Mpg

[wycoco]

I searched, and there was a few threads about M42 gas mileage. But I have an M20 sooo, what kind of MPG do you M20 guys get? I took a pic of mine today, but I wasn't so sure if it was accurate.

[dlmpsy]

My '90 325is 5 speed gets 27mpg with no cat on 93 octane on trips. I live in the mountains.

[czag13]

holy crap, 34MPG is kinda ridiculous in an m20, but I sure would love to get that kinda mileage. I've been averaging 24mpg and drive 60 street/40 highway, but usually drive with a heavy foot. When my Dad was commuting with it and driving 10/90 street/highway he was getting about 27mpg

[euroshark]

I get over 28mpg in my 533i on the highway, and about 23 to 24 in the city. Once I drove from Denver to Glennwood Springs, about 170 miles through the mountains, and over 3 passes and still averaged 27mpg with 4 people in the car! Only mods are 19lb injectors and a 3.0 bar FPR. Unfortunately, I have no experience with the M20 that used to be in my E30 because the day after I got it running, I pulled it out on a whim...

[MikeK]

you must drive like a grandma ;)

[german g]

damn, thats some crazy MPG!!!! I dont get near that..

[uofom3]

shit i get 16mpg with the s50 and 13.5 with the s14... i'd kill for over 20.

[euroshark]

you must drive like a grandma ;)

Can I put this in my signature????

[MikeK]

go for it

[e30sd]

do you have swapped injectors?

[4ce30]

35k motor fully rebuilt
#19 lb injectors
B&B triflow catback
intake/heatshield

-and i got 32 mpg on my way to Lake Chelan this summer ! 465 miles on 14 galons! you do the math...fucking incredible and i drove like a grandma but a few times i got on it a little...
-Brandon

[KenC]

the OBC is notoriously inaccurate. I'd do the simple math with the trip odometer.

[Sean]

I think I got about 25 on the way out to Rapid City from Boise. I was moving over 105 the entire way though - so I didn't care.

oh, and I had an extra 300 lbs of crap in my car. lol

[wycoco]

Okay guys, I knew it was kinda iffy when I saw it was 34MPG too. So I went to the car and reset it. Took a drive and now I'm getting 26MPG, so that seems more accurate yes?

[KenC]

Okay guys, I knew it was kinda iffy when I saw it was 34MPG too. So I went to the car and reset it. Took a drive and now I'm getting 26MPG, so that seems more accurate yes?

MUCH more accurate