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Old 19 August 2007, 04:01 PM
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Default Terrific M5 article
Bit of touring and some head to head with competitors and exotics, a really good write up and loads of pics.

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Old 20 August 2007, 01:26 PM
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Did I work that out right, 12 mpg!!!
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Old 20 August 2007, 04:22 PM
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Did I work that out right, 12 mpg!!!
Yep, got a freind who has one, rarely gets more than 15mpg!
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Old 20 August 2007, 09:15 PM
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Bet the Gallardo isn't any better
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About 10-12mpg when spanking it. My local Shell garage think I've got a leaky tank!
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I got 10mpg two weeks ago after three laps of the 'ring, but 19-20mpg for a round trip to Germany, doing some crazy speeds on the derestricted Autobahn, and bouncing off the speed limiter where possible (which is incidentally at an indicated 169mph).

Not great, but the low-teens mpgs are not representative of everyday driving.

My long term average is 22+mpg.
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Fantastic review Seriously thinking about one in the next 6 to 9 months.
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Originally Posted by Skittles
I got 10mpg two weeks ago after three laps of the 'ring, but 19-20mpg for a round trip to Germany, doing some crazy speeds on the derestricted Autobahn, and bouncing off the speed limiter where possible (which is incidentally at an indicated 169mph).

Not great, but the low-teens mpgs are not representative of everyday driving.

My long term average is 22+mpg.
Mate are you sure about that? I've never managed 22 mpg
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Originally Posted by Deep Singh
Mate are you sure about that? I've never managed 22 mpg
Yep. Most of my driving is motorway driving. Make sure your's isn't set to US gallons. Mine was when I picked it up.
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Originally Posted by Skittles
Yep. Most of my driving is motorway driving. Make sure your's isn't set to US gallons. Mine was when I picked it up.
Stupid question but how do find out if thats the case?
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Originally Posted by Deep Singh
Stupid question but how do find out if thats the case?
Go into the units part of the Idrive (under the setup bit - i.e. in the main i-drive menu when you push the controller down rather than up/down/l/r)
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Originally Posted by Skittles
Go into the units part of the Idrive (under the setup bit - i.e. in the main i-drive menu when you push the controller down rather than up/down/l/r)
Thanks
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