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[Viral_Jim]

New M5 out soon.

600+ BHP and 4 wheel drive. Should be a nippy little thing.

Close to £100,000 I imagine.

If you mean just north of, then I'd agree!

You're a man with almost limitless wealth, Aaron. Tempted?

TBH I would never have a new M5 given the existence of the 550i: awd, 0-60 in 4.0s and won't look like you covered it in Halfords bling. Oh and it'll be cheaper, with comfier seats and a better ride. 

[tunnie]

New M5 out soon.

600+ BHP and 4 wheel drive. Should be a nippy little thing.

Close to £100,000 I imagine.

If you mean just north of, then I'd agree!

You're a man with almost limitless wealth, Aaron. Tempted?

TBH I would never have a new M5 given the existence of the 550i: awd, 0-60 in 4.0s and won't look like you covered it in Halfords bling. Oh and it'll be cheaper, with comfier seats and a better ride. 

I'd be very tempted to put a 520i badge on it 

[Varche]

Back in the 70's my brother had a 2cv 375 cc (not the bigger version)  he used to come and visit me andget backon a tankful. In those days fuel economy was never ever a consideration for me.

Funny how times change. 70 will be double what I get now.....

[TheBoy]

I need to check the trips (it has 3, 2 controlled by driver, 3rd is a pure journey based one), but it was reading 37mpg on trip, but reality was nearer 32mpg going by Road Trip.

Most people tell me its easy to crack 40mpg, and 50mpg isn't hard to achieve.  Yeah, yeah, not in my lifetime

And it seems most XJ's trips overestimate MPG by around 10%.

[TheBoy]

My 18 year old BMW 530d Auto does 38mpg, but my 9 year old Ford Mondeo 2.2TDCi Manual only does 35mpg. 

Something very wrong with the Ford then 

Why? I would say 40mpg should be about what it would be, being an older engine and a big heavy car (assuming the pre 2008 model).

[Nick W]

I need to check the trips (it has 3, 2 controlled by driver, 3rd is a pure journey based one), but it was reading 37mpg on trip, but reality was nearer 32mpg going by Road Trip.

Most people tell me its easy to crack 40mpg, and 50mpg isn't hard to achieve. Yeah, yeah, not in my lifetime

And it seems most XJ's trips overestimate MPG by around 10%.

How many times have you managed 400miles from an Omega tankful?

[TheBoy]

The Zafira's average has gone up from high 20s/low 30s to high thirties, following MDTM's magic earlier in the year...  ...despite the fact I distinctly heard him say at one point "I hate your bloody car"

[TheBoy]

I need to check the trips (it has 3, 2 controlled by driver, 3rd is a pure journey based one), but it was reading 37mpg on trip, but reality was nearer 32mpg going by Road Trip.

Most people tell me its easy to crack 40mpg, and 50mpg isn't hard to achieve. Yeah, yeah, not in my lifetime

And it seems most XJ's trips overestimate MPG by around 10%.

How many times have you managed 400miles from an Omega tankful?

On the old TD tractor, frequently.  On the petrols, 270-320 miles was the norm from the 3.0l, and 250-300 miles from the 3.2.

That said, I have managed more than 500 miles from a tank of petrol in the 3.0l, but we were driving in convoy in France, on Autoroutes, at a reasonably constant 130kph.