Originally Posted by faarcanal' post='584984' date='May 21 2008, 12:45 AM

In City peak hour avg 36Km/h I get 12l/100km

Converting to US measures that is avg of 22.3mph @ 19.6USmpg

And in hwy driving avg 100kmh I get 6.2l/100km


US measures avg 62mph @ 38mpg

Originally Posted by lwolf2' post='604404' date='Jun 17 2008, 01:14 PM

'04 525i with the 6 speed. I drive 90 miles to and from work every day in New Jersey, 50/50 mixed local stop and go and highway at 80 mph. I average 31-32 mpg but can get up to 35 if I baby the car (put into high gear asap, coast up to stops, etc). Nobody can believe I drive this beautiful bimmer and get such great milage!

Originally Posted by danazc' post='605284' date='Jun 18 2008, 03:38 PM

I have a 2005 545i and we bought this about 4 weeks ago and I love this car. By far hands down the best overall car IMHO. Anyways, my dilema was MPG between the 530 and 545 as well. We do like 90% hwy driving and after talking and researching the big difference between the 530 and 545 in gas mileage is city driving. I was told that for hwy driving the gas mileage is almost negligible. We get 23.5 mpg with our 545i but that is like 90% hwy driving.

Originally Posted by ZinMe' post='584766' date='May 20 2008, 08:03 PM

For mixed city / highway driving, what kind of gas mileage do you get on each of these cars? The reason I'm asking is that we love our 545i and my wife and I would argue over which one of us has to drive the Prius (if we were to buy one.) I'm wondering what mileage I can expect if I bought her and '05 525 or 530... the CPO deals right now are very good, while Prius pricing in the California is getting ridiculous for the type of car you get- about $27-28k with the options.

Originally Posted by BillGale' post='608448' date='Jun 23 2008, 03:28 PM

My '05 530i is getting about 25 mpg at average speed of 36 mph (more highway than city roads). On trips I have seen better than 31 mpg.

Originally Posted by gotabyte' post='585165' date='May 21 2008, 09:07 AM

I have an 07 525i and am averaging 26mpg overall. I have all stop-and-go traffic to work. Highway mileage is 35mpg at 75mph. I will gladly give up some fuel economy to have a car that is a pleasure to drive and not a death trap in an accident than have a bottom line vehicle, like a Prius, just to save a few dollars at the pump.