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What's your typical drive though? Can make a huge difference, as does the weight of your right foot.
I've typically found Diesel cars can be driven harder with less of an impact on MPG compared to petrol.
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A mixture of long trips and short trips into town, which is why I only got about 37mpg from the 530d.
The excellent long distance economy is what brings the average up as it usually does 20-30mpg in town depending on how warm the engine is and how far I go.
The excellent long distance economy is what brings the average up as it usually does 20-30mpg in town depending on how warm the engine is and how far I go.
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It all comes down to what you class as short trips/town driving. For me a short trip would be the school run sub 2 miles, stop/start at two sets of traffic lights and from cold in winter my 535d did 11mpg on it ! (could just hit the 20s in the summer)
Town driving is another one where is can be different, I can go into town but it's all 30/40 speed limits to the car park with minimal stopping and I can easily get in the 30s on the 3-4 mile trip but say in Edinburgh that would be different stop/start etc multiple sets of traffic lights so back into the 20s mpg maybe even the teens.
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I have two cans of Holts Tyreweld in the boot (My Z4 also a couple of tins of the same stuff in the boot as it also has non-RFT's - Vredestein Ultrac Vortis although next year I'll be throwing a set of CSC7's on it at replacement time). But I'm also in the RAC so I'd likely just give them a bell and wait.
Mpg wise, since I got it in February this year I've been averaging around the 30-34mpg mark in my M340i G21, although some months I've dipped a little (November in the app is showing average of 28.2mpg with a best of 37mpg).
Depends how much you like Sports Plus mode, I 'spose
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Does the hybrid stuff contribute much on the G20 M340i?
Just checked mineI have two cans of Holts Tyreweld in the boot (My Z4 also a couple of tins of the same stuff in the boot as it also has non-RFT's - Vredestein Ultrac Vortis although next year I'll be throwing a set of CSC7's on it at replacement time). But I'm also in the RAC so I'd likely just give them a bell and wait.
Mpg wise, since I got it in February this year I've been averaging around the 30-34mpg mark in my M340i G21, although some months I've dipped a little (November in the app is showing average of 28.2mpg with a best of 37mpg).
Depends how much you like Sports Plus mode, I 'spose
AVG 11.7 mpg. oops Oh thats Dec
Nov is much better
12.8 Mpg
Damn you right foot
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Smoothens out the auto stop/start (which I find very good and hardly notice it - others hate it so much they will code it out or stick the car in 'Sports Individual' with the settings all changed to 'Comfort' which disables the ASS), gives a very small boost to power/torque (11bhp I believe?), allows the engine to 'glide' when you are moving and take your foot off the gas which is 'supposed' to improve fuel economy (between 15-99 mph on the move, you can see the power/energy flow on a screen on the iDrive if that tickles your fancy), recovers and redistributes electrical power under braking as well as coasting and assists with powering electrical parts of the vehicle.
Likely assists with emissions regulations as well, I'd expect. The 48V battery isn't particularly heavy, its 6kg iirc.
Downside to the MHT M340i is if you feel like tuning it, your stuck unless you use piggyback devices or go the FEMTO unlock route and send the ECU to Finland for the DME to be unlocked. Oh and the pre MHT makes a 'nicer' exhaust noise with some pops and bangs apparently
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440i GC + MPPSK
4 urban miles and 44 motorway miles.
I did hypermile the motorway miles though
(Travelling at 58mph on the motorway)
What you getting around town?4 urban miles and 44 motorway miles.
I did hypermile the motorway miles though
(Travelling at 58mph on the motorway)
16.8 atm for me.
Was reading 15.2 untill I had some new fresh injectors installed with some nice NGK spark plugs.
Smoothed the lumpy Idle out nicely too. BMW refreshed the Injectors for the B58 a while ago. Less chance of getting stuck open now. Managed to get a set for £405 in a black friday sale.
(My "around the town" is: 1.5miles to school, 1mile to nursary, .5 miles to work. Then 3miles home, let it warm up for 5mins prior to both trips so i can play with the rear wheels around the estate at work on my way in and out..... heh")
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29mpg on a 9 mile commute to/from work in Birmingham
Previously when my work was 2 miles away my mpg was approx 22-ish
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FWIW and to serve as a comparison, I am averaging 28.5mpg on my E43 (3.0 V6, 400hp) over 1000 miles with a very heavy right foot. Almost entirely motorway though (+/- the 5 or so miles to get to the motorway).
what is the speed for those 1000 miles 70 , 85mph ? no slipstreaming of HGV, too.
Replacing battery prexmas reset aftermarket alpine audio with speaker time delays for driver position (used fl +3 fr 1.5 rl 0.7 rr 0 ms delays)
have usually just done equalizer after replacing battery, and forgotten the impact of this, it transforms audio stage -if- you will be driving alone/selfish.
Had assumed this would be available on next bmw HK car audio but seems not , or
[ The theater setting just steers all the sound to the center channel. The other profiles add gimmicky reverb effects to give a concert hall echo. None of the settings use proper time delay to improve the soundstage in any way. From the driver seat you can never achieve an accurate soundstage. The only way to get close is to sit in the center rear seat and lean forward so your ears are equidistant to the left and right speakers. ]
for bmw HK, you can't steer audio focus for different positions in car ?
Replacing battery prexmas reset aftermarket alpine audio with speaker time delays for driver position (used fl +3 fr 1.5 rl 0.7 rr 0 ms delays)
have usually just done equalizer after replacing battery, and forgotten the impact of this, it transforms audio stage -if- you will be driving alone/selfish.
Had assumed this would be available on next bmw HK car audio but seems not , or
[ The theater setting just steers all the sound to the center channel. The other profiles add gimmicky reverb effects to give a concert hall echo. None of the settings use proper time delay to improve the soundstage in any way. From the driver seat you can never achieve an accurate soundstage. The only way to get close is to sit in the center rear seat and lean forward so your ears are equidistant to the left and right speakers. ]
for bmw HK, you can't steer audio focus for different positions in car ?
Our mutual friend's 540i touring was only a few grand more and has all of the bits I mentioned are missing and then some, so it's not impossible. Comfort seats are the main things that it needs though.