Whats Your Mileage

[aerowise]

I am curious as to what kind of mileage I can expect from my 1974 2002 being a daily driver. I bought mine with supposedly 30,000 original miles. It is very immaculate, crack free dash, nice headliner, decent paint. Had it checked out by a BMW mechanic and he thought that the mileage seemed legit after examining the whole car, motor, inside, body, underneath, bushings, etc. Only thing is, I had to replace the clutch recently. Could this be a sign that the miles are off or just that someone didn't drive it properly?

Anyway, Post your mileage! What's the highest miles you've seen a 2002 reach?

[themoose]

I'm averaging about 33 mpg, but with a highly tuned Megasquirt system, 5-speed and 3.64 diff. YMMV. When I was running a Weber 32/36 I was averaging around 25. Stock engine w/ 200k miles, header w/ 2" exhaust. Last time I did a dyno pull when tuning it I got 110 hp at the rear. Not bad I think! Now to save up for that engine rebuild!

[roadhog0]

My car was at 60k when I got it from a 20 years storage and it needed a clutch pretty soon after I got it... I get 20mph average on a stock motor with a well tuned 32/36 and a header.

[Zorac]

im roughly around 180,000 miles. the car has good documention from shop reciepts and milage reports at the registry, but ive never gone through and added up the numbers though the speedo replacement, odometer wraps, and miles to km change. car is in pieces right now though getting an engine rebuild.

[JsnPpp]

My rebuilt 40K mile '73 Tii (9.2CR and 3.91 LSD, 5 spd OD) now gets about 31/32mpg on highway, much at 70-80mph.

I can't stress enough to take the time to properly tune the car. I drove mine for nearly 10 years and was plenty happy with it - started promptly, pulled strong - but never got above 24/25 mpg. After going through linkages, distributor, timing, etc. it's like a new car.

As others have said - YMMV.

~Jason

[landon]

398,500 as of this weekend. I am hoping to get 400,000 this season. Where in Colorado are you?

[bueller]

count me in for any cruises, landon. just here is 30 miles closer to 400K! good to see you.

matt

[BakesCO]

Matt - if there are any Front Range cruises scheduled, let me know.

[jimk]

count me in for any cruises, landon. just here is 30 miles closer to 400K! good to see you.

matt

How come you still read "Denver". Thought you bagged it for Eagle?

[bueller]

only been here a little over a month. and i'm just here for the job. pregnant wife, dog, and house are still in denver, which i visit every weekend. not the best situation, but at least i have steady income and i am back in the beautiful mountains 4 to 5 days a week.