Fuel consumption

[Tynz]

I do a lot of city driving and I get about 24mpg. On the freeway it averages around 25-27.

[mryan]

I have @ 4000 miles of mixed town and country driving on my '07 MCS, with very little time spent at stoplights. According to the computer readout (I've not tracked it myself) I'm averaging @ 33 mpg. I use the sport button @ 50% of the time, but when cruising I tend to keep the engine below 3000 rpm's

This is NOT much different than what it was when "new."

Either (1) my computer is grossly optimistic, (2) your MCS is very different from mine or (3) your driving habits are very different

[Mister]

Quote: Originally Posted by mryan (original)

I have @ 4000 miles of mixed town and country driving on my '07 MCS, with very little time spent at stoplights. According to the computer readout (I've not tracked it myself) I'm averaging @ 33 mpg. I use the sport button @ 50% of the time, but when cruising I tend to keep the engine below 3000 rpm's

This is NOT much different than what it was when "new."

Either (1) my computer is grossly optimistic, (2) your MCS is very different from mine or (3) your driving habits are very different

Welcome to MINI2
1) it's entirely possible, but if you're recording your mpg the "old fashioned way", i.e. gallons in the tank vs. miles driven, and it's coming out to the same number, you're doing fantastic, 2) I've had a Cooper, an S, and now an S with JCW and have never gotten better than 24 mpg, 3) yes, I drive like I stole the damn thing. Always have, always will

[slider]

try running it on tesco 99 as i average an additonal 3 mpg on this & it greatly improves performance..

[funkychicken]

I average around 30-31mpg on my cooper S using just normal super unleaded doing town driving and sitting in ques. I tried V power, but that didnt make too much difference for me.

[minisidewalkman]

Just gone through the 200 mile barrier today and have noticed that the mpg has gone up to about 29, so I'm feeling a lot better. Once I've used this tankful I'm going to use v power and see how that goes.

[S33BBY]

Don't think we can't see that Penguin in the cubby hole.

I love the Sidewalk by the way.

[Ben S]

Ok, I sat down today and worked out the petroholic on my driveway is costing about £0.23 per mile. oh dear!

[S33BBY]

You can't put a price on fun.

[Ben S]

Quote: Originally Posted by S33BBY (original)

You can't put a price on fun.

HELL YEAH! Its worth every penny!

[minisidewalkman]

Quote: Originally Posted by S33BBY (original)

Don't think we can't see that Penguin in the cubby hole.

I love the Sidewalk by the way.

Ha ha It's it's not a penguin, it's wrigleys extra and my shell fuel points card. The red thing is my wifes new keyring.

[jlove]

Just posted this on South Coast New MINI Club: News :

Just returned from 2 weeks in France/Switzerland (le Havre>Paris>Dijon>Geneva>Nice>Lyon>le Havre; no holiday, working most of the time!). Nearly all gentle autoroute (130km/h on cruise), with little town work, and have averaged 38.44 mpg with a best tank of 414 miles (although it did take 50.01 litres to fill!) I used 98 from the French stations in my R56 MCS.

That Lyon to le Havre leg, with only one stop for refreshment, was just under 4 hours; a very impressive rate of around 12.5 litres per hour!

[robin-S]

3 weeks ago I got my 2007 manual Cooper S, and have just finished driving it London to Portugal in 3 stages taking a week. Computer gave average consumption at just under 40mpg for first 1000 miles, but for the last 1,500 gave closer to 34mpg. Most distance covered was done on motorways at 85mph (about 3.5k rpm) without too much acceleration. This consumption seems much lower than the 54mpg quoted by BMW.

Fuel gripe aside its an awesome car. v glad I upgraded the sound system.

Robin

[Cobby Park Lane]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cobby Park Lane (original)

Never tried Vpower. does it make much differance to the performance? ir run mine or super unleaded to get the 32mpg ish. if i use normal i only get around 28 - 30 mpg.

I must have a heavy right foot

well since the ablve i have tried driving like a saint, and as long as i stick to 90% motor way, i can get it up to 36mpg. how you guys get more than that i have no idea