[Lucky13]

The point was made a couple posts before that it was because of the engine and weight and I said no. The X drive is 75 lbs lighter than the 528 and S drive 250+ lighter. My point also was using any mathematical statistics you want you don't just look at a couple people that say mileage is horrible or a couple that say its fantastic. This board is either enthusiasts or complainers so somewhere in between is reality. Everyone knows that thy EPA tests are BS, it's been in the news quite about lately about how they don't relate at all to real world driving so yes if you expected to get 32-34 consistently on the hwy if you drive 60-65 you probably could. All I know is real world comparison to our 2007 X3 with 3.0 and we get about 21.5-22 compared to 18-18.5 city. Same driving conditions exactly except the X1 has been all on winter blend fuel which is less. On the hwy we got about 22.5 in our X3 driving 75-85 and the two 600 mile total trips I took at 75-85 in the X1 I got 31 which is a significant increase. X3 was a hair over 4000 lbs vs 3550. My 2010 Clubman S I traded got about 32.5 highway at the same speed and it was 500 lbs lighter and averaged 26.5 city same course. Point being I certainly didn't expect my X1 to beat my Clubman S but if someone actually believes EPA estimates on any cars other than deisels they will be disappointed. We should all pick up at least 1 mpg when gas switches to summer blend.
A week ago The Weather Channel had an expect give 8 reasons why you get worse mileage in the winter but the top 3 were winter blend gas, oil needs a significant amount of time to get into operating range and third was every 10 degrees in temp decreases gas mileage .4% due to tire pressure dropping. Sorry don't have the other 5 reasons.