I know we can't drive like little old ladies and keep our foot out of it, but which motor gets better gas mileage, the M20 or the M50 (2.5 version)?
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Obviously the M50.
The engine was simply designed more "modernly" and is both more efficient and more powerful.Comment
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I get about 12mpg out of my s14 from mixed driving and 19-20 freeway but i have an aggressive rear end and a 1:1 5th gear which makes the freeway craptacular to drive on.
I've never had an m20, but I got awesome gas millage with my m50Comment
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My 86 325es got around 28 highway MPG, and my 88 325i cabrio gets about 26 highway, and that's with the 3.73 rear axle.
Both cars were "chipped" with generic one's from ebay.sigpic
1988 5 spd.Cabrio/Lachs Silber/Black Leather/123k/Dealer Serviced & Maintained by both PO's
Clarion DXZ785USB HU, BBS Wheels, Leather e-brake handle & e-brake boot, Mtech 1 Wheel, Maplight Mirror, Performance chip, Rear Headrests.
Previous E30: 1986 5 spd. 325es/Delphin Gray/Black Leather/191k
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My new-to-me '89 325ix: 16 to 17 around down, 22 to 23 on the highway. But I drive it hard, and it is an automatic.sigpic
"One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will, To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." Ulysses, ll. 68-70, Alfred, Lord Tennyson.Comment
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86 eta
gets 26mpg!!!Comment
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19.4mpg :( (325is)
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M42s get around 27-28mpg combined [65-70% highway]
Originally posted by vladComment
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I get ~22mpg on the 325iS, about 75% highway and a 3.73 rear end.Comment
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WOW... I get 14-17 around town and 25-30 on the highway in the M3.Originally posted by PaintPro21 View PostJoe Funk -- Portland Oregon
That Guy.
03 X5. 3 liter obviously.Comment
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lol @ everyone in the thread vomitting their mpg numbers when that wasn't the question at all
M50 gets noticeably better mileage. My 3.0 S50 gets better mileage than the 2.5 M20.
Jay
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lolOriginally posted by DuMa View Post
I get 27mpg on the highway in my 533i, around 24mpg combined... In a 3200lb+ car. Why does the M20 even exist?
Go M50. Or better yet, be a man and go M30... M30s have big hairy manly balls.'88 528e /// '88 M5 /// '89 951 /// '98 E430 /// '02 M5Comment
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my M20 gets around 19 in the city
and about 23, 24 on the mountain highway, so prolly close to 26 on the actual highway...sigpicComment
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