Miles from a tank of gas
03-05-2008 | 07:05 PM
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I have been lovin my car recently with the recent gas prices. I drive from Scottsdale,AZ to Orange County,CA in less the 3/4 tank, over 400 miles. I bet I could get 600+/tank if I tried real hard, thats mostly freeway miles of course.
03-05-2008 | 08:59 PM
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I've seen this and more in my 530i but it was km not miles 
. 05 545 6mt.
03-06-2008 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by faarcanal' post='540456' date='Mar 6 2008, 12:59 AM
I've seen this and more in my 530i but it was km not miles
03-06-2008 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ObD' post='540386' date='Mar 6 2008, 03:02 AM
I'd love have a diesel so I could point out to Prius owners that my car is more environmentally friendly. hehe
03-26-2008 | 06:05 AM
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New BMW owner. A 2004 530i. So far... 60 days... I'm extremely happy. It is the ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE!
So far I'm getting 20 to 21 miles a gallon all commuting to work and back. Mostly stop and go but with a few stretches at 55 mph. My average speed is only 27 mph tho.
Here's the problem... my OBC says that I'm getting 24 to 26 miles per gallon. Anyone else find a difference in manually calculating miles driven by gallons filled up? Should I have my computer checked or can it be adjusted?
The tires are stock so I know its not the wrong size or anything.
So far I'm getting 20 to 21 miles a gallon all commuting to work and back. Mostly stop and go but with a few stretches at 55 mph. My average speed is only 27 mph tho.
Here's the problem... my OBC says that I'm getting 24 to 26 miles per gallon. Anyone else find a difference in manually calculating miles driven by gallons filled up? Should I have my computer checked or can it be adjusted?
The tires are stock so I know its not the wrong size or anything.
03-26-2008 | 11:54 PM
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My Ride: 2007 530i, Full M-Tech kit, CF Hamann front lip, M5 trunk lid, 20" iForged swift, LCI Tail Lights, Remus Quad Exhaust.
The day I see my 530i even come close to 400 miles per tank....I'll gladly cough up the $3.65+ for gas with a smile on my face. Most the time I get a 360 reading on a full tank which drops dramatically because AC is a necessity. I guess D stands for distance.... 
03-27-2008 | 12:27 AM
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Damnnnnn that is impressive....
Actually I need to check what mine says... but will be no where near that and is only a 525D think most I got out a full tank was about 400 miles YES POOR and BMW say nothing is wrong :S
Is your driving mainly motorway ??
Actually I need to check what mine says... but will be no where near that and is only a 525D think most I got out a full tank was about 400 miles YES POOR and BMW say nothing is wrong :S
Is your driving mainly motorway ??
03-27-2008 | 02:46 AM
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From: Luxembourg (work) / Germany (home) / Poland (heart ;)
My Ride: MY RIDES:
Previous:
1997 BMW 528i E39 | graphit mettalic | black leather | electric heated and pumped comfort seats + memory (seats, wheel, mirrors) | factory xenon | LPG gas installation (Dutch / Prinz) w/direct sequential injection (same pwr and same cons.)+80L tank in the spare wheel place | cruise ctrl, electric sunshade | ABS | ESP | 4 airbags (never used :) | electronic AC (2 side) | Board computer | Leather heated multifunction wheel | Radio Profess.+tape+6 CD changer+subwoofer+10 spkrs+DSP | alu 17" AEZ + Turanza 235/45/ZR17 | rain sensor | factory GSM built-in | Asus A636 GPS navigation TomTom |
HISTORY:
1999 BMW 735 | 1994 VW Golf GT | 1994 Citroen Xantia | 1997 Renault Megane Coupe | 2000 Alfa Romeo 146 | 1994 Renault 19 | 1995 Toyota Camry | 1994 Audi 100 | 1978 VW Golf (the only diesel so far...)
FUTURE: (2011-2012)
F11 530xd Msport
ultimate DREAM:
M5 diesel :)
815 miles range / 765 miles actually driven 
details below
As I proudly mentioned around here on several occassions already, my 520d consumption stabilized at the final level of 6,5 L/100km on daily city-Stop'n'Go + fast daily motorway driving (whenever possible 180-200km/h on autobahn Trier - Luxembourg), which I find a quite good result, however on few longer trips (3000-4000km) without too much effort I managed to go down to even better 5,5-5,7 l/100km, which which only few want to believe...
During the last ski trip to Swiss Alps somehow I managed to achieve unbelievable 5,2 l/100km. Don't ask me how I did it though, I guess that French and Swiss strict speed limits had a lot to do with it
Well, anyway having 3 people on board + 3 full ski sets incl boots + 3 sets of baggage I find it an extraordinary result.
Below: photo taken just after a long vacation trip (via DE, BE, NL, PL), averaging 5,66 L/100km and achieving easy 1230km on one tank!
from FR:
consommation = average consumption: 5,7 L/100km (+/- 45 mpg)
autonomie: range = (according to the onboard computer) 1312km (about 815 miles)[/
distance achieved on one full tank before the fill-up: 1230km (about 765 miles)
details below
As I proudly mentioned around here on several occassions already, my 520d consumption stabilized at the final level of 6,5 L/100km on daily city-Stop'n'Go + fast daily motorway driving (whenever possible 180-200km/h on autobahn Trier - Luxembourg), which I find a quite good result, however on few longer trips (3000-4000km) without too much effort I managed to go down to even better 5,5-5,7 l/100km, which which only few want to believe...
During the last ski trip to Swiss Alps somehow I managed to achieve unbelievable 5,2 l/100km. Don't ask me how I did it though, I guess that French and Swiss strict speed limits had a lot to do with it
Well, anyway having 3 people on board + 3 full ski sets incl boots + 3 sets of baggage I find it an extraordinary result.
Below: photo taken just after a long vacation trip (via DE, BE, NL, PL), averaging 5,66 L/100km and achieving easy 1230km on one tank!
from FR:
consommation = average consumption: 5,7 L/100km (+/- 45 mpg)
autonomie: range = (according to the onboard computer) 1312km (about 815 miles)[/
distance achieved on one full tank before the fill-up: 1230km (about 765 miles)
