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73touring 
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 Topic: E36 M3 mpg - new record! 33.56mpgPosted: 22-April-2007 at 20:35 |
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Ah Sure the punto is probobly doing their usual trick of pushing its combustion gasses into the Coolant!
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Ben O Brien
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Posted: 21-April-2007 at 23:59 |
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[/QUOTE] On that subject my girlfriend has a 00 1.2 punto and it is no better than my old 525td and slightly better than my old 525iS, bit of a false economy these small cars! |
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Posted: 21-April-2007 at 23:39 |
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Had e36 320i never got more than 32mpg on long journeys and around 16mpg in town. Have 320d now 50mpg long journeys over 30mpg in town and performance is the same, all that is missing is the sound of the six cylinder engine at high revs. |
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Posted: 20-April-2007 at 20:20 |
Strangly enough my wife has a 00 Fiesta and its harder on Juice than the 02 and only marginly better than the 525! |
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Posted: 20-April-2007 at 20:00 |
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14mpg Mick? Thats nearly as bad as Kin. You should do what I've done. Buy
a small car (Toyota Starlet etc) for the commuting. Also makes you look forward to driving the ///M that bit more. And a full tank of V-Power seems to last weeks. 
Or maybe just keep driving it and enjoy it everyday. |
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T.J.
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Posted: 20-April-2007 at 14:00 |
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I got an obc of 32-odd mpg out of my brothers '00 735i on a return spin Cork- Shannon, which worked out around nearer the 31mpg mark in reality. I just bunged the cruise on @ 65mph and left it at it. He gets 23mpg normally though and tis all short journeys he does, so not much different from you, Irishwoody. @ Mick - that's interesting. I thought it could produce similar figures to the E36. Mines a 5speed, so 65mph is 2,750rpm. |
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Posted: 20-April-2007 at 13:44 |
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The best I manage on the 740 is 27.5 mpg on long runs with light foot - typically 22.5 mpg on average.
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Posted: 20-April-2007 at 12:18 |
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Jeebus The absolute best I can get from the E46 M3, and I mean absolute Driving Miss Daisy best, is about 27mpg. Thats 6th gear cruising at 2000 rpm. I have never seen the thirties in this car. My actual average atm considering I do a lot of town driving is around 14mpg and last week in particularly bad traffic I managed 5.4mpg trying to get from harcourt street to drumcondra.
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Posted: 20-April-2007 at 09:22 |
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440miles is good to get out of a tank of an E36 alright!
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Posted: 19-April-2007 at 22:16 |
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My E36 316i SE AUTO does 32.5MPG, I tested it out also last weekend as I drove over 440miles on a round trip from Kerry to Connaught, Filled her to the brim and still had enough juice for running around while after I came back down.
A little bit juicey for my liking but I can't complain as I am driving a BMW and a delightful auto at that. Luxury Auto cars FTW!! everytime I see some spotty teen smashing around the gears in a manual small car e.g. Nissan Micra makes me glad I drive a BMW. |
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T.J.
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Posted: 18-April-2007 at 09:26 |
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106 miles from a brimmed tank, of which probably 12 were the drive to & from Mondello to Naas for the petrol. That was the full tank used on track & it worked out around 8mpg.... the not so hidden cost of trackdays! But boats are another kettle of fish entirely. 1 ton haa haa haa. |
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Posted: 17-April-2007 at 23:59 |
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A bit off track The old girl i'm drivin now drinks 1 ton of diesel an hour flat out and fastest she's gone is 17mph with the wind. No wheels but she floats |
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Posted: 16-April-2007 at 18:40 |
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Very true. 10.8 mpg on the track in the wet last October.
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Posted: 16-April-2007 at 18:33 |
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I have a 318is while the M3 is in the shop......it's only marginally better then the M in economy and i've been driving it a fair bit easier than the M - pretty surprised by that. But, when you DRIVE the M, it eats the juice, sure where else is it going to get the power from
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Posted: 15-April-2007 at 17:02 |
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@ T.J. I've only done about 500 miles since Christmas. Not really going to
dawdle about in 5th gear at 60mph all the time when I do go out in it though. I havn't actually done a proper mpg check since maybe November. And I did get 26mpg out of it for a while on the commute soon after I bought it. The OBC is reading 22.3 right now for the last 500ish miles. @fozzymandeus; I've said it befor and I'll say it a gain. A '96-'04 Fiesta is great fun to drive. I'd reccomend one to anybody. Especially a Zetec (1.25 engine). You'll only get 38-40mpg out of it though. Unless you get the 1.8 diesel. Friend of my dads was getting 70 (yes 70) mpg out of one on long journeys. @m3sport; 35mpg is very good for an M3. Yours does have the advantage of a 6th gear though. |
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Posted: 14-April-2007 at 15:38 |
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BMW really do the mpg/performance thing very well.
I was concerned over my 31mpg on my 323 when I first got it, and looked for a banger to do daily driving in, until I realised that to make a big difference I'd need a bean can like a fiesta. |
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Posted: 14-April-2007 at 15:01 |
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savage really when you consider the performance the engine can offer. So anyway Alex - either you just drive the rear off your car 24-7, you cannot drive economically at all, or there is something wrong with your engine! ( |
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Posted: 14-April-2007 at 12:17 |
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I worked it out by filling the tank and filling it again when arrived and the difference tallyed with the concumed fuel. yeah tisnt bad is it.
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I miss my m3.......
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Posted: 14-April-2007 at 12:03 |
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was it the OBC telling you 35mpg or did you measure that tank? Still a decent figure. Tis surprising the figures you can get from them without trying too hard.
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Posted: 14-April-2007 at 11:27 |
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Hey guys! On a recent trip home from dublin to Cork, i averaged 35mpg in my 98 m3evo. Thats pritty good going, AND, i wasnt driving miss daisy either, but wasnt pushing on. Thats pretty impressive, maybe the fact that the engine is new helps!!!! |
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Maybe that is why consumption was high !.
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