C'mon guys and gals, we're all dying to hear some real world MPG's!!!!

[Smartcarracer]

Suburan Commute - using 50/50 (manual/automatic) 42 MPG.

[LittoDeviL]

Originally Posted by LinuxGuy

The first (dealer filled) tank lasted 267 miles and took 8.14 gallons to fill which yields 32.8 mpg.

Filled up with 93 octane and hope the next tank last longer!

Your mpg will only get better and better as your engine is broken in. My 2007 camry hybrid I bought my g/f only got like a little more then 300 miles the first tank and a few tanks after that. Then sooner or later I saw 400 miles range. Then 500 miles.. well now.. 40,000+ miles I hit 595 miles on a tank and filled up more gas then what the specified size of the tank it said in the manual =P.. haha..

So don't worry, engine has to be loosened up

Larry

[chinaski]

The (33-35) in the Smart. Im referring to 50/50 mixture of Highway and city driving,flat terrain which is typical in St. Pete. As for the 328i, I never seen less than 27mpg in 4yrs no matter how I drive that car.

[424me]

301 miles and 7.3 gal 41 I have 1560 miles on my car.

[SmartBob]

Originally Posted by Lgaruti

Here's the 3rd tank results:
305 mi on 8.1 gals.
95% city, 5% highway and 100% of the time with the AC on.
I guess 37.6 mpg isn't too bad. Still trying for 40.

37-38 is great for mostly city driving. I'll be driving 17mi one way to work and it's mostly 50-65 mph so I'm hoping to hit 40 mpg. We'll see.

[Aerotaz]

A little over 950 miles now, four fill ups, 33, 37, 34, 36 MPG. Most driving is a freeway commute of about 60 miles round trip. Leave at 4:30 AM and return home about 2 PM. I am hard pressed to keep it under 70 MPH. Smarting around is too much fun to worry about another 5 or 10 MPG IMHO. We have tachometers to see where the red line is, right? Let’s use them!

[Mitspowered]

This is from a full tank from the dealer, so it might be a bit skewed. 180.6 miles of slice and dice driving on the highway (65 MPH, all the way up to 85+),plus some surface street driving here and there. Filled to the first "click"-whereas dealer might have topped it off, I don't know. Anyway, 4.81 Gal, so ~37.5 MPG. I'll be curious to see what the next few fillups bring.

[a2jack]

Originally Posted by ms bea

first fill up all city...up and down hills and lots of stop signs here is sf...24 mpg!!!!!!! very disappointing.

Msbea. I would be disappointed too! Please post us on your mode of gear shift. Are you using "D" ? Are you using the manual stick shift? Paddles?

You have lowest MPG I've seen on this board. Some thing is amiss.

A2Jack.

[Lgaruti]

Originally Posted by chinaski

I've studied this very very closely and i can tell you I'ved filled up 5 tanks so far after running my tank down to .1 gallons each time. Normal driving in Florida Im getting a lousy 33-35mpg over those five fillups. My 328i with inline 6 get's 32mpg religiously. I'm not happy. I hope this break-in theory has merit

Chinaski, I run the St Pete circuit every day and now am getting 37+ with 900 mi on the odo. 1st tank was @ 32mpg so I think you will see improvement as others have.

[roverallover]

2300 miles ... last fill 2 fill-ups were 43.3 and 43.6 mpg.
60(ish) mph on the freeway and I'm trying popping it in neutral as much as possible ... and turning the engine off at when I know I'm going to be at a long light. Only in the day though!