fuel consumption in 135i-whats normal?

[malvern135i]

I have had my 135i since oct 09. What a nice car i must say.
i would like to know what is average fuel consumption wih 135 i driven in city environment?
I am averaging > 15L/100km (maybe 16+)
is this normal?
I use RON98 fuel also-unleaded

cheers
oscar

[~sarah~]

16+ haha you must be buzzing around the city quite fast.
Mine is usually about 12-13 just going to and from work and buzzing around the area. No long haul driving for me.

[CJM]

Yep, me too, about 12 -13 at the most.

[DTNJNQ]

Had mine since Sept 08. Averaging 13.6. Mainly city driving.

[RadiuM]

13 city-ish driving.

9.2 is my best out of a tank, that was 500km from perth to bunbury and back, average speed of 90km/h down the southwest highway

[Jeef Beef]

Originally Posted by malvern135i

I have had my 135i since oct 09. What a nice car i must say.
i would like to know what is average fuel consumption wih 135 i driven in city environment?
I am averaging > 15L/100km (maybe 16+)
is this normal?
I use RON98 fuel also-unleaded

cheers
oscar

I also started driving the car in Oct 09. The trip computer says 11.2L, and I'm by no means a frugal driver. Are you talking about just start/stop driving within the city during the peak hours? I'm usually able to cruise to uni at around noon, but get caught up in the 5pm rush.

[BBK]

Used to average 9.6 during winter with no air con being used, but now it's about 10.1 with both city/surburban/highway. The only way I see you getting that high is that you must either like to use your right foot, or you don't change gears very often.

I have an auto, so change gear at the lowest point whenever I need to, unless I want to give it a burst in open traffic.

[Brissie]

Originally Posted by malvern135i

I have had my 135i since oct 09. What a nice car i must say.
i would like to know what is average fuel consumption wih 135 i driven in city environment?
I am averaging > 15L/100km (maybe 16+)
is this normal?
I use RON98 fuel also-unleaded

cheers
oscar

this sound like me! almost 16l/100km. So may be normal for 135, but poor none the less.

[SimonB]

I average around 11 or 12l/100 around the city and about 9.5 when I do the Augusta run (300km south of Perth).

Just to clarify: 135i, manual.

[mac135i]

Originally Posted by malvern135i

I am averaging > 15L/100km (maybe 16+)
is this normal?
r

By the look of your logon and location we are driving the same roads and getting pretty the same result. The computer is telling me 16.4l/100km at the moment.

Apart from a couple of trips to Tullamarine all my driving to date has been in city traffic.

Consumption is coming down though. I've only done about 700km in mine to date since November and initially according to the computer consumption was closer to 18l/100km. I'm actually being pretty gentle with the car at the moment keeping rev low during the run in etc

12-13l/100km would be a good result I reckon.

[mac135i]

Originally Posted by malvern135i

I am averaging > 15L/100km (maybe 16+)
is this normal?
r

By the look of your logon and location we are driving the same roads and getting pretty the same result. The computer is telling me 16.4l/100km at the moment.

Apart from a couple of trips to Tullamarine all my driving to date has been in city traffic.

Consumption is coming down though. I've only done about 700km in mine to date since November and initially according to the computer consumption was closer to 18l/100km. I'm actually being pretty gentle with the car at the moment keeping rev low during the run in etc

12-13l/100km would be a good result I reckon.

[Totti]

I'm 16.5. But I'm never in D.

[BMW86]

On another note, I found that sitting on the highway doing exactly 110km/h on cruise control I was using 13.3l/100km in D mode vs 11.6l/100km in M6. I tested it on various occasions and made sure the road was flat. I also found that the air con wasn't use any extra fuel in both modes. I used to sit in M6 on the highway even when I was using cruise control but from now on I'll be using D where I can.

[malvern135i]

Originally Posted by BMW86

On another note, I found that sitting on the highway doing exactly 110km/h on cruise control I was using 13.3l/100km in D mode vs 11.6l/100km in M6. I tested it on various occasions and made sure the road was flat. I also found that the air con wasn't use any extra fuel in both modes. I used to sit in M6 on the highway even when I was using cruise control but from now on I'll be using D where I can.

why would you use D mode (auto) when you found that tiptronic M6 mode was more fuel effiecient?
Where i drive to and from work to home, there isnt much traffick. Its a 7 min drive on average.
I may switch from auto mode to manuel to race of the line or around corners at times, maybe thats my issue with fuel consumption?

I was looking at GTI specs recently--they avg around 7l/100km
and ferrari, etc---14-15l/100km

[cargeek]

I averaged about 12 l/100 kms in my auto 135 vert and now I get about 13.5 in the M3 but I do tend to spend more time above 7000 revs in the M3 which can't be good for fuel economy. They both improved dramatically after about 5000 ks. My wife's 323 touring was 13 l/100 ks until it hit about 15000. It appeared to get much better after that. Maybe she bought lighter shoes!

[BBK]

Originally Posted by BMW86

On another note, I found that sitting on the highway doing exactly 110km/h on cruise control I was using 13.3l/100km in D mode vs 11.6l/100km in M6. I tested it on various occasions and made sure the road was flat. I also found that the air con wasn't use any extra fuel in both modes. I used to sit in M6 on the highway even when I was using cruise control but from now on I'll be using D where I can.

Hmmm... I might test this out. I am pretty sure cruising at that speed on the highway on flat roads the fuel consumption should be under 10! Would think that it would be around the 9 mark actually. I tested air con-on/off and I was using about .6L/100 more when doing 100km/h.

Not sure why you would use more fuel being in D as it would still use 6th gear?

[BMWDave]

I'm getting somewhere between 11-12l/100km urban fuel consumption. Some days that's stop/start, others i get a decent run home. I'm currently on 11.7l/100 over the last three tanks and the longest trip i've done is a 60km round trip.

[Taymaishu]

Far out, those turbo's must rip you guys apart.

City driving, i'm around 9.2...

Highway is around 7.5.

Best Tank: 7.2 (continual freeway trips).

[qship]

This looks like a comparison of apples and oranges.

What is "normal"?
Auto or manual?
Driving style?

Even so, I would suspect you have left the handbrake on or do not use 5th and 6th or do track time to average 16s!

I have averaged just under 11 over 16K but I do more country driving than "normal".

[BMW86]

Originally Posted by malvern135i

why would you use D mode (auto) when you found that tiptronic M6 mode was more fuel effiecient?
Where i drive to and from work to home, there isnt much traffick. Its a 7 min drive on average.
I may switch from auto mode to manuel to race of the line or around corners at times, maybe thats my issue with fuel consumption?

I was looking at GTI specs recently--they avg around 7l/100km
and ferrari, etc---14-15l/100km

Hang on I think I've got those figures the wrong way around my bad sorry I will test it out again just to be sure. There is a difference though in favour of D.

[mac135i]

Originally Posted by malvern135i

I was looking at GTI specs recently--they avg around 7l/100km
and ferrari, etc---14-15l/100km

Real world in my DSG GTI over 40,000km mostly all around Melbourne and particular the inner south east my average was around 11.9l/100km. That's not caring too much about how much the right pedal was used and it was always in manual mode.

Sure the GTI would drop down in the 6's or 7's on a country trip but I think even consistently gentle driving in a GTI in the city is going to put you in the mid 10's low 11's range

Sadly my Ferrari experience has been rather too short to be worrying about fuel consumption!

[mac135i]

Originally Posted by Taymaishu

Far out, those turbo's must rip you guys apart.

There are benefits too you know!!!!http://www.1addicts.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif

Its not as though its all downside - there is the rather compelling offset of 225kw when its time to play.