325ix Daily

[mr.vang]

get a honda.. i'm thinking about getting a civic for my wife if she do end up getting a job out of town..

[KamakaziX]

Prius.

Wash your mouth out with soap.

[Kershaw]

i can do a work weeks worth of commuting on one tank of gas in my 325ix. and i drive 60 miles a day. weekend is extra. that said, my 325es (RIP ;_; ) got 30mpg and i only had to fill up once a week, including the weekend.

i'd rather have a 325es over a 318is.

the new focus is surprisingly fun to drive. very much like the 325es in that it feels quite peppy and powerful during normal driving, but once you step on it, it falls on its face cause that's all it had.

[Stanley Rockefeller]

Ever looked into a Focus? You can find decent ones fairly cheap anymore. SVT suspension upgrade is under $300 and really makes it a lot of fun. 30+ mpg too.

+1

Had an 03 ZX5 I was going to do the suspension swap on. had a hard time choosing between keeping the ZX5 and the e30 when I moved. The Zx5 was 5 speed and fully loaded with nice paint and heated seats and leather. The SVT swap would have done wonders for the little car(as I test drove a SVT focus and it EASILY out handled my stock e30), not to mention the added fuel savings and the fact that it's NEWER than the e30.


Came down to which one I enjoyed most, regardless of age.

[Kershaw]

1 thing i forgot to mention...

the auto, even though it has a 4.10 (like most auto e30s) does pretty well on the highway because the transmission has different gearing. in Sport mode, it revs pretty high at speed. but in Drive (using overdrive) i only see 3300ish rpm at 80mph. that's about 500rpm lower than a manual e30 with a 3.73.

i havent started tracking my mpg, but because its turning lower rpm at highway speed i'd say the auto does better than the manual.

[bmwstephen]

1 thing i forgot to mention...

the auto, even though it has a 4.10 (like most auto e30s) does pretty well on the highway because the transmission has different gearing. in Sport mode, it revs pretty high at speed. but in Drive (using overdrive) i only see 3300ish rpm at 80mph. that's about 500rpm lower than a manual e30 with a 3.73.

i havent started tracking my mpg, but because its turning lower rpm at highway speed i'd say the auto does better than the manual.

yup. even with a 4.10 in an auto, the gearing is so low. I'm at 2500 rpm at 60 mph

[TimKninja]

What are you a soccer mom.
Get rid of the X5
Buy an E30

[nando]

The IX has to low gearing to do good on gas on the highway. Manual has 3.91 which runs like 3k at like 65-70ish, and the automatics have a 4.10 which would be even worse. I think i got like 200miles to a tank on the highway which is pretty bad.

something was wrong with your car. a stock ix (auto or manual) should easily get 300-350 miles per tank.

FWIW I averaged 25-26 on the freeway and 21 overall with my stock automatic.

[Kershaw]

he needs to replace his o2 sensor...

[///Bimmerfan]

probably what we all get in our 325i's haha avg 19 mpg , just get a eta , you dont need awd.

I have an ES and I'm getting 19 too.

[foofopps]

buy a fiat 500

[89is]

9th gen civic or this^^^

[nando]

You guys are lame