gas prices (kinda OT)

hey everyone


I'm from Croatia (europe) and I'm just wondering, what are the gas prices at
where *you* live?

here the average gas price is somewhat less than $1.50 per liter.
and....they predict it's gonna be close to $2 a liter next year... I'm
driving a bmw 320i e30 ....having avg consumption about 11-12l/100km, this
looks like a problem


Filip

filip wrote:
> hey everyone
>
>
> I'm from Croatia (europe) and I'm just wondering, what are the gas prices at
> where *you* live?
>
> here the average gas price is somewhat less than $1.50 per liter.
> and....they predict it's gonna be close to $2 a liter next year... I'm
> driving a bmw 320i e30 ....having avg consumption about 11-12l/100km, this
> looks like a problem


In Holland, gasoline is about EUR 1.30 a liter, which is $1.57.
(Incidentally, that's almost $6.00 to the gallon)

Your fuel consumption is fair for commuting. If it is a manual and you take
it on the open road and keep it steady below 120km/h, you should be able to
get almost 9l/100km. If not, have it dyno tuned. It improved my power and
consumption by 15%. Ignition timing was too retarded.

Your gas price seems a bit high already, in South Africa it is currently
still under $1 per litre.

MW


"filip" > wrote in message
...
> hey everyone
>
>
> I'm from Croatia (europe) and I'm just wondering, what are the gas prices
> at
> where *you* live?
>
> here the average gas price is somewhat less than $1.50 per liter.
> and....they predict it's gonna be close to $2 a liter next year... I'm
> driving a bmw 320i e30 ....having avg consumption about 11-12l/100km, this
> looks like a problem
>
>
> Filip
>
>

"MW de Jager" > wrote in message
...
> Your fuel consumption is fair for commuting. If it is a manual and you
take
> it on the open road and keep it steady below 120km/h, you should be able
to
> get almost 9l/100km. If not, have it dyno tuned. It improved my power
and
> consumption by 15%. Ignition timing was too retarded.
>
> Your gas price seems a bit high already, in South Africa it is currently
> still under $1 per litre.
>
> MW
>
>

well

the car is stick...i drive it normally, sometimes fast. so 11-12 is what I
expected. On open road about 10.
but....you mentioned retarded ignition...usually when i start my car...first
just insert key and turn it for control check and lights, when i start it -
it usually takes him 2 seconds to start...i find that a bit retarded, every
other car i had, started immediatelly when i turned the key to ignition...

any advices?

On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:00:44 +0200, Peter Bozz > wrote:

>filip wrote:
>> hey everyone
>>
>>
>> I'm from Croatia (europe) and I'm just wondering, what are the gas prices at
>> where *you* live?
>>
>> here the average gas price is somewhat less than $1.50 per liter.
>> and....they predict it's gonna be close to $2 a liter next year... I'm
>> driving a bmw 320i e30 ....having avg consumption about 11-12l/100km, this
>> looks like a problem
>
>
>In Holland, gasoline is about EUR 1.30 a liter, which is $1.57.
>(Incidentally, that's almost $6.00 to the gallon)

Depends on what place in holland, where i live: €1.39,9 (€1,40)
btw my 325 e36 driver 10L/100Km

1 US$ litre. Country: Chile.

10Lt/100Km

--
Don Corleone
Mercedes Benz 190e 2.3 negro
"The best or nothing"
www.fotolog.cl/don_corleone

"Disfruto conduciendo, no ahorrando 10.000 pesos en cada estación de
servicio."

"filip" > wrote in message
...
> hey everyone
>
>
> I'm from Croatia (europe) and I'm just wondering, what are the gas prices
> at
> where *you* live?
>
> here the average gas price is somewhat less than $1.50 per liter.
> and....they predict it's gonna be close to $2 a liter next year... I'm
> driving a bmw 320i e30 ....having avg consumption about 11-12l/100km, this
> looks like a problem
>
>
> Filip
>
>

10l/100 is ok. If you want to get better than that with a 320 e30, you need
to be a very economical driver. Most people just can't do it!

Don't bother with a dyno if you can still get that kind of consumption. My
best was 11.5l/100 before the dyno.

Fast ignition timing, will give you better consumption and power at speed,
but will cause pinging when you pull away with low revs. This does not
bother me. If your timing is retarded, you get a nice pull away with no
pinging but the engine has no power at high revs. That was my experience
with my 320 at least.

Regards
MW


"filip" > wrote in message
...
>
> "MW de Jager" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Your fuel consumption is fair for commuting. If it is a manual and you
> take
>> it on the open road and keep it steady below 120km/h, you should be able
> to
>> get almost 9l/100km. If not, have it dyno tuned. It improved my power
> and
>> consumption by 15%. Ignition timing was too retarded.
>>
>> Your gas price seems a bit high already, in South Africa it is currently
>> still under $1 per litre.
>>
>> MW
>>
>>
>
> well
>
> the car is stick...i drive it normally, sometimes fast. so 11-12 is what I
> expected. On open road about 10.
> but....you mentioned retarded ignition...usually when i start my
> car...first
> just insert key and turn it for control check and lights, when i start
> it -
> it usually takes him 2 seconds to start...i find that a bit retarded,
> every
> other car i had, started immediatelly when i turned the key to ignition...
>
> any advices?
>
>

"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote
> Which gallon? (I suppose I could work it out from your numbers...)

Looks like the US gallon (3.785 liter).

Pete

> hey everyone
>
>
> I'm from Croatia (europe) and I'm just wondering, what are the gas prices
> at
> where *you* live?
>
> here the average gas price is somewhat less than $1.50 per liter.
> and....they predict it's gonna be close to $2 a liter next year... I'm
> driving a bmw 320i e30 ....having avg consumption about 11-12l/100km, this
> looks like a problem

Southern California. As of 6-20 (my last fill) It was $2.399/gallon. or,
$0.633/liter. I think that comes out to 0.529 EUR per Liter. Yeah, and
Americans STILL bitch about "skyrocketing fuel prices!" I think we are just
spoiled. Then again, everyone here has to have the biggest SUV or truck on
the market.

"MW de Jager" > wrote in message
...
> 10l/100 is ok. If you want to get better than that with a 320 e30, you
need
> to be a very economical driver. Most people just can't do it!
>
> Don't bother with a dyno if you can still get that kind of consumption.
My
> best was 11.5l/100 before the dyno.
>
> Fast ignition timing, will give you better consumption and power at speed,
> but will cause pinging when you pull away with low revs. This does not
> bother me. If your timing is retarded, you get a nice pull away with no
> pinging but the engine has no power at high revs. That was my experience
> with my 320 at least.
>
> Regards
> MW
>

I dunno. I'm satisfied with my engine's strength at both low and high rpms.
it's a 1988, and i managed to drive it about 205kmh a couple of weeks ago,
and I find it fast for a 320i.

And about pinging - you mean like little pulls during low revs? it only
happens to me just when i start the car, for the first 5-6 seconds i drive
off. after that, it drives normally.

Tomorrow I will maybe sell the car. I'm gonna go to the car fair (like a big
selling yard) and if I get more money than I paid for (possible 'cause i
bought it *very* cheaply), I'm gonna sell it and buy an e34. (525 hopefully)


sorry for the offtopic.


Filip