Current MPG? 23.8

[632 Regal]

Just checked mine today after filling it up. 23.80

Well that was a boring few days!~

Estimate about 50% city and highway.

[Robin-535im]

Just checked mine today after filling it up. 23.80

Well that was a boring few days!~

Estimate about 50% city and highway.

That's pretty good. I've been trying sooo hard to be gentle... I get 30% better gas mileage by simply driving like a grandma.

Funny thing is, I'll start off from the light and go at a rate that I think is super slow... and the people around me are going as slow as I am, and they're just going normal! Says something about how fast I usually take off.

I think to myself, "wow. these other people must be really trying to save gas just like I am..."

[632 Regal]

well this is much better than I ever got, think I was just under 22 at best before when grannying it but now I have the 3:64 instead of the 3:15 rear gear and I think that has a lot to do with it.

[tim]

trying to get your mpg up is like trying to lower your cholesterol.

[winfred]

i haven't driven my e34 in over a month due to the fact that the e30 gets a good 5 mpg better, i was just about to get back into it and the fugging gas prices shot through the roof with the storm but they are comming down, around a dime a gallon over what it was before it started if you know where to look

[SRR2]

Lipitane! Zocorgo!

[digitaldragon03]

16 mpg, mostly city. I had it at 18 for a while, but a one minute spirited run in S4 pretty much took away a whole 2 mpg.

[uscharalph]

trying to get your mpg up is like trying to lower your cholesterol.
Amen to that!

[granit_silber]

Just checked mine today after filling it up. 23.80

Well that was a boring few days!~

Estimate about 50% city and highway.

Since I replaced the bad ignition coil I avaeraged 18.8-19mpg. But today I hit 22.4 (80 miles on the hwy)!

Thinking about changing the 02 sensor and replacing other5 coils. Maybe then I can hit the advertized epa rating of 26-28.

-ashley

[ryan roopnarine]

you all clearly aren't s00per studs like moi....
my vehicle came equipped with the bmw adaptive catalytic converter
as in, when the gas prices jumped 50 cents this month, it adapted by blowing itself out. the extra 1.5-2 mph city is helpful.

[uberhahn]

'94 530i 5-speed.

80 mile daily commute. I try to be good and drive slowly, but after work, I just want to get home. So, I put on my autobahn hat and go (80+++mph). At this speed, no AC, 22.8mpg. AC on, same speed 21.6 mpg.

If driving at the speed of traffic (75mph) I get 23.4 mpg with no AC. AC on at same speed 24mpg.

Not too bad for a heavy car with a Nikasil block. No simptoms yet after 120K miles, and thourough intake gasket service from Nikolasmotorsport.

so far so good.
uberhahn

[FiveOJester]

This weekend I did a 400-mile, 98% freeway trip and managed an indicated 25.6 mpg on the computer and a calculated mileage (from mileage vs. gallons added) of 26.2! Not bad for a 125k mile M60 with leaking intake gaskets. :D

Averaged 70-75mph, usually in cruise, tires aired up to 35psi cold. A/C was ran for about half of the trip.

Around town I'm lucky to get 17-18.

[Bimmer Nut Ed]

I get 25mpg Highway and 18mpg combined city highway, when I drive reasonably nice. But when I drive it hard I get about 16mpg on average. It's all in how heavy your foot is!

[Zeuk in Oz]

I'm getting 8 litres per 100 km (mixed driving but no attempt at frugality :D ) which, if my maths is right equates to about 29.5 miles per US gallon.
Admittedly that is out of an M20, but I think that is pretty good !

But aren't we missing something here ?
These are driver's cars - meant to be driven.
Take a cut lunch and don't worry about the fuel ! :p

[billb]

...the wife, tot, and I went to Greensboro and then on to VIR, then back to Greensboro, then back home, to finalize the Fun Rally route for O'Fest. We had under 1/2 tank when we left here, went all the way up and back to Greensboro, filled up there with a tank of premium (heck, the club pays for setup mileage, $55.99 ouch!!), and averaged 27.7 from Greensboro back to Apex at 63/55 and 72/65 averages. I have been hearing some pinging in the car for a while, and it was almost immediate that it went away with the 93. We see 22 mpg city, 27-28 highway every trip.

[SC David]

Recent 75 mile trip from Santa Cruz to San Francisco:

http://www.supercars.net/pitlane/pics/1431273l.jpg

[632 Regal]

Are most of you guys going off the OBC or actual? I posted actual, my OBC said 21.6 but actual was 23.8

[epj3]

I used to get 15 city and 24 highway, now with the Mark D chip and 3.91 rear end (over the stock 3.46) I get about 17 city and 22 highway. (All actual)

[shragon]

obc: 19.2

mix of city and freeway driving.

in the colder months, it usually goes up to near 20.

[Zeuk in Oz]

Are most of you guys going off the OBC or actual? I posted actual, my OBC said 21.6 but actual was 23.8

Actual. Don't have an OBC (sigh) :( !

[billb]

Are most of you guys going off the OBC or actual? I posted actual, my OBC said 21.6 but actual was 23.8
...to match actual within 0.5 mpg. So, if it said 27.7, it was probably pretty close.

[Beez540]

Filled up with supreme (as usual) last night = $60.65 OUCH!

That was 18.4 gal and got 387.4 miles off that.

21 mpg on a 4.0L V8 ain't too terribly bad... but I could go for throwing some dead cats in there.