Hi jdmini,
I remembered this subject has come up quite a bit, so here is the big mini cooper mpg poll, so you can see what other people are getting. And remember that if you're still running your car in (i.e. you haven't yet done 1250miles) then your mpg might not have reached its best yet.
Poll:
http://www.mini2.com/forum/mini-coop...?highlight=mpg
James