I have a 1999 automatic 528 SEi Individual, bought from new. Again, highly specified costing £37k (£12k of extras), personally imported from Germany to save £4000 and have satellite navigation and folding rear seats fitted (BMW GB wouldn't allow those two items to be specified together on a saloon).
Having covered 124,000 miles in mixed driving and having tried every way to drive economically, I can report that the on board computer is far from accurate and the only true test is to fill brim to brim and record the mileage.
Although my computer regularly reads 36mpg on the motorway at 70mph, at the end of a 200 mile journey (when the computer has re-adjusted to 38mpg to take account of off-motorway driving at each end), I find that in fact, it has only managed 24mpg.
This is the average I seem to achieve in mixed driving, keeping a light foot and planning approaches at roundabouts to join without stopping etc.
Having said all this, I have had other BMW s, a Mercedes, a couple of Audi s, Ford and a Toyota but this is by far the best made and pleasure to drive and would agree that it is a superb motor car.
I hope this helps.
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