Gas Mileage

[Zervos4]

Originally Posted by Krueger///M3

9.3 after 170 miles of break-in. Mostly city, got the car with 130.

man alive, you have to be revvvvvvin to get 9.3....lay off the throttle hot rod

[SS32]

22.4 on the drive home from the dealer. 70-75 on cruise the whole time. I've seen about 16 in the city, but that's taking it really easy.

[Krueger///M3]

Originally Posted by Zervos4

man alive, you have to be revvvvvvin to get 9.3....lay off the throttle hot rod

Keeping it under 5.5k. Just a lot of city driving and the car went on a few test drives at the dealer...

[skierman64]

Originally Posted by Zervos4

i enjoy just cruzin at 5-10 miles under speed limited and watchin people fly past me pissed off

Hopefully not in the left lane.

[!Xoible]

first 310 miles 19.2 mpg im happy

[M3]

Quick question, what's M3's full tank capacity? Let's say on a normal daily driving, how many miles do you get out a full tank? In my 740il, I get about 400 miles on avarage out of a 20 gallons of gas.(I just refill it when it still got more to go) Which I know it's not near close to the new beast

Tnx in advace guys

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by M3

Quick question, what's M3's full tank capacity? Let's say on a normal daily driving, how many miles do you get out a full tank? In my 740il, I get about 400 miles on avarage out of a 20 gallons of gas.(I just refill it when it still got more to go) Which I know it's not near close to the new beast.

16.6 US gal. This is slightly smaller than the E46. On the highway you could theoretically get 350 miles, but this will fall rapidly towards 200 with urban or sporty driving.

[mhutchins14]

After first 400 miles I'm getting 17.2 mpg...highway definitely helps.

[lucid]

I do almost no highway driving, and after 800 miles, I'm at 13.7 mpg.

[midlifecrisis]

Originally Posted by Krank

The way I see it... If you dropped $70 big-ones on a sports car and are now worried about gas prices... you may have been over-extending yourself financially a little. An extra dollar or 2 per gallon should be of little concern to a person that can comfortably afford this car. Just my opinion.

For me, its not so much an extra buck or two per gallon, but making sure there's enough gas to go around for everyone. I also don't like the idea of supporting unstable governments and potential enemies. I'd almost like them to raise the gas tax and put it into subsidies for alternative energy systems like solar and wind. That would leave more of the petroleum for use by us car nuts who think there's nothing like internal combustion to get our motors running!

This is really a dilemma for me. On one hand, I love my car and wouldn't part with it. On the other hand, I understand the need to conserve energy. Ultimately, I'll live with the guilt, conserve where possible, and enjoy the heck out of my M3!

[skierman64]

Originally Posted by Zervos4

its like a breath of fresh air for me since my last DD was a Hummer H2 gettin 8.8 mpg ....im pretty satisfied, my bro gets 19 around campus in his 335 though

I've been thinking about this all day (sad isn't it).

My opinion: You went from the most useless car on the road H2 (all form, no function) to the best all around high performance car on the road. What a change. Good move.

[Davinhci]

about 13.5 to 14 mpg for the first 300 miles. Not too much highway driving though.

[AwesomeM3]

I'm averaging 15.5 mpg for the first 750 miles.

[ase2dais]

Originally Posted by enigma

Do you really drive down the highway in 4th?

4th-5th on our 495/95 beltway traffic, w/c is the only highway my M is really used to. Its a wkend toy car for playing on On/Off ramps.

I took it up Philly one time to get a hardtop, yes it cruise at 6th, but 6th was not often used around my beltway Hway driving.

[ase2dais]

Originally Posted by skierman64

I've been thinking about this all day (sad isn't it).

My opinion: You went from the most useless car on the road H2 (all form, no function) to the best all around high performance car on the road. What a change. Good move.

+1
I really dont see any use for those utililies... those things are meant for the boneyard soon, or maybe already there

Cant even call them utilities, for dont even have space to haul things inside or out

[nusevad]

Ive been getting about 13-14 city driving. I need to lay off the throttle more, but its too much fun.

[e36jakeo]

20 in mixed driving, 26 - 30 on the highway.

Woops, that is with my 400 HP 335i! Sorry for the confusion.

[HeadOn]

Originally Posted by dechoong

Honestly, I'm quite taken aback by the E92 M3's quoted consumptions here.

Just for the for comparison sake, I average 23mpg in the 997 CS (30/70 city-highway). Easily 30mpg with a gentle throttle at 70mph on the highway, city driving at about 16mpg. Track it and it'll drop to 12mpg.

However, it could be the way I drive. I hardly rev above 4500rpm on acceleration unless necessary.

Wow! You get up to 30mpg on your 997? I have a 997S and have never seen that high of a number - maybe 24-26 max.

As for the M3 I am actually happy to read that the averages people here are quoting aren't too far off what I am used to on the 997 with combined city/highway (for me now that is about 18-19mpg).

For new M3 owners, is it your experience that your consumption numbers improve after the 1200 mile break in period?

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by HeadOn

For new M3 owners, is it your experience that your consumption numbers improve after the 1200 mile break in period?

I'm at 1,000 and have seen some improvement after the first few hundred. I think there wil be further improvement, but it will be minimal.

[e46e92love]

Originally Posted by e36jakeo

20 in mixed driving, 26 - 30 on the highway.

Woops, that is with my 400 HP 335i! Sorry for the confusion.

:s lap:

[!Xoible]

im down to 17.7 right now. I am filling a tank EVERY FUCKING DAY NOW
i got the car with full tank on friday, filled sunday, monday, and tuesday (i didnt drive on saturday) lol

[DJ9]

11 mpg or so for me, at 360 miles now.