Average Mpg

[X5Jay]

Originally Posted by alexz

My 06 4.4 SPORT MPG average is 14.3 after 10000 miles. Seems kind of low. But I drive it for the most part in sport enthusiastic way anyway.
What does everyone else have?

With that type of driving, I would consider that very good mpg. Think about it - you're driving, aggressively, a 5000 pound, 5 passenger, 4 wheel drive SUV with a 315hp V8 under the hood - and for less than 3 bucks you can drive it more than 14 miles like that!

[mrkbbd]

my 2001 4.4 sport gets 15mpg at 100-110mph

the gas mileage was actually going up when we leveled off at 100/110 at 17.6 (recalculated it) in my 4.8 and going down at 85mph (less mpg at 85 than at 110, i thought was kind of strange)

[marks89m3]

i cant get anything over 12 mpg.

[xnsf]

Originally Posted by marks89m3

i cant get anything over 12 mpg.

please explain

are you in sport mode all the time? and pedal-happy?

[mrkbbd]

he has a stage 2 4.6, what do you expect?

[X5Flyboy]

My 15mph claim was over a 20 minute period with multiple obc calculations - the Dinan S2 upgrade uses a bit more petrol than the OEM setup - It would have been a longer run if I had not had to put it into the stones when some cars were doing a pass on a blind turn(2 lane road) - Fortunately, there was a wide shoulder I could drift onto to prevent the headon - Seems they had tucked themselves behind a truck which had just completed his pass at the blind turn - It was a nasty surprise to see all those cars occupying my lane after the truck moved back into his lane - never touched the brakes(which is why I'm still here), just drifted onto the shoulder and eased it back when the interlopers passed by - I dialed it back to 80 after that

[x5mdrocks]

City driving in Los Angeles about 13mpg. At 80mph hwy, get about 19mpg. Overall I'm averaging about 14mpg (doing mostly city driving these days). Not quite what I expected based on ratings, but hell...then thing is so darn fun to drive!! Guess I picked the wrong year to champion the global warming movement.

2004 x5 4.4i
Sport Package
All the bells and whistles (except NAV)

[phil47]

Originally Posted by x5mdrocks

Guess I picked the wrong year to champion the global warming movement.

Brrrr....global warming cannot come fast enough....

[marks89m3]

yes always in sport mode & paddle shifting.........and yes, maybe i stick my foot in it every now and then.............

[kishg]

Originally Posted by phil47

Brrrr....global warming cannot come fast enough....

remind me to ask you again when the polar caps are melting where do you live? canada? looks like you maybe moving further south in a few decades