Need some advice from MCS owners please

[TimG]

I am looking to buy an '52/03' MCS at the moment but am a little unsure of how much these things cost to run MPG wise. I know the guides say they average 33mpg combined, is this realistic?

If you guys could give me some examples ie If you put in £20 petrol, how many miles your MCS will do driving it normally (ie not hacking it/ not driving like a granny)?

Also coming from owning all vw's up until now I am in need of any advice going on what to look for in terms of problems when I come to buy? I am going to look at one next week that is an '03' plate with 47k on the clock, is there anything in particular I should be looking for?

Oh... and how much is the 50k service at BMW?

Thank you!

[MarkW]

as with any performance car a lot depends on driving style. On motorways with cruise control on I can get 40mpg and have seen a little higher. Over a couple of weeks I clock up 600miles with 120 in town, 300 motorway and the rest A road blasts and average about 33mpg

[PmP]

My 04 Cooper S is doing 34.4mpg average, and thats driving in and out of belfast at rush hour.

Was getting 40mpg on motorway runs, but I know other people only getting 29mpg.

[Fen]

I never saw anything like 30+mpg in the UK, more like 28. That was some rural and some dual carriageway. It was no better on either of 2 1100+mile return trips to see my Mum on which I used the cruise control at about 85mph.

Over here in NZ where the speed limit is lower and traffic flows are more constant I get about 31mpg on the trip computer, but traffic here is nothing like traffic in the UK. That does include an occasional trip on a fun hill road where 2nd and 3rd are the only gears necessary for about 15 miles though.

Mine is tuned but it was no different when standard. I'd say based on my experience you'd need to pretend you have Miss Daisy in the back to get much over 30mpg in the UK. I do get a fair bit of soot around the exhaust tips so maybe mine runs rich. Roland at GTT said it was one of the quicker ones he's driven though so I'll live with it

[Jaw_F430]

I was seeing around 21mpg but since I have tuned it and had a custom remap it is doing 28mpg

[Spoony]

Quote: Originally Posted by PmP (original)

My 04 Cooper S is doing 34.4mpg average, and thats driving in and out of belfast at rush hour.

Was getting 40mpg on motorway runs, but I know other people only getting 29mpg.

Wow thats an amazing MPG figure, 29MPG is the best I can achieve. I do put my foot down occasionally but rarely go over 4500rpm and most of my driving consists of B roads and around town driving.

[Silent1]

Ok, well in my 2002 MCS i get ~21MPG, my other half manages nearer 35 mpg.

We both do the same run, 8 miles of motorway, 14 miles of quick A-road and 3 miles of country lanes.

In germany the other day, i cruised at 80mph for a full tank with climate control + AC + headlights on and i got 42mpg

Servicing should be included in the TLC pack, you can extend it with TLC XL for £150 (i think) which covers 3 services and is well worth it.

[telstar19]

i've got 2005 cooper S with the super charger and the trip comp says we are getting 26 mpg, But think we are doing better then that a full tank lasts us around 2 weeks, i think we get just under 400 miles to a tank full. with city driving..
Don't hold me to it! But i think the newer cooper S with the turbo is a better on the fuel?