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dwbburg · Feb 11th, 2004, 11:54 PM

Just some more fuel on the fire (ah, sometimes I even make myself laugh

). When my wife drives her 12 mile surface street commute here in LA we get about 18 MPG. As a point of reference, that commute takes about an hour.

Mixed freeway and surface street about 26 MPG. Pure freeway (80+ MPH) about 29 MPG. Never seemed to be unusual until I read here that folks are actually getting in the mid-twenties in town! I'm guessing our situation is more severe than what I've read so far.

Like most here, mileage wasn't much of a factor when deciding on the car, so haven't been too concerned.

d.

Feb 11th, 2004, 11:54 PM	#15
dwbburg MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Local Time: 11:31 PM Posts: 14 Offline	Just some more fuel on the fire (ah, sometimes I even make myself laugh ). When my wife drives her 12 mile surface street commute here in LA we get about 18 MPG. As a point of reference, that commute takes about an hour. Mixed freeway and surface street about 26 MPG. Pure freeway (80+ MPH) about 29 MPG. Never seemed to be unusual until I read here that folks are actually getting in the mid-twenties in town! I'm guessing our situation is more severe than what I've read so far. Like most here, mileage wasn't much of a factor when deciding on the car, so haven't been too concerned. d. '04 Cooper IB/IB, cvt, sport pkg, mfsw, obc