[m3peat]

Just curious what others are getting. I've had the car (M235) for 6 weeks.

I do probably 90% city driving and I'm avg'ing, according to the car, 18.5MPG!! About 5 MPG less than I expected.

I'm sure part of it is the fact it's still new to me and I'm having fun but also the high city portion of my driving.

Your experience so far?

Car: M235i
City/Hwy: 90/10
Avg MPG according to car: 18.5
Avg. MPH: 24
Approx. Miles: 1,000

[configt]

Originally Posted by m3peat

Just curious what others are getting. I've had the car (M235) for 6 weeks.

I do probably 90% city driving and I'm avg'ing, according to the car, 18.5MPG!! About 5 MPG less than I expected.

I'm sure part of it is the fact it's still new to me and I'm having fun but also the high city portion of my driving.

Your experience so far?

Car: M235i
City/Hwy: 90/10
Avg MPG according to car: 18.5
Avg. MPH: 24
Approx. Miles: 1,000

I drive my are on Sport manual mode all the time. I do about 50/50 and get 21 MPG. I have a pretty heavy foot too. I have nearly 2K miles on my M235i.

[3.0L]

I have 5000 miles on my M235i now and it's showing a combined 24.0 MPG since the day I picked it up new at the dealer.

[pilotjames]

With less than 600 miles on the clock, 35% city and 65% hwy, averaging 23.7 MPG w/manual transmission. Briefly saw 29.8 on fwy averaging 65 mph for 23 miles. About what I expected for fuel economy, no complaints!

[Gatte]

Originally Posted by pilotjames

Briefly saw 29.8 on fwy averaging 65 mph for 23 miles.

Wait wait wait, What were you doing averaging 65 mph on the Freeway ?? Was there a cop tailing you ??

[Thescout13]

Originally Posted by Gatte

Wait wait wait, What were you doing averaging 65 mph on the Freeway ?? Was there a cop tailing you ??

Hahaha come on man, you know some these highways in SoCal have traffic even when there is no traffic. I can barely get above 65-70 in LA or Orange County. Unless I'm really really lucky

[kd0t]

I'm averaging 20.7 MPG. 100% sport mode and heavy foot. Mostly city commute too

[Thescout13]

228i. 27-28mpg 40% city 60% highway on Eco pro. 24mpg on a mix of comfort and sport with paddle shifters. I alternate tanks.

On long highway trips usually get between 32-36 mpg. On my last highway trip of 294 miles I got 39mpg driving within 5 of the speed limit, 95% highway trip.

[Gatte]

Originally Posted by Thescout13

Hahaha come on man, you know some these highways in SoCal have traffic even when there is no traffic. I can barely get above 65-70 in LA or Orange County. Unless I'm really really lucky

Yeah, I hate driving up there when I have to. It's not quite so bad here at Carlsbad though. I try traveling there in the off-hours whenever I can plan it out.

[Thescout13]

Originally Posted by Gatte

Yeah, I hate driving up there when I have to. It's not quite so bad here at Carlsbad though. I try traveling there in the off-hours whenever I can plan it out.

I envy you

[M235guy]

Mine is my primary driver/commuter unless I take my truck. Here's what I'm averaging through fuelly.

M235i 8AT 10k miles

[mfourn20]

25mpg - 228i 6 Speed. 60% Highway 30% stuck in traffic on highway. 10% hooning.

[m3peat]

Hmm. So I'm the only one under 20 mpg so far. WTF

I was expecting 30-40% better than my M3 which was avg'ing 17.5 MPG after 3 years of driving (probably 14 mpg the first couple of months).

[2msport]

A lot of you guys are from socal. Well I am as well and lately I noticed I've been getting 17-20 mpg. 228 6MT. BMS stage 1. I drive quite spiritedly so perhaps that's the reason for the low mpgs but I'm not positive. In Orange County everyone takes off from a stop light like it's the indie 500 so I accelerate rather quickly and shift around 3k-3.5k just to keep up. When do you all shift? I reset the computer and followed the shift points in comfort and achieved around 24. But it was painful. And any slight quick acceleration and the average mpgs plummets. Also I noticed when sitting at the light the average mpgs goes down. Isn't it supposed to pause when stopped? Highway mpgs around 30-34 but holding a constant speed. Do I just have a heavy foot? I always drive in sport +. And do city driving 90% of the time.

[bladeomatic]

Originally Posted by m3peat

Just curious what others are getting.

M235i/AT/10k miles

City (Sport + w/some bouts of hooligan launches): 18-19mpg
Mixed city/highway (80/20) comfort/sport: 20-22mpg
Weekend trip to Palm springs w/ suitcases, dog, wife, A/C going about 80 most of the time. Eco Pro: 27mpg

I'll laugh if I ever have the discipline to do a 65mph highway cruise in Eco pro to see if 32MPG is really plausible.

[nike001]

Originally Posted by m3peat

Hmm. So I'm the only one under 20 mpg so far. WTF

I was expecting 30-40% better than my M3 which was avg'ing 17.5 MPG after 3 years of driving (probably 14 mpg the first couple of months).

No you're not!

I'm currently averaging 18.7 now, but I figure it's the honeymoon phase so i've been into the throttle a lot. I was getting 19-20 most recently in my 330i ZHP too which was low since summer. Hopefully once I get used to the car and it warms up a bit I'll average somewhere in the 20's.

[Gatte]

Originally Posted by bladeomatic

I'll laugh if I ever have the discipline to do a 65mph highway cruise in Eco pro to see if 32MPG is really plausible.

Let me know when this happens and I'll laugh at you too.

[Luftwaffe1O1]

18.7..... its not my fault, the road to work is very twisty and I am terrible with temptation.

[huma]

50/50, still breaking it in, only 200 miles.

Mostly in sport mode, 228i auto, about 25 mpg.

[den525]

Getting 13l/100km (22mpg) lowest 11.5l/100km (25mpg)

That's 70city/30highway

Car is only a month old and 2000km... So expecting it do be better on fuel later on... Around 10-11km/100 which is in the region of 27mpg

[Bimmer86]

I've been getting around 27mpg, 228i Auto, 30% City 70% Highway.

[allthatisntnow]

Originally Posted by 2msport

A lot of you guys are from socal. Well I am as well and lately I noticed I've been getting 17-20 mpg. 228 6MT. BMS stage 1. I drive quite spiritedly so perhaps that's the reason for the low mpgs but I'm not positive. In Orange County everyone takes off from a stop light like it's the indie 500 so I accelerate rather quickly and shift around 3k-3.5k just to keep up. When do you all shift? I reset the computer and followed the shift points in comfort and achieved around 24. But it was painful. And any slight quick acceleration and the average mpgs plummets. Also I noticed when sitting at the light the average mpgs goes down. Isn't it supposed to pause when stopped? Highway mpgs around 30-34 but holding a constant speed. Do I just have a heavy foot? I always drive in sport +. And do city driving 90% of the time.

Average mpg drops like a stone whilst stationary because the thermal efficiency of an engine at idle is 0. All the energy is being wasted as heat and turning over for no movement. Thats what auto stop/start helps to combat so will help a lot using it if you sit at traffic lights/in heavy traffic a lot.


Im averaging 26.4 mpg (imp) after 7800 miles with 50/50 mixed driving in comfort and sport.