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Old 02-01-2011, 12:14 AM
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Ha, I'm lucky to get 300 a tank in the 4.6.
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Just did 15.68 on the way to cali with 5400lbs on the trailer!
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San Diego to Las Vegas, We do this trip 3 times a year. The X5 3.0i gets about 24mpg going out there. I just set it at 80mph all the way. The trip is about 350 miles one way, it take less than half the tank.
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My 4.4i at best does 23mpg, but I feel like Im driving like a grandpa, my average is 20-21mpg. And that is still gentle driving where I never rev over 2000rpm unless for safety.
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I've just done road trip 1200km's, 150 lts and averaged 10.6 lts/100km, about 22 MPG (USgal). avg speed 99.9 kms our open rd speed limit 100kms & fuel @ $2.25/lt thats about $8us/gal, 2001 4.4 130k, chipped to 285 kw.
Was good to get out of our earthquake ratted town for the weekend, the X is great for getting round out very badly munted streets here in Christchurch NZ

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(1) I don't live in an area where long drives are possible.

(2) I don't live in an area where gas is more pure. (depending on your climate gas stations add several additives to the gas).
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On a 425 mile trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles area via HWY 5 @65 MPH, I got an indicated range of 585 AFTER having driven 100 miles. I know how the range meter fluctuates, but made the trip with 3/8 tank left. Calculations tell me if I continued, I can almost approach +/-680 miles per tank. This is with one passenger with light luggage. I literally drive like a grandma

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How is that even possible lol not over 2000 rpms dude your going slowwwwww lol nice car though

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On a 425 mile trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles area via HWY 5 @65 MPH, I got an indicated range of 585 AFTER having driven 100 miles. I know how the range meter fluctuates, but made the trip with 3/8 tank left. Calculations tell me if I continued, I can almost approach +/-680 miles per tank. This is with one passenger with light luggage. I literally drive like a grandma

I drive that route many times a year but to San Diego. How do you drive 65 on I5 and NOT get run over by semis? Traffic flows at between 75 -80. As long as you are following traffic and not cutting in and out, the CHP won't usually bother you. I'm usually at around 80, lightly loaded, and get 19+ mpg. Do you have an I6 or diesel and live in SF? If so, I seriously doubt if you can come close 27 mpg's from an X unless you are going 45mph on the freeway. Not too worried about mileage as I didn't get a V8 for mileage but if I drove 70 (posted speed limit) I'd probably get 21-22 mpg. In town, city driving in SF with the hills, 15......
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I drive that route many times a year but to San Diego. How do you drive 65 on I5 and NOT get run over by semis? Traffic flows at between 75 -80. As long as you are following traffic and not cutting in and out, the CHP won't usually bother you. I'm usually at around 80, lightly loaded, and get 19+ mpg. Do you have an I6 or diesel and live in SF? If so, I seriously doubt if you can come close 27 mpg's from an X unless you are going 45mph on the freeway. Not too worried about mileage as I didn't get a V8 for mileage but if I drove 70 (posted speed limit) I'd probably get 21-22 mpg. In town, city driving in SF with the hills, 15......
I'm driving an '02 3.0i. All I can say it was VERY stressful! I was purposely trying to squeeze every mile of the tank; 27 MPG . Going south in the middle of the night helps because all the semis are going north. They're usually traveling slightly less than 65, so I have to plan every move and adjust speed to pass before the person going 80+ in the left lane catches up. When I go back north, I take 101 because there's just a lot less traffic after Santa Barbara. I just set it to 65 and cruise all the way back.

As for SF, I also get about 15 MPG. I don't think there's a completely leveled street in SF . I live near Lake Merced and getting onto the freeway is a breeze for me. I also commute to Santa Cruz (75 miles), going on the 101/85/17, best I can get is 23.5 MPG, also while trying to squeeze every mile out.
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