Calling all 35d owners

[Storm_x5]

What MPG do you get?

I am getting 18.8 mpg. Is that really low?

[shadrack]

ive not got one but thinking of getting one, that sounds very bad i get 29 out of my 3.0d e53 on town/hilly

[X5Sport]

Should be nearer the high 20's - mid 30's.  What type of driving are you doing - urban?  Short journeys are also an mpg killer.

[freaknout]

That's poor. Even my 545i is getting 24mpg! Not around town obviously, that's closer to 15mpg :blink:

[squeaky2]

depends where u drive but im getting about 19.6mpg around london.

whats the age of your 35d btw?

[pvr]

32 mpg on my 40d. Mostly A roads and motorways though.

[squeaky2]

oh forgot to say the best i generally get on a motorway run is around 27mpg

[Rusty]

Time for a visit to the stealers then, that does sound low.

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[petert]

30 to 31 mpg here in Canada (imperial not US MPG).
33 or more on a motorway at just over 70 mph
Peter T

[X5_twin]

The BMW stats are terrible. You wont get anything like what BMW suggest no matter how carefully you drive.

My 3.0sd (35d) is getting around 32mpg on the motorway at a steady 80ish. Around Central London in traffic etc I'm getting around 20mpg.

Better than my M3 which could be as low as 12 on short trips round Central London !! 

[davyk31]

Sounds not too far away to me. I have an 08 3.0sd so its the 35d engine. Gets 21-22 with quite a bit of town and school run driving. There is a decent proportion of A road driving but it still seems to stick to that average.

Best I have seen is 30mpg on a long run on A roads sticking to speed limits.

They are kinda thirsty, 40d should do a few more mpg but its only 4 or 5 more at most.

[X5_twin]

[quote="davyk31"]
Sounds not too far away to me. I have an 08 3.0sd so its the 35d engine. Gets 21-22 with quite a bit of town and school run driving. There is a decent proportion of A road driving but it still seems to stick to that average.

Best I have seen is 30mpg on a long run on A roads sticking to speed limits.

They are kinda thirsty, 40d should do a few more mpg but its only 4 or 5 more at most.
[/quote]

Totally agree. But then we have to remember they are 2.2 tons and nearly 300bhp ! That considered its not bad to get 32mpg on a motorway run, which I got recently from Sussex to London.

[535dboy]

26

[Ashley]

Car computer says 25.9 over several thousand miles, but it depends how accurate that really is  :-\

[535dboy]

[quote="Ashley"]
Car computer says 25.9 over several thousand miles, but it depends how accurate that really is  :-\
[/quote]

Whichever way you cut it is bound to be better than the Aston.