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      10-02-2013, 04:19 PM   #111
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Really pleased with the consumtion of my 116d. Average over 7000km with a heavy foot is 5.7l/100km (41 mpg).

My record is driving from Geilo to Oslo at 3.5l/100km (67 mpg). Geilo is 800m higher up than Oslo, but I think it´s still a very good number

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      10-02-2013, 04:43 PM   #112
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I'm just about to turn 10k miles and the life average of my ED 116D is 57.8 MPG over a mixture of motorway and town driving.
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      10-03-2013, 02:36 AM   #113
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Really pleased with the consumtion of my 116d. Average over 7000km with a heavy foot is 5.7l/100km (41 mpg).

My record is driving from Geilo to Oslo at 3.5l/100km (67 mpg). Geilo is 800m higher up than Oslo, but I think it´s still a very good number

Wow, that's a really good number!
Have you measured real life consumption by calculating the consumption from the distance traveled and the number of litres of gas filled?
Somehow BMW diesels tend to be a bit higher on real life consumption than the number shown on the journey computer, but BMW petrols are quite on spot (I measured 0,2 l/100km higher real life consumption on my 116i, which isn't very much).
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      10-03-2013, 06:15 AM   #114
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Really pleased with the consumtion of my 116d. Average over 7000km with a heavy foot is 5.7l/100km (41 mpg).

My record is driving from Geilo to Oslo at 3.5l/100km (67 mpg). Geilo is 800m higher up than Oslo, but I think it´s still a very good number

This is an amazing fuel consumption! You should be proud
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      10-03-2013, 06:17 AM   #115
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I'm just about to turn 10k miles and the life average of my ED 116D is 57.8 MPG over a mixture of motorway and town driving.
Yet another fantastic figure! Keep it up, these cars have amazing fuel consumptions
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      01-18-2014, 01:48 PM   #116
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A great topic! These are mine observations with F20 116i, 50.000 km:

7.0±0.5l/100km (ca 33 MPG) - economy driving

8.0±0.5l/100km (ca 29 MPG) - normal driving

9.0±0.5l/100km (ca 26 MPG) - now, that's my car!

I don't like to think too much about the economy while driving and it shows 8.5l/100 km (ca 27 MPG). Not bad considering I do have fun. I drive 25% city and 75% outside, always on Sport unless the winter conditions force me to use Comfort or Eco Pro (which makes me a sad panda).
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      01-18-2014, 01:58 PM   #117
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A great topic! These are mine observations with F20 116i, 50.000 km:

7.0±0.5l/100km (ca 33 MPG) - economy driving

8.0±0.5l/100km (ca 29 MPG) - normal driving

9.0±0.5l/100km (ca 26 MPG) - now, that's my car!

I don't like to think too much about the economy while driving and it shows 8.5l/100 km (ca 27 MPG). Not bad considering I do have fun. I drive 25% city and 75% outside, always on Sport unless the winter conditions force me to use Comfort or Eco Pro (which makes me a sad panda).
Interesting. Our 116i can do 5.5+-0.5l/100km during economic driving, while I end up around 20l/100km during track fun.
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      01-18-2014, 02:06 PM   #118
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Oh yes, I did some tests and could get the numbers down, but it was no longer fun for me, so...
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      01-18-2014, 02:51 PM   #119
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My F21 116D was (is) advertised as 68MPG combined but God knows how they came up with that figure. I average 56MPG per tank of fuel and almost always drive in eco-pro mode...

...almost

...but when I do make the effort to drive economically 56MPG is about the best I'm averaging per tank (usually a little over 500 miles).

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      01-18-2014, 04:05 PM   #120
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My 125i just past 3000km mark. Managed to get 7.8L per 100km. Mixture of highway and city drive. Quite happy so far. But not close enough to the brochure saying 6 L.
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      01-19-2014, 06:52 AM   #121
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My F21 116D was (is) advertised as 68MPG combined but God knows how they came up with that figure. I average 56MPG per tank of fuel and almost always drive in eco-pro mode...

...almost

...but when I do make the effort to drive economically 56MPG is about the best I'm averaging per tank (usually a little over 500 miles).
The manufacturers figures are produced under ideal conditions and usually on a rolling road so:-

No wind resistance
A driver with the build of a professional jockey
Minimal fuel load required
All possible weight shed from the car

etc etc.

They will never bear any resemblance to real world figures unless you reset the OBD and roll downhill with a following wind. (Actually that will get you a display of 99mpg)

My old E46 had 2 cons meters with cons2 being the lifetime consumption that wasn't reset like the cons 1 - if the current cars have the same, maybe hidden then that is what tells the true story.

My 120d seems to get around 43 average just doing short journeys on A and B roads driving normally in comfort mode and returns 56 to 58 mpg on a motorway trip from Lincolnshire to Hexham Northumberland about 180 miles run.
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      01-19-2014, 07:19 AM   #122
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I managed about 10,7 km/l on my 125i considering about 10000km. Never reset.
Different roads and drive (normal,sport,eco,ecc)
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      01-19-2014, 03:03 PM   #123
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8.1L/100k on my M135i after 15,000k
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      01-20-2014, 12:13 AM   #124
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11.4l/100km average on my M135i/8AT, with aircon permanently on (does this make a difference anymore?) after 1,500km of 90% suburban driving. Drops after a freeway run and rises again back in the burbs.

Could be better, but it has been falling. Earlier figures were around 12l/100km. Must just be a tight driveline.
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      01-20-2014, 12:40 AM   #125
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I guess the influence from the A/C depends on how warm it is. On really warm days, it will probably draw enough power to make a small impact on your consumption figures, otherwise not.
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      01-20-2014, 02:54 AM   #126
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A/C seems pretty efficient, actually. I did one of my regular 600k day trips last week, with external temps in the high 30's/low 40's (C), A/C on all the way, and fuel consumption was 7.2L/100k, not that much different to the same trip in mid-July last year, where consumption was 7.01L/100k. No A/C then; ambients were 8-20C.
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      01-20-2014, 06:58 AM   #127
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A/C seems pretty efficient, actually.
Yeah, I have found that the A/C doesn't make a great deal of difference. The manual kinda says as much for when cruising above certain speeds (so if you're on the motorway for instance).
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      01-20-2014, 10:53 AM   #128
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I've done 8k in my 118d since picking mine up at the end of September and I'm not seeing anywhere near the claimed mpg. I'm still happy with what I'm averaging though, 54.85 mpg actual through logging every fill up in 'road trip' app on my phone
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      01-29-2014, 09:38 PM   #129
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11.4l/100km average on my M135i/8AT, with aircon permanently on (does this make a difference anymore?) after 1,500km of 90% suburban driving. Drops after a freeway run and rises again back in the burbs.

Could be better, but it has been falling. Earlier figures were around 12l/100km. Must just be a tight driveline.
Update: at 2000km now and just did a longish (130km) urban run including approx 75% freeway running with some congestion. Trip computer reported 7.4l/100km - pretty decent figures for a boosted 3 litre six! The long term (since new) average has dropped to 10.9l/100km.

Also noticed that the auto-stop tends to wait a little bit longer before cutting the engine. Previously the cut would happen exactly as the wheels stopped turning, resulting in a slightly jerky stop as the suspension unloaded. Now it waits about half to one second, allowing me to ease off the brake more smoothly.
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      02-17-2014, 03:55 PM   #130
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Seems safe to say the petrol claimed mpg figures are pretty close going by what people are getting ?
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      02-18-2014, 01:04 AM   #131
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Seems safe to say the petrol claimed mpg figures are pretty close going by what people are getting ?
I don't know anyone who get the factory figures, but it is not all that much worse.
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      02-18-2014, 01:58 AM   #132
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116d manual lots of city commuting 16,2 Km/l
It's pretty good compared to my previous Citroen C4 Picasso 110HDi 13,8 Km/l
and Citroen DS3 THP 155 12,8 Km/l - 13,1 Km/l
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