M5 fuel consumption

[Dave 321]

Was looking at buying a 05 M5'.. Is it poosible to get 20-25mpg out of these yokes when driving easy??

Mate of mine has an M6, drives flat everywhere and have only ever seen 12.1mpg on the dash average.

Anybody here have M5 and get half decent feul consumption??

Otherwise thinking of a CSL AGAIN!!

car will be for everyday use

[KENZ]

Go for CSL..20-25mpg on a M5..lol

Edited by KENZ on Saturday 16th August 18:51

[Schermerhorn]

Probably get 22mpg max out of it on a motorway. It's a 5.0 V10 don't forget and it has 500bhp and it weighs the best part of 1800kg. It wasn't designed for fuel effeciency.

[Bernie-the-bolt]

Zod will be along once his M5 post alert has triggered and he'll be the man to give a fair answer

[Neil.D]

Dave 321 said:

Is it poosible to get 20-25mpg

ha haha haha haha ha!

Sorry.

I think you might get that on a gentle motorway waft with cruize control on. I doubt you would get any higher.

Fuel consumtion is discussed a lot here. http://www.mtorque.co.uk/

[skeeterm5]

i have an e60 m5 - just checked the obc - telling me 19.7 mpg over the last 850 miles.

S

[djohnson]

E60 M5s can be bought for so little now why worry about the fuel?

There are loads advertised of sub £35k which look like decent cars.

I'm tempted to add one to the fleet.

[Dave 321]

cheers lads... I think 20 mpg would be ok, prob 15 around town, i would be doing 20k miles a year..

[Baddie]

15-25 mpg, either way means nothing against the depreciation a new buyer will feel. A colleague was offered a Touring, 10 months old with 8k miles for £39k down from £72k!! You could fuel a Veyron for that!

If you like it, if you can afford the depreciation, buy it and enjoy it. At sub £40k it must be a bargain?

[gavm5]

WHO ON EARTH BUYS AN M5 (whatever vintage) AND WORRIES ABOUT FUEL CONSUMPTION FIGURES ?

all ///M's are to be driven as ///M intended - like you stole it !

Edited by gavm5 on Monday 18th August 00:39

[damianw]

gavm5 said:

WHO ON EARTH BUYS AN M5 (whatever vintage) AND WORRIES ABOUT FUEL CONSUMPTION FIGURES ?

all ///M's are to be driven as ///M intended - like you stole it !

Edited by gavm5 on Monday 18th August 00:39

Surely the beauty of an M5 is that its a genuine all-rounder, and can be driven sensibly when you want. Certainly that's how I view my E39 M5 (which is capable of 27mpg on a long run when the family is on board by the way).

[Thorny]

This chap got 27.2

http://www.mtorque.co.uk/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php...

[Zod]

You will get mpg in the 20s on a motorway journey. Normal mixed driving will probably give 12-15 mpg. Driving in London traffic will knock it down to 7-8 mpg.

(batteries on the M5 post alerter needed charging this morning)

[Bernie-the-bolt]

Zod said:

You will get mpg in the 20s on a motorway journey. Normal mixed driving will probably give 12-15 mpg. Driving in London traffic will knock it down to 7-8 mpg.

(batteries on the M5 post alerter needed charging this morning)

Thanks and stand down....

[john_r]

I once got 25mpg in my E60 M5 by sitting at 70mph in the middle of the night on the M4 with the cruise control for an hour. Realistically if you have to slow down and accelerate (even gently) as per day to day motorway driving then it's 21mpg or 22mpg on a very good day. Over 18 months I typically averaged 13-14mpg with a lot of motorway thrown in...

[sadlerj]

Yup, mine shows 16.5 average...and the wife drives it a lot!

[Dave 321]

Thanks lads,

going to look at an 05 one tomorrow morning
Hopefully get an extended test drive.. "The weekend"!!!

[Spaggy]

My M5 touring does 14mpg on every day use and about 21 on motorway. Driven hard it's under 10.

[Dave 321]

Went for a look yesterday.. Lovely car, Interlagos blue, black leather, leather dash, sunroof, sat-nav, adaptive seats, bluetooth, heated seats, 44k kms...

The average mpg on dash was 18.9
Trying to box off a deal on her

[jez355]

Just picked up on this link and thought I would share my consumption figures with you. I've got an early 2000 e39 M5 and I must be Miss Daisy's driver because on the motorway I'm getting 29+mpg and an average of 26+ combined driving. I bought the car two months ago with 119,000 miles on the clock with a full BMW service history and I've had an oil service for piece of mind two weeks ago I've now done 124,000 miles and I'll keep this car forever. My only complaint was the mobility system needed replacing.