Have I achieved the unthinkable?

[English Yeoman]

Mine is a 3.0 SD and averages 24!

[Riggie]

I managed 38.2 once, over 100 miles, driving like a pensioner, sticking to 60mph. It was so boring, Xdrive 35d.

[NehalX5]

[quote="English Yeoman"]
Mine is a 3.0 SD and averages 24!
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Same here, have seen 16 once doing a very short trip.

[weaselchops]

[quote="English Yeoman"]
Mine is a 3.0 SD and averages 24!
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Show off!

[Riggie]

[quote="Riggie"]
I managed 38.2 once, over 100 miles, driving like a pensioner, sticking to 60mph. It was so boring, Xdrive 35d.
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Average last time I looked was 26.7

[Spandex]

I have the 4.8i and I can get almost 25mpg on a decent motorway run and I’m averaging 21mpg just on my 25 minute rush hour commute. I have no idea how some people are getting worse figures than that in a 3.0l diesel.

[Riggie]

[quote="Spandex"]
I have the 4.8i and I can get almost 25mpg on a decent motorway run and I’m averaging 21mpg just on my 25 minute rush hour commute. I have no idea how some people are getting worse figures than that in a 3.0l diesel.
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The more horses you have, the more you have to feed them I suppose...... the 3.0 single turbo is better on fuel.

[Nine468]

The best mpg i got was aprox 34mpg and that was on a run from Blackpool to Milton Keynes. With lots of 50 mph zones thrown in for good measure...

[English Yeoman]

[quote="weaselchops"]
[quote="English Yeoman"]
Mine is a 3.0 SD and averages 24!
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Show off!
[/quote]

That's me driving miss daisy! I'm just getting used to it so it's bound to drop off!

[Spandex]

[quote="Riggie"]
[quote="Spandex"]
I have the 4.8i and I can get almost 25mpg on a decent motorway run and I’m averaging 21mpg just on my 25 minute rush hour commute. I have no idea how some people are getting worse figures than that in a 3.0l diesel.
[/quote]

The more horses you have, the more you have to feed them I suppose...... the 3.0 single turbo is better on fuel.
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Well, exactly, that's what you'd expect. That's why I'm surprised that there are people on here with a 3.0sd that have quoted worse figures than mine. Even the averages that are better than mine aren't that much better.

I'm not surprised by the mpg I get from the 4.8 - it's exactly what I expected when I got it - but I didn't realise the gap between that and what should be the most efficient engine in the range, would be so small.

[NehalX5]

More power does mean more fuel, but the 3.0sd really can't stick to factory claims for MPG. I wonder how they achieved those figures, must have been doing 56mph or something on the motorway. Funny that it achieves 25mpg average in the X5, but same engine in the 6 series achieves 47mpg combined.

[X5Sport]

My X6 has never achieved ‘factory’ figures - as is common with most cars - but 35mpg for the twin turbo 40d is still fairly easy to achieve on a long motorway run.

[Nine468]

My "other half" managed to get 37mpg from my 40d recently on a run back from Cornwall.
She has a lighter right foot than me....

[alan996]

New thermostat installed Friday in a 07 3.0d

First time I've seen it above about 25mpg

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