Reply With Quote17 around town, 20 highway. But I have driven very little highway.
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540 owners only fuel usage?
Yes, i searched. Very little regarding the big 8.
What sort of fuel "economy" do you experience in your 540s? Manual or auto trans?
Thanks
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17 around town, 20 highway. But I have driven very little highway.
'01 540it, 6/01
'03 325i 5 speed, 9/02
'10 535ix. 9/09
'10 mini 6 speed
'15 mini countryman 6 speed
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540i manual:
17 round town, 30+ motorway if being careful and keeping it to 70 or below.
The highest I ever got was 36 on a 250 mile 60mph motorway run with a vaccuum leak.
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Ferret's fuel mileage is Imperial Gallon.
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Strictly city/local driving as in driving to bus stop in your town will yield 16 MPG. This is the worse you can get.
When I drove long interstate highway, I got 24.7 MPG... I am always in the 70's MPH.
For usual driving with 60/40 city/highway driving, you will get about 19 MPG.
My engine is original Nikasil. I heard those with Alusil engine got lower mileage overall.
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Converted just for tiger:Originally Posted by Tiger
14.1 US town
25 Highway
30 Best seen
(EDIT - Need to check out an O2 sensor, and see which one is bollixed!)
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E39 540/6 here, i get about 19/28. I've seen 32.6 at 60-65 in VERY cold weather.
1995 540iA M-Sport - 76k miles. 1 of 1 auto AW3 cars.
1995 540i/6 - Misc Parts donor for above.
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Or the m50tu, at least my m50tu isn't doing that well on the fuel economy aspect. And it plainly sucks in the power aspect until it gets up to speed.
'01 540it, 6/01
'03 325i 5 speed, 9/02
'10 535ix. 9/09
'10 mini 6 speed
'15 mini countryman 6 speed
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535 and 540 has about the same consumption... maybe the 535 is more thirsty. Since you got manual trans, it is on par with auto 540i E34.
Some E39 with sport package that has differnt differential gear is way thirsty but awesome acceleration as I have driven one.
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on par with others
540 auto, 16-17 city and 23-25 avg hwy. I've hit 27 with cruise at 70 for long, long flats.
Last edited by rnrn; 04-28-2008 at 09:55 AM.
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