B5 and mpg

vblanche · Post by **vblanche** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:45 pm

What kind of mpg (city driving) should you expect from a B5?

thanks
vincent

E24man · Post by **E24man** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:24 pm

It's an Alpina 4.4 V8 with a sodding great supercharged clamped to it's side..... be happy if it's two figures

Chas · Post by **Chas** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:55 pm

So much depends on the number of short cold journeys you undertake. At normal temperature in the city you should get around 20mpg. If the oil never gets a chance to warm up (<10 miles) I'd guess you'd be looking at less than 15mpg.

ade and liz flint · Post by **ade and liz flint** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:14 am

Urban 'book' value is 15mpg

Expect less in the real world

vblanche · Post by **vblanche** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:17 am

scary...forget it then, maybe an used D5 in few years then

thanks to you all for your comments.
vincent

simon13 · Post by **simon13** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:30 am

either way they're miles better on fuel than an e60 M5!

Peter&Janet · Post by **Peter&Janet** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:32 am

I'm stunned, I was expecting possibly low 20's from some of the owners.

I think I'm very happy now with the B3, any dreams of owning a B5 are totally dashed.

Wise decision to ask the forum Vincent.

Crombers · Post by **Crombers** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:34 am

Are B5s all lead lined or is this all speculation?

The B7s long term average is nearly 22mpg. I'll be nearly 30 on a gentle motorway jaunt and 17 around town.

Drive it like you stole it and you'll get what you deserve.

It's not a V10 M5!

I should add, 75% of my journeys are less than 3 miles.

E24man · Post by **E24man** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:33 am

Crombers wrote: The B7s long term average is .......

Hi Crombers, any chance of some pics, I need a B7 fix

bfive · Post by **bfive** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:08 am

I used to get around 18 mpg on my B5 and that was driving it quite hard. Currently get around the same in the B6. That would be based upon mainly "Fun" back roads. Never really done an urban run in rush hour - what's the point!! The problem really is the fuel tank - it really is too small! Don't know what you could get on a long run at a moderate speed -never done that!

Post by **neil** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:10 pm

E24man wrote:
Crombers wrote: The B7s long term average is .......
Hi Crombers, any chance of some pics, I need a B7 fix

Some from the last Wet Handling day:

http://www.thealpinaregister.com/photos ... -stuart-b7

and

http://www.thealpinaregister.com/photos ... /am-sevens

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:54 pm

I averaged 23.7 mpg over the whole time I owned the B5. If I drove like a nun on the motorway I could get 30, but realistically how many times do you want to do that other than in an average speed recording section!?

jacoda434 · Post by **jacoda434** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:21 pm

neil wrote:
E24man wrote:
Crombers wrote: The B7s long term average is .......
Hi Crombers, any chance of some pics, I need a B7 fix
Some from the last Wet Handling day:

http://www.thealpinaregister.com/photos ... -stuart-b7

and

http://www.thealpinaregister.com/photos ... /am-sevens

looks like fun

LeeD3 · Post by **LeeD3** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:33 pm

Like the previous replies our old B5 managed 22mpg on average up to 30mpg on the motorway.
Currently the new Biturbo is only managing around 19mpg. Not sure if this is down to still running in or to the New car factor. Does make a lovely noise though!

Hodge · Post by **Hodge** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:50 pm

Not really helping with this but, the recent Twitter feed from Matt Stripling showed his trip from Nottm to London as 39.6 mpg av, in the new D5, and that's door to door not just the motorway section.

Said it wouldn't help