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Old 06-19-2008, 12:46 PM
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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

I get about the same with my 2004 530i...trafic gas comsumption is very bad...I guess these cars aren't made for trafic jams
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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!
Yea you can get pretty good milage if you baby drive it...some times I drive very smooth for a 3-4 days then go nuts on the weekend and floor it here and there...so I am kind of counter productive....
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I have a 2005 525 Auto and get 20mpg around town but 30 on motorway driving. I know the UK MPG fugures are slightly different from you guys over there.

On the same note Ive got a 2008 520d as a loaner (major engine and transmission problems on the 525) and its doing 44mpg on mixed driving!
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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.
Cruising down the HWY you should pull a solid 27 MPG. Conserative HWY driving you can push 30MPG. Not to shabby for a V8 with 325 HP. I to was in the same boat debating between the 530 and 545 and in the end the big power difference compared to 2-3 MPG was worth it for me to go to the 545. I think if I went with the 530i I'd be kicking myself right now on the inside.
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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.
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.
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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.
I decide to use the trip computer yesterday driving to my place down at the florida keys. I did 28mpg average total speed 57. I was going about 80-100mph on the turnpike driving agreesively. empty quarter tank about 100miles total traveled. i think it was pretty good for my 525i.
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city traffic is about 10-12 Liter/100 km

highway 8-9 Liter/100 km - depends on the speed

How much this is in mpg - ?? - I don?t know, sorry
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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.
35mpg on the highway?? what did you do to your car? that's better than my a4 1.8t MT, which i thought was fairly fuel efficient!
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