.

Give it a service, if you havent already, and drive it like there is an egg under the throttle!!!

cheers maggs

[e30topless]

325's are greedy I get around 70 miles for 20 quid of fuel ? so your not doing too bad at 230 miles for 50 quid if i drive very carefully i get a bit more

[doeboymr2]

the trouble is that i have only had the car for a couple of weeks and i'm in love with the noise!!!

lol

and i do have a heavy right foot but that is my driving style!!

after all i have a mr2 turbo and the turbo needs to be encouraged!!

it is looking likely she will have to go!!

i seem to have grown very attached to it in the short time i have had it, and can definately see why there is a following!!

but the whole thing boils down to the fact that it is a regular daily driver i need and with that in mind i need a car that doesn't drink more than a tuned 2litre turbo charged sports car!!

cheers for the info!!

steve

[maggspower]

@e30topless, thats about 17mpg I bet it don't take you long to get there though

[Simon13]

mt record in my old 325i auto was 417 miles to a tank and it worked out to 31mpg so i think your a bit out maggspower!

[maggspower]

My tank wasn't empty though

It took 55l to fill it back and did 397 miles

which equals 32.796365mpg, so yes i did optimisticaly round it up.

would you like to see my working out sir?

[andyp]

i get between 220 to 250 to £50.00, my mrs gets 280 in her 1.6 clio and 260 in her 2.0 vectra, i know what i would rather be driving for the difference.