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      09-15-2018, 10:14 AM   #111
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Daily driver. My only car. But my commute is only 10 miles a day.
That actually may be changing to about 30 miles a day soon. Really thinking about getting something else for that commute. As much as I love driving the M2, I don't want to waste it on slow freeway traffic crawl. Was thinking maybe getting a lease on a used i3, save some gas money and add a little utility. Anybody else done anything similar?
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      09-15-2018, 10:31 AM   #112
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I average 19.2 on shitty California gas and mostly highway miles. Drive the car gently up to temp, then switch to Sport+ and drive more aggressively. I can get around 21-23 round trip if all I do is try to save gas like my life depends on it.
car only has 600 miles, I am getting 195 miles to the tank. that is 14-15 MPG.
This is going to kill me. My STI gets better MPG. (not complaining jut surprised)

I drive the car in Comfort, maybe I need to drive it in sport?
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      09-15-2018, 11:57 AM   #113
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car only has 600 miles, I am getting 195 miles to the tank. that is 14-15 MPG.
This is going to kill me. My STI gets better MPG. (not complaining jut surprised)

I drive the car in Comfort, maybe I need to drive it in sport?
I take it you drive a very short distance?

That demolishes the fuel economy...add that stupid 13 gal tank and you'll be hitting up gas stations a lot more often lol

I find the only way to get anything decent is a longer trip, with minimal if no traffic...which is near impossible in the LA area.
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      09-15-2018, 06:22 PM   #114
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I take it you drive a very short distance?

That demolishes the fuel economy...add that stupid 13 gal tank and you'll be hitting up gas stations a lot more often lol

I find the only way to get anything decent is a longer trip, with minimal if no traffic...which is near impossible in the LA area.

I do drive short distances, 20 mile commute each way, mostly highway but still. I do hit traffic often. I am hoping that is gets a little better after the 1200 service.
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      09-17-2018, 02:26 AM   #115
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your commute is very similar to mine. I'm interested to see how the M2 holds up, and or what it costs to drive over that kind of mileage. The tires are a known vice and the gas mileage is not bad for a performance car but what else could pop up haunts my thoughts.
I honestly don't expect any excessive wear. N55 is a widely used engine and I am doing a lot of highway with a proper warm-up cycle. It's not getting bashed and smashed on every drive.

Averaging 10L/100KM over the past 4,000KM.
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      09-17-2018, 02:29 AM   #116
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car only has 600 miles, I am getting 195 miles to the tank. that is 14-15 MPG.
This is going to kill me. My STI gets better MPG. (not complaining jut surprised)

I drive the car in Comfort, maybe I need to drive it in sport?
That's 19-20L/100KM? Double of my consumption.
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      09-22-2018, 08:50 PM   #117
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I finally got 200 miles this week. I think as the car "loosens up" and learns its fuel trims I should do better. I am sure the ECU is making it run super rich being that it is still under 1200 miles and hasn't gotten its first service.
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      09-22-2018, 09:01 PM   #118
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It's my daily driver, but I mostly work from home, so I don't actually drive daily. If I did, it would still be a great DD. I love this car so much.
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      09-26-2018, 08:52 AM   #119
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What kind of MPG are you guys getting with your cars?
Recently got mine and I am hardly getting 17 MPG driving it on conform mode. Car only had 600 miles.

Yes I bought mine to DD for time being, it is my first 6 cyl. Always had 4 + turbo
My commute to work is 95% freeway, typically going about 70-75 mph. I am getting 24-26 MPG, hand calculated. Weekend driving is about 20ish. I am pretty impressed with the mileage the car can get.

Mine is 3 weeks old with 1700 miles on it already...can't stop driving the damn thing!
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      09-27-2018, 10:38 AM   #120
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3-1/2 season DD. IOW, I drive it all year around, but if there's the slightest chance of snow, I take the pickup or my wife's X1 instead.

Best mileage I ever got was 27 when I picked it up at the performance center and drove back to CO. Mixed around-town driving, I get 21-22. My commute is 4+ miles each way, which doesn't help. I used to run 'DSC off' all the time. Now, I use 'comfort' more, especially in stop-and-go traffic. I think the softer throttle map helps me be a bit more 'responsible'.
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      09-27-2018, 12:50 PM   #121
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The M2 is our business vehicle, but we work from home so no daily commute just trips to visit clients, entertaining new clients, that sort of thing. We have a 2nd car, a beater for personal use with dogs, WalMart, Costco etc.

M2 works great because it's nice enough that it gives off the impression of success, but isn't too extravagant or showy. It's quiet and comfortable enough that I can take a client out in it and it's like being in a "regular" BMW, without drawing too much attention. I reset the trip odometer for the last tank of gas and got 25.1 mpg, nothing wrong with that.
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      09-27-2018, 08:44 PM   #122
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DD, all seasons. My commute is 20 miles round trip, but occasionally I have to go to other sites for work. We get snow like in JRF's pictures. Watched a Honda Civic get stuck in snow at an intersection; I drove around him like it was nothing. Snow tires FTW.
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      10-15-2018, 01:12 PM   #123
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      10-15-2018, 01:29 PM   #124
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Nope. Mainly track car, cars & coffee, short drives on twisty roads. Daily is a 1999 Toyota corolla.
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      10-15-2018, 05:12 PM   #125
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Nope. Mainly track car, cars & coffee, short drives on twisty roads. Daily is a 1999 Toyota corolla.
Wow the two ends of a spectrum
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      11-09-2018, 08:51 AM   #126
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      11-09-2018, 10:25 AM   #127
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      11-09-2018, 01:55 PM   #128
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Yep, my M2 is a DD.

I've had sports cars before (Corvette, 370Z) that weren't daily drivers that, for various reasons, I almost never drove. They basically turned into unintentional garage queens and then I just felt dumb paying for cars that I never used. So with my M2 I'm "forcing" myself to drive it since it's my only option. In really, really bad weather I can take my wife's X3, but that's pretty rare.

I figure I'll be on to the next M2 (or maybe a G80 M3) in four years or so so I'm not worried about putting about 15K miles on the car per year.
You don't even need that X3 in really bad weather. Snow tires will take care of you.

Source: I just drove mine through Cleveland winter and watched a Civic get stuck in a foot of snow that I had zero problems with.

Daily drive, commute is ~20mi round trip.
just moved to Cleveland and put snow tires on mine. glad to hear you can daily it out here
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      11-10-2018, 01:26 PM   #129
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You don't even need that X3 in really bad weather. Snow tires will take care of you.

Source: I just drove mine through Cleveland winter and watched a Civic get stuck in a foot of snow that I had zero problems with.

Daily drive, commute is ~20mi round trip.
This is good to hear...I have snow tires on order!
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      11-10-2018, 02:31 PM   #130
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Just curious how many of you DD your M2? If you do, how long is your commute? My commute is about 80 miles a day round trip. I plan on taking it to work once a week, and then to enjoy evenings and weekends.
With all the salt they put on the roads in the winter here I can't do it.. X3 for the winter.
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just moved to Cleveland and put snow tires on mine. glad to hear you can daily it out here
Yeah I have been fine, I just put on winter mode last week.

I went down to 18x8 wheels all around with 225/45 rubber - extra narrow, better in snow.

It doesn't handle quite the same in the winter as it does on summer setup, but I'd rather be able to get through snow than have to worry about getting stuck.
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