I know this bad boy drinks gas, but is this right?
 

I have only 525 miles on my 4.8 so I know that after the break in things should improve but I just filled up the tank and after only 104 miles of city driving (maybe 15 were freeway) Im almost down to half a tank. Yes, there very very brief moments when Ive accelerated lively, but nothing crazy.

How does this seem to you? Thanks!

Edited:

104 miles to a half-tank, no that isn't right...


So in 525 miles you've filled it up 2+ times? Good Lord.

104 in HALF a tank, the poster said.

gmoney, what does does your trip computer say for average mileage? I find the TC pretty accurate when it comes to the average fuel consumption.

Our X5 4.8 gets 15-16 MPG in mostly in-town driving after about 3,500 miles of break-in.

I think what he means is he filled up 104 miles ago and now has half a tank.

My 4.8 has about 800 miles on her. I have not done a real calculation on miles per tank. I'm thinking it's in high 200 range. According to the OBC my average consumption has gone from about 10 mpg to 11.8 mpg. After fill up the OBC says 350 or so miles to empty but I know I'm nowhere near achieving that. All that being said, 210 miles per tank sounds real low, especially with the way you say you've been driving.

Gulp:wow: Now that does seem very high. What would the milage be if you floored it?

I am at around 14mpg after a pretty fair mix of city and highway.

I'm getting 11.8 in mostly city driving with almost 500 miles on her. I'm hoping it improves- I've been conciously trying to get it up and am a bit disappointed (no pun intended). The only other thing I find extremely annoying is the lack of a water temperature gaze. A stupid vacuum (ostensibly MPH) gauge instead? On a $70K vehicle? Absolutely no way to assess water temperature?

C'mon BMW. That's downright cheap and hardly worthy of the ultimate drving machine.

my current 14mpg SUV gets about 215miles on a full tank so that sounds right.

gosh....you guys are doing much better than i am...and i have a 3.0!!

right now the computer reads 12.0mpg w/400 miles on her.... (mix of highway and local driving)

somethings not right!!

These are amazing numbers considering my old 2004 4.4 was getting 17-18mpg...ouch. Really shocked by the 3.0....guess the weight is killing it.