Higher fuel consumption with E60 compared to E39.

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Jul 11, 2006 | 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Bruggern' post='308532' date='Jul 9 2006, 11:31 AM

I have converted from a '99 523iA to a '04 525iA and I am a bit disappointed by the increased fuel consumption.
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Your disappointed? Try a 550.

I see the fuel needle moving left everytime the gas pedal gets stomped. A real fat pig in city driving. 17 mpg tops.

Not bad on highway though.

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Jul 11, 2006 | 10:35 AM

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It is correct as Ricracing says: from 170 hp 523i to 192hp 525i. But the E60 is only 5 kg lighter than the E39 (1500 kg vs. 1505 kg without the driver).

I don't understand why going from one pollution standard (Euro 3) to a newer (Euro 4) should give higher gas consumption

and it is CO2 which is the big issue, isn't it? (except in US

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Well, it's disappointing, but it seems I have to live with it and pay the extra gas it needs

Jul 11, 2006 | 01:53 PM

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Jul 11, 2006 | 01:54 PM

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...and get 40mpg per tank

Jun 12, 2007 | 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruggern' post='308532' date='Jul 9 2006, 11:31 AM

On my 523iA I got typically 10.5 liters per 100 km (22.4 US mpg) with this kind of driving. This was what my computer told me - I never checked real consumption on the E39. On the E60 525iA the computer tells me typically 12.0 liters per 100 km (19.6 US mpg). And actually when I checked last week the real consumption was even higher (12.4 l/100km = 19.0 mpg). That's high, isn't it? :thumbsdown:

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Same here, i typically got around 21 US mpg on my 530i E39 but my 530i E60 gets me only 16 to 18 US mpg at best

, even after the software upgrade. Also do you feel the E39 was way more responsive on the throttle and felt like there was still a lot of juice to go? my E60 lags along and then kicks in after some time and just flattens out..... i just don't get it

Jun 18, 2007 | 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by cheeks' post='435119' date='Jun 13 2007, 02:32 AM

[...] Also do you feel the E39 was way more responsive on the throttle and felt like there was still a lot of juice to go? my E60 lags along and then kicks in after some time and just flattens out..... i just don't get it

I feel the same... I guess transmission is also part of it. I compared my E60 530i steptronic with E90 330i steptronic. While the engines are different, M54B30 vs. N52B30, and power differs, 231 HP vs. 258 HP, the engine in E90 is MUCH more lively and responsive when accelerating. Big difference.