04 545i Sport 14.5mpg and 20mph
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i get 17.7mpg.. short journeys too. but not THAT short. 0.9 miles .. i'd walk it. in fact i walk more than that each morning to my train station.
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Originally Posted by dlomonosov' post='463944' date='Aug 29 2007, 04:57 PM
just picked up 04 545i and fuel economy is horrible. I looked at my computer and it is telling me 14.5mpg and 20mph are my averages?! Is this normal? My 01 GS430 V8 4.3L 300hp averaged 21mpg!!! I made appointment with dealer to do replace dash wood that is cracked under warranty, check door seal squeaks and MPG consumption!! What everybody else averages?
Average 18mpg and 17 with the winter blend gas. Get 25 mpg on the highway. Unless your driving like a maniac, 14.5 is too low. Either your computer is off or have the engine checked.
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Originally Posted by jet190rs' post='464229' date='Aug 30 2007, 12:48 PM
that's about what i get in manhattan. goes up if i hit the highways.
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Originally Posted by Lord Monkey' post='464162' date='Aug 30 2007, 04:56 AM
Perhaps you should have bought a car with a smaller engine then... or cut a hole in the floor, switch the engine off and do a Fred Flintstone 
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Originally Posted by CVTBenhogan' post='465671' date='Sep 4 2007, 10:28 AM
Average 18mpg and 17 with the winter blend gas. Get 25 mpg on the highway. Unless your driving like a maniac, 14.5 is too low. Either your computer is off or have the engine checked.
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Originally Posted by pharding' post='465997' date='Sep 5 2007, 05:16 AM
+1 That is what I got in my 545 sport with the step tranny. I tend to drive aggressively according to my wife.
If you were driving a Prius, your wife would still think your driving was aggressive. Maybe your doing alot of city driving?? I'm fairly aggressive too. Hit a buck-fifty last Sunday on the way to the golf course. Average mpg dropped from 18 to 17. CVT Benhogan
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Originally Posted by pharding' post='465997' date='Sep 5 2007, 05:16 AM
I tend to drive aggressively according to my wife.
For all this debate we still don't have the OP doing it the old fashioned way to confirm what the computer says. I recall many a discussion about how inaccurate the computer was...
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