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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

[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

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

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.

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="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 ? :-[
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what do you mean? i thought x drive was fixed on only  :blink: