x5 fuel economy

[ypauly]

wife very interested in an X5 we saw today, it's a 3 litre diesel i was wondering what the real world mpg figure is.

we are also looking at a petrol equivalent in the morning that has a better spec so would like the petrol info too.

sorry if this has allready been asked but search function is under maintenance


thanks in advance

[stockhatcher]

are you talking about the latest x5?

if so diesel will get you mid twenties, may 28 at a push, petrol will see early 20's 25 at a push.

fairly similar for the previous shape.

[ypauly]

stockhatcher said:

are you talking about the latest x5?

if so diesel will get you mid twenties, may 28 at a push, petrol will see early 20's 25 at a push.

fairly similar for the previous shape.

02/03 plates

[gizlaroc]

16-25mpg for the petrol

20-30mpg for the diesel


The V8 will be about 1-2mpg behind the 3.0i and around 50% cheaper to buy, plus you have LPG conversins from Prins now that are superb, so will be the equivilent of 28-40mpg for around £2k installed.

That is the direction I would go.

[pgilc1]

gizlaroc said:

16-25mpg for the petrol

20-30mpg for the diesel


The V8 will be about 1-2mpg behind the 3.0i and around 50% cheaper to buy, plus you have LPG conversins from Prins now that are superb, so will be the equivilent of 28-40mpg for around £2k installed.

That is the direction I would go.

where are you finding v8s at half the price of 3.0i's?

On Autotrader from traders for 2003 cars....

4.4i £10000 - £14000
4.6is £11995 - £18250
3.0i £8995 - £15995

Interestingly...

3.0d £12995 - £18995

ie, there would be a perception that the diesels are much more expensive year for year than say the v8's, but its price band is much the same as the 4.6i...

Edited by pgilc1 on Sunday 26th October 17:08

[gizlaroc]

Make some offers on the V8's, they are going for peanuts!

[pgilc1]

gizlaroc said:

Make some offers on the V8's, they are going for peanuts!

Hmmm.

[Schermerhorn]

I know someone who has an 04 X5 3.0 diesel and he says he struggles to get above 22mpg in town. On the motorway it's around 35mpg and on a town-to-town run its around 30mpg.

[Nat_H]

I picked up a 4.4 "53" plate on the weekend.

Almost every extra bar sun roof, and its fricken great. Paid just over 11k.

Managed to get around 22 mpg from Bristol to Bournemouth, and thats pretty good imho, as its country roads.

If you don't do huge miles, the price you save on the purchase price, more than saves on the mpg different with the diesel.

[richyb]

I am surpised the mpg is so low for the 4.4 in the X5. I've got the 4.4 in my 7series and I can easily get 32 on a motorway run and 15-18 around town.

[pgilc1]

Nat_H said:

I picked up a 4.4 "53" plate on the weekend.

Almost every extra bar sun roof, and its fricken great. Paid just over 11k.

Managed to get around 22 mpg from Bristol to Bournemouth, and thats pretty good imho, as its country roads.

If you don't do huge miles, the price you save on the purchase price, more than saves on the mpg different with the diesel.

Yup, even doing 6K a year and paying just 3K less than a diesel one, it will take about 12 years to recoup the difference according to...

http://www.mez.co.uk/derv.html

though that doesnt take into account differences in resale values.

[mufcmad]

please can anyone give me a bit of advice how and when should i use kick down and same question m/s + - bmw x5 52 plate.

thanks to anyone who can help

[pgilc1]

mufcmad said:

please can anyone give me a bit of advice how and when should i use kick down and same question m/s + - bmw x5 52 plate.

thanks to anyone who can help

Not sure what you mean? Pull out to pass someone and accelerate hard and it will kick down.

Personally, if i know i am on a stretch of road that i can push on on i will use sport mode.

Simple as that.

[mufcmad]

IS THE SPORTS MODE THE M/S +- . in the hand book it says for max performance use kick down or when in possition D move lever left and tap forwards or backwords as req. didnt really understand.

[Denis O]

richyb said:

I am surpised the mpg is so low for the 4.4 in the X5. I've got the 4.4 in my 7series and I can easily get 32 on a motorway run and 15-18 around town.

What's the weight difference. My 540i Touring has averaged 24.7 over the last 30k miles. I would guess that the 5 is lighter than the 7 and the X is heavier.

I'm just buying a 4.6 X5 so will be interesting to see what that does as an average. I'm hoping 21 but that might be wishful thinking especially in the early days

[eliot]

mufcmad said:

IS THE SPORTS MODE THE M/S +- . in the hand book it says for max performance use kick down or when in possition D move lever left and tap forwards or backwords as req. didnt really understand.

If its anything like my 540, then you move it over to the left - the display will change from "D" to "D S". Then after that you can punch it up and down for manual gears.
In my 540, in D it will pull away in 2nd - whereas in Sport (D S) it pulls away in 1st.

[mufcmad]

anyone no the best place to get lcd display (on board comp) my lcd lights not working cant make out mpg and other things . tryed 1 or 2 places no joy. bmw want £550 + vat + fitting nearly 1k.

[pgilc1]

mufcmad said:

anyone no the best place to get lcd display (on board comp) my lcd lights not working cant make out mpg and other things . tryed 1 or 2 places no joy. bmw want £550 + vat + fitting nearly 1k.

ebay?

[Denis O]

pgilc1 said:

mufcmad said:

anyone no the best place to get lcd display (on board comp) my lcd lights not working cant make out mpg and other things . tryed 1 or 2 places no joy. bmw want £550 + vat + fitting nearly 1k.

ebay?

There's a guy on ebay who advertises a repair service with money back if it doesn't work. I think it's about £150 for the repair. The downside is you have to take out the binnacle and send it to him.

Bit difficult driving around with a hole full of wires where your instrument panel used to be

[madou]

Denis O said:

pgilc1 said:

mufcmad said:

anyone no the best place to get lcd display (on board comp) my lcd lights not working cant make out mpg and other things . tryed 1 or 2 places no joy. bmw want £550 + vat + fitting nearly 1k.

ebay?

There's a guy on ebay who advertises a repair service with money back if it doesn't work. I think it's about £150 for the repair. The downside is you have to take out the binnacle and send it to him.

Bit difficult driving around with a hole full of wires where your instrument panel used to be

£80 for instrument cluster repair, I took the car to him, about 1 hour to complete, full before and after test, good guy. More recommendations