The range is what has been holding me back...I need it to be in the low 300s to keep me from having to stop for gas more than once a week. If BMW would only put in a bigger tank!

 

my next car most prob.............we live in disgusting TAX CITY CENTRAL UK....So better eco M5 would suit me just fine!!!!!

 

You mean P500 is about 2mpg worse at highway yes? I just tested it this morning and on a flat surface at 65mph, my car was getting 21.5 in P400 and 18.5 in P500. I was doing instant readings with a reset inbetween - it was dramatic how much more gas the car used in P500 mode. Too bad the car feels like a weakling in P400 mode...

 

And less room to hide...
From the cops!

 

Proof positive that we're being jacked around by Big Oil. If the price of a barrel went up today, we'd see a price increase today! The price of a barrel goes down, we hardly see a decrease at the pump at all, IF ANY, and it takes forever! Then they hit us with the line, "We want to see if the price of a barrel stabilizes."

 

wow, I will be doing mostly city driving too. At 11mpg city, this is gonna be rough. Maybe thats why most folks opt for the E92 M3?

How can a Gallardo get better gas mileage at 12/20 mpg
http://autos.yahoo.com/lamborghini_gallardo/

 

You know I really don't think the MPG is bad for a 200mph+ car.

I do around 40,000miles a year and to be fair most of it IS on the motorway. OK remember I'm uk gallons, so larger than US. I've played lot's to see what the best MPG is. Rather than just try a short distance I've reset the MPG counter and stuck to 70mph in P400 for 50 miles and and again in P500. DOne this at 67, 75 and 80 and each time P500 IS gives better mpg. maybe necause there is more torque?

If reset on the motorway a drive of 100 miles at 70ish will see me doing around 27mpg
If reset on the motorway a drive of 100 miles at 80ish will see me doing around 24mpg

In reality I still manage an average of around 20mpg a week. I reset at weekends.... manage around 10mpg for the weekend.....

Out of interest for the non UK owners here, there is marvel of the modern world here called the M6 Toll road. It's always nice and empty and you only need to lift off slightly for a few corners, and thats with the limiter off I manage 7mpg along this road.......

 

Maybe i should try it sometime, only live down the road. I heard there's no cop on that road.
Or maybe you can try M69, free of charge. I did 145 a few years back in my 323i, but that was 4 in the morning.

 

M69?

 

M69 is the name of a motorway

There are cops on the M6 Toll, seen a brownish unmarked 5 series there once. But there is so little traffic there it is easy to spot any potentials even at 200mph!