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Message: <blockquote data-quote="supergripen" data-source="post: 453913" data-attributes="member: 1254">BMWs or in general continental cars are not optimized for city stop go driving.Its not surprising that the fc suffers when driven in such manner/environment.For that,small lightweight small engined cars are more likely to give better consumption.Our BMWs are made to be driven in a european driving environment,where motorways and highways are commonplace.Folks drive between cities and towns via long smooth stretches of tarmac,at high speeds in the case of Germany.This is where the engine and drivetrain efficiency comes into play.Handling wise,well,BMWs handles well everywhere.My 335i does 9km/l on the highway,mostly at high speeds.A trip from Sepang to Penang(382kms) consumes just over half a tank of RON97.Mix that with some rural and town driving(Parit Buntar and Kulim),I managed 580kms on a tankful.If u want ur town/city driving to yield low fc figures,u'll need to get something else.A small Perodua perhaps?ps - The fc figure u gave at the start of the thread is just wrong.I don't think u're reading ur instruments right.U need to understand the system/computer to extract the best out of it.Oh yeah,I used to drive a Subaru Impreza STi prior to this.</blockquote>