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      05-26-2014, 07:47 PM   #265
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I just spent ten days in Germany and while in Munich at BMW Welt rented an M235i (Automatic) for a morning drive. In city traffic the car felt nervous, it just wanted to go Go GO. On the Autobahn, the acceleration was inspiring. Unfortunately, traffic was a little heavy and I never made it over 140 mph. The car was excellent.

Today, back home in my 128i M-Sport, I had to run errands and it included some highway time. No nervousness, just a smooth shifting manual transmission that is just pure joy to drive.

I know there are more powerful cars out there, I've driven most of the BMWs (135, 335d, 550, X6M, X1-20d, 750, M3, M5, M6) out there (some in Spartanburg, others on the Autobahn) and I remain quite happy with my choice of the 128i.
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I just spent ten days in Germany and while in Munich at BMW Welt rented an M235i (Automatic) for a morning drive. In city traffic the car felt nervous, it just wanted to go Go GO. On the Autobahn, the acceleration was inspiring. Unfortunately, traffic was a little heavy and I never made it over 140 mph. The car was excellent.

Today, back home in my 128i M-Sport, I had to run errands and it included some highway time. No nervousness, just a smooth shifting manual transmission that is just pure joy to drive.

I know there are more powerful cars out there, I've driven most of the BMWs (135, 335d, 550, X6M, X1-20d, 750, M3, M5, M6) out there (some in Spartanburg, others on the Autobahn) and I remain quite happy with my choice of the 128i.
Well said.

For a sport coupe you have to live with every day, the 128i is a sound choice.
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      05-27-2014, 06:20 AM   #267
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Well said.

For a sport coupe you have to live with every day, the 128i is a sound choice.
Agreed. The only change I would want to make would be to the 5 door hatch version. Make it an even better DD.
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      05-27-2014, 09:32 AM   #268
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2 hr trip to see the gf and averaged over 31mpg at over 80mph. Love it, my Z3 could only dream of that.
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      05-27-2014, 10:19 AM   #269
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2 hr trip to see the gf and averaged over 31mpg at over 80mph. Love it, my Z3 could only dream of that.
128i isn't getting that either. 3er is massively more aerodynamic than its 1er counterpart.
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      05-27-2014, 12:50 PM   #270
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128i isn't getting that either. 3er is massively more aerodynamic than its 1er counterpart.
lol im pretty sure I did. I barley used a 1/4 of a tank and drove 205 miles. highwsy that is
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      05-27-2014, 12:58 PM   #271
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lol im pretty sure I did. I barley used a 1/4 of a tank and drove 205 miles. highwsy that is
Point blank, you aren't getting 31mpg at 80mph in the 1er.

Furthermore, if you are claiming you used a 1/4 tank of gas over 205 miles, then you got 58.57mpg. Bullshit.
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      05-27-2014, 01:12 PM   #272
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I've gotten 34mpg before but that was driving at 55mph with the cruise on a flat Midwest highway. I think going 80 would definitely have to knock that down below 30mpg
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      05-27-2014, 01:36 PM   #273
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I've gotten 34mpg before but that was driving at 55mph with the cruise on a flat Midwest highway. I think going 80 would definitely have to knock that down below 30mpg
Yeah, that's reasonable.

My experience was that our MPG maxed in the 55mph-70mph range, started dropping rather quickly in the 80mph-90mph range, and completely tanked over 100mph. Hooray for a bubble roof.
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      05-27-2014, 01:55 PM   #274
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Yeah, mine only manages something like 28 mpg highway, and 18-20 commuting. Granted, I use quite a bit of throttle so...
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      05-27-2014, 02:18 PM   #275
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Yeah, mine only manages something like 28 mpg highway, and 18-20 commuting. Granted, I use quite a bit of throttle so...
Yeah, my next to no highway driving gets me 17.5 these days. My trip from Jacksonville to PA got me ~20mpg, though that was mostly 120mph and skipped I95/Virginia(home of the speed Nazi).

911 amusingly gets significantly better mileage with a muuuuch larger tank.
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      05-27-2014, 06:33 PM   #276
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Unless I'm hard on the gas, I don't see under 23mpg in city driving. I can get the mpg gauge to peg "50" when I'm in 5th/6th gear at 50 mph (probably high 30s realistically).
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      05-27-2014, 06:36 PM   #277
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I got 33.1 mpg on the highway home from autocross on Sunday with a full tank, and 120 miles of driving.
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      05-27-2014, 10:42 PM   #278
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Point blank, you aren't getting 31mpg at 80mph in the 1er.

Furthermore, if you are claiming you used a 1/4 tank of gas over 205 miles, then you got 58.57mpg. Bullshit.
Bullshit or not I did I wouldn't lie to you. It was on my way back from the ring being real easy on the car because my buddies skyline has short gears and wasn't a high speed car on the autobahn..
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      05-27-2014, 11:12 PM   #279
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Bullshit or not I did I wouldn't lie to you. It was on my way back from the ring being real easy on the car because my buddies skyline has short gears and wasn't a high speed car on the autobahn..
does your car have a wind sail on it?
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      05-28-2014, 12:05 AM   #280
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Yeah, my next to no highway driving gets me 17.5 these days. My trip from Jacksonville to PA got me ~20mpg, though that was mostly 120mph and skipped I95/Virginia(home of the speed Nazi).
Yeah, straight city driving nets me between 17-18mpg and I can get 25-27mpg if I keep the car between 65-70mph on the freeway.
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      05-28-2014, 12:49 AM   #281
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does your car have a wind sail on it?
Possible lmao. I never gotten that good of gas mileage before. Thas was after the disa install and euro box. I don't have a tune yet so idk if that's effecting anything.
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      05-28-2014, 06:16 AM   #282
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Possible lmao. I never gotten that good of gas mileage before. Thas was after the disa install and euro box. I don't have a tune yet so idk if that's effecting anything.
Before my tune, I could get high 20s in town and mid 30s on the highway.
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      05-28-2014, 06:21 AM   #283
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Yeah, straight city driving nets me between 17-18mpg and I can get 25-27mpg if I keep the car between 65-70mph on the freeway.
This would be accurate.
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      05-28-2014, 08:56 AM   #284
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Going downhill I get 99...
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      05-28-2014, 10:34 AM   #285
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Mileage is one of those "how did you measure" things. I keep a spreadsheet on each car and a book to write down each gas purchase in the car. My spreadsheets need updated from the notebooks but I have the first ~23K in my 128i spreadsheet. It is in the mid 30s now so I'm missing a fair bit of data.

But in the first 23K, I averaged a little over 27 mpg. I had individual tanks over 28 mpg and even had a few 3 tank averages over 28. But the only instances where I went over 30 mpg were flukes, I believe. Maybe I didn't fill the tank all the way or something like that. Long term, at least 3 tank, averages are much more dependable than the on-line monitor in the car but that is better than guesses based upon the gas gauge. A single tank average is somewhere in-between. How you fill the tank can make a not insignificant difference.

I don't doubt a 128i can average over 30 mpg but only if you keep the speed down. It won't do it at 80 mph, at least mine won't. I've run back and forth to florida a couple times running just less than 10 mph over and those tanks were not better than my overall average. Dropping the speed back improves the mileage on the instantaneous and I would expect to see it on the tanks if I could tolerate going that slow.
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I get 19 mixed driving. No more, no less.

Of course highway trips it's higher but I think it's a personal victory if I average 20 mpg
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