Average Mpg

[Aimster]

Winter I am getting horrible mpgs .. 15-16mpg

Warm weather I get 17-19

combined

01 3.0 auto

[X5 in AK]

Yer going to get worse mileage in the winter in anything you drive. Everything is colder, more resistance in the diffys cuz the oil is thicker (even synthetic), more resistance in your bearing grease, etc, it all adds up to more gas burned.
I get 17-20 on the hwy and as low as 13-14 around town in my 4.4l.

Problem is, these things are sooooo much fun at full throttle...

[dkl]

Originally Posted by X5 in AK

Yer going to get worse mileage in the winter in anything you drive. Everything is colder, more resistance in the diffys cuz the oil is thicker (even synthetic), more resistance in your bearing grease, etc, it all adds up to more gas burned.
I get 17-20 on the hwy and as low as 13-14 around town in my 4.4l.

Problem is, these things are sooooo much fun at full throttle...

Don't forget that the winter batter mix of gas doesn't help either.

[canamx5]

2k on my E70 4.8 and getting 14 mpg. Not bad considering I'm not driving miss Daisy.