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Old 07-16-2008, 07:07 AM
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interestingly, ive noticed the american lot seem to have the bigger engines in general, when compared to the european lots..
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This subject always seems to come up. It's as if some folks are hoping for a miracle that they will one day wake up and find that their X is getting 30MPG.

Everyone knows what kind of fuel consumption an X5 gets.
Let go of the pipe dream people. Nothing's going to change......
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Old 07-20-2008, 01:03 PM
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This subject always seems to come up. It's as if some folks are hoping for a miracle that they will one day wake up and find that their X is getting 30MPG.

Everyone knows what kind of fuel consumption an X5 gets.
Let go of the pipe dream people. Nothing's going to change......
A lot of Americans want everything. It needs to have 500bhp, all the luxury goods, all the techno gadgets, lots of passenger and cargo space, seating for 7, accelerate from 0-60mph in 5 seconds, and get 37 miles to the gallon.
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Old 07-20-2008, 01:22 PM
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A lot of Americans want everything. It needs to have 500bhp, all the luxury goods, all the techno gadgets, lots of passenger and cargo space, seating for 7, accelerate from 0-60mph in 5 seconds, and get 37 miles to the gallon.
silly Americans. a vehicle such as this can not be built. it's heresy i tell you, pie in the sky dreamers. stupid americans.






i heard a good joke yesterday AzNM.

at State if you answer the question "what is 2 plus 2?" with the answer of "5"; you would fail the test.

at Carolina if you answered the same question "what is two plus two?" with the same answer "5"; you would pass, as it would be considered a complete sentence. we now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

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Old 07-20-2008, 09:58 PM
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i heard a good joke yesterday AzNM.

at State if you answer the question "what is 2 plus 2?" with the answer of "5"; you would fail the test.

at Carolina if you answered the same question "what is two plus two?" with the same answer "5"; you would pass, as it would be considered a complete sentence. we now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
(First time I've heard a State joke though)
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A lot of Americans want everything. It needs to have 500bhp, all the luxury goods, all the techno gadgets, lots of passenger and cargo space, seating for 7, accelerate from 0-60mph in 5 seconds, and get 37 miles to the gallon.
And I want it cheap, too. A diesel-electric with super-conductive technology, made of titanium and plastic might just do that, but would cost $500K.
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Old 07-20-2008, 08:59 PM
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My 4.4 seems to get much better mpg, 20+/- highway at 70 plus.

Why does the new model eat so much more gas?
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I'll know tomorrow when I get the car but for me anything in double digits is an economy upgrade.
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Old 07-20-2008, 10:46 AM
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12k miles consistently 16-17 mpg in mixed driving. 19+ interstate only driving. 2008 4.8i.

sport mode will lower those numbers but the fun factor increases exponentially.
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