BMW and M Power Owners

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GravyMonster said:
Nope. The best we've had from ours is 42mpg on a long drive to the Lake District. High 40s is dreamland, or you're hyper-miling and sitting in the draft 2ft off the crash bar of an articulated lorry.
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I did manage 46 in a 320i loan car but that was on a long trip to Wales with lots of 50 average speed.


I averaged mid to low 30s in it during my ownership though.


Averaged mid to high 40s in the 320d with highs of 62 by comparison.
 
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I have to say I've always found the MPG in the G20 320i and 330i quite disappointing, mid-30's in general. Diesel is far better.
 
MrRockliffe said:
I did manage 46 in a 320i loan car but that was on a long trip to Wales with lots of 50 average speed.
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We were chilling most of the way in eco mode doing 65-70. You could probably get high 40s, but you'd need to go well out of usual driving habits to do it.


MrRockliffe said:
Averaged mid to high 40s in the 320d with highs of 62 by comparison.
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I had an old C250d Merc that would do 55mpg on a 20 mile stretch of the A421 to where I used to work. That thing would run on air.
 
MrRockliffe said:
I can’t imagine you’d see late 40s out of a 4 cylinder petrol either
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got 1.4tfsi/150bhp manual a4 avant and on regular cross country/fens/A10 A road routes 120 miles round avg 55, doing 50+mpg, mostly just me,
also, like for bmw if you have auto/x-drive/bigger-engines you add 150Kg+=2people too, to carry around corners.
haven't done much motorways/urban yet - occasionally glance at mpg status and confuse it with speed, guess that's a diesel world problem.

I would have got the b38/manual - sound was reminiscent of previous 320/6 cylinder during test drives - but noticeably less powerful and dealer wasn't responsive to fix a few issues. (pro rwd, con cabin/audio)
couldn't find a manual/non-M 320/330
 
Jonnycoupe said:
How come the reason for deleting a message doesnt actually show you the reason
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The 'Show...' button is to show the post, not the deletion reason. It only works for moderators/admins.

I recall Kindai (I think) saying it couldn't be easily removed in one of the forum software update threads, because of the way it's baked into the software.
 
[TW]Fox said:
Why would you?
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Not sure I have not driven any recent autos. I was just curious as to why there was so many flooding the used market

The older autos though you were limited and I didn't feel in control. And I like being in control of clutch and gear engagement. I guess newer autos are much different these days..

As like most the learning and majority of my driving has been a manual .

I went on a YouTube vid the other Day which was a vid based on 3 series and 4 series which do you prefer manual or auto.. a lot of what seems like the Motorhead's were responsing manual, manual , manual in the video comments ,.the odd auto head popped up


Couple of things I'm still stuck on then

- to go manual or auto
- to go petrol or diesel

For fuel not sure, maybe better shorter distance but I do some motorway driving too. And if my job shifts and I'm commuting further away I would want the benefit of a diesel in that respect..

It's a hard decision .
 
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DJMK4 said:
Not sure I have not driven any recent autos. I was just curious as to why there was so many flooding the used market

The older autos though you were limited and I didn't feel in control. And I like being in control of clutch and gear engagement. I guess newer autos are much different these days..

As like most the learning and majority of my driving has been a manual .
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The best way is...
...go try one :P
 
tamzzy said:
The best way is...
...go try one :P
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Well yeh..

That's what I was trying to do with the manual one I found .although the dealer wouldnt let me test drive it.

I may see if I get test drive of the manual and see if there is an auto one about
 
DJMK4 said:
Not sure I have not driven any recent autos. I was just curious as to why there was so many flooding the used market

The older autos though you were limited and I didn't feel in control. And I like being in control of clutch and gear engagement. I guess newer autos are much different these days..

As like most the learning and majority of my driving has been a manual .

I went on a YouTube vid the other Day which was a vid based on 3 series and 4 series which do you prefer manual or auto.. a lot of what seems like the Motorhead's were responsing manual, manual , manual in the video comments ,.the odd auto head popped up


Couple of things I'm still stuck on then

- to go manual or auto
- to go petrol or diesel

For fuel not sure, maybe better shorter distance but I do some motorway driving too. And if my job shifts and I'm commuting further away I would want the benefit of a diesel in that respect..

It's a hard decision .
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I have no regrets ditching manual. If you get a car with a good auto box its just such a nice thing to have. Less effort, just waft along. No more faffing on hill starts or when stuck in traffic constantly going in and out of gear. Really does change your opinion once you've driven one. My bro has only recently gone auto, been manual die hard and he loves it. And a good auto nowadays you don't even feel it changing gear, so smooth, unless you are in sport or equivalent modes. Definitely take time to try one.
 
A manual has its place, in a decent sports car, something built specifically for driving for driving's sake, that you take out on a weekend etc. but its time has well and truly passed as the gearbox of choice for a day to day car IMO.
 
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