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Originally Posted by mullini
I believe I do "true" city driving, in the heart of Los Angeles. I have the sDrive281. My morning commute is 18 miles (mostly open freeway, because I leave at 5:30am for the gym before work). Coming home, traffic is pretty bad. The rest of my driving is local/street driving. I have had exactly one longer trip since I got the X1, about 200 miles round trip. Otherwise - city driving, LA style.
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You may believe you do "true" city driving, but "mostly freeway" is nothing like what the EPA considers city driving. Nor is it anything like what the previous poster was getting at. If I understand him correctly, he was talking about normal streets with stop signs or stoplights every few blocks. This is even more severe than the EPA city cycle. It is also the same as my daily commute and I'm not getting close to 20 mpg either. I am now getting around 18 mpg for this type of driving. Not great but better than the 15-16 mpg I was getting when the car was new.