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Originally Posted by fpm14
Picked up a 2012 X1 for the wife after trading in her Suzuki Grand Vitara cause I thought it used too much gas - well guess what, it turns out the X1 only 4 cylinder uses MORE, plus it must use 91octane which costs more. Overall, I love the car, but gas mileage is nowhere close to advertised. I am seriously thinking of trading it in. Only have 2300kms on it and filled the tank 6 times already - NOT very impressive.
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Yes, it's not that great in city driving, but will get a bit better as gets broken in.
The real beauty is highway driving -- that's where the 8 speed and the turbo four really shines. Drove to Cleveland the other week and was getting over 800km to the tank.