They must have swtiched over to summer gasoline blends recently

doggiedog · 06-05-2010, 02:47 PM

My car is getting much better mileage. The trip computer is telling me I can go about 400 miles on a tank. I've driven 1/3 of a tank so far and I'm at 130 miles. I haven't driven any differently. In the winter I would get under 300 miles per tank.

The only thing I changed was going from BP gasoline only to anything else.

fruition3000 · 06-05-2010, 02:59 PM

its all in ur head broham if u get more than 1 -2 mpg more

MKR_DmD · 06-05-2010, 03:09 PM

My computer always says more then 400 on a tank, but I don't even get close to that.

Buegie · 06-05-2010, 04:50 PM

the computer is always wrong in the beginning. You have to do a mpg calculation after the tank is empty to get an accurate number.

John 070 · 06-05-2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Buegie

the computer is always wrong in the beginning.

A computer cannot predict the future.

JohnSprm69 · 06-05-2010, 05:33 PM

im only getting about 270 to 280 mpg, but my comute is 40 minutes of pure traffic each way

SS e93 · 06-06-2010, 12:48 AM

Yea my trip comp always says 400, and 300 when ive driven 100 miles. But by the time im at 1/4 or light goes on, i've barely gone around 300 miles on my tank. I reset my trip odometer each tank just to know how many mpg I get.

fruition3000 · 06-06-2010, 10:19 AM

If you baby the car and drive on the highway you will get that 400+ mpg

cn555ic · 06-06-2010, 10:22 AM

Shit I only get about 220-250 miles on a full tank of gas!

Its not a daily driver for me so when I take it out, I take it out!
It also doesn't help that I am a fully modded vert though

dreamingat30fps · 06-06-2010, 10:33 AM

My computer use to always say 400 when I filled up. However I guess it got tired of being wrong because it has now started saying upper 300s.

BayMoWe335 · 06-06-2010, 10:36 AM

Mine always says 320 at fillup. I guess it knows I am 90% in town.

gary88 · 06-06-2010, 10:56 AM

I filled up yesterday and mine said 425.

RoundelM3 · 06-06-2010, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by John 070

A computer cannot predict the future.

Tell that to the NOAA and the other weather modelers...

That said, summer blends have more "oxygenation" and that usually means a bit less mileage - mostly due to the fact that they up the percentage of ethanol for the warmer months.

dcorn · 06-06-2010, 01:19 PM

I usually get a little over 100 miles per 1/4 tank, going by the gauge. Comes out to around 26mpg on average. I drive a lot of highway miles.

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Originally Posted by doggiedog

The only thing I changed was going from BP gasoline only to anything else.

Boycotting BP eh?

nyknickfan · 06-06-2010, 02:11 PM

My car always tells me 400 miles when I fill up and I do mostly city driving...average 19.5mpg...I end up with 300 miles to the tank usually and the computer adjusts itself gradually through the use of the tank

doggiedog · 06-07-2010, 08:29 PM

Well, something is up because I ended up getting 360 miles on the tank compared to about 280-300 miles normally. I didn't drive any differently.

Oulixes · 06-07-2010, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by John 070

A computer cannot predict the future.

Amen. Nor can it protect the HPFP from failing, even when re-programmed.

Alexander · 06-07-2010, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Oulixes

Amen. Nor can it protect the HPFP from failing, even when re-programmed.

Yup.

I hate how everything is dependent on the computer. I had to argue with my SA forever to get them to replace my pads. But your computer doesn't say that you need them! It's been 26,000 miles in Atlanta!

Oh I'm sorry your sensors were bad... No shit!

Dan in PA · 06-07-2010, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dcorn

Boycotting BP eh?

I hope he boycotts every other oil company that has harmed the environment (all of them)...

06-05-2010, 02:47 PM	#1
doggiedog Captain 36 Rep 757 Posts Drives: 09 E90 335i 6MT SG/BL Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fort Lee, NJ iTrader: (0)	They must have swtiched over to summer gasoline blends recently My car is getting much better mileage. The trip computer is telling me I can go about 400 miles on a tank. I've driven 1/3 of a tank so far and I'm at 130 miles. I haven't driven any differently. In the winter I would get under 300 miles per tank. The only thing I changed was going from BP gasoline only to anything else.
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SS e93 Captain 27 Rep 850 Posts Drives: e93 M3 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: new york iTrader: (2)	Yea my trip comp always says 400, and 300 when ive driven 100 miles. But by the time im at 1/4 or light goes on, i've barely gone around 300 miles on my tank. I reset my trip odometer each tank just to know how many mpg I get.
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fruition3000 Captain 29 Rep 769 Posts Drives: Down Ocean Drive Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Le-Bron Town iTrader: (0)	If you baby the car and drive on the highway you will get that 400+ mpg __________________
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cn555ic 441 Rep 18,331 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: US iTrader: (6)	Shit I only get about 220-250 miles on a full tank of gas! Its not a daily driver for me so when I take it out, I take it out! It also doesn't help that I am a fully modded vert though
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dreamingat30fps Lieutenant Colonel 5330 Rep 1,912 Posts Drives: Miata, Cayenne, Model 3, F350 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Florida & NC iTrader: (1)	My computer use to always say 400 when I filled up. However I guess it got tired of being wrong because it has now started saying upper 300s.
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BayMoWe335 Colonel 1177 Rep 2,132 Posts Drives: 2010 E92 335i 6MT Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: US iTrader: (0)	Mine always says 320 at fillup. I guess it knows I am 90% in town.
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gary88 Ikea enthusiast 334 Rep 8,140 Posts Drives: '07 E92 335i Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (3) Garage List 2007 E92 335i [7.96]	I filled up yesterday and mine said 425. __________________ garyhebdingjr.com \| flickr \| Instagram
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nyknickfan Private First Class 11 Rep 151 Posts Drives: 2008 Alpine White 335i Sedan Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ iTrader: (0)	My car always tells me 400 miles when I fill up and I do mostly city driving...average 19.5mpg...I end up with 300 miles to the tank usually and the computer adjusts itself gradually through the use of the tank
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doggiedog Captain 36 Rep 757 Posts Drives: 09 E90 335i 6MT SG/BL Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fort Lee, NJ iTrader: (0)	Well, something is up because I ended up getting 360 miles on the tank compared to about 280-300 miles normally. I didn't drive any differently.
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