Max fuel range BMW 318d Touring..Do I win?

[DailyHack]

Thought I run try and eek as much range as I can from my 2012 E91 318d, so filled up last Wednesday to start off my hyper-miling challenge

Eventually had to come in last night, brimmed the tank again tank @ 59.298 Litres - I think these cars hold around 60/61L so i was pretty close, still said 35 miles on OBC....

So I achieved 810 miles!, ran through Fuelly app, = 62.10 MPG

...so question is, who has beaten that, I am quite chuffed with that if I am going to be honest.

p.s (That is with roof bars and winter tyres - so not exactly aero dynamic or eco tyres)

[bodhi]

I couldn't beat that due to my combination of 3 litre Straight 6 and BMW's insistence that a Zippo was big enough for a fuel tank, but I did manage 41.5 MPG over 135 miles coming back from Essex a couple of weeks ago. That was to the bottom of the Toll Road, so it may have gone down after that (), but still finished at 39.7. Used just over a quarter of a tank, expected range then was a further 450 miles, so 610 in total!

[Mr Tidy]

Very impressive, but it must have been so boring!

I often did over 600 on 1 tank in my E46 320td, but could only get to about 500 with my slightly more economical 123d because it only had a 55 litre tank!

I think the OP might have won.

[Glasgowrob]

just wait till the insignia owners pop their heads in,

1000 miles per tank range on them.

[Locknut]

If you guys are going by the figure on the dash read-out, you are wrong. You need to do a brim to brim test like DailyHack did, it is the only reliable way to calculate fuel consumption Those dash computers are always wrong, in my case I find that the actual consumption is always worse than the figure on the dash by about 2 to 3 MPG.

[Mike335i]

Locknut said:

If you guys are going by the figure on the dash read-out, you are wrong. You need to do a brim to brim test like DailyHack did, it is the only reliable way to calculate fuel consumption Those dash computers are always wrong, in my case I find that the actual consumption is always worse than the figure on the dash by about 2 to 3 MPG.

I have cross referenced mine by brim checking, it was within 0.5mpg accurate and not always worse, so I'm happy enough to trust it.

Best I have had is about 450 out of a tank. Can't really complain at that, but more it's more like 320-350 normally.

[red997]

timely;
as of last night ,680 miles on the E46 320d touring; says I've got 27 miles range left... I doubt it !
Will know mpg for sure when I fill up today (always brim it)

[DailyHack]

Fuelly App is good for proper readings, use to be abit flakey and too biased towards US, but its quite good now - a good gauge of MPG (if your arsed)

[DailyHack]

Glasgowrob said:

just wait till the insignia owners pop their heads in,

1000 miles per tank range on them.

I could of got 900 realistically, but I didn't fancy running dry - got big one down to Cornwall from Cheshire in few weeks, so i am aiming for 900 on this tank

Edited by DailyHack on Friday 26th October 13:27

[MrBarry123]

Ah, yes, I remember this with the 3 Series I had...

Travelling to Newcastle and back (600 miles for me) at 70mph with at least 100 miles remaining once home. These 4 cylinder diesels are very impressive in this regard.

810 miles is particularly good.

I'm now pleased if I do the same journey on only 2 tanks.

[DailyHack]

MrBarry123 said:

Ah, yes, I remember this with the 3 Series I had...

Travelling to Newcastle and back (600 miles for me) at 70mph with at least 100 miles remaining once home. These 4 cylinder diesels are very impressive in this regard.

810 miles is particularly good.

I'm now pleased if I do the same journey on only 2 tanks.

Yeah the 4 cylinders have a bad wrap sometimes, but its economy is pretty remarkable - Its coming up to 100k now, so its loosening up nicely

[matt21]

Now my AC has blown up, I am regularly getting 700 miles to the tank before fill up on my 2004 Passat with 210k. 62 litre tanks

Most of my BMWs would do 300-500 miles. The highest was my 1994 525i Touring Manila which did 550 miles with its 80 litre tank.

[PTF]

130i

Driving like a nun i'm getting 36mpg on obc, 35mpg real.

Around 340 miles on a tank without going into reserve too much

Jealous! Though the engine sounds lovely

[Mr Tidy]

PTF said:

130i

Driving like a nun i'm getting 36mpg on obc, 35mpg real.

Around 340 miles on a tank without going into reserve too much

Jealous! Though the engine sounds lovely

Same here! My Z4 Coupe has the same engine (which sounds even better with a custom cat-back exhaust) and the same miserly 55 litre tank size.

I did manage 360 miles once on a busy motorway run.

But my E91 325i with the 2.5 litre N52 engine has done over 450 miles a couple of times because the tank is 63 litres! (Shame you can't really hear it though).

[Higgs boson]

2001 525d manual.
Apologies for crap photo.

[sortedcossie]

i have to commute from the Midlands to Manchester and back quite a lot. If I don't catch much traffic and can travel up the M5/M6 at 70mph then I can just get there and back three times in my 08 plate 330d on one tank, 580 miles.

[DailyHack]

Thought I would revive this somewhat...

I am traveling down to Florence this morning (same 318d E91) from Cheshire, so the plan is to see how far I can get...stopping over in Chamonix Saturday night, catching 5am train tomorrow morning.

So, with the combination of smooth french toll roads and cruise control literally all the way - 874 miles in total door to hotel, so let's see

Car is somewhat heavier this time round, blame Mrs Dailyhack for her clobber in the boot...

[JakeT]

Good effort that. I can barely do 500 in my 330i touring. The stuck thermostat has been worse for economy recently too. The 4 cylinder diesels are incredibly efficient on a run, I borrowed a friends old 320td a few years ago and could do 65 to the gallon if I wasn't too heavy with the right boot.

My old 530d would do great range too. 800+ miles was possible on a run, did Newbury to Newcastle and back with a third of a tank remaining. I only have an image of 640 miles with 106 left. That was more in town driving though. Still impressive.

[mekondelta]

47mpg from an F25 X3 30D with 4 people. I had no radio and sleeping passengers so I played the mpg game!

[DailyHack]

Arrived in Ashford now, 274miles done, range is showing 750miles left (obc showing 85mpg..debatable, cruise set to 65mph'ish all the way down, boring as but I'm not in a rush...so far so good) not even broke past 1/4 of a tank yet!

Calais > Chamonix tomorrow morning, see how we get on...I am feeling confident.