I chopped the V8 in due to doing between 700 - 1000 miles per WEEK now I'm commuting to London every week from Newcastle. I stayed with the brand and purchased a 2008 530d M Sport, which I must say is a fantastic motor.... I wont go on about it as the poor car is in the graveyard due to a hydro-locked engine from a deep (6"....!!!!!!) ford (indecently it was written off as a CAT B! and therefore I lost it, stupid insurance inspector!)SO.... I bought another E53 but this time a 3.0d (as title suggests
) Dec 28th 2005 registered (and I thought they wouldn't register a car between xmas and new year..) in sterling grey. Nav, pano, wide arches, 20"s, heated seats/steering wheel have come in handy these last few days 
I've made 3 trips Newcastle>London so far and I get 27 to 28 mpg from NCL to LON, and 32 to 33 mpg from LON > NCL which I put down to style of driving. (NCL>LON is 3am drive with cruise on, LON>NCL is Fri afternoon heavy traffic, which dramatically improves fuel economy when you keep taking that foot off the pedal and rolling everywhere
) So, I think I'll just straight in and have the thing tuned by Jason, I want economy but don't want to lose any performance, I'll post a section in performance as I will follow up with my results as soon as Jason fits me in and i do a trip up/down the country.
(I know I have no pics...... the car looks black rather than grey due to road salt
and needs a good clean )
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