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Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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MPG

Post by philabbo » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:26 am

Quite surprised with my 23 sdrive mpg over the weekend. Managed 37.1 on a 250mile trip, Mostly motorway cruising at about 80-85mph with a few hold ups on the way but still surprised by what I managed to get.
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Re: MPG

Post by Z42b » Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:31 am

I'm sure you mean 70mph! :) Can't moan at 37mpg though!
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Re: MPG

Post by csm180 » Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:04 pm

I think it was a typo, actually meant kilometres an hour, approx 50-55 miles per hour in which case a little disappointing. :(
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Re: MPG

Post by Angie4m » Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:54 am

So I shouldn't say that I drove edinburgh to silverstone 366 miles away and got 40.3 mpg even with some 'spirited' driving. However I did have cruise on quite a lot of it.
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Re: MPG

Post by bbZ4 » Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:00 am

Drove my Z4M in usual spirited way lots of smiles per miles :D and got
what I usually get 20.7 MPG :?
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Post by SO8 » Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:32 am

My 35iS is sitting at an average of 25mpg in the short time I have had it ... but that is actually better than I expected and I am happy with that element of ownership :)
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Re: MPG

Post by Z42b » Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:56 am

SO8 wrote:My 35iS is sitting at an average of 25mpg in the short time I have had it ... but that is actually better than I expected and I am happy with that element of ownership :)
Better than the 18-20 I was getting on the 370Z.
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Re: MPG

Post by philabbo » Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:46 pm

Angie4m wrote:So I shouldn't say that I drove edinburgh to silverstone 366 miles away and got 40.3 mpg even with some 'spirited' driving. However I did have cruise on quite a lot of it.
Does cruise help with mpg? I always thought that the braking function going downhill would help it much? I don't know why I am thinking of mpg all of a sudden......must be getting old!!
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Re: MPG

Post by ronk » Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:48 pm

Dont worry about mpg - it's depreciation that's the killer blow!
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with. :thumbsup:
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Post by buzyg » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:51 pm

bbZ4 wrote:Drove my Z4M in usual spirited way lots of smiles per miles :D and got
what I usually get 20.7 MPG :?
Good man :thumbsup:

Little more effort and you'll have it in the teens. :wink:

Single figures also perfectly achievable on Track. :D
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Re: MPG

Post by ronk » Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:09 pm

bbZ4 wrote:Drove my Z4M in usual spirited way lots of smiles per miles :D and got
what I usually get 20.7 MPG :?
I didn't buy a zed to worry about mpg figures either! It's nice to know that good mpg is possible even from 3.0 l engines ,even if it's only because you run low in the middle of nowhere!

As I said depreciation is the big killer £5k a year or more ?... Driven or not!
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Re: MPG

Post by Broady » Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:57 pm

MPG isn't an issue with me because I only cover around 3000 miles per year, but I drove a 300 mile round trip last week on both motorway and country roads and averaged 37 mpg in my z4 3.0si coupe.
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Re: MPG

Post by Barrie. » Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:31 pm

I've had mine all the way up to the dizzying heights of 47mpg, I was pretty impressed with it :D
However, put your foot down a bit and it soon plummets, i've had it down to 12mpg at one point :evil: :driving:

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Re: MPG

Post by ronk » Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:24 pm

Broady wrote: ......Hope my new 35isdrive is as good when it comes next week :thumbsup:
Oh I don't think you have any worries there!
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So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with. :thumbsup:
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