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Originally Posted by msos
... As for MPG.......not sure how the others are driving but my average according to the computer read out is now heading down from a peak of 20.2 to 19.7 and seems to be heading lower. Considering this is supposed to be a performance oriented car.........why are some so obsessed with MPG?
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A well designed consumer performance car (not a track racer or an exotica) should be able to do both: return performance when needed, but also provide decent highway mileage (even Corvette does this). BMW has managed to do this fairly well in the past for the 3 series. And I suspect in the future with new CAFE regs, it will improve on all lines, too. In fact, this is one of the reasons I purchased a 135i, it has both performance and the ability to get decent highway mileage (well, assuming the driver is your grandmother
). I understand what you are saying about performance, but OTH, I don't want to be penalized when it's not "performing". FWIW, I'm averaging 22.6 mpg and have 1700+ miles, mixed city and highway.
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