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      01-09-2024, 04:22 AM   #3
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I have a M440D. Daily I travel about 10 minutes to and from work, probably less than 5 miles each way. Light suburban traffic. Get high 30s.

When warmed up, city driving will be higher. Not heavy traffic, but just urban driving I will see low 40s.

Warmed up country driving I will easily get low-mid 50s.

Warmed up, steady Autobahn cruising has seen my mileage go into the 60s.

I wrote about some Alp trips here : https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1918471

Last Summer I drove from Switzerland to the West of Scotland. Normally I catch a ferry (Previously Zeebrugge, now Rotterdam) but they were all fully booked. First time in 20 years that happened. So, bought a Eurotunnel ticket.

My idea was to see how far I could get, then get somewhere to stay the night.

I left at about 5am in Swiztzerland. I reset the trip meter. After about 30 minutes driving the range was indicated as 1100 kms.

When I arrived in England (early afternoon) I kept driving. In the evening I still felt OK, so pressed on. I arrived outside my Mum's house just after midnight.

Travellled 1022 miles door-to-door after 17 hours behind the wheel. Last 50 miles or so were enjoying the quiet, sweeping and undulating roads in the Galloway hills, at a pace of "skelping on". MPG for the day was 56.4.

On the return trip I caught a ferry to Rotterdam. I drive on the Autobahn back at normal pace. Trip through Europe was 801kms and averaged 60.7 MPG. I had filled up at Ferrybridge services before Hull and still had a 1/4 of a tank remaining. Didn't re-tank for another few weeks.

None of those trips were done with any intention of hyper-miling. Just driving normally, torque surfing. Others will get much less economy I'm sure.

I also had an F32 330D S-drive, and a F32 335D. This M440D is night and day better on economy.

I've never used Eco mode. 99% in Comfort, occasionaly in Adaptive.

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