XDrive 50i and X5 4.8i fuel consumption

[shenard]

Originally Posted by chonko

It is funny because when I drive the wife's X5 4.8, I get 14-15mpg within the city while she gets 13mpg: basically due to my driving in DS mode and shifting at 2000 rpm.
On the long trips I have consistently gotten 23mpg driving in DS mode again.
I think you should be able to get better mileage with X50i.

One thing though, it is not a fair comparison to compare someone's urban mpg with yours because the traffic situation could be worse in one case than the other.

Who wants to drive and shift at 2,000 rpms all the time. That defeats the purpose of driving a performance vehicle. If you are going to do that then you should have just bought the 3.0l V6 model.

I usually drive pretty spirated and many times in a tank I will drive all the way to redline

[trueX5er]

Originally Posted by shenard

That defeats the purpose of driving a performance vehicle. If you are going to do that then you should have just bought the 3.0l V6 model.

Wasn't aware that BMW makes a V6

[shenard]

Originally Posted by trueX5er

Wasn't aware that BMW makes a V6

Funny, but true! I wasn't even thinking about that comment. Just pointing out the fact that if you are always going to drive conservatively and shift at 2,000 rpms and are concerned about gas mileage then you might as well get the X5 smaller 6 cylinder engine