330i an economical car? Methinks YES!

[v1p3r]

I never thought this possible, but last week I had to fetch my gf at work and take her to a car dealership to collect her new car, so:

At 4pm I leave Stellenbosch with very little fuel in my tank, so I head towards the N1 and quickly stop to add R100's worth of fuel (+- 10litres) at the Bottelary Rd Caltex. I head off at about 16:05 to collect her at her office in the Foreshore [50km] (I have to be there at 16:30, so I open the throttle a bit :=). I of course hit peak hour traffic :facepalm: and deal with bumper to bumper, stop/go traffic all the way to the dealership in Voortrekker Rd Bellville [30km]

So we pick up the car and I follow her in the same shizzy traffic to Kuilsriver [10km]. We then head to my house on the other side of the Helshoogte Pass. [35km]

The next morning head back to Stellenbosch [15km] for work, get to the petrol station, and the pumps are offline :argh:, so I have to drive to another [2 or 3km]

Ok so that's around 140km...on that measly R100 gas in varied driving conditions (20kph stop/go and 140 - 160kph at times) and I avg 11.3l/100km with my car

Not bad eh?

 

[Sankekur]

Have you had a chance to take you 330i for some long distance open road driving?, if not you should, it will blow you mind.


My car a couple of weeks back, from Pretoria to ballito:

 

[v1p3r]

:bravo:

I mostly use my car for shorter distances, to work & back etc. Furthest I've been is Paternoster on the West Coast. That's impressive Sank

 

[Philip Foglar]

These cars can be frighteningly frugal when they want to be! In all cases, it's the stop/start traffic that kills the economy and short trips. On the open road these cars sip fuel even when hauling!

This was during the recent breakfast run - later on after some spirited driving back over the pass it settled on 8.1 l/100 km! Same sort of trip along the coast with four up and a tad over the speed limit most of the time, usually around 8.4 l/100 km - very reasonable I think! :inlove:

 

[Naruto]

Wow guys that's impressive...

My next ride will be a 330i

 

[335i Lci]

both you guys have low mileage for your cars respectively, good stuff:thumbs: great consumption too... The E46 is almost in diesel terrority!!

 

[Doomsdaya]

Have you had a chance to take you 330i for some long distance open road driving?, if not you should, it will blow you mind.


My car a couple of weeks back, from Pretoria to ballito:

raise:

 

[SKYF]

i got those around 6.2 - 6.9 on my 135 from durbs to margate, not to shabby

 

[TheMo]

mines not so good tho lol I sit on 15,4l/100km
Usually R250 petrol lasts for 150km haha

 

[BRUCE G]

mines not so good tho lol I sit on 15,4l/100km
Usually R250 petrol lasts for 150km haha

I'm on a similar boat to you :rollsmile:. Would like to do a long trip and check. Furthest trip was kzn to pmb.

 

[v1p3r]

Do you have a chunk of lead stuck in your sneakers Mo? :rollsmile:

 

[Sankekur]

lol, thanks guys, it is just surprising how frugal there motors are on the open road.
Of course if you gun it you can pretty much see the fuel level indicator go down :rollsmile:

In terms of The Mo's car, I am wondering what effect the SMG box has on consumption :thinking:

 

[Twinz]

Impressive indeed. :thumbs:

 

[Philip Foglar]

...In terms of The Mo's car, I am wondering what effect the SMG box has on consumption :thinking:

Also curious about this - technically the SMG gearbox is still a manual so would have the same losses, maybe the gear change characteristic and other factors would affect the consumption. My father in law's Z4 which has the SMG gearbox seems to be fairly light on fuel most of the time.

 

[Sankekur]

...In terms of The Mo's car, I am wondering what effect the SMG box has on consumption :thinking:

Also curious about this - technically the SMG gearbox is still a manual so would have the same losses, maybe the gear change characteristic and other factors would affect the consumption. My father in law's Z4 which has the SMG gearbox seems to be fairly light on fuel most of the time.

Yeah that was what I was thinking, as it is pretty much the same box but with hydraulic actuators, and I can't think that shifting characteristics can make such a profound effect, maybe the mo just has very heavy foot :rollsmile:

 

[v1p3r]

According to your OBC what do you average in daily driving Sank?

 

[Sankekur]

Something like 10.1, thereabouts, problem is I have a pretty short commute to work, less that 10km so that does not help.

 

[Coisman]

imp:
Best i ever got with my 325i was on a trip to White River in Nellspruit. This included stopping for the tollgates, and 3 "P"-breaks for the kids as well. I locked the cruize control on 125km/h and this is what I got...

 

[Sankekur]

Uhhmmmmm :mmm: :fencelook: cois, 125km/h is higher than the maximum posted speed limit of any road in SA.....

 

[Coisman]

Uhhmmmmm :mmm: :fencelook: cois, 125km/h is higher than the maximum posted speed limit of any road in SA.....

imp:
Indeed, but remember I have a 10km grace, so if the speed posted is 120km/h I can go up to 129km/h without a fine.
I think wat also helped was the parts where I was only allowed to go 80km/h like through Mashado and on the Schoemans kloof road. :thumb: