2008 BMW X5 Mileage

First off, I want to say that I am SORRY if anyone has started this thread, please don't brand me as junk or rubbish. I have searched part of the forum, but there are just too many pages. I found one similar thread, but he wanted to know about an '04 mileage.

My question is, what mpg's are you guys getting on the '07-'08 4.8i? post the mpg's on the 3.0is too, if you don't mind.

Thanks!

By the way, I am getting 8.2 mpg after 56 miles of driving on the road, and a few miles off the highway.


Cheers

Mixed city/highway, but mostly city, usually gets in the mid 13s.

I have 750 miles on mine and I am averaging 13.8 mpg, and it is a 4.8 petrol drinker.

hmm...thats interesting. i hope my mpg 'evolves' to a better one. I drive ferociously, as I fly off the lights, and averages 40-50 miles on the road. I just could not resist the power of the engine roaring before me. I hope that doesn't destroy my mpg.

Only 600 miles so far, but 18.8 mpg in a 3.0si.

18 mpg in a 3.0si with just over 3000 miles.

08 4.8i 3,800 miles, 16.2 MPG (13 around town, 18+/- highway)

hmm.. this is strange. at 90 miles, my 4.8i is giving me 6.4 mpg, dropping it from 8.2 (i havent took the highway since)

is this because it has not break in yet?

Same here, my 4.8 with 40 miles aver. 8.2 street only - kind of crazy. I could imagine when I will start pushing it to 6-7K rpm, it would probably aver. 5-6mpg - no fun

Originally Posted by cross5x

hmm.. this is strange. at 90 miles, my 4.8i is giving me 6.4 mpg, dropping it from 8.2 (i havent took the highway since)

is this because it has not break in yet?

Originally Posted by cross5x

hmm.. this is strange. at 90 miles, my 4.8i is giving me 6.4 mpg, dropping it from 8.2 (i havent took the highway since)

is this because it has not break in yet?

Sounds like the mileage for a H1 Hummer!

07 4.8. I drive about 70/30% city/hwy respectively. After 13,000 miles, am averaging 15.3 mpg over the last 1500 miles (~1.5 months).

For you lower-mpg folks, are you driving it in sport? That significantly lowers mpg rating when I do.

I tend to fly off lights and routinely accelerate on the highway (thanks Escort for the radar protection), so I am not light-footing it by any means.

Reln

My X5(3.0) with 800 miles is getting 21 mpg. taking it easy and mostly county driving.

I recommend giving your engine some time to break in...I no longer have my X5 (an 04 4.4) but the mileage improved considerably once I got over 1000 miles on the odometer.

My lifetime average on the 04 (I never reset the second trip computer) was 18.8mpg (combined city/hwy).

The 4.8 in my 650 was somewhat the same....Early mileage really sucked (though not nearly as bad as you report, but there are obvious vehicle differences), and then improved with time. Also, watch your oil usage CLOSELY in the first 1000 miles.

when was 500 miles 11.8mpg in city
now @1500 with an oil changed 13.8mpg in city
hwy around 16-18mpg
2008 X5 4.8

i hope this help!

Have a 3.0 and get 20.1 highway.

1,611 miles and my wife (a lot more gentle with the gas petal than I) averages about 12.1 miles. she usually drives the kids to school and to the mall. We have not gone in a road trip yet.

08 4.8 9700 miles.
Highest was about 18.1 on a trip.
Combined driving at about 55% highway, 45% city is about 15.8.

3200 miles so far, with 19.1 mpg in a 3.0si. About 50-50 highway and city.

Wow, I'm getting 19.5mpg city in my 2007 X3 auto, sounds like the X5 is almost the same. I get 22mpg highway going about 75-80mph. Damn, I should be driving an X5!

With fuel prices, and BMWFS financial woes, V8 SUV's will take a resale bath. Be sure you are leasing.

By the end of the year we should start seeing the X5 diesel which will get around 25MPG.

just came back from vacation house 125 miles away, with 22.6mpg from house to house. x5 4.8 with 400miles , the only thing - very very light on a gas with speed 65 max, most of rpm in 1500-2100 range

Of course wind direction plays a big role in mileage. On a state 2 lane highway at 63 mph I recently got 25.7 on my 08 3.0 with a tailwind of 15 or so. Headed back the other way I got 21.3

god and i think my 16.5 mph city/hwy is bad in my 3.0i X3

try putting a intake or at lease a K&N filter in it

i have been flogging my 4.8 this week. madass passing in 45 mph zones, downshifting and lane changes in DS mode. expect i will get 300 / 320 miles to a tankful. hopefully Johnny Law will not sneak up behind me. damn unmarked Durangoes.