2007 E61 530d IS it an LCI?

[GR4]

Morning all,
My recently acquired manual E61 530d was first registered May 2007. I'm pretty sure that visually it is a facelift car, but initial impressions are that mpg is well down on what I was expecting. I am seeing 32mpg on a largely motorway run, where I thought high 30's were the norm. Is there a chassis or engine number cut off for pre and post LCI cars that I could check against? Another thought - Is the ECU one of those self learning jobs that maybe needs to settle down a bit after sitting on a forecourt for a while?
Thanks

[SJobson]

Has it got the new joystick gearlever? If so, it's LCI.

[GR4]

It's a manual, so I can't check that. Are there any giveaways under the bonnet at all to indicate whether it has the later spec engine?

[6BMW]

If your breaklights at the rear have a strip of orange LED's on the side it's an LCI

[SJobson]

OK, in the cabin - the pre-LCI has totally different front door pulls (and indeed the whole door card); the continuation of the facia trim on pre-LCIs is on the door handle and is near perpendicular; on the post-LCI the trim is a continuation of the same line along the top of the door card and the handle is lower and smaller.

Pre-LCI:


Post-LCI:

[GR4]

That's great thanks. Car is definately post LCI. So now I can concentrate on whether I have a problem with diesel consumption. I will run it for a few more days and see how it goes, but would appreciate any real world mpg info from post LCI 530d owners.

[GR4]

Problem solved. Computer was set to US mpg. Corrected setting to UK and bingo, a 6 mpg improvement! I'm happy now.