Fuel consumption on 5.0

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by doug_999

About 13.5 in city driving. As it gets colder, that can drop as low as 12. Plan on about 2MPG better with the 35i. Nothing huge.

BTW, highway normally around 22MPG with my 50i.

Our Clubman S gets 29MPG in the city however.

Pffft! I'm averaging 19.1 (...or 400+ miles a tank; mixed highway and city.....my commute is less than 12 miles) in my 35i. Huge difference.

[mweisdorfer]

Get the smaller engine: you can always put an ATE OR K&N filter kit on it.

[doug_999]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Pffft! I'm averaging 19.1 (...or 400+ miles a tank; mixed highway and city.....my commute is less than 12 miles) in my 35i. Huge difference.

Pffft... I had a 328i loaner and got 19. So the commute has everything to do with it (mine apparently a lot more stop and go than yours). As noted - by others as well as the EPA, the 35 is about 2-3mpg better.

I should also add that my 1M gets 14.5 in the same commute. But I think I know why on that one...

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by doug_999

Pffft... I had a 328i loaner and got 19. So the commute has everything to do with it (mine apparently a lot more stop and go than yours). As noted - by others as well as the EPA, the 35 is about 2-3mpg better.

I should also add that my 1M gets 14.5 in the same commute. But I think I know why on that one...

If my commute were longer and didn't have as much stop and go (..I take surface streets to the station), I'm sure that I could get into the low-mid 20's consistently.

Any pics of your 1M?

[doug_999]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Any pics of your 1M?

Not to hijack the thread...but you did ask
The car was delivered from Boston by a retired Canadian Couple with Intercity Lines. This is the wife pulling the car off the truck into my driveway. I can't remember her name however!

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by doug_999

Not to hijack the thread...but you did ask
The car was delivered from Boston by a retired Canadian Couple with Intercity Lines. This is the wife pulling the car off the truck into my driveway. I can't remember her name however!

Good stuff man. Thanks for the pic. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.