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Originally Posted by BMWDave
You just must be really babying your cars around. For a bit of fun, I gave it a short go. I've done 59kms so far and have a range of 920kms on my 23d. I'm making sure that when i'm climbing hills or whatever, that i'm feathering the throttle to try and keep the instant fuel under 10L/100kms, taking off slowly, rolling down hills (in drive), taking foot off throttle in gear and coasting when I can but I feel like i'm being passed by people on foot. I'm too impatient to last this "miss daisy" driving technique out a whole tank but I do see how it's theoretically possible...
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Remember the gearing is different on the 23d, you need to sit at 60mph to get the same consumption as the 20d sat at 75mph.
I have a 118d and that also has shorter gears and although mine will happily do 70mpg at 50mph sitting at 80mph which is motorway cursing it is down to 40mpg.
Just got rid of a new F11 520d auto touring and that would see 49mpg sat at 80mph.
I guess you need to buy the right car for the job.