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      04-20-2012, 03:22 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Mark 1 View Post
... though where BMW (and all car manufacturers) get their mpg figures from, god only knows. 75 mpg is no where near right. The best I've had is 65 driving only in the efficient dynamics mode (which we do most of the time...but at 80 on the motorway!).
I take it that you are not really serious, that you expect more than 65mpg at 80mph? Try 60mph and see what you get then. You have a Drag (cD) figure of 0.3, so nothing special these days, so speed is still your enemy.

There is nothing in the official test regime that indicates good figures at speed. It is all about driving light in easy conditions. And of course where the ED gets it's figures from.

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