Hello guys, my first post here
After having enjoyed the legendary 6-cylinder 3 liter gasoline engine in my E46 330i, time has come to use a more comfortable and - shall I say - weather-proof xDrive vehicle in a larger body of the 2012 528i. As you know, this is the first 528i with the "down-sized" engine (N20 2-liter with TwinPower). I had a difficult time making my mind to pick it, but the BMW-published specs and a test drive finally convinced me...
Now I have mixed feelings about my decision; yes the TwinPower turbo does perform as advertised when pressed, but at a cost of fuel efficiency waaay less than the advertised 7.0-7.2 (mixed regime). I only did some 2k kms so far, so it might as well improve - but currently I cannot go below 8.9-9.1 l/100km (even though I do not press too hard on the factory-new engine). Is this normal? What are other 528i xDrive owners' experience?
Yes - it certainly is a bit underpowered, but frankly I sort of recognized and accepted it from the start. My dream xDrive 5-er would be the 550i or 535d, but - due to some ridiculous import duty regulations here in Poland - cars with engines exceeding the 2 litre stroke are terribly expensive. So - being 58 years old - I decided for comfort and safety at the cost of power, hoping at least it would need less fuel that those 3+ liter ones do... Oh well - now, can anyone here advise whether it'd be wise to chip-tune this already stressed little engine?!!
So, a question to anyone having the 2012 BMW 528i xDrive: what your real-life fuel consumption is? You may state l/100km or mpg - no problem for me
TIA,
Piotr
After having enjoyed the legendary 6-cylinder 3 liter gasoline engine in my E46 330i, time has come to use a more comfortable and - shall I say - weather-proof xDrive vehicle in a larger body of the 2012 528i. As you know, this is the first 528i with the "down-sized" engine (N20 2-liter with TwinPower). I had a difficult time making my mind to pick it, but the BMW-published specs and a test drive finally convinced me...
Now I have mixed feelings about my decision; yes the TwinPower turbo does perform as advertised when pressed, but at a cost of fuel efficiency waaay less than the advertised 7.0-7.2 (mixed regime). I only did some 2k kms so far, so it might as well improve - but currently I cannot go below 8.9-9.1 l/100km (even though I do not press too hard on the factory-new engine). Is this normal? What are other 528i xDrive owners' experience?
Yes - it certainly is a bit underpowered, but frankly I sort of recognized and accepted it from the start. My dream xDrive 5-er would be the 550i or 535d, but - due to some ridiculous import duty regulations here in Poland - cars with engines exceeding the 2 litre stroke are terribly expensive. So - being 58 years old - I decided for comfort and safety at the cost of power, hoping at least it would need less fuel that those 3+ liter ones do... Oh well - now, can anyone here advise whether it'd be wise to chip-tune this already stressed little engine?!!
So, a question to anyone having the 2012 BMW 528i xDrive: what your real-life fuel consumption is? You may state l/100km or mpg - no problem for me
TIA,
Piotr