550 Gas Guzzler tax (US)
09-30-2005, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by DTAHT' date='Sep 29 2005, 11:15 PM
[quote name='colejl' date='Sep 29 2005, 03:14 PM'][quote name='speedracerF4i' date='Sep 29 2005, 06:37 PM']Automatics are more fuel efficient.? SMG gets I believe 2 MPG less than Auto.
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540i=25.7mpg, 540iA=27.2mpg
550i=25.4mpg, 550iA=26.2mpg
520d=47.9mpg, 520dA=40.9mpg
525d=42.2mpg, 525dA=36.2mpg
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[/quote]Remember that those figures are in IMPERIAL gallons, which are larger than US gallons thus providing more MPG.
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[/quote]Indeed! I was more demonstrating the difference between petrol and diesel... Hopefully I haven't confused too many friends across the pond!
09-30-2005, 04:32 PM
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SUVs are not trucks! thats BS in my book. a truck is somthing with an open bed!
09-30-2005, 08:22 PM
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My Ride: 2004 545i 6 spd Sports Package | NAV | PDC | Logic 7 | BT retrofit | SW V13.3
Originally Posted by EBMCS03' date='Sep 29 2005, 10:30 PM
[quote name='?gent99' date='Sep 29 2005, 04:37 PM']My 2005 545i/SMG is getting 19/24 mile per US gallon
I guess the 550i/SMG will be worse?? That ain't all bad IMO...especially for a powerful V8....
Bummer about the GGT....
I guess the 550i/SMG will be worse?? That ain't all bad IMO...especially for a powerful V8....
Bummer about the GGT....
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I dont know exactlly how BMW did away with the 545 not having GGT. I did quite a bit of research when I got mine because I didnt want to pay the GGT. if it ment that Auto trans didnt have GGT I would have gotten that instead. I was torn between the two at the time. 6spd was not a choice.
(I'm a rare one.) So Ya back to GGT. with the calculations the 545 SHOULD have GGT! I dont know why it doesnt. you can google for the formula to calculate the GGT, then you'll see. The 545 SMG just missed it by a very tiny bit like .7 or somthing and looked like it should have $1K GGT. The Auto was above the cut off by like .3 or somthing to that extent so does not have GGT but the fact that the auto, smg or 6 spd doesnt have GGT at all gets me wondering. Maybe BMW is paying it themselves?
So now that they're saying the 550 has GGT it makes me wonder if the fuel economy is really lower than the 545. It might not be that much lower in fuel economy than the 545 maybe 1mpg either highway or city or 1 mpg on both and that bumps it just that much lower than the threshold which makes them have to have GGT.
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[/quote]I noticed this while pricing a 550 with my dealer. he noticed that it only applied (atleast with his computer) when we added the SP. Interestingly he mentioned that it was on the 545 when they first started ordering it in late 2003 and then it went away. I bet we just have to wait for the first cars before BMWNA lobbies to get rid of it. I sure hope thats the case by the time I am ready.
09-30-2005, 08:29 PM
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So did any of the early buyers have to pay GGT on the 545? Should I put out a new topic on this? I'm interested to know...
10-02-2005, 07:15 PM
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Mine is listed as 17/25 on the window sticker.
10-02-2005, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MidnightRider' date='Oct 2 2005, 08:15 PM
Mine is listed as 17/25 on the window sticker.
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17/25 ? Thats the same as the 545 steptronic.
So you got your car already? with the new 550 engine?
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