Fuel consumption
09-07-2004, 02:51 PM
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I've been driving 170 Km's today. Autobahn, mountain roads (checking the location for the next meet) and city driving. I finally had 27mpg. Not bad for a 545iA... 
09-07-2004, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Sep 7 2004, 05:51 PM
I've been driving 170 Km's today. Autobahn, mountain roads (checking the location for the next meet) and city driving. I finally had 27mpg. Not bad for a 545iA...
09-07-2004, 04:32 PM
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I had fun, lots of it. But I agree, it could have been more. I just wanted to know how far I can go when driving "normally", like it would be a usual car.
If I really watch the fuel consumption I can get more out of it, if I drive it like a bimmer it'll be less.
I was just impressed by getting this result, even with driving in the mountains and in the city, and without watching the fuel consumption.
If I really watch the fuel consumption I can get more out of it, if I drive it like a bimmer it'll be less.
I was just impressed by getting this result, even with driving in the mountains and in the city, and without watching the fuel consumption.
09-07-2004, 06:31 PM
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Geez. I wish we were getting mpg like that. Ours is 18-19mpg.
On a side note, it is so nice that our mpg is actually accurate now! It took SO long for them to believe us that the MPG was off by 25%! At least it is fixed now.
On a side note, it is so nice that our mpg is actually accurate now! It took SO long for them to believe us that the MPG was off by 25%! At least it is fixed now.
09-07-2004, 06:45 PM
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They said it was set up in the system wrong-- something about being on UK gallons instead of US gallons. Why the 2 previous dealers didn't find this is beyond me. It was still off, by a little bit, and then the complete software update brought it to almost exactly correct.
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My wife took this one when we were en route to Spain. 42.8 MPG, 323 miles and still over 1/2 a tank to go
Not quite the performance of a 545, but the diesels do have some advantages!
Not quite the performance of a 545, but the diesels do have some advantages!
09-08-2004, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Evenflow545' date='Sep 8 2004, 11:57 PM
I still get low 30's with flat roads and conservative driving, although no one believes me.
