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      10-10-2019, 08:36 PM   #1
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I had searched and notice a number of people are getting quite a good fuel consumption where my vehicle information is showing 25.9 litres/100 km. Is this normal? I am driving in city with heavy traffic most of the time. car is few months old and bought new.
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Hi guys,

I had searched and notice a number of people are getting quite a good fuel consumption where my vehicle information is showing 25.9 litres/100 km. Is this normal? I am driving in city with heavy traffic most of the time. car is few months old and bought new.
This is huge !!
Are you sure it's not miles per gallon ?
Otherwise you are doing an equivalent of 9.5 miles per gallon.
Never seen in my book of bimmers.
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ur vehicle is still breakin in? should improve a lil bit after break in. also reset ur statistics after break in, and it'll take some time to get a true reading. what engine is this?
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Hi guys,

I had searched and notice a number of people are getting quite a good fuel consumption where my vehicle information is showing 25.9 litres/100 km. Is this normal? I am driving in city with heavy traffic most of the time. car is few months old and bought new.
Without your average KM/H...your fuel consumption is all a guess. Comparing fuel consumption with others without considering average KM/H (or MPH)...its comparing apples to oranges (a big mistake in most threads on this topic).

If someone has a higher average KM/H (MPH) versus someone with a lower average...when comparing fuel consumption...then one with the higher average will usually always appear to be getting better fuel consumption.

Heavy city/urban driving with lots of stop-n-go, higher engine revs from multiple take-offs from traffic lights & stop signs...heavy braking ...engine idleing while stopped/not moving...all will result in a low average KM/H (MPH) and higher fuel consumption versus someone driving long miles on a highway with a constant engine RPM, little braking, and no engine idling.
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I guess the vehicle is still breaking in? Will be sending in for a quick check.
Mine is a gasoline 35i.
The information stated average 11.9km/h.
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I guess the vehicle is still breaking in? Will be sending in for a quick check.
Mine is a gasoline 35i.
The information stated average 11.9km/h.
Wow, you're crawling sir!
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The information stated average 11.9km/h.
OMG...that's equivalent to 7.4 MPH! That's some REALLY heavy city driving (actually sounds more like idling vs driving).

With a KM/H that low...I'd have to assume that you spend a lot of time with the engine running/idling...but you're not moving very far...and when you do, you're taking off (which means high engine RPM), then having to brake again, or creep along in traffic.

If you could find yourself in a driving condition where you were at a constant engine RPM for a longer period of time with less stop-n-go and little engine idling...your KM/H average would be higher.

My daily driving/commute which is probably 98% all urban/city driving...and the 2% highway only occurs rarely...and I average 24.93 MPH/40.12 KM/H.
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I guess the vehicle is still breaking in? Will be sending in for a quick check.
Mine is a gasoline 35i.
The information stated average 11.9km/h.
When I crawling like this speed in San Francisco city, I got average 11 mpg
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make sure rear ac isnt on. that cuts my mileage in half literally.
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