I decided to see just how economical my new Z4 could be this morning and after a 46 mile (boring) commute up the M6 to work which included 3 miles of country roads on either side of the M6 the mpg reading was 46.3 mpg. Not only that but when I was exiting the M6 after 43 miles it was 49.7 mpg! That's darn good... boring but pretty good!
Worlds most boring post!
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We were driving down to Hampshire over the weekend and I said to my girlfriend "you'll probably find this boring, but I can't believe how many more mpg you get in warm weather - we're averaging 4mpg more than usual", to which she replied "yes, that is boring".
Boring is the key word in this thread!! lol :roll:
Now I've done it - I can get on with driving how I want to but just impressed with how economical it was.
Now I've done it - I can get on with driving how I want to but just impressed with how economical it was.
I went to Chester then to Alton towers last weekend and back to Penrith sat at 80 the whole way apart from a/bs and if anyones been to Alton towers they know its a pretty windy horrible road, but managed 35.4mpg on the trip! Impressive for the M 
Love that thing. With a careful accelerator foot you can do wonders. Another 40 miles of town and A/B driving its reading 27.9mpg still impressive.
Averaged 23.9MPG over the first 9000 miles.
Love that thing. With a careful accelerator foot you can do wonders. Another 40 miles of town and A/B driving its reading 27.9mpg still impressive.
Averaged 23.9MPG over the first 9000 miles.
Couldn't give two s**** what the MPG on the ///M is. Didn't buy it to worry about that.
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I didn't say I was worried about it, just seeing what she can do and part of that is how economical she 'can' be if needed. Needless to say I was impressed. I wish I had the money not to take fuel economy on board. But when I'm in the middle of work taking me over 1000 miles a week for the next few weeks it comes into play unfortunately :-/
I must not have been going fast enough. I averaged 8.6 yesterday at Cadwell Park and 7.7 at Brands Hatch today. I think the slow down lap saved a bit.BMWZ4MC said:Tassi said:
I've managed a low of 7mpg averaged over 100 miles on a trackday - just don't calculate how much that fuel cost me
A mate of my brother had a Jesnsen Interceptor for a while. 7.2L - that wasn't very economical......
Well my parents boat has twin 18L 6 Cylinder Caterpillars (yes thats 3L per cylinder!) .... flat out she will do a stonking 25 knots.... and burn 100 gallons an hour, thats right 4 gallons to the mile! (it doesnt go flat out very often!)
To be fair it is also 38 tons!
based on that consumption the difference between 20-25MPG for me is kinda irrelevant and i just accept it and move on, quickly!
To be fair it is also 38 tons!
based on that consumption the difference between 20-25MPG for me is kinda irrelevant and i just accept it and move on, quickly!