[BMW325iE90]

325i E90

[oliver51090]

Originally Posted by gIzzE

Something is very wrong there.

Firstly make sure the mpg is set to imperial and not US gallons.

Then check the temperature of the car, should be sat at 90ºc and should get there in 5 minutes or 3 miles on yours really, maybe a smidge long this time of year.

You need to sear google for e90 temperature as it is in the hidden menu.

Couldn't find where the hidden menu, I have an oil temp gauge on the car anyway. It takes about 10-15 minutes to get to 90-100 degrees. Making sure mpg is imperial was one of the first things I done.

[gIzzE]

I would get on a nice a road sit at 50mph and reset it, see what you get when you are cruising along.

[oliver51090]

And if its still low, should i take her back to bmw? Not many great stretches of A road i want to drive down lol

[gIzzE]

Well you have to work out if it is your driving or the car.

Many who live in London see 26mpg from a 320d.

But you should see 30-35mpg sat at a very steady 50mph.

[dmoffat]

E92 petrol 20is 24mpg commuting in town 32mpg out of town

[topmar]

E90 320d with records of all 50K miles (half miles with 177HP, half with 197HP PPK), got an average of 47mpg (UK)....

[Digitalize]

Right, my car is on 171k, E91, just me in it with equipment in the back.

Drove to the petrol station, filled up and straight on to the motorway.

91 miles travelled, 70mph average speed, 53mpg.

That's with the engine already warmed up, and I took that reading as I came off the M5. No way you'd get higher than that, for me at least. Cruise set to 2k in 6th.

Shell regular diesel.

[MHO]

E92 - 330i SE
Best Average: 41mpg long trip to the Lake District and back driving like a saint!
Worst Average (current): 16mpg - driving the car between 5-10 miles daily.
The current mpg is so poor that I am thinking of changing the E92 for an E39 M5 since my best mate's dad gets better mpg out of his E39 M5 on a very similar journey!

[ahenners]

Had my 330d LCI a week now, averaging an indicated 42mpg overall. Haven't filled her back up yet to work out the true calculated average.

Was very impressed yesterday though, did a 188 mile round trip for work. Reset before I left my drive and when I got home in the evening, the journey computer was showing 52.3mpg!

[rhysh1990]

E92 330i m sport
Best mpg is 42mpg on a trip
Day to day driving i get 27-28 mpg

Really cant complain had a 1.6 citroen c2 vts and used to get 33mpg.

[jamiepoole1]

Originally Posted by Dr Dave

2006 330d auto - 60,000 miles - 31mpg and that aint driving it with a heavy foot.

God knows how some of you are getting 40+MPG!

Im with you dr dave. im at around 29mpg around town

[Murphyslaw]

hate to rub it in but I just filled up any my average is 42.4mpg in my 2007 330d tourer manual.

That is a mix of motorway driving country roads and a few town trips. I live in a village 9 miles from my nearest shell. Filled up today and drove about a mile in 30 limits then into a 60 limit. Stuck to the speed limits just to see what the car showed.......62mpg when I got home. I love love LOVE my car and pray to god, budda, zeus and any of the others that it lasts a long time!

[gIzzE]

The guy down the road from me has swapping his LCI 535d for a 550i and he has gone from 33mpg average on the 535d to 29mpg on the 550i, so in real terms it is costing him no more to fill up, he is over the moon with it.
400bhp and a V8 growl.

I am definitely going petrol next time.


I bought an old 2.8i Z3 recently as a bit of a project and found out is has an OBC last week, seems that since its last reset, which must have been 6 tanks full of fuel, but could be over 1000s of miles, it is showing 35.7mpg.

I am done with diesel, I always buy them, but I have to feather them to get decent economy. Also having the straight six petrol again has made me re-find my love of cars.

[JJ0063]

My 2009 lci 320d sits at 54.3mpg consistently

[Touringchris]

After only owning the car a week i took it on a 500 mile round trip yesterday. a bit round town, a bit at 70 with the odd foot down to overtake and a few 50mph average camera areas.

e91 - 330D - Auto 2006 43.4MPG

I dont think thats terrible for a car with that performance. was absolutely lovely to drive even on a long drive like that.

[90MSP]

Just got 505 miles 44mpg out of my E90 330D M Sport. Shell Nitro and start of the British summer time !

[regy53]

i generally get 550 miles out of a tank for my 335d thats around 60 litres mixed driving

[pss335]

Originally Posted by regy53

i generally get 550 miles out of a tank for my 335d thats around 60 litres mixed driving

Quite similar to what I get, just shy over 500 per tank (Nitro). That's probably 80% motorway driving (albeit with a slightly heavy foot) . Stats say 35.7 mpg average. Increase of about 3mpg after a remap.

[LTDarklord]

2010 E92 325i - When I bought it a month ago it was averaging 27mpg :O

I did a reset followed by an 800 mile round trip up and down the country. Managed to get in everything from motorways, country roads (lots of fun), villages, cities and the god forsaken traffic jam... which I figure is a pretty fair test.

Open road it was averaging anywhere from 45 - 60mpg until the traffic jams ruined it but all in it's 39.7mpg now which I think is a fair representation.

[gIzzE]

Amazing what these modern straight six petrols can get.

[oliver51090]

Originally Posted by LTDarklord

2010 E92 325i - When I bought it a month ago it was averaging 27mpg :O

I did a reset followed by an 800 mile round trip up and down the country. Managed to get in everything from motorways, country roads (lots of fun), villages, cities and the god forsaken traffic jam... which I figure is a pretty fair test.

Open road it was averaging anywhere from 45 - 60mpg until the traffic jams ruined it but all in it's 39.7mpg now which I think is a fair representation.

Thats amazing! Bang on quoted figures is that manual or auto? Mine is averaging 19mpg. When i was driving to uni. So straight motorway trips daily i was struggling to get 25. And my friends refer to me as a slow driver! / mr economical