Deceptive MPG estimates for 2011 35i?

[Jeg Norge]

Originally Posted by two-five boy

I've seen 22-23mpg on pure highway, esp. when cruise control is used. 2 things I've observed which should be obvious but I'll point out anyway:

Mpg begins to drop as your speed exceeds 80mph. My avg. mpg was consistently climbing until I exceed 80+, and begins to decline until I'm <80 again.

Keep that mpg needle above the 20mpg mark, which is sometimes difficult to do unless cruise ctrl is used. I use the cc stalk to adjust speed instead of gas/brake/reset speed.

does 2011 have this adaptive "radar" cruise control?

[pk9394]

Originally Posted by by350

I purchased my 2011 35i in July 2010 and noticed that BMW seemed reluctant to post any MPG estimates on their Web site. I just happened to be on their Web site today and noticed that it now lists the MPG as "23 mpg hwy". The window sticker in my 2011 35i shows EPA fuel estimates to be 17/25.

I personally haven't seen anything better than 20 MPG on the highway. I feel like BMW has been a bit deceptive on their fuel estimates and now they have switched the estimate from 25 to 23. Is this even allowed? I'm curious to hear what others have to say and what kind of mileage they are getting.

i have the x5 35i sport exactly one month ago with 1600 miles on it, avg 19 with Hwy & City Mix. drive a little harder after 1200 miles.

i think is not too bad with the 19, My MB GL450 with V8 only have 14 and my Inf G37 only have 19.

[AgGrayM3]

Not too bad...pretty happy with the mileage...I have 4500 mi on the odometer...

[AgGrayM3]

Originally Posted by Jeg Norge

does 2011 have this adaptive "radar" cruise control?

I have it in my 35i SA...would never buy another car without that feature...very useful in stop and go traffic...

I would have purchased the diesel if I could have ordered it with the adaptive cruise control...kind of disappointed that BMW does not offer that option on the diesel...

[ukwildcat]

I'm getting 19.5MPG city and 25.5MPG highway, with 7000 miles on it. It improved rapidly up until about 4000 miles and seems steady now, but many here have said it will continue to improve up until about 15K miles.

Now that I've owned it a bit and I'm beginning to get more comfortable with it, my city number is dropping from lots of rapid starts, etc. but that's just me. It also seems to bring the average way down from oh.. say.. 130MPH for awhile. It's not my fault - I only push the accelerator just a little bit.

But lest you say the computer lies..

My first road trip was 525 miles door to door. On a SINGLE tank of gas. It was probably on fumes at the end, but even just calculated, that's 23.3MPG for the duration and I think you should expect to get that.

I will note as two-five boy did, that this was probably slightly faster than 80MPG average speed. It does seem to mark 80ish as a turning point, but this shouldn't surprise anyone - that's just how it works.

Oh.. And beware the "LOW FUEL" message. It will change based on your present driving conditions, but it does not lie or exaggerate. If it says 30 miles, the next gas station better not be 35 miles away.