economy

Hi, I'm looking at buying a M235i or M240i used next year. I do around 12,000 miles a year driving, mostly on A roads (dual and single carriageways). Is there a noticable difference in MPG between the 2 engines? BMW claim 37mpg and 39mpg respectively but obviously that is normally not very...

Took a bit of a dip recently so after ideas where to look first, not going by the trip computer, as though that’s not good, real world is worse lol I have been topping up £10 at a time and using that as a measure, was getting 32ish miles from that but getting worse and fuels cheaper now too! So...

Very sad for the family of the victim and of course my heart goes out to them but things are clearly tight in the economy when the vehicle of choice for a drive by shooting is a bicycle! https://news.sky.com/story/man-27-shot-dead-by-cyclist-in-liverpool-11520395

For sometime the economy had been getting worse. I had also started to get a dreadful knocking from the left-handside when pulling out of the drive although it disappeared within half a mile or so. However the car was still running rough as if one or two injectors weren't working properly. The...

Hi all, I have a 520 d F10 2011 plate no mods. Fuel economy is really poor and I only seem to get 25 mpg for local travel around between home and town and work (4 miles away). If I use some slightly urban roads it can increase to 30 mpg but this is still so bad in my opinion. Can someone...

Evening everyone , Over the last few months the MPG on my 535D ( onboard computer and it is using more ) has dropped from around 28 to around 24 , temperature appears ok 85-90 , running well and no lights or warnings . Weird to try and describe but I have had the car a few years...

Hello, Just had my car serviced, have now noticed that the fuel economy needle is all over the place now. (Was working fine before the service) Have noticed even when the car has stopped and only idling the needle is way over on the right, and then slowly comes back to where it should...

Hi, I've recently found my emissions are really out of wack and my fuel economy is terrible. I've done a full service and engine flush, replaced the mass airflow meter. I have an intermittent fault that I think is related and that is that now and then when I set off I have what feels like a...

Had my 2012 F20 116i for about a year now and a few month back I realised my mpg dropped from 38 to around 26.8, I originally thought it was due to my remap but after later inspection I found out the remap I got should have increased my fuel economy if anything. Just wondering if anyone has had...

Hi all, Don't really know much about cars at all if I'm honest. Decided to check my coolant temperature the other day purely out of curiosity for the unlocked menu features and saw that it was sitting at about 62 degrees after a 50 minute drive home from work which I know is pretty low. Now...

Hi folks, Looking at picking up an e46 touring sometime in the next month. It's gonna be seeing a lot of miles in the next year, potentially multiple 300 mile round trips per week. I'm looking on a budget of £1500 give or take a little, there's plenty of 1.8 petrols coming up in this bracket...

The car is just over 3 years old with 28000 on the clock. The official figures state: 48.7mpg urban, 65.7mpg extra-urban, 57.6 combined. I have had the car a week, and have done about 10 short journeys from cold (2-3 miles) and one 100 mile journey today with about 80 of those on the motorway...

My car can't reach 300 km with the tank filled up... I don't drive like mad and i drive 90% in the city. I think it should be below 14 litres/100km. I scanned the car with INPA and DIS but i don't get any code... From what i have researched it seems to be an air leak.. i'm planning to check the...

Time to change my 2004 E46 330D manual which I have had for over 5 years and unsure what to get next. Been looking a late 2008 330I with efficiency dynamics as the economy looks good on paper and not much worse that my current car but what's it like in the real world of ownership?

Hello everyone. I bought a brand new 520d msport auto saloon last Sept. This was a replacement for a similar F10 that I was just over 2 years old. This is my 4th 5 series and 3rd automatic. On the old model I was getting a recorded fuel economy of over or close to 60mpg on a long steady motorway...

Read all the threads on this, can only get 26 to gallon on mixed run of urban and dual carriage way,worse just urban,even worse if I put foot down....have changed oil,filter air filter,blocked off egr,dpf removed,new thermostats egr and engine and had re map..... Desperate for solution or car...

BMW E46 330Cd Euro4 have a DPF? Hello guys. I have BMW E46 330Cd 2005 year model with Euro4 exhaust system, so i was wondering does it have DPF (Diesel Particular Filter) ? Does faulty DPF affect fuel consumption and performance?

Hi All, I have just got my car back from having a fair bit of work done and it's all good as it was before it went in, and in fact since I bought although it was already high mileage then. Thing is I had a courtesy car that was an e90 320d same engine same power similar mileage. The e90 just...

Hi I'm new to the forum, we have just purchased an E61 530d auto touring with 150k on a 54 reg which has been remapped to around 265 bhp apparently. Also the seller said he'd replaced the exhaust manifold ( cracked ) and removed the swirl flaps. The car does go very well but the Mrs and I have...

Hi folks. I have BMW E46 330Cd 2005 year model 204hp with manual transmission. The car runs fine but i have one issue. It shows me bad fuel economy, 12 Liter in 100km. I have changed thermostat and made diagnostic and everything is fine, only once it showed me Code: 4857 - Swirl Flap...