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Bilbo Baggins · Oct 1st, 2005, 03:54 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by CaravanFan

my 05 mcs gets 2-3 mpg less than my 03 mcs. Same driving conditions. Bad move by Mini to let the mpg go down. With a bigger tank I'm getting less total miles with the 05.

What did yopu expect. Everyone (OK, allot of people) was complaining about the gearing being too high and hard to launch from a stop so BMW/MINI in their infinite wisdom

decided, for once, to listen to their customers and lower the gearing to make it easier to launch and offer slightly quicker acceleration. The consequence is lower fuel mileage.

I think that everyone will just have to learn to live with it. At least until we can get BMW/MINI to raise the gearing again.

Maybe we could start a letter writting campaign or a petition.

I have always like the original gearing and wasn't particularly happy when it was changed.

Oct 1st, 2005, 03:54 AM	#17
Bilbo Baggins MINI2 Master Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Shire, Middle Earth Local Time: 05:01 AM Posts: 8,852 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by CaravanFan my 05 mcs gets 2-3 mpg less than my 03 mcs. Same driving conditions. Bad move by Mini to let the mpg go down. With a bigger tank I'm getting less total miles with the 05. What did yopu expect. Everyone (OK, allot of people) was complaining about the gearing being too high and hard to launch from a stop so BMW/MINI in their infinite wisdom decided, for once, to listen to their customers and lower the gearing to make it easier to launch and offer slightly quicker acceleration. The consequence is lower fuel mileage. I think that everyone will just have to learn to live with it. At least until we can get BMW/MINI to raise the gearing again. Maybe we could start a letter writting campaign or a petition. I have always like the original gearing and wasn't particularly happy when it was changed. Motor on, Dudes and Dudettes!!! '06 MCS SB/S '02 MCS DS/W (retired)