530D Touring dissappointment
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Had one of these for a couple of months now, and whilst I accept its lovely to drive, looks good, is fast, comfortable, well specced etc - it is rubbish on fuel!
Local driving and i'm only getting 25mpg! To put this in perspective, my previous Jag 4.0 sport XJ did 21 ish and my wife's M3 will manage 24! My old Volvo S60 D5 did more like 38 and wasn't 'that' much slower!!
I just wonder if Diesel cars are concentrating too much on perfomance and not enough on their intended purpose, good fuel economy!
Whats it worth then Scoobyzoom? Want to buy it?
Local driving and i'm only getting 25mpg! To put this in perspective, my previous Jag 4.0 sport XJ did 21 ish and my wife's M3 will manage 24! My old Volvo S60 D5 did more like 38 and wasn't 'that' much slower!!
I just wonder if Diesel cars are concentrating too much on perfomance and not enough on their intended purpose, good fuel economy!
Whats it worth then Scoobyzoom? Want to buy it?
I know it is not the same car but I've got a 320cd, only local driving over the last week, lots of hard driving (I've just got it and I'm trying to figure out the best way to extract the most out of it) and I cannot get the trip computer below 41mpg! No town driving in that though and it is a manual.
A chap here has a 330d touring and he gets about the same.
I'd say there was a problem with yours.
D
A chap here has a 330d touring and he gets about the same.
I'd say there was a problem with yours.
D
If its an auto, and you're pootling around town, then you can forget economy. The auto box doesn't lock up til almost 2000rpm, so you'll be wasting a load of fuel. Auto's n diesels do go well together in terms of smoothness, but you'd be MUCH better off with a manual if you're looking for economy.
My 330D was an auto Touring (184bhp) so it shouldn't be that different. I think my fuel consumption stayed in the range 33-38mpg. I didn't even break 30mpg towing a big dinghy! 25MPG is what BMW quote for urban for your car but that should be worst case.
I used to find that my 330d was a little optimistic about what gear it could use. Try knocking it into sport mode and leaving it there in the hills. You may find that you can use less throttle. Use the MPG guage to see how much you can back off without loosing speed.
I used to find that my 330d was a little optimistic about what gear it could use. Try knocking it into sport mode and leaving it there in the hills. You may find that you can use less throttle. Use the MPG guage to see how much you can back off without loosing speed.
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