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07-03-2011, 10:30 PM
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1st Gear Newbie
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Kitchener
Posts: 5
Car: BMW
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How's your fuel consumption?
I am thinking of buying 2001 740i but need to get a better idea how good (bad) the gas mileage is in the real world driving conditions?
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07-04-2011, 12:42 AM
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Founder of GTA7's
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Brampton
Posts: 997
Car: E38 740iL
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With a mix of city and highway, I get an average of 575 km per 100 L tank
All highway I can get 850+ kms
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07-04-2011, 08:51 AM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,894
Car: 2007 335i
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owww... that a shitty real world... I'll stick to the fake one.
Jeez thats 17.4l/100km combined... and premium to boot. You guys are hero's for driving 7s
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07-04-2011, 09:23 AM
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Founder of GTA7's
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Brampton
Posts: 997
Car: E38 740iL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MiroE36
owww... that a shitty real world... I'll stick to the fake one.
Jeez thats 17.4l/100km combined... and premium to boot. You guys are hero's for driving 7s
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07-04-2011, 11:40 AM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Markham
Posts: 53
Car: 2001 E38 750iL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MiroE36
owww... that a shitty real world... I'll stick to the fake one.
Jeez thats 17.4l/100km combined... and premium to boot. You guys are hero's for driving 7s
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It is definitely not great. Any similarly powered BMW would run around that. The newer cars tend to have taller last gear and other gas saving advancements to give better consumption in the HW
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Originally Posted by 740-iLL
With a mix of city and highway, I get an average of 575 km per 100 L tank
All highway I can get 850+ kms
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Actually you have a 85L tank, and the 750iL has a 95 which slightly higher consumption. But you drive it like a BMW 
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07-04-2011, 11:55 AM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,894
Car: 2007 335i
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A flagship is a flagship... you guys drive the dream 
I'll get there someday
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1992 325i / Briliant rot - SOLD @ 301,000km
1998 318is / Arktic silber - SOLD @ 207,000km
2007 335i / Jet Black - CURRENT @ 28,000 km
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07-05-2011, 02:42 PM
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Founder of GTA7's
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Brampton
Posts: 997
Car: E38 740iL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by V12
Actually you have a 85L tank, and the 750iL has a 95 which slightly higher consumption. But you drive it like a BMW |
My fuel receipts would like to prove you wrong
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07-05-2011, 09:55 PM
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The Real Transporter
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ontario
Posts: 686
Car: e23, Volvo T5, Subby
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I'm getting about 550-600km per tank 75% highway driving and it'll cost me about $70 to fill up with low grade lol. It's not an m62 though, but I think it's pretty good for a 17yr old boat with a v8 haha.
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07-09-2011, 12:02 PM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Markham
Posts: 53
Car: 2001 E38 750iL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 740-iLL
My fuel receipts would like to prove you wrong |
That's what the manual says. 85L with a 10L reserve while mine is 95+12.
The reserve should be part of the 85.
Looks like you are paying more than me!
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07-09-2011, 12:33 PM
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is BMW crazy
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Richmond Hill
Posts: 14,850
Car: is not a real ///M5
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If I could afford the extra cost in fuel ( I drive a lot and with no fuel saving habits in mind), I would love to have a 750IL in the fleet.
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07-10-2011, 10:53 PM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Markham
Posts: 53
Car: 2001 E38 750iL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MiroE36
A flagship is a flagship... you guys drive the dream
I'll get there someday |
You drive a 335, and that is also one great machine
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07-10-2011, 10:55 PM
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Markham
Posts: 53
Car: 2001 E38 750iL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bmwm5lover
If I could afford the extra cost in fuel ( I drive a lot and with no fuel saving habits in mind), I would love to have a 750IL in the fleet.
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An E39 M5 can be tough on hte wallet too, in terms of gas . Its a different smile you get!
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07-11-2011, 12:54 PM
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Founder of GTA7's
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Brampton
Posts: 997
Car: E38 740iL
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07-11-2011, 01:22 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,894
Car: 2007 335i
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^^^ ow 
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1992 325i / Briliant rot - SOLD @ 301,000km
1998 318is / Arktic silber - SOLD @ 207,000km
2007 335i / Jet Black - CURRENT @ 28,000 km
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07-12-2011, 10:16 AM
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5th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Jewtown
Posts: 1,061
Car: E34 M5 Euro
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17L/100km is aright, you gotta pay to play.
You know i noticed in Europe on 95 octane i could get slightly better consumption results than here on 91.
On 95oct i would average 14.5/100km city and highway mixed, but than again could be different gearing than here.
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Last edited by JINT; 07-12-2011 at 10:19 AM.
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