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      05-22-2012, 02:45 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by SomeRandomer123 View Post
Easily easily easily 49+ for the F31, 52+ for the F30, according to my car and driving style. Although, I am unfamiliar with automatic transmissions and the Touring model, so that is based on what I have seen other people say in comparison to the E90. That said, the extra 2 cogs acting as an overdrive will be great in lowering consumption!
^^ This is not an eco run either, this will be 75-90mph cruising and no dilly dallying!
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Nothing wrong in being hopeful, but I'm not sure we will see such high figures as an average. E91 auto is reported as still under 40mpg as a real world average. I know some users will get better averages and some high figures for light load drives. But I can't see how we can get a 10mpg improvement in the real world.

I'd love to be proved wrong, but too many years studying mpg figures teaches me to be a little cautious of such a jump in the official combined figure. I expect a bigger percentage of mpg shortfall, than the previous generation.

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