jeremytaylor
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2005
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- Location
- Surrey Hills
- Car
- E280CDI Sport Est., CLK 200k Cab., VW T5 174, Citroen C8, and a 2CV!
BearFace said:Well I'm getting 29MPG (average) from my 4,500-mile, 55-plate BMW 535d Sport and curiously, 24MPG from the 1995, 98,000-mile BMW 730i V8 (Petrol) hack I bought for 2 grand...![]()
What's more, I drive the older car to the studio in town on a daily basis, while the posh car is only used for weekends and business meetings etc., so the diesel is doing very little stop/start driving. Go figure, as they say...
Yeah, but a 535 is hardly your average diesel, what with those twin turbos. I'm sure it's a lot quicker in every way than the 730, and more economical to boot.
My Euro 4 E320CDI does 38mpg on fully laden motorway runs. This is a little lower than I was expecting, but it's only doen 6000 miles so far, so maybe it might loosen up and improve in time. But most of my driving is around town where I average 30mpg.
However if I set the speed limiter to the speed limit, not only do I get better consumption, but I also get a line of frustrated drivers queing up behind me (on single carriage roads)!