[ed_rhyu]

I do mostly city driving and my on board comp reading hovers right around 17. I just find it a little odd though that its so low...

I'm not a speed freak, though occasionally, I do gun it a bit here and there to pass all the A4s

-Ed

 

[dredmo]

I gun it alot to pass the audi's especially, but I get 25.6 right now. Thats probably so high because I have made 4 rounds from Eureka to Fairfield

 

[awd330]

I get 17 city and 27 highway. My usual mixed loop driving nets 21 mpg.

 

[Nick325xiT 5spd]

I usually average about 17.

Edit: My car's a fat overweight, underpowered pig, though. What's your excuse?

 

[Kaisake]

Usually around 25-26mpg. Lately, I've been driving harder than usual, so now it's 24.7.

 

[DougDogs]

OBC reads 20.6 after 3k miles, no resets

 

[johnlew]

I'll double check, but overall for months I think it reads 23.7 ave speed 41

 

[Kaz]

No OBC but I consistently get 21-24. Never below 20 and never above 26.

 

[ed_rhyu]

BMW specs out the following for 2002 3 Series:

330
i/ci
5spd 21 city 30 hwy
Auto 19 city 27 hwy

cic
5spd 20 city 28 hwy
Auto 18 city 26 hwy

xi
5spd 20 city 27 hwy
Auto 17 city 25 hwy

325
i/ci/ti
5spd 20 city 29 hwy
Auto 19 city 27 hwy

cic
5spd 19 city 27 hwy
Auto 19 city 26 hwy

xi/xit
5spd 19 city 27 hwy
Auto 18 city 25 hwy

Notice that the 'i/ci' gets slightly better numbers than the 'cic' which gets slightly better numbers than the 'xi/xit'

 

[Kaz]

Notice that the 'i/ci' gets slightly better numbers than the 'cic' which gets slightly better numbers than the 'xi/xit'

Simple. Convertibles weigh the most, and xi have extra drivetrain to move around.

 

[pps-325xit]

Avg around 22mpg around town. I've gotten up to 32.5mpg on the hwy. OBC show 21.9mpg, avg speed 31.5mph (never reset).

 

[ed_rhyu]

pps,

those are insane figures. what do you do -- push your car around?

 

[ed_rhyu]

check that --

21 around town means city driving si?

 

[pps-325xit]

Around town --> 20-35 mph, stop and go. I may put 30-40 miles per tank on short (less than 5 miles at a time) highway driving.

 

[alee]

I got 30.9 mpg once...

My best range was 450 miles:

 

[Plaz]

I get about 18mpg in the city... my avg. for the life of the car is about 21mpg (6800 miles or so)

 

[Ack]

I've averaged 20.8 MPG for the 4,100 miles on the car. Average speed is 27.8.

 

[tam3]

On the cross country trip (san francisco -> pittsburgh) in the 330 I got an average of like 33 or so the whole trip and one tank got like 36 mpg.

That was the best mileage ever. In the city around here I always got like 17-18. I haven't really been paying attention to the m3 around town but on the highway it's been getting ~25 mpg or so.

better than the 850 -- the thing gets around 12 mpg. 14 on a good day

 

[RaceTripper]

In my 323i 5-spd I get 20 MPH mixed highway/city.
In my 530iA I get 17 MPH.

 

[johnlew]

Yep, verified...23.7 mpg 41.5 mph...probably at least 2000 miles on this reading.