I'm not surprised they were surprised :rofl:

Sounds like your driving that thing really hard for only having 600 Km on it. Take it easy. Remember: The higher the RPM the more gas it sucks. If your using the manual mode try shifting at 2500. Better yet, use regular Auto mode until the car is broken in.

Once your X3 is broken in you should see an improvement in fuel consumption, but not if you keep driving it the way you are.

since it was my first ride, i think that i was testing the manual mode. Let me clarify that with the new 6 speed gear, you get 160 km/hour at 4000 rpm with the M6.
I kept 4000 as the max rpm according to bmw for the break in time of 2000 km.
hope that everything is clear now.....

let me also say, that in city , where my problem is with the high consumption , i use only D. Thanks for the support. I ll wait few more weeks to see ... and i ll tell you.

yeah, i agree with the people that said you need to break in the engine before you'll see higher mileage.

Diesel motors are not allowed for Athens.Yianni your car is brand new!I understand your excitment but wait for at least the first 2000 km to break in the engine.It is the most important procedure for your new car.Use the auto mode at the beginning and keep the revs up to 2500 until you reach the first 500 km,then 3000-3500 rpms until you reach 2000 kms.You have enough torgue for urban traffic.Try using the car for a change to highway with a steady speed and
revs not higher than 2500-3000 and use the obc to see the readings on consuption.I am confident it will be reduced.

Hmm I also live in Europe and this is a big consumption, bunt not for 3.0i.

For me, in Bucharest, Romania, the medium speed is from the bord computer ~ 22 Km/h :( and my fuel meter shows 13.5l/100 Km on 3.0d (diesel !!!)

On the highway the fuel economy is very good ! ~ 9.6l/100 km.

For comparison, my wife has a Subaru Outback 3.0 gasoline and in Bucharest it eats ~ 24l/100 km...

So you are good for the Europe city traffic.

Sorry that you cannot have a diesel made by BMW !!! :D

X3 3.0s are pumping 272hp?

4000rpm in the lower gears means your foot is like, 2/3rds of the way to the floor. There is no way 6th gear is turning 4000rpm@100mph, because even my tightly-geared 2.5iA with 5-speed automatic turns about 3800rpm @ 100mph. 6th gear should be an overdrive with super-tall gearing for fuel economy.

Let it break in a few thousand more miles.

Yup. At least in Europe and probably everywhere else except the US and Cananda. We get 265 hp here. I really don't understand that :confused: .

First let me say :xoutpost: . I forgot to do that yesterday :banghead: . It is nice to hear from another part of the world of BMW!

Now, back to the subject at hand...

Ah... So you were using manual mode and shifting at 4 grand. That explains a lot. Lighten up on the throttle a bit there and shift around 2000-2500. Mileage will improve immediately. When you are in Drive mode don't put your foot into it quite so hard. Then the trans will shift earlier, like around 2000-2500 rpm. That will help a lot.

As others have mentioned mileage will improve some after a few thousand miles but heavy stop and go city driving will still take it's toll. The worst I got during break-in was 14.5 mpg/city. Now I get 16-17 most of the time. Highway is usually around 26 mpg at 70-75 mph and drops to 23 or so at 80-85.

Good luck and hope you enjoy your new X3! :thumbup: