Fuel data

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Nov 01, 07 9:01 am

Does anyone know where I can get used car fuel consumption figures?recently bought a 3281 e36 and it appears to be very thirsty.
I can't believe it's this difficult to find that sort of info.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Nov 01, 07 9:10 am

Have you tried any of the beemer forums

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Nov 01, 07 10:32 am

if its anything like my old 320i then it will be BAD for an engine of its size, around town i used to get around 15mpg, (better on a run but still not great).try putting injector cleaner in the tank (made mine a bit better) + check plugs, fuel/air filter etc.then take out a bank loan if you want to keep running it.

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Thu Nov 01, 07 10:46 am

My old CSL was a nightmare, not only on reliability but it absolutely drank juice.

It would have been cheaper to run a Chrysler Imperial as a daily!

Frankly, I wouldn't take any notice of any of the published fuel figures, IMHO they simply don't reflect real world use.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Thu Nov 01, 07 11:14 am

Joe has one.. And yes they are real bad guzzlers!

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Thu Nov 01, 07 6:56 pm

had loads of six pot bm's all real heavy on juice ie 20 average

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Nov 01, 07 7:01 pm

http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/search/search.asp

Try here.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Thu Nov 01, 07 7:01 pm

about 20 mpg sounds about right, same as most 6 cylinder Japs...unless you put your foot in it then.....

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Nov 01, 07 7:09 pm

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/Data.aspx?model=89

Parkers is always a good place to go for tech stuff, this is just a random BMW page.