What average m.p.g. do you get from your 3.0i

[Jimmy Gee]

I know its not the most interesting of topics and not the reason for owning such a car but I am just curious to see what m.p.g. people are getting.
This poll is solely for 3.0i owners, however if you own any other variant feel free to add a comment and let us know your m.p.g.

 

[craig3.2]

29mpg,as voted,from a mix of town/b-road and c-way,etc but normally 30min journeys at most/tho will do 38mpg on longer journeys

 

[pvr]

In my old 3.0 (2004) I got between 34 - 36 mpg. I did have the SE CAI installed which added about 3 mpg.

 

[Taz]

In my old 3.0 (2004) I got between 34 - 36 mpg. I did have the SE CAI installed which added about 3 mpg.

what is a SE CAI

 

[pvr]

Cold Air Intake, was a limited run carbon fibre intake. Looked great, sounds great, and gives a significant performance improvement as well as MPG. Was only available for a small amount of time, was about $800.

 

[aquazi]

I have averaged 30mpg in the life i have owned mine.. but on long motorway runs it does return around 40 mpg.

 

[wheelie]

2006 3.0Si model

Motorway - 75-80mph = ~35-37mpg
Spirited Driving + tootling around town = ~27-29mpg

All in all I think thats excellent for such an engine

 

[a11y]

Spot the geek...

Accumulative MPG for ownership = 30.21
Average cost per mile for ownership = £0.1572
Average cost per litre for ownership = £1.04
Total miles covered during ownership = 10,403.30
Total spent on fuel during ownership = £1,635.29
Total fuel (litres) used during ownership = 1,565.57

A throwback to the days of owning a diesel car and keeping track of my mileage and trying to justify having a diesel over a petrol. Scarily the last tank of fuel was at £1.259/litre which meant an average cost per mile (fuel only) of £0.1912/mile - that compares to £0.859/litre and £0.1233/mile when I bought my Z4 (3.0i 231ps pre-facelift model) in December 2008. But since it's so f**king expensive to run any car, it doesn't influence how I drive the Z4 at all...

 

[Taz]

Spot the geek...

Accumulative MPG for ownership = 30.21
Average cost per mile for ownership = £0.1572
Average cost per litre for ownership = £1.04
Total miles covered during ownership = 10,403.30
Total spent on fuel during ownership = £1,635.29
Total fuel (litres) used during ownership = 1,565.57

A throwback to the days of owning a diesel car and keeping track of my mileage and trying to justify having a diesel over a petrol. Scarily the last tank of fuel was at £1.259/litre which meant an average cost per mile (fuel only) of £0.1912/mile - that compares to £0.859/litre and £0.1233/mile when I bought my Z4 (3.0i 231ps pre-facelift model) in December 2008. But since it's so f**king expensive to run any car, it doesn't influence how I drive the Z4 at all...

i see you suffer from the same form of OCD as me, I have a spreadshee that tells me every thing, don't look at the total cost since owning the Zed - frightening lol

 

[a11y]

Spot the geek...

Accumulative MPG for ownership = 30.21
Average cost per mile for ownership = £0.1572
Average cost per litre for ownership = £1.04
Total miles covered during ownership = 10,403.30
Total spent on fuel during ownership = £1,635.29
Total fuel (litres) used during ownership = 1,565.57

A throwback to the days of owning a diesel car and keeping track of my mileage and trying to justify having a diesel over a petrol. Scarily the last tank of fuel was at £1.259/litre which meant an average cost per mile (fuel only) of £0.1912/mile - that compares to £0.859/litre and £0.1233/mile when I bought my Z4 (3.0i 231ps pre-facelift model) in December 2008. But since it's so f**king expensive to run any car, it doesn't influence how I drive the Z4 at all...

i see you suffer from the same form of OCD as me, I have a spreadshee that tells me every thing, don't look at the total cost since owning the Zed - frightening lol

My next stage is to build in other costs (insurance, servicing, consumables, upgrades, personalisations) into the spreadsheet for a true cost-per-mile, but if I do that I might top myself! Also, building in some sort of guide for depreciation might be an option although that would require a bit of guestimation using current classifieds prices. I'd better stop now...

 

[Jimmy Gee]

Spot the geek...

Accumulative MPG for ownership = 30.21
Average cost per mile for ownership = £0.1572
Average cost per litre for ownership = £1.04
Total miles covered during ownership = 10,403.30
Total spent on fuel during ownership = £1,635.29
Total fuel (litres) used during ownership = 1,565.57

A throwback to the days of owning a diesel car and keeping track of my mileage and trying to justify having a diesel over a petrol. Scarily the last tank of fuel was at £1.259/litre which meant an average cost per mile (fuel only) of £0.1912/mile - that compares to £0.859/litre and £0.1233/mile when I bought my Z4 (3.0i 231ps pre-facelift model) in December 2008. But since it's so f**king expensive to run any car, it doesn't influence how I drive the Z4 at all...

i see you suffer from the same form of OCD as me, I have a spreadshee that tells me every thing, don't look at the total cost since owning the Zed - frightening lol

My next stage is to build in other costs (insurance, servicing, consumables, upgrades, personalisations) into the spreadsheet for a true cost-per-mile, but if I do that I might top myself! Also, building in some sort of guide for depreciation might be an option although that would require a bit of guestimation using current classifieds prices. I'd better stop now...

Oh dear :scratchhead: you really have taken this to a new level :lol:

 

[Cool Z4]

I must have a heavy foot.
I average around 25MPG in my 2007 3.0i Steptronic. I recently added a CAI from AFE and possibly geting better gas mileage, but I like the way it sounds, so I am gunning it a lot to get the rpm's up to hear the roar.

 

[Jimmy Gee]

The reason I started this thread was because I have only been getting 24 m.p.g. max out of my car since I bought it just before christmas.

I wouldnt have been too bothered about it except for the fact that I keep hearing that people are getting more like 30 m.p.g. on average. I wouldnt say Ive been driving it that hard either. I cant resist full throttle through the gears going onto the motorway but thats about it really.

Question for the ones that are seeing around 30 m.p.g. Do you drive your car reasonably hard or just steady away?

 

[Pauly]

Ive got a 2.5 and Im past giving a s**t about mpg, I now just fill her up when needed and get on with it! as the bastard government will not bring me and my zed down! :x

 

[jimbo1958]

The reason I started this thread was because I have only been getting 24 m.p.g. max out of my car since I bought it just before christmas.

I wouldnt have been too bothered about it except for the fact that I keep hearing that people are getting more like 30 m.p.g. on average. I wouldnt say Ive been driving it that hard either. I cant resist full throttle through the gears going onto the motorway but thats about it really.

Question for the ones that are seeing around 30 m.p.g. Do you drive your car reasonably hard or just steady away?

I'm geting around 23-24 mpg out of my 3.0l. All round town driving and A roads. Has been about the same since I bought the car last summer.
Only time I got over 35 mpg was on a motorway run where I was driving at an almost constant 60-70 mph.
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[peddy]

Spot the geek...

Accumulative MPG for ownership = 30.21
Average cost per mile for ownership = £0.1572
Average cost per litre for ownership = £1.04
Total miles covered during ownership = 10,403.30
Total spent on fuel during ownership = £1,635.29
Total fuel (litres) used during ownership = 1,565.57

A throwback to the days of owning a diesel car and keeping track of my mileage and trying to justify having a diesel over a petrol. Scarily the last tank of fuel was at £1.259/litre which meant an average cost per mile (fuel only) of £0.1912/mile - that compares to £0.859/litre and £0.1233/mile when I bought my Z4 (3.0i 231ps pre-facelift model) in December 2008. But since it's so f**king expensive to run any car, it doesn't influence how I drive the Z4 at all...

Don't insult geeks...

 

[DannyBoy]

22-23mpg combined. That being from a 2005 3.0se Auto.

Very very poor, albeit no matter how I drove it would always read sub 25mpg and needed refilling eer 200-220 miles. Ouch.

 

[aquazi]

I once got 419 miles out of a tank on mine.... on 95% steady motorway cruising.

 

[Taz]

mine as cost me £2.17 per mile since i owned it

 

[Anonymous]