Calling all 330e Hybrid drivers

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singhini wrote: »

anyway i discovered another fault (car keeps telling me its doing 134mpg)

And you believe it as you believe everything else it tells you?

Just proves what people have been telling you.

singhini

treboeth wrote: »

And you believe it as you believe everything else it tells you?

Just proves what people have been telling you.

please dont think you can try to end this thread that quickly (ive invested alot of my time in this nonesense).

singhini

treboeth wrote: »

And you believe it as you believe everything else it tells you?

Just proves what people have been telling you.

i cant be sure apparently, thats the problem

oldagetraveller

With regard to regular checks, and not relying on various warning lights and sensors, I checked my tyres yesterday, as I do weekly. I also do a visual walk around before each journey paying particular attention to the tyres - e.g. visible bulges etc. It only takes seconds. Pressures - normal. Visual - oh, there's a nail head showing on the outside edge of the tread. No number of pressure sensors would have picked up on that, no loss of pressure. Removed nail, tyre started to very slowly deflate.
Fitted full size spare and off to tyre place.
Can't repair due to location of puncture - new tyre.
So yes, it pays to check regularly, not just tyres, and not rely on error prone electronics.

Somebody

singhini wrote: »

anyway i discovered another fault (car keeps telling me its doing 134mpg)

I've had my 330e since September and I do visual checks on tyres etc but will rely on the car computer to tell me that tyre pressures are low, for example, as that's what it's there for, and confirm by doing a check with a manual gauge.

I have not had loss of coolant. The car has two cooling systems, one for the petrol engine and one for the battery/control pack. On Pistonheads you can find a handful instances of loss of coolant. If I recall correctly in all instances it was rectified by a quick top up.

As for doing 134mpg, that's the onboard computer calculating the fuel consumption. On mine, I've seen it range from 72mpg to 706.2mpg (see next paragraph). It's dependent on the ratio of electric miles to the total miles on a trip, so the higher the electric ratio the higher mpg as you are using less petrol.

In this current cold weather I'm finding the electric range to be around 14 miles. I have a daily commute of 15 miles to work and I've been recording the mpg statistics. Last Friday, for example, on a serene drive the electric driving ratio was 91% and returned 706.2mpg. This morning, in battery save mode for the first couple of miles and then overtaking using the gear shift paddles the electric driving ratio was 70% and the fuel consumption was reported as 113mpg.

On pure electric trips to the local shops for example it will show 0 to denote "infinite" mpg.

almillar

claiming something ridiculous like over 100mpg??

If you drive 10 miles, just on electric, you'll get over 1,000,000mpg! It depends entirely on your journeys - if you do the short ones it'll be great, if it's long journeys, it'll be beaten by a diesel.

I also would like to hear real world figures - BMW claim 134mpg I think.

It. depends. The problem is when people look for just one number, then they're disappointed when they use the car differently. This problem exists for petrols, diesels and electrics, but is worst in hybrids.

I cant get my head around what it costs to charge and thus if charging is cost effective

Easy. How many kWh is the battery? How much do you pay per kWh for your electricity (around 15p). Multiply. This does ignore some inefficiency in your charger.
For example, my Kia Soul EV has a 30kWh battery. Multiply that by 15p and it would cost £4.50 to charge, if I had to push it onto the driveway empty.

No I don't, not on the 330e (its modern and it tells me when fluids need doing).

It told you that in the manual did it? What if the sensor fails? No matter what the car, you still need to check fluids. You'll not get away with not checking them on this forum!

The light came on and I booked it in (as its under warranty), ive topped it up and I will keep an eye on it until Monday when BMW will be looking at it.

Exactly. Let them fix it for free, but once you get it back, do regularly check the coolant level (under the bonnet, not on a screen). If you think they mightn't fix it right, monitor the situation.

I don't know where its gone (I suspect it was never in the car and its an air pocket and nothing to worry about)

That's easy to answer - if the car was supplied with low coolant, the light would have been on when delivered. It has come on, which means it has gone somewhere, you've got an air pocket, or the sensor's faulty.

a handful instances of loss of coolant. If I recall correctly in all instances it was rectified by a quick top up.

But... where did it go?!!