My 30/32 was over a three week mixed driving run.
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- ronk
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You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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so probably nearer 35 when motorway cruising
2010 E89 35i DCT
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- ronk
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Yes, if you’re gentle and stay to 70 ish !
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
- Gaffa22
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Umm don't really do gentle, my fireblade gets ridden everywhere like I stole it
and autobahns weren't designed for gentle 70mph cruising
2010 E89 35i DCT
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2017 Honda CBR1000RR fireblade
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- ronk
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I like 100mph on the Autobahn on a long run - I find it’s a good speed and less stress when doing a long trip - but it would be rude not to give it some grief sometimes!
After my Germany trips I find the U.K. motorway very pedestrian - and how cr4p lane discipline is in this country.
After my Germany trips I find the U.K. motorway very pedestrian - and how cr4p lane discipline is in this country.
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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My drive up to Norwich at the weekend on M4, M25, M11, A11 got me there with around 35mpg. I was in no hurry so I kept it to around 80mph all the way.
On the way home on Sun the weather was awful and I was crawling in slow, stop/go traffic but I still arrived home with around 32mpg.
On the way home on Sun the weather was awful and I was crawling in slow, stop/go traffic but I still arrived home with around 32mpg.
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- Gaffa22
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That's pretty good Lazza,
Ronks is a 35iS so that might make a bit of difference given the extra 32 BHP
Ronks is a 35iS so that might make a bit of difference given the extra 32 BHP
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2016 Honda VFR1200F
2017 Honda CBR1000RR fireblade
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I've never seen more than 28mpg out of my 35iS, mixed use is around 26 (pretty much in line with my last 981S) and giving it beans drops to closer to 20..not bought for economy though, I leave that to the 520d..
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My day-to-day drive to work is nearer to 26. 28 if I use manual mode and short-change gears which I am doing when it's slippery. I didn't buy it as an economy option though, otherwise I'd have gone for one of the 2.0 engine cars.
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Nope I didn't buy mine for economy either.
Wouldn't have bought one with a smaller engine though I'd have kept the S2000
Wouldn't have bought one with a smaller engine though I'd have kept the S2000
2010 E89 35i DCT
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2016 Honda VFR1200F
2017 Honda CBR1000RR fireblade
2016 Honda VFR1200F
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Just got back to Cornwall after picking up a 30i in Preston, did 80mph as much as possible (road works and couple of breakdowns) and the average for the journey was 37.6mpg. Quite impressed.
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I've never seen more than 29mpg in my Is, even though mine's 80% motorway commuting.
Why is it that people who can't take advice always insist on giving it?
E89 35is | BMW S1000rr Motorsport Ed.
E89 35is | BMW S1000rr Motorsport Ed.