[tolmie]

Hi everyone, I've had my mini now about 9 months, (52 Plate) and have to say that fuel consumption is terrible, anybody else think this aswell, it goes through some amount of petrol.

[Cobby Park Lane]

what do you class as terible? is it a one, cooper or an s?

[tolmie]

Its a Mini One, I couldn't give you exact figures on fuel consumption but its pretty bad. I'll need to clock it the next time.

[Mike Schumacher]

i know what you mean. my first S drank petty for fun. i only did a 16k miles in 3 years an i was putting about £35 quid in a week!!!

so far on the r56 £40 dib dobs worth has lasted me 3 weeks an it's still half full!!!

[Cobby Park Lane]

mini one shouldnt be too bad.... my remapped cooper does around 30mpg, approx 300 miles on a tank. and thats cruzing at 70 (and a few more ;-> ) and just having a lead right foot in general lol

your one should be doing better than that!

[cooperblack]

Tolmie i live in Mintlaw and travel to peterhead Aberdeenshire five days a week and last week i got 366 miles from a full tank in my Cooper and i drive around 60mph and some times a bit more spirited, i get around 335 and 350 on average to a tankful i know the one is suppose to be a bit more juicy is it standard or have you chipped it up or changed the exhaust ?

[MaTTy_P]

29mpg on my old MINI One...then again I did floor it everywhere (keeping in speed limits ofc) ! Hehe

[South Shore Lad]

Just done 350 odd miles in my R56 Cooper. 20 to 25 deg C so aircon on most of the time. A mixed run of fast twisties with mostly M/way (and, lets say, not exactly going slow!!) and it returned 49mpg. This was worked out on brimful to brimful method too and confirmed with OBC.

I reckon nearly 50mpg in a petrol fueled 'sporty' hatchback with aircon running is pretty damn brilliant!!

SSL

[ALD0]

Quote: Originally Posted by South Shore Lad (original)

Just done 350 odd miles in my R56 Cooper. 20 to 25 deg C so aircon on most of the time. A mixed run of fast twisties with mostly M/way (and, lets say, not exactly going slow!!) and it returned 49mpg. This was worked out on brimful to brimful method too and confirmed with OBC.

I reckon nearly 50mpg in a petrol fueled 'sporty' hatchback with aircon running is pretty damn brilliant!!

SSL

350 miles in a Cooper R56 is very impressive, the fuel tank is smaller in a R56 than a R53!

[South Shore Lad]

Quote: Originally Posted by ALD0 (original)

350 miles in a Cooper R56 is very impressive, the fuel tank is smaller in a R56 than a R53!

Aye, thought so too! (40 litre tank isn't it?)

the segmented display had just gone to two bars left, with OBC indicating 72 miles to empty at M/way speeds.

I reckon a lighter right foot and no aircon should easily see a 400+ mile range and 50 odd to the gallon.


The R56 seems to have more than its fair share of faults and criticisms but I don't think fuel consumption is amogst them!!

SSL

[adam_Randell]

you can buy some special magnets to attach on your fuel lines. you dont cut em or anuthing, us clamp em on. supposed 2 make ur car like 30/40% more fuel efficient. duno how gd they are, apparently they are very good. £12 i think on ebay.

[memphisto]

Quote: Originally Posted by ALD0 (original)

350 miles in a Cooper R56 is very impressive, the fuel tank is smaller in a R56 than a R53!

I just checked on the Mini.co.uk configurator:

R56 tank is 40 litres - the R50/52/53 tank was 50 litres! So the actual range of the more economical R56 remains about the same as the original Mini. Why couldn't BMW have retained the 50 litre tank and increased the range?

[ALD0]

I think because the newer models are more fuel efficient they opted for the smaller tank, maybe costs or to reserve space due to the new chassis layout?

[South Shore Lad]

It's an odd one this, as the R56 'S' has a 50 litre tank.

[MiGkYo]

my mini can run 600KM...
mine is a Cooper2007, just got it last week~
it's awesome!

[South Shore Lad]

Quote: Originally Posted by MiGkYo (original)

my mini can run 600KM...
mine is a Cooper2007, just got it last week~
it's awesome!

That's great!

On the run I mentioned above I managed 560Km before filling and the OBC said I still had about 112Km to go. Not that I'd run on 'til empty - at best flippin' inconvenient - at worst it can damage the injectors and other bits!!

Let's have plenty more people singining their praises of the R56!

SSL

[memphisto]

Quote: Originally Posted by South Shore Lad (original)

It's an odd one this, as the R56 'S' has a 50 litre tank.

A very strange BMW decision.

R56 'One', 'Cooper' and 'Cooper D' - 40 litre fuel tank

R56 'S' - 50 litre fuel tank.

Maybe BMW will offer the 50 litre tank as an option on the non 'S' models.

[Pamelab21]

I am finding that my 'S' goes through quite a bit of petrol but then thats partly my fault!
It is averaging approx 28.5mpg at the minute.

[badboyzbadboyz]

Personally I think the economy of all MINI's in the range falls short of what you would normally expect. In the MCS it is a bit more understandable (although I still think its thirsty for a 1.6 unit) but with MINI Coopers and especially Ones I think 45mpg plus should be the kind of return seen by your average driver considering the relevant weights and power outputs of the cars. Having traded my MCS for a remapped VW TDI I have got quite used to a very good performance and economy mix. Having said that MINI's do lots of things better than my VW – its just that getting from point A to point B quickly and economically isn’t one of them.

[DDon670]

Minis are a compromise between performance and MPG. I am quite pleased with the gas mileage of my 06 MCS. Although it is not great it is very good for the performance of the car and I have a blast burning that fuel.