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Originally Posted by Ateam
Some of the new chargers have that feature and it does not seem to bring down the mpg as much as I would have thought.
I don't know I really don't give a shit about mpg so I could care less. I would not be in an m3, which arguably is the worst mpg car available today save a lambo. Even a ferrari is getting similar mileage.
WIth that said, I had a 6 cylinder bmw for 4 years and averaged 15.9 mpg averaged over 4 years with mostly city and some highway driving. That is worse than I have gotten in my m3 so far but I drive in less stop and go. If you drive the 6 cylinders hard than they suck at milage too.
Really about how you drive it and if you lay off the accelerator than you get much better mpg, however what is the point? I redline it and hang out in 6k rpms and above almost 90 percent of the time so the powerband is instantly right there  I did this on my 6 cylinder (went up to 7k rpms) and constantly rode the redline and the engine was as clean as a whistle! They did a completely cylinder head swap at 49k and the thing was spotless the techs said! |
IMO, MPG is one of the few weaknesses of the M3 as a daily driver. Not so bad here but I definitely felt the pain during euro delivery...$160 to fill up from a 1/4 tank
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That's the one area where the Vette and Caymna/Boxter have the M3 beat.