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Old 03-23-2008, 06:17 PM
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x5 3.0 fuel economy

Anyone know the actual 'round town, stopping and starting' mpg figures for the 3.0 x5 auto, 2001 model?-i'm getting about 16 mpg at moment and thats driving like my gran does!!! should i inspect for a fuel leak?!?!
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Old 03-23-2008, 06:40 PM
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It is normal!! I am doing around there too!!
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Old 03-23-2008, 07:00 PM
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A 2 1/2 ton car, around town...what would you expect?
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16 mpg (Imperial) is about 17.7 litre/100 km. My 2003 3.0 automatic averaged 14.2 l/100 km in mixed (mostly city) driving, which is 20 mpg Imperial. I was able to get it to better than 10.5 litre/100 km on pure highway driving, which is 27 mpg Imperial. That did take a very careful throttle foot.

If you haven't done plugs and air filter yet you may want to do that, it could help somewhat. Having said that, you are only potentially going to gain 2 mpg in pure stop/start driving, if that.

Watch out for the imperial vs US gallon comparisons, as my 20 mpg is 16.6 mpg US. Your 16 mpg imperial is 13.4 mpg US, a little low for a 3.0.
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Normal, actually better then average for a 7 year old X5. New ones average between 17-18mpg.
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I drive 27 miles (one way) to work. 1/4 of the trip consists of surface roads, and the rest consists of Highway travel (I-75 in/out of Atlanta) with stop and go traffic. I hit quite a bit of stop and go traffic.

I take it pretty easy on my X (04' 3.0i w/ Sport Pkg), and I'm getting about 20 mpg, and I'm able to drive 6 days on a tank of gas.

I took a trip a few weekends back on the interstate the whole way (no traffic), and I got 23 mpg.

I'm very happy w/ 20mpg, as my last truck got about 15/16 mpg.

NOTE: My measurements are based on what the Board Computer (BC) is telling me...

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I have the same 01 x5 3.0 and I average 14-16 in the city and 20-22 on the highway.
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I have the same 01 x5 3.0 and I average 14-16 in the city and 20-22 on the highway.
I avergae roughly the same in my 03 and I roll on staggered 22s and I've got a sub in the back.
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I have a 05 x5 3.0 and avg about 18 in the city and 25 on the hwy. Maybe I drive like a old folk. P
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oh I have about 36k on my 05 x5
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