FUEL CONSUMPTION 530d
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My Ride: (June '05) E60 530d Sport, Silver Grey, Blk leather, Auto, BT, Comms package, 6-disk multichanger,.......£1302 for a dealer fitted towbar.........
Originally Posted by colejl' post='374767' date='Jan 7 2007, 10:13 PM
If you're getting 26mpg @ 65-70mph then something is definitely wrong! Mine would give at least 50% better than that without even trying! If I feather the throttle over quite a few miles I can get over an indicated 50mpg...
Currently at 28.8mpg, Av spd=45mph over the past 1000miles......
.....but I had a visit from E-maps a few months ago, and just can't help flooring it at every opportunity!
Got to grow up..got to grow up..
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My Ride: (June '05) E60 530d Sport, Silver Grey, Blk leather, Auto, BT, Comms package, 6-disk multichanger,.......£1302 for a dealer fitted towbar.........
Sorry tony4449, I didn't see you confirm in any of your posts that the 'units' are set correctly to 'UK Gallons' as opposed to 'US Gallons'?
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Originally Posted by TACTRAS' post='374776' date='Jan 7 2007, 10:32 PM
Sorry tony4449, I didn't see you confirm in any of your posts that the 'units' are set correctly to 'UK Gallons' as opposed to 'US Gallons'?
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My Ride: (June '05) E60 530d Sport, Silver Grey, Blk leather, Auto, BT, Comms package, 6-disk multichanger,.......£1302 for a dealer fitted towbar.........
Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='374777' date='Jan 7 2007, 10:33 PM
I believe he measured tank fill to tank fill.
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Yeah sorry, I've just re-read from the beginning.
In which case I'd be looking for another dealer's opinion.
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I have a 530d with 68,000 miles on it and i was a bit dissapointed with the mpg (uk). My old 523 was getting about 28mpg. All the figures show around about 35-38 mpg. I have now driven mines for about 2,500 miles and i am getting 37mpg on a long motorway run. On a combined i am getting about 32-33 mpg. If you hammer it i dont expect you will get much change out of 30mpg. I suppose its good for the amount of power the car has but i must say i am still a little bit disappointed.
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Originally Posted by fraseman999' post='374808' date='Jan 8 2007, 12:01 AM
I have a 530d with 68,000 miles on it and i was a bit dissapointed with the mpg (uk). My old 523 was getting about 28mpg. All the figures show around about 35-38 mpg. I have now driven mines for about 2,500 miles and i am getting 37mpg on a long motorway run. On a combined i am getting about 32-33 mpg. If you hammer it i dont expect you will get much change out of 30mpg. I suppose its good for the amount of power the car has but i must say i am still a little bit disappointed.
I'm running mine on BP Ultimate and I think that helps a little too...
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Originally Posted by colejl' post='375034' date='Jan 8 2007, 10:43 AM
I'm running mine on BP Ultimate and I think that helps a little too...
Either way... so long as you're happy...
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My Ride: 535d m sport - 9 Weeks to go!!
I run mine on BP Ultimate and the car feels more responsive than with standard diesel.....I was exceptionaly sceptical at first and did a series back to back experiments with two tanks of standard and then two tanks of ultimate; every time the car felt more responsive with ultimate, no difference in hard 'off the line' acceleration, just better / more positive torque delivery, it just seems to have more urgency when hoofing it in gear.
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Originally Posted by TC.' post='375042' date='Jan 8 2007, 11:37 AM
I run mine on BP Ultimate and the car feels more responsive than with standard diesel.....I was exceptionaly sceptical at first and did a series back to back experiments with two tanks of standard and then two tanks of ultimate; every time the car felt more responsive with ultimate, no difference in hard 'off the line' acceleration, just better / more positive torque delivery, it just seems to have more urgency when hoofing it in gear.
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