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  • LikeCDoos
    R3VLimited
    • Jan 2004
    • 2522

    #1

    MPG

    This weekend i drove from San Luis Obispo back home in LA, with a stop in SB to visit Ryan G. I filled up yesterday and found out i got 27MPG. That was on mostly freeway driving but i'm pretty happy with that number. Thats the best i've ever done. What numbers do you guys get. I know you 318 and eta guys get in the 30's so poo on you.
  • bimmerphile
    No R3VLimiter
    • Oct 2003
    • 3495

    #2
    That's good to know with me anticipating a road trip back from MO, and the EPA website givin an 89 325iS only 22 Highyway MPG
    My mountains are better than yours.

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    • Bill 84 318i
      E30 Mastermind
      • Oct 2003
      • 1600

      #3
      With entire highway driving and no stopping until I needed gas again, I got ~40 once. Seems to have been a one time thing though.

      So there.

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      • kencopperwheat
        King of Kegstands
        • Oct 2003
        • 14396

        #4
        Originally posted by Bill 84 318i
        With entire highway driving and no stopping until I needed gas again, I got ~40 once. Seems to have been a one time thing though.

        So there.
        Ditto. I usually get mid to high 30s on the highway and about 30 around town.
        Originally posted by Gruelius
        and i do not know what bugg brakes are.

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        • kencopperwheat
          King of Kegstands
          • Oct 2003
          • 14396

          #5
          Originally posted by Bill 84 318i
          With entire highway driving and no stopping until I needed gas again, I got ~40 once. Seems to have been a one time thing though.

          So there.
          Ditto. I usually get mid to high 30s on the highway and about 30 around town.

          A lot of mpg depends on the fluids in your car. Put in some 5w30 full syn, Redline MTL, Redline Diff Oil and you'll probably see ~5mpg increase.
          Originally posted by Gruelius
          and i do not know what bugg brakes are.

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          • Bill 84 318i
            E30 Mastermind
            • Oct 2003
            • 1600

            #6
            I'm not a huge fan of synthetic motor oil, but I am running Redline in my tranny. I'll get to putting it in the diff eventually.

            Around town I get more like 20ish.

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            • UNHCLL
              R3V OG
              • Oct 2003
              • 8789

              #7
              y'all are a bunch of nerds
              who honestly calculates MPG for each tank :roll:

              I have more important things to figure out.

              jk guys
              Below the radar...

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              • SlammedE30
                Mod Crazy
                • Oct 2003
                • 741

                #8
                The best I've gotten is 20mpg :twisted:
                -Ted

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                • kansas-ix
                  E30 Mastermind
                  • Jan 2004
                  • 1600

                  #9
                  I get 20 in town out of town where ever, 20mpg with the 325ix, wish I could clock the 30's damn that would be nice. I hate only being able to get 325 miles out of a tank.
                  E30 325ix 62k

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                  • Super Eta
                    E30 Mastermind
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 1884

                    #10
                    i have only actually calculated once and i was getting in the 30's.

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                    • Jarvis
                      R3VLimited
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 2132

                      #11
                      mostly stock '87 325is:
                      -Stromung exhaust, and probably a hollowed out cat too (not sure about that)
                      -K&N cone filter
                      -screwy ECU that's probably making me run lean
                      ... 31mpg @70-75. That's the sweet spot. Anything above or even below that relative speed makes my mpg drop severely. OBC matches manual calculations almost perfectly.
                      Gas mileage driving around town is dismal though - like 15mpg at best while making short trips, never even getting into 4th gear often.

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                      • LikeCDoos
                        R3VLimited
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 2522

                        #12
                        damn you guys w/ eta's and 318. I can't belive you guys hit 40MPG!! thats insane. Ya that road trip i did was with one stop and i usually kept the speed around 75mph sometimes going 80+ though

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                        • 325is_e30
                          E30 Addict
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 567

                          #13
                          where i live theres alot of hills so i get around 16mpg

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                          • nando
                            Moderator
                            • Nov 2003
                            • 34839

                            #14
                            I got 26mpg in my ix on a road trip once.. usually I get about 22mpg.
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                            Bimmerlabs

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                            • Rob
                              Moderator
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 8166

                              #15
                              Originally posted by UNHCLL
                              y'all are a bunch of nerds
                              who honestly calculates MPG for each tank :roll:

                              I have more important things to figure out.


                              :stupid:
                              BEERTECH

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