[Il Fenomeno 415]

Just wondering for those who normally use ECO Pro mode for daily commutes, have the blue saved miles changed?

I noticed that the rate has gone from a total of about 12 blue miles, then up to 22 miles now down to 8-10 miles. This is after a full tank of gas. Any useful responses would be appreciated-thanks!

[HighlandPete]

I don't have Eco-Pro in my car, but have driven a UK 320d ED for 3-days. Re the saved miles, you can "use them up" if you drive a bit harder in Eco-Pro mode. Certainly varied according to how I was driving, which is what I'd expect, as Eco-Pro encourages a gentle driving style.

HighlandPete

[carzaddict]

on my drive to canada, i built up about 5 miles......but then i started travelling at 120 for about an hour and used it all up

[Pcprograms]

Originally Posted by carzaddict

on my drive to canada, i built up about 5 miles......but then i started travelling at 120 for about an hour and used it all up

120 for an hour? And no state troopers stopped you? You are lucky I do 120 sometimes but not more then 5 mins I slow down for fear of passing a Police Officer on the side of the road or in an unmarked car.

And Only on parts of the highway that are straight I wouldn't do 120 when the highway starts to have turns.

[boulderado]

Originally Posted by Pcprograms

120 for an hour? And no state troopers stopped you? You are lucky I do 120 sometimes but not more then 5 mins I slow down for fear of passing a Police Officer on the side of the road or in an unmarked car.

And Only on parts of the highway that are straight I wouldn't do 120 when the highway starts to have turns.

120 km/h = 75 mp/h is probably what s/he means.

[Il Fenomeno 415]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

I don't have Eco-Pro in my car, but have driven a UK 320d ED for 3-days. Re the saved miles, you can "use them up" if you drive a bit harder in Eco-Pro mode. Certainly varied according to how I was driving, which is what I'd expect, as Eco-Pro encourages a gentle driving style.

HighlandPete

I understand driving style can use up the saved blue miles, but I've been driving the same gentle style consistently on my work commute but have noticed the saved miles are increasing at a much slower rate. After a couple of weeks of building up 22-24 saved miles, I drove consistently with Comfort/Sport for a week non-stop, then noticed the change rate in saved miles only totalling 12 or less saved miles now.

[Sedan_Clan]

I use Eco-Pro during commutes, but I've never gotten any higher than about 15 saved miles.

[AMJAM]

I use it for stop start traffic my record for one tank is 28km

[oceanview]

EcoPro Mode calculates the milage saving compared to your regular driving (when you don't use EcoPro Mode)
So the more Miles per Gallon you reach on regular mode, the less milage you can save compared to that, when in EcoPro mode.

Looks like you drive quite efficent in regular mode. My recommendation: Make intensiv use of the 300 HP in Comfort or Sport Mode, then your EcoPro Saving will increase again.

[Il Fenomeno 415]

Originally Posted by oceanview

EcoPro Mode calculates the milage saving compared to your regular driving (when you don't use EcoPro Mode)
So the more Miles per Gallon you reach on regular mode, the less milage you can save compared to that, when in EcoPro mode.

Looks like you drive quite efficent in regular mode. My recommendation: Make intensiv use of the 300 HP in Comfort or Sport Mode, then your EcoPro Saving will increase again.

Thanks! Very interesting persective, I will try your suggestion and see what happens. I had noticed that when the saved miles rate increased up to 22-24 miles, it was right after I filled my tires with air-so I thought that was the cause. Then all of a sudden it began increasing at a very slow rate which I thought was because the temperature started to drop here in Chicago.

[FuzzyBMW320i]

I use eco-mode daily for my commutes. If you are stopping and starting at stop lights often, the "blue" eco-mileage will drop, especially if you are heavy on the gas starting off. Also, when you aren't in eco-mode, if you drive the car hard, the eco-mileage will drop as well.

I've been very carefully paying attention to this as well. Drive the car with a light foot and your mileage should definitely go up. Got almost 425 miles on a tank in my 320i last week.

Cheers

[Il Fenomeno 415]

Originally Posted by FuzzyBMW320i

I use eco-mode daily for my commutes. If you are stopping and starting at stop lights often, the "blue" eco-mileage will drop, especially if you are heavy on the gas starting off. Also, when you aren't in eco-mode, if you drive the car hard, the eco-mileage will drop as well.

I've been very carefully paying attention to this as well. Drive the car with a light foot and your mileage should definitely go up. Got almost 425 miles on a tank in my 320i last week.

Cheers

I've been driving the car the same whenever I'm using Eco but I noticed that the rate in which the saved miles increase now move at a much slower rate compared to before. For example when I accrued 22-24 saved miles, for every 3-4 miles driven I would get about 1 saved mile logged. Now I must drive 10 or so miles to get 1 saved mile.

[justinnum1]

i use to consistently get +60 now im getting +50...havent changed driving styles...

[Fille]

I've noticed that travelling on motor/high-ways a lot in the higher range of speeds seem to boost the +miles/kms significatly.