I'm curious about this.

My e46 323ci auto gets (on average) 250miles to a tank of Petrol. That's not doing long journeys, but also not doing daily city traffic (Dublin).

I'd like to know what other people get from their respective cars, for future economising. (Just call me Eddie Hobbs.)  In particular, any e46 320ci's, and of course, any M3's.

C.

e39 520 350 urban, about 500 rural.

To quote a friend, "if you can't afford the petrol, don't buy the car!!!"

E39 520i Auto. 260mls in Dublin upto 500mls outside the pale on mostly motorway.

Mick

65 litre tank.

Around town (Dublin) the absolute, absolute best I will do is 200 miles to a tank but I do a lot of daily stop start driving. 

On long runs, I can achieve as high as 28mpg (this would be 6th gear long distance cruising) but generally 24-25 mpg is the best you could achieve.  I was in Westport for a week last week and clocked up 800-900 miles doing virtually no town driving and got an average of 24.6 mpg for the week.

In summary, if you are worried about fuel, do not buy an M3.

I'm sure Kin will come in now and trounce me though :)

Mick

Thought i could sicken everone here with this but not quite, my 525 diesel does on average 470-80 miles to a tank but i have seen 560 out of it but that was driving like a snail, steady 55mph on long journeys. Urban it is terrible, my daily commute involves going through limerick at 8.30am and although ive never done a tank purely in urban i would expect to half the rural range.

i average between 350 and 450 miles per tank, that being a mix of daily driving around cork and a couple of jaunts to dublin

incidently i did manage a very handy 8.7mpg on my first ring visit

Kin Mak wrote: 70L tank, I get at most 170miles and I dare not go anymore for the risk of running out of fuel. All city driving. I avg 12.3MPG since I owned the car.  Once I got it up to 23mpg. That is by resetting the counter when I come onto the motorway and then reading the avg as I get off. The way this car drinks petrol and engine oil you would think it was designed by the Saudis.

I'm sure they're the ones egging BMW and Mercedes to keep putting out these gas guzzling performance cars. Just reading about the new S65 AMG. Twin Turbo V12. 0-60 in 4.4 seconds. Its a bloody LIMO. People only buy them because they're more expensive, not because they want to drive it fast. 

525 e39 with 70L tank, i get about 450 miles to the tank.  they're mostly country runs.  going up to mondello managed to get 34.6mpg, very happy with that (did 70mls on the track at 11.7mpg, happy with that too!!! ), usually average about the 28-30 mark.  i've stopped filling it to the top now, i just buy 30L without looking at the price either, and it does me for most of the week.

D.

Those numbers are mind-boggling Kin!!!!!!!!!!!

The E36 is averaging 25mpg since I got it. Long driving will get an indicated 31mpg out of it, but checking the tank properly shows it's nearer 29-29.5mpg. Generally I find the computer gives 1-1.5mpg too generous a reading. So I get 300-400miles from a tank depending. the 6th gear from the Evo would make a big difference - 5th feels very low come 60-70mph steady state driving.

Although this is the Ireland forum others can join in can't they?

85 litre tank.

250 - 270 miles driving around Edinburgh, 460 miles motorway.

E38 735!

I wish I was mad over there then! 93.9p is a very good price here in Edinburgh but I've seen it as high as 97.9p. 

I really feel for the guys way up north, its normally a good 10 - 15p more

just realised my remote control cars' fuel is €15 a litre  and i get about 10 fills out of it at 10 mins a fill, dam thats expensive!!!  and it wont even carry me

D.

I fill the car with 50 litre's and it last's for about 2 week's and 430-460 miles depending on factor's. Work's out at about 33mpg so I'm happy with that.

cr1272 wrote: I'm curious about this. My e46 323ci auto gets (on average) 250miles to a tank of Petrol.

Mine's about the same.

617 miles and the lights just come on.

Sorry.

Here's a good one. Nissan Patrol. 95 litre tank = €110 to fill from empty.  Don't know how far a tank will get me coz I can't afford to fill it. Even if I could afford it I wouldn't coz it takes so bloody long. Anyway does about 26.5 MPG. Good for an Auto.

530d was doing 34.5 MPG but is in with the dealer being fixed at the moment. It was never running right at all . Expect about 45 MPG when I get it back.

I was pretty anal about calculating my MPG when I first got the car.

Lowest = 22.6

Highest = 30.84 (Dublin to Galway and back and a bit of rural driving while on holliers in Galway)

When I realised how much more petrol I was using than in my 45mpg Seat Leon I got too depressed and stopped keeping tabs. Still in the habit of resetting the trip counter at every fill though. I tend to fill up within about 10 - 20 miles of the light coming on and generally get 300 to 320 miles to a fill doing a mix of short motorway trips to work and a bit of town driving.

I thought it was bad. Now I'm just glad there's no M in my model number! The way prices are going I may have to forego my beloved auto box and get a 320d.

Lots of country and town driving and look

425 miles. Not bad. I normally only get 270ish.

Mick

Kin Mak wrote: Today at the VIP trackday I arrived with a full tank of fuel. Halfway through the afternnon session I was out of petrol!  7.1MPG was what I was getting after the second refuel.

Driving your car,,,, It has to be worth every cent..

Hey Digweed,

I think you have way too much time on your hands hehe!! Must try that sometime. Doesn't look like i'll get to try it out on the economy run on Sunday. My track record with the club is not looking too well at the moment :-(