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Thread: E34 diesel consumption?

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    Default E34 diesel consumption?

    'lo!

    Having recently got a new job, I'm having to do a 50 mile per day round trip... however, the M20 2.5 engine is a thirsty bugger and is ploughing huge furrows in my bank balance (what with fuel costing the equivalent of $5.67 per US gallon).

    What sort of fuel consumption could I expect from a 525TDS? The parkers Guide quotes a somewhat lacklustre figure of 38 miles per (imperial) gallon.

    I don't wanna have to buy a teenie French hatchback

    Cheers!

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    38 mpg is lacklustre??????In the back f the owners manual you will find some consumption figures..i have never been a ble to get near them,but t might give you a comparison....
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    My 524TD burns an average of 1 liter pr. 10 km. This is mixed driving, mostly city though. On the German autobahn we measured it to approx. 15 km per liter.

    Not bad for a 15 year old car, if you ask me.

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    Have you ever thought about conversion to LPG?
    There are a lot of cars converted, even up to the 7 series, especially in the Netherlands, Germany and Poland
    http://www.gogas.uk.com/
    With savings calculator
    http://www.gascarco.com/savings.php

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    My 520i gives me about 7-8km/liter city driving, about 12km/liter highway.

    I wish they'd have retrofit diesel engines for the E34... the new ones with the twin stage turbos!!! OOOooooooooo!!!!

    Shogun... is there a way to use LPG on the E34?!?!?! I wouldn't mind if I could retrofit one of the newer enviromentally friendly engines... or reconfigure mine to run off LPG or something.

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