Attn E55 owners!!!!!

[big fra]

Hi lad's,
could anyone let me know how the fuel consumption is in the E55 from your experiences?Ive had a E60 M5 for a week and i was going to be going for one of these but i CAN NOT FECKIN BELIEVE how much fuel that they use,it's shamefull.Also how does the 2 cars compare from a performance point of view???

Thanks guy's

Fraser

[shadowninja]

Have a CLK 55 so same engine. Normally about 20mpg; once managed 34mpg on a timid motorway drive for 30 minutes (at 50-55mph). Urban is more like 15mpg. What did you expect?

[big fra]

Yeah,that seems fine but the M5 im in at the moment is CRAZY.Full tank got me about 190 miles MAX!!

[Pentoman]

Unless you've got a crazy modified CLK55 then it's not the same engine, the E55 is supercharged so probably going to be a bit worse on fuel....

I don't believe the E55 is as bad as the M5 on fuel; I have heard the M5 is pretty bad. Don't know why I think this - perhaps compare the road tests on autocarmagazine.co.uk (search around for a proper road test with full performance figures and data etc rather than a "first drive" type story).

[shadowninja]

Fair enough, I thought the engines would be similar (and therefore have similar fuel economy figures) or did they create a new V8 for the supercharged models?

Edited by shadowninja on Wednesday 28th November 14:12

[Pentoman]

Ehrm I'm pretty sure the V8s are the same old 3 valve-per-cylinder ones, just with a supercharger in the V of the 8, in the E55's case.

[awg454]

Hi i had a w211 E55 it used to average about 16-18 mpg mixed driving,on a long run mid to late 20's

[shadowninja]

Pentoman said:

Ehrm I'm pretty sure the V8s are the same old 3 valve-per-cylinder ones, just with a supercharger in the V of the 8, in the E55's case.

That's what I thought.

[bertie]

That's not bad actualy.

I checked the Galllardo on the way in this morning and I'm averaging 11.1mpg

[Pentoman]

lol @ gallardo!

shadowninja said:

Pentoman said:

Ehrm I'm pretty sure the V8s are the same old 3 valve-per-cylinder ones, just with a supercharger in the V of the 8, in the E55's case.

That's what I thought.

Well yes so same engine but the supercharger is probably wildly going to affect fuel consumption so rules out any comparison!

Would be interested to try either!

[NST]

awg454 said:

Hi i had a w211 E55 it used to average about 16-18 mpg mixed driving,on a long run mid to late 20's

quite suprising, could have though 20/21 on a run considering the power on tap!

[nickb55]

i had a 2003 E55 for a while. Mostly doing very short trips, and the computer showed about 18mpg. On a run it never got above 25. But if i put in even a modest amount of effort, getting into single digits was easy! I think the lowest was about 7.5 mpg.

[big fra]

Thanks for the replies lad's!Anyone know what size the tank is on the E55??

Cheers

Fraser

[NST]

80l iirc

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

bertie said:

That's not bad actualy.

I checked the Galllardo on the way in this morning and I'm averaging 11.1mpg

my heart bleeds...

[bertie]

Obiwonkeyblokey said:

bertie said:

That's not bad actualy.

I checked the Galllardo on the way in this morning and I'm averaging 11.1mpg

my heart bleeds...

So how many pounds per hour is the Beechcraft doing?

Touche!!

[paoloh]

The fuel tank on M5 is much smaller then the Mercs!!!

[bertie]

paoloh said:

The fuel tank on M5 is much smaller then the Mercs!!!

From the websites, BMW 70 litres, Merc 80 litres.

Not much hapening here at the moment!

[paoloh]

bertie said:

paoloh said:

The fuel tank on M5 is much smaller then the Mercs!!!

From the websites, BMW 70 litres, Merc 80 litres.

Not much hapening here at the moment!

Mine only ever used to take £60 to fill, so that makes it about 60L. It is the biggest complaint with the new M5. It's all to do with 50 50 weight distribution.

[daveenty]

Been away for the weekend, so only just found this thread.

Had a W211 E55 for about 15 months now, and it's not at all bad fuel wise. Pretty similar to all the figures mentioned above I suppose, though I have had it to 26 mpg one morning when I wasn't in a rush. Also had it down to 8 mpg when I was...

Average over the last 8,000 miles has been 20.3 according to the trip which, considering the size and weight, I consider very acceptable.

Oh, fuel tank is 80l, though apparently some were fitted with 60l ones.

Servicing costs are worth shopping around for though, MB can be horrendously expensive.