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Originally Posted by PropellerHead
I also like the sweeping mpg gauge. Wholly useless and mostly inaccurate, but sooo satisfying to watch it sweep across the bottom of the dial. I miss that in the 4.8 as well.
Shouldn't be too long now till 190k. C'moooonn 200!
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Love seeing the v8s in these high numbers. N62 prob the last v8 that can do the high range. N63 has too many obstacles in it's way. Mostly the regular maintenance that's never done because it requires engine removal!
I love the latter iterations of the motor but I wouldn't own one unless I had a lift and a spare car.
I like and use the swing mpg gauge. I will watch it while climbing hills and bump cruise control down 1mph when the sweep drops to 20 and repeat unitil I crest the hill or hit 5-6 mph drop. On the way down the hill I'll speed up 1mph every time it gets higher than 30.
Using that method I've been able to bump mpg on a 300 mile trip from about 21 to 23 (11% better).
With my new X5 and n55 motor I've been able to bump a typical 24 up to 26-27 Also 11-12.5% gain.
It's really not difficult and if there are enough lanes to not cause a traffic jam I'll do it pretty often.
My best effort was 27mpg on a full tank!
(Over 600 miles range!)
I typically get about 550 highway so an extra 50 miles on a tank when the hills play in my favor and I don't have traffic behind me to slow down.
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