Fuel Tank Mileage Range

jeremyc74 · 06-29-2009, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by kingnonis

i dont get it! how? I guess its cuz I do mostly city driving..short distances without getting on the highway.... but i usually get around 50 miles per each 1/4 tank and hardly ever, EVER, get 200+ miles per tank and over 16mpg on average (unless I go on a roadtrip or something). Im at the pump like every 4 friggin days!

Short trips kill the mileage for sure. I'm in the same boat. My office is less than 5 miles from my apartment, and the car doesn't even get warmed up. Then I go out for lunch and it's the same thing.

If I'm just going back and forth to work I'll average around 16MPG. If I'm doing some running around on the weekends it will go up to around 20MPG, and then on road trips it's 25-27MPG depending on how fast I'm running. At a steady 70MPH the car seems to be close to 29MPG based on my experience, but it falls off pretty good as you exceed that.

e82vette · 06-29-2009, 12:32 AM

lol. 300miles isn't it already good enuffffffffff????

BrokenVert · 06-29-2009, 08:07 AM

A new exhaust helps a lot. After nI got my performance exhaust installed my MPG numbers went up by about 3 MPG.

Evice · 06-29-2009, 10:01 AM

I got my car at 6 miles on it.. 1st fill up was at 200 miles which means I was able to go 194 miles with 16.1 mpg average. I think I am a little pushing it during break-in period, and didn't pass 5k rpm yet. almost all in-city miles.

warmtoes · 06-29-2009, 11:16 AM

Almost exclusively city driving and I get 12.4L/100kms.

dmboone25 · 06-29-2009, 12:53 PM

I can get close to 30 MPG--just have to alter the driving style. If you keep your revs under 3K, and are willing to drive around town in 6th (at 35-40 mph) then you can still get ~25 in town.

It just really depends on how much you put your foot into it--at least for my car.

The best i have ever done on one tank was 356 miles--with about ~20 miles still remaining according to the CPU. It took just over 13 gallons to fill up--so 376/13 is just under 29 MPG. But I had to reaaaaaaally try to get it to that level--nothing above 75 on the interstate, using cruise, no passing, all highway. You know the drill.....

Makes me wonder if we can have the best of both worlds with a turbocharged 4 banger in the 1er supersport down the road. More consistent gas mileage and the same kind of power......

SlickShift · 06-29-2009, 01:37 PM

Wow. You guys are really getting some good mileage out of our little gas tank. I usually get arounf 225-250 miles out of a tank, and that's even with a little highway driving. My OBC says I'm getting 20.8MPG. I guess that's the cost of always getting those turbos spooling.

morgie2 · 06-29-2009, 07:20 PM

The tires seem to make a difference. I was getting about 24.5 mpg with winter tires, and 23.5 mpg with the "stickier" sport package summer performance tires.

jeremyc74 · 06-29-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by morgie2

The tires seem to make a difference. I was getting about 24.5 mpg with winter tires, and 23.5 mpg with the "stickier" sport package summer performance tires.

Might also just be the weather or how you're driving (not as cautiously maybe). I'm sure the summer tires are a little worse, but I'd be surprised if you can measure it.

Mega Man · 06-29-2009, 08:14 PM

I'm getting about 200-220 miles per fill-up, filling up around 1/4 tank each time. This is all city driving mind you, and seldom, if never highway (that's an average work week).

However, when I first got the car, I was doing commutes down to San Diego (as some of you may remember) to visit my dying uncle. I was getting over 300 miles per tank on those trips.

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Evice Major 194 Rep 1,457 Posts Drives: E92M3 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere here iTrader: (1)	I got my car at 6 miles on it.. 1st fill up was at 200 miles which means I was able to go 194 miles with 16.1 mpg average. I think I am a little pushing it during break-in period, and didn't pass 5k rpm yet. almost all in-city miles. __________________ My Track Videos
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SlickShift Lieutenant Colonel 323 Rep 1,804 Posts Drives: '11 BMW E90 M3 ZCP, '21 X5 ZMP Join Date: May 2007 Location: Atlanta iTrader: (7)	Wow. You guys are really getting some good mileage out of our little gas tank. I usually get arounf 225-250 miles out of a tank, and that's even with a little highway driving. My OBC says I'm getting 20.8MPG. I guess that's the cost of always getting those turbos spooling. __________________ -Nick 2018 BMW 440i - M Sport, Exec Glacier Silver Metallic/Coral Red Dakota Retired: '00 323i, '06 325Ci, '09 135i, '06 Z4M Roadster, '93 525i, '76 2002, '14 X1, '14 M235i, '16 X4, '16 435i
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