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Originally Posted by andrewwynn
It's great to see from this end also. I wanted to get a 4.6 so bad. Life has a funny way of working and I ended up with an n55 35i instead.
Got about 24 mpg on my first tank though so it's an ok trade off.
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Nice...I'd be super happy to touch 20 mpg, but I think it will be in the 17-mpg range on the HWY, max. Much less around town. I've cleaned the MAF and the injectors were cleaned and verified at OEM flow rate, so short of a couple Jerry cans on the swing out spare tire carrier I'm not sure there is any other answer. It seems that a 10 gal+ aux tank would fit very nicely where the charcoal canister is under the left pax side tho...might be worth some brain cells to think about how that might work.
I've found myself on the BMW website lately looking at the X5 4.5e. My wife's Grand Cherokee has been great but will need to be replaced at some point in the not-too-distant future. I've learned the hard way that she should have the one reliable car in the family. The 4.5e is advertised at 50mpg hwy and 20 mpg around town. I'm sure that is optimistic, but even at an average 30mpg the dinky 18.2 gal fuel tank could get allow you to touch 500 miles from the car. Stupid money for the car, but I can smell the new bmw interior when I close my eyes!