[Piers]

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Fair to say I am very chuffed with it !!

[Piers]

So, a year passes so quickly, since my last update, 17,000 miles in total.

The car has been faultless, (well, maybe one, see below) just had one service so far.

Had the rusty calipers painted by BMW after a bit of a struggle, but they did it and did it well.

The oyster leather has stayed oyster so far, no signs of staining yet.

The MFD is still a crowning glory on a lovely car, the way you can control the media through it, sat nav instructions and driving modes, allowing the full pro nav screen to maintain a full map at all times is brilliant. Only problem is, what will I do as my next car, who is going to equal this (Tesla maybe - or another 5 )

I have not been so impressed with the fuel economy to be honest. It's not that I care about the money ( well I do, but that is not the most important point ) it is that despite my BEST efforts over 100's of miles of touring, I have NEVER got ANYWHERE NEAR the quoted numbers, not even close, BMW are quoting fiction. 42mpg is nearly 20% off quoted, and I appreciate it is in a wind tunnel etc, but really....

Auto is effortless and smooth, paint finish is glassy, demisting on cold mornings (even remotely) is very impressive, love the heated comfortable seats and folding mirrors.

A massive step up on the E60, and I was impressed with that.

What would I change? 3 litre diesel maybe? but I don't really neeeeeed it, it does sound good though, other than that, I may even be persuaded to keep this car longer than normal.

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by Piers

So, a year passes so quickly, since my last update, 17,000 miles in total.

The car has been faultless, (well, maybe one, see below) just had one service so far.


.... I have not been so impressed with the fuel economy to be honest. It's not that I care about the money ( well I do, but that is not the most important point ) it is that despite my BEST efforts over 100's of miles of touring, I have NEVER got ANYWHERE NEAR the quoted numbers, not even close, BMW are quoting fiction. 42mpg is nearly 20% off quoted, and I appreciate it is in a wind tunnel etc, but really.....

How time flies. Remember you getting it. Good to hear it has been near faultless.

I take it your overall mpg has been ~42mpg for the period. Our NEDC test has a lot to answer for.

What is your combined figure, the 57.6mpg rating? If so at 42mpg you are running a 27% shortfall. Seems that is close to the shortfall average (~25%) according to recent reports.

The smaller diesels do look good on paper, but real world driving typically closes the gap on bigger diesels, even the petrol doesn't look quite so bad.

My car is never going to give high mpg, but at least it doesn't suffer the high mpg shortfall. Big petrol's don't do well in the NEDC tests, never have done, so real world driving doesn't hit quite so hard. I can exceed the combined figures on a run, my long term figure (for mixed driving) comes in at about an 8% shortfall, returning 30.5mpg.

HighlandPete

[BMWSKI]

Originally Posted by Piers

So, a year passes so quickly, since my last update, 17,000 miles in total.

The car has been faultless, (well, maybe one, see below) just had one service so far.

Had the rusty calipers painted by BMW after a bit of a struggle, but they did it and did it well.

The oyster leather has stayed oyster so far, no signs of staining yet.

The MFD is still a crowning glory on a lovely car, the way you can control the media through it, sat nav instructions and driving modes, allowing the full pro nav screen to maintain a full map at all times is brilliant. Only problem is, what will I do as my next car, who is going to equal this (Tesla maybe - or another 5 )

I have not been so impressed with the fuel economy to be honest. It's not that I care about the money ( well I do, but that is not the most important point ) it is that despite my BEST efforts over 100's of miles of touring, I have NEVER got ANYWHERE NEAR the quoted numbers, not even close, BMW are quoting fiction. 42mpg is nearly 20% off quoted, and I appreciate it is in a wind tunnel etc, but really....

Auto is effortless and smooth, paint finish is glassy, demisting on cold mornings (even remotely) is very impressive, love the heated comfortable seats and folding mirrors.

A massive step up on the E60, and I was impressed with that.

What would I change? 3 litre diesel maybe? but I don't really neeeeeed it, it does sound good though, other than that, I may even be persuaded to keep this car longer than normal.

42mpg? Is that all? My 335d is averaging 40mpg over 18k
Do others get the same kind of figures?

[teaston]

20% less than claimed is about right, and the same as all other manufacturers.

I believe they do actually state that the quoted mpg is not reflective of real world situations but merely to compare different cars to each other.

[Piers]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

How time flies. Remember you getting it. Good to hear it has been near faultless.

I take it your overall mpg has been ~42mpg for the period. Our NEDC test has a lot to answer for.

What is your combined figure, the 57.6mpg rating? If so at 42mpg you are running a 27% shortfall. Seems that is close to the shortfall average (~25%) according to recent reports.

The smaller diesels do look good on paper, but real world driving typically closes the gap on bigger diesels, even the petrol doesn't look quite so bad.

My car is never going to give high mpg, but at least it doesn't suffer the high mpg shortfall. Big petrol's don't do well in the NEDC tests, never have done, so real world driving doesn't hit quite so hard. I can exceed the combined figures on a run, my long term figure (for mixed driving) comes in at about an 8% shortfall, returning 30.5mpg.

HighlandPete

Thanks Pete, yes November 2013, don't know where the time goes!

[Balster]

Great write up Piers. It's always interesting to see how a new car does in the first year of ownership. Nice to know that I'm not the only one with the low mpg on the LCI.
It's coming up to my 1st anniversary also, so I will follow your example.