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I've just sold my brothers March 2000 323SE (2.5)with 76,000 miles and a manual 'box.Car driven quite hard,mixture of town and m'way a/c always on,computer reading for all those miles 31 MPG.He has replaced with 330 Diesel Sport,same journeys,same driving,41MPG,he wants the petrol car back!
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'99 328i auto - mid-20s or lower mpg around town (but it gets driven fairly enthusiastically). Surprisingly economical on the motorway, where the engine is barely ticking over at vaguely legal speeds - creeps over 30mpg. That little yellow light still blinks on a distressingly few number of miles after the last fill-up though. The valvetronic 4-pots are a fair bit better.
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Just wondering why he wanted the Petrol over the diesel BMW? I heard the the 330 is great and quicker.
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Me too - surely it's quicker except in 'from zero' acceleration? And although 41mpg doesn't sound too fantastic for "a diesel", what else would do 41mpg whilst providing similar performance?
Looking at it another way, 31mpg for a reasonably hard-driven 2.5 petrol in mixed driving is good, but if someone offered a device which gave over 32% more miles to the gallon AND better overtaking, you'd be seriously interested in considering it, wouldn't you?
Bigboyq, you don't specify whether you're only talking about petrol models (?)
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Bruv said he prefered the drive of the petrol,the instant go in any gear,no waiting for the engine room to put extra coal on.He is very unimpressed with 41MPG,rememebering that derv is more expensive than unleaded,he only went for the diesel because it was cheaper for company car tax,6 months in and about 12,000 miles,he wants the petrol one back!
A few quid short of £30,000 and a residual of about £10,000 in 3 years/80,000 miles makes for some quite expensive motoring,BMW are doing the routine servicing FOC,so some saving there.
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