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34 messages, Last post on Sep 28, 2009 at 1:42 PM
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Replying to: ledonbio (Mar 30, 2008 10:53 am) 1. Sluggish performance- from experience. 2. Poor fuel economy- from experience.
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Replying to: achonko (Apr 15, 2008 9:01 am) |
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I recently returned from a |
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Picked up my X5 3.0 2 weeks ago. I am driving 80% city 20% highway. My average in the first 2 tanks 18.4 mpg. I heard it would get better after the first 1000 miles. |
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I have poor gas mileage on my brand new 2009 X3 AT. As with the poster from two years ago, I wonder if the transmission issues contribute to the poor gas mileage. Since I do not know if the gas mileage is directly related to the known AT problems, I thought this deserved a separate thread. Currently with the odometer still <500 miles: City driving: 9.9-10.0 mpg Suburban driving: 12.5-15.3 mpg (improvement!) Highway driving: 20.8 mpg (max so far) Yes, this car takes premium gasoline. ---------- http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f11ffdc/30 #43 of 194 There are MANY issues with the X3 by jacqva Jun 20, 2007 (3:57 pm) But the main issue is the transmission. I am beyond frustrated because each time I take it in, the service folks tell me the transmission checks out “normal” on their computers. I am convinced that this jerky transmission and high RPMs is the reason I get horrible gas mileage on this vehicle. I am averaging around 14.5mpg in the city and 17.5 on the highway. Now, before you accuse my driving habits for this, I do *not* have a lead foot, this is not my first BMW, and yes, I *always* put 93 octane in the car. I too have had many many passengers in my car make comments on how bad this thing shifts and how they think I should have bought a Lexus, etc.
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...has a lifetime fuel mileage of 21.7 mpg.. Mostly suburban commuting, with some grocery duty, etc... on weekends.. |
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Replying to: pp2009pp (Sep 26, 2009 4:01 pm) That's nothing - you can't really get much of a baseline until 3,000 miles or more. My minivan didn't hit its stride until 10,000 miles and the lifetime mpg kept going up (albeit in small increments) for another 60,000 miles or so. |
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My 5 series' MPG dropped from about 18 on average down to slightly above 14...currently what my X3 does. It was the same from the get go, never improved but didn't deteriorate until it went well over 100K miles. I am not expecting a significant increase in the X3's gas mileage unless I spend my life coasting and using the engine brake to slide into parking spaces like the garage. I have a pretty good eye for just how far coasting will get me but there is this big metal post in the garage that I want to avoid hitting. |
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