What's your gas mileage??
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Originally Posted by Freewilly' date='Aug 30 2005, 06:01 PM
Sorry if this is a repost.? The gas price is sky rocketing now, it will be nice if we konws how many miles we can get for a gallon.? For other countries, how many kilometer per liter.?
I have about 700 miles on my 530i now.? The on-board computer shows 20.6 miles per gallon.? I drive about 70 Highway/30 Local.? Hoping it can reach to 25-30 mpg in the future.? ?
I have about 700 miles on my 530i now.? The on-board computer shows 20.6 miles per gallon.? I drive about 70 Highway/30 Local.? Hoping it can reach to 25-30 mpg in the future.? ?
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PS - on my first tank of diesel (when driving with care and break in restrictions), I got 590 miles from one full tank of diesel.
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Originally Posted by Pondus' date='Aug 30 2005, 11:15 PM
[quote name='shiny' date='Aug 30 2005, 02:18 PM'][quote name='Freewilly' date='Aug 30 2005, 01:01 PM']Sorry if this is a repost.? The gas price is sky rocketing now, it will be nice if we konws how many miles we can get for a gallon.? For other countries, how many kilometer per liter.?
I have about 700 miles on my 530i now.? The on-board computer shows 20.6 miles per gallon.? I drive about 70 Highway/30 Local.? Hoping it can reach to 25-30 mpg in the future.? ??
I have about 700 miles on my 530i now.? The on-board computer shows 20.6 miles per gallon.? I drive about 70 Highway/30 Local.? Hoping it can reach to 25-30 mpg in the future.? ??
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You don't know how lucky you are. We in the UK pay around ?.92 ($1.64) for petrol (gas) and ?.94 ($1.68) for diesel. Oh and that's per litre!
So, 1 US Gallon costs us ?3.49 ($6.23) for petrol and ?3.56 ($6.36) for a gallon of diesel.
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[/quote]Highway : 0,85/ 10km
Price in Norway today : 1,71$ / 1,40? per litre! Any higher????
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[/quote]This is so not understandable
You Norwayan guys are sitting on the oil as the Arabs... and ? 1,40 ???
OK, we use the Russian oil and it's today ?1,30
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I get 10 L / 100 km when driving 50 % town and 50 % bigger roads...
I just came back from a 250 km trip, and the journey computer said:
Average speed: 130.6 km/t
Average comsumption: 6,9 L/100 km
Thats NICE! 
I just came back from a 250 km trip, and the journey computer said:
Average speed: 130.6 km/t
Average comsumption: 6,9 L/100 km
Thats NICE!
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Originally Posted by UUronL' date='Aug 31 2005, 04:41 PM
This is apropos for we US members.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/31/news/gas_p...dex.htm?cnn=yes
http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/31/news/gas_p...dex.htm?cnn=yes
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So 1 gallon would cost ? 4,73 which is about ? 1,25 / litre.
We Europeans pay now ? 1,30 - 1,40 / litre (about $ 5,20 / gallon).
1 mile = 1,6 km
So if your car uses a avarege of 10 litres / 100 km, that is about 26,3 miles/gallon.
Luckily we drive good milage BMW's
But do notice that the iDrive gives better values than the real life.
Check this with the tripmeter and and gaspump!
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Originally Posted by zen97' date='Aug 31 2005, 06:39 PM
26.3mpg from my 530i with mixed driving and 21000 miles on the clock.
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Originally Posted by vern' date='Aug 31 2005, 08:24 AM
[quote name='wiseman' date='Aug 31 2005, 07:37 AM']I'm getting 26-28mpg (50/50 Hwy/City) and about 430miles per tank.? 16,200mi on 04 530i.? Also, in order to save money at the pump (and as a test) I've been rotating between Reg 87min octane and Midgrade 89min octane.? No noticeable difference in mileage.? Why should I use the expensive stuff 91min octane?
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[/quote]Its safe to use 89 octane but the cars computer will decrease the performance of the engine to ward off detonation. So if decreased performance is OK, then enjoy. If your engine pings under load or if it is experiencing run-on then switch to a higher octane.
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No joke, I just saw a gas station (Mobile) in my area that is charging $3.75 per gallon for 91 octane.