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kbannon
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Cheers.
My figures are below for them all, especially the extra urbans. |
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Andrew Rolland
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I was having another think about this. You know the fuel in America has a lower octane rating that we have here or something similar, as they always mention that power is less on cars when run on limpwristed American fuel. As yours is a Japanese import is it designed to run on a different grade of fuel? If you are using ordinary 95 octane unleaded might you get lower mpg if the engine was meant to be running on higher octane stuff and the engine can't adjust itself for a reason unknown to me and gives you lower mpg? |
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kbannon
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Surely the engine would automatically adjust itself but its worth checking.
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UweM3
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is your OBC set to US mpg or UK mpg?
If US that would explain your low figures Edited by UweM3 |
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E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg.....
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kbannon
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Good question - I'm not sure where I can set US or real mpg but the language setup could well be US. I'll check in a while.
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kbannon
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OK - did the calcs.
Its on US mpg. 26mpg is actually 31mpg so its not as bad as I had thought. Phew. Thanks. |
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Andrew Rolland
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31mpg would be o.k. at that speed. Nowt wrong with it. |
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Peter Fenwick
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Killian, next time, rather than relying on the OBC to tell you your mpg. Work it out the old fasioned way first Ever heard the saying: To err is human but to completely f**k something up requires a computer. |
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540 V8
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Lol! |
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Current:E34 540i Touring 6 speed manual(Mpower bodykit & suspension)& Chrysler Voyager 3.3 V6 auto Previous:E34 530iSE AC Schnitzer suspension. E28 525e auto-Standard |
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Andrew Rolland
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Nah, a person will do just as good a job as a computer to f**k something up. You obviously haven't worked with some of my colleagues! |
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braklin
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I've turned twenty & have had a reasonable insurance quote on a 540i (which ought to wipe the smugness from the Audi owners faces). My only concern is fuel consumption. I currently get an average of 23.5 mpg from the 525i which I think is reasonable thinking about my right foot is made of lead occasionally.
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Peter Fenwick
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Don't expect to get much over 15 mpg from a 540 in that case
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Nigel
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My OBC says I average 34.8 with the 2.8. The best I've ever obtained was 39.2 on a run to essex.
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Andrew Rolland
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That's very good Nigel. My E39 with the 2.5 (auto) would only average somewhere between 29 and 31 from memory with 39.something recorded on a run (using VPower) from Glasgow Airport to Perth. |
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Peter Fenwick
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That's because Nigel is an old man and drives everywhere at 35 mph
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Andrew Rolland
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Ah, thanks for clearing that one up Peter. |
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Your welcome
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kbannon
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Peter Fenwick
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Well if he goes too fast the draft might blow his trilby off and cause the worthers original to fall out of his glove box
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Nigel
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It's more likely that I'm almost always on the "extra urban" side of things. I rarely use it around town, my wife and daughter both have the smart for two city cars now, the wifes being the soft top, and they are so much fun to drive around town I usually nick one of those. |
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