Thanks for your replies - seems I did jump the gun a bit. Now I've been on a decent run or two, mpg is back where it should be. I was quite happy with around 28mpg on a long country lanes run, plenty of rain, up/down hills/fords and my wife n 2 kids in the car. One issue I encountered, the windscree...

Hello Leslie, Thanks for the welcome :-) The 'new' car is growing on me - took it out for two long country drives with my wife n kids yesterday. Probably did ~80 miles in total, pouring rain, through a deep ford - great fun! I've never driven a 4x4 until now, there is a feeling of being somewhat glu...

Hello all, my second post - now after some advice... I bought a 2004 X3 2.0d not long ago. It drives really nicely and i was pleasantly surprised by the fuel economy figures reported by the mpg readout on the dash. I've been in a Merc GLA180 courtesy car for the last 2 months and its mpg was terribl...

Hello all, thought I'd say Hi instead of lurking in the background as is my usual habit. I bought perhaps the cheapest (in the UK) BMW X3 2.0d a couple of weekends ago - a 2004 with cream leather interior. It was cheap as the MOT has nearly expired. Foolish I know but I thought I'd take a chance as ...