aaronmartin

The fuel consumption display on my X5 seems to be quite inaccurate. I filled the tank, reset the trip computer and then drove around for a few hundred kilometers, then filled up again. The fuel consumption according to the trip computer had averaged 12.2L/100km, but when I work out how much it took to refill and the kilometers I travelled, it was actually more like 13.5L/100km. Are these normally that inaccurate, or could there be something wrong?

Yep it is Sportpac 4.4 Jap Import, but its been in New Zealand almost 5 years so has pretty good NZ service history. I wanted a black one, but they seem to attract a hefty price premium, and also they seem almost impossible to keep clean. I think the silver with tints still looks pretty good.

Thanks for the welcome. Ill be using it to tow my boat, its only a ski boat so not very heavy, my old car (Subaru Forester) towed it fine. And my opinion with the fuel consumption is I might as well use it while there is some still left! Petrol is never going to get any cheaper, and I think everyone should own a V8 at least once in their life!

Hi people, I have finally bought the car that I have wanted for years, a 2000 BMW X5 4.4i Only driven about 200km so far, but loved every minute of it, although not looking forward to the first fuel bill :-)