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I Drive a 94 MPG BMW M5
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I Drive a 94 MPG BMW M5
Thats right - I said it. 94 Miles per gallon in a BMW M5. How you might ask? Read on and find out!
As some of you may know, I currently drive a 2000 BMW M5. As much fun as it is, it’s certainly a fuel hungry beast at best. The other day, I went to fill up and as I drove off, I reset my fuel consumption indicator, which temporarily displayed my real time fuel mileage, and it was a shocking 94 miles per gallon!
I thought to myself how is this possible, is my computer broken? What’s up with this truly strange reading.
Then it occurred to me, I was in neutral, coasting towards a red light, and my engine was at idle.
So then I got this crazy idea in my head - what if I were to coast as much as possible in neutral - what would my mileage be?
Fortunately for me, the M5 is a big car, and once it gets moving, its got a lot of momentum, and it will take a long time for it to slow down. This especially goes for large hills, and even on slight downhills the car is capable of maintaining a constant speed. Pretty incredible if you ask me!
So anyways, as I coasted along, my mileage test started. As an update, I’ve gone through all of Sunday, travelled 76 kilometers, barely used a 20th of my tank of gas, and my miles per gallon is just over 26 right now. This is all city driving, with plenty of stop and go traffic.
My goal for the test is going to be to match the mileage of a Toyota Prius, at a whopping 50 miles per gallon. My tank holds 18.5 gallons worth of fuel. This means I could have a range of 924 miles, or a whopping 1479 kilometers! Imagine that, a 50 MPG BMW M5!
I haven’t done anything else to my car by the way. I haven’t even checked tire pressures! So at the conclusion of this test, when I post my results, I will be performing a second test to try to optimize my car even further for maximum mileage.
I personally think the results of this test could be incredibly valuable, especially in a day and age where we are dealing with a recession, rising gas prices, and global warming. I suppose some people might have a problem with putting their car into neutral and having to put it back into the correct gear. Personally, it doesn’t bother me. Whether or not I continue to use this method after I complete my tests we will see, but for now, its a whole bunch of fun to say the least!
Be sure to check back for my next update. If anyone else is curious about trying this method of fuel saving, feel free to post your results in the comments of these posts. Happy coasting!
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You car looks really sweet. Its a M5, its meant for performance not for mileage.
It’s even easier with manual transmission. When you can drive around with the gear on not accelarting you’re using up even less gas then you’d be using up on neutral (it’s true - it has something to do with the fact that the motion of wheels compansates a bit for idling engine or something).