A V8 at last - my BMW 645Ci

[McSam]

parabolica said:

You did well to have fuel left after that trip; I do central London to Aberdeen twice a year and after sitting around 85 most of the way, I've only ever got as far as the junction for the A702 to Edinburgh! My new 640i gets me to Perth under the same conditions.

My cruising speed was, ahem, comparable. It's the city driving that murders it. This trip was actually quite useful for me to get an idea of what influences the fuel economy - most of my tanks are a blend of flowing A-road and stop-start traffic, which tends to get me 25-26mpg. Blasting across the highlands, much harder than I'd ever driven the car before, lo and behold still 26mpg it seems it's still quite efficient even using all of the performance, it's just traffic that it hates. This is nice, because now I feel little compunction about stretching it out when the mood takes me!

[Collectingbrass]

Bookmarked to read later

[mvansche]

Enjoyed reading this thread. Anymore updates McSam?

I'm thinking of buying one myself. Went to see one that was hunting on cold idle and had a tapping noise on the left hand bank. Could it be the cam chain guides? Walked away, shame as it was my perfect spec.

[B3ALP]

[quote=McSam]Big old girl she may be, but there's still fun to be had down a B-road






Is that Photo taken on the Red Bridge bend, Blyth Road?