Euro M3 Gas Mileage

[m3f_nickanas]

This question is really for the Euro M3 321HP owners.



What kind of gas mileage are you guys getting?

I measured it at 14mpg or 17 litres per 100 Km in the city.

And that's by taking really easy on the gas.

It's killing me :banghead: . 100+ octane gas in Europe is at 1 Euro/litre (about $4.5 per gallon).



Could it be that my motor only has roughly 23,000km (14.375miles on it?)

(no joke, I bought a 98 used that was a toy-weekend car).

Will it get any better with time?

Did original owners experiemce an improvement in gas mileage over time?



For the sake of comparison, I still would like our friends from North America to post their mileage as well. The M3 promotional booklets posted a 19(city)/22(highway)mpg. Are you guys getting anything close to that?



thanks in advance.

[m3f_M3AN_5f4dc0ba80]

You're lucky...! Except for fuel prices.



I average 18 - 22 l / 100km's in the city and 11 - 14 in the country... but we only pay .65 Euro per litre of 98 RON.



That's in a 321 Euro 6 speed.

[m3f_Black328iS_4f40b49a23]

i get about 21mph city driving. but $4.50 per gallon!!! ouch! The best i can find around here for 94 octane is $2.02 per gallon. But 14mph..thats worse than the Z8!

[m3f_JonM3]

My US spec M3 dose 23mpg avg, but i dont really drive in traffic much... damn sad to hear how much gas costs over there... Near me (Maryland) its 2.10-2.27 a gallon for 93 oct.

[m3f_douglee25]

I know I don't own a Euro car but I'm averaging between 26 and 29 mpg highway and about 24 or 25 mpg city. Not too shabby huh?



Doug

[m3f_Sirius_880bd69485]

Yeah, I'll get right around 23 mpg during the summer.

[m3f_nickanas]

Thanks for the input guys.



The dude from NZ gets as low as 10.9 mpg. Horrendus.

I used to have a 1972 Cadillac Eldo convertible that did better than that.

And that thing had a 500ci (8,200cc) V8, had a power sucking 3-speed automatic turbo-hydramatic tranny, and weighed twice as much.

[m3f_WD Pro]

On a good motorway run (Constant 70 / 80 mph in 6th) : 35 – 37 mpg

Work run (2 miles / 4K rpm max) : 22 – 25 mpg

Good thrashing (With easy warm up / down) : 18 – 19 mpg



All figures are without aircon. With the AC on the town driving stays around the same, the motorway stuff looses a couple of mpg.