3.0d owners.... fuel economy.

[rpmx5]

What are you lot who have 3.0d autos getting on fuel economy

[khuram-23]

Hi mate,

Depending on how you drive it will vary obviously. when i drive it hard i get probs 15-20mpg. that is around town short runs etc. i did a long run of about 35 miles last week and drove economically dual carriageway mainly and the computer said i averaged 36mpg. So really varies on your driving style and roads used.

regards,

K

[X5-D-Sport]

Agreed....
If Im driving my granny, i can scrape 34 a gallon at a steady 65mph on a run.

Generally I get 32mpg tank after tank...
Current fuel price at £103 a tank I will reliably get 540 miles/tank including a few motorway blastings.

Considering these fat ladies weigh in at 2.5 tonnes and are as aerodynamic as an apartment block...
I recon the mpg is fabulous.

No complaints this end.

At the end of the day, an X5 is a huge, heavy beast.
They are expensive on parts generally and complicated.

If you want to scrape oodles of mileage & cheap running costs, then a Corsa or a KA is for you.
X5's are a big luxury vehicle & the running costs reflect this.
That said, my 3.0 diesel X5 does better on fuel than my Civic ever did !

I wouldnt swap the X5 for anything  certainly not another Civic lol

[Steamyrotter]

21 / 22 Mpg towing (26' caravan or horsebox with one horsie)
27 / 30 mpg solo.
31/ 35 mpg wife driving it..

[Denis O]

Average, for 3+ years, according to the computer, is 27.6mpg. That doesn't include a lot of long distance driving and covers about 14k miles.

[fenj66]

ive managed 750 miles from brimmed full to yellow fuel light on for as long as i dare, on a very relaxed trip up and down the m5/m6. if we call that 20 galls, thats 37.5mpg.  solid around town driving tho more like low 20's

[x6edge]

On my previous 03 X5 about 28-30 mpg. On my 12 X6 about 32 mpg.

[X5Sport]

Same with my '05 E53.  Around 32 was typical with 35mpg just once on a long (and slow!) motorway run.  Mine was not remapped.  Town driving was around 28.

[SlimX47]

30.7 over the last 5k miles or so, nearer 32 before that when I was doing more long distance motorway trips.
Also tried a bottle of Millers Diesel additive, and I believe that did actually improve the mpg. Hard to confirm though as I haven't done the same journey in exactly the same conditions with and without it! Worth trying some though, much much cheaper than buying the so called 'performance diesel' from the pumps!

[Greydog]

Just get the "full fat" version and budget for 15. Plus I am contributing to encouraging lots of tree planting which is good for the planet.

[AW8]

[quote="X5-D-Sport Salisbury"]


......If you want to scrape oodles of mileage & cheap running costs, then a Corsa or a KA is for you.
X5's are a big luxury vehicle & the running costs reflect this.
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I appreciate there was an "IF" in there but to be fair to to OP he/she didn't intimate an agenda for scrape budgeting to match running costs of cars you mentioned

[toonarmy]

Well after tuning box pipercross crank breather and egr blanked off I can get 42.6 steady away 70-76

[mr angry]

My car has 197,000 miles showing and I get 27 mpg which is mostly town driving.  I went on a long run recently, mostly motorway and after resetting trip was showing just over 40 mpg.

[magna1]

2005 3.0D auto 27/28 mpg on urban run of around 10 miles, on the motorway, similar distance cruise control set at 50 ( restricted speed area) and xdrive off = 32/33 mpg.

does anybody know if engaging/disengaging the xdrive effects the mpg ? :-[

[fenj66]

[quote="magna1"]
2005 3.0D auto 27/28 mpg on urban run of around 10 miles, on the motorway, similar distance cruise control set at 50 ( restricted speed area) and xdrive off = 32/33 mpg.

does anybody know if engaging/disengaging the xdrive effects the mpg ? :-[
[/quote]

what do you mean? i thought x drive was fixed on only  :blink: