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Richy · May 25th, 2003, 04:29 AM

hope some one can help me. i am about to order a new mini for sept delivery. but can not decide whether to get a mc or mcs. my main concearn is the fuel cost . i do mostly very short trips in town with the odd longer trip at weekends. can someone tell me what mpg. to expect using the method of full tank to empy the a re fill to get the fuel used to milage

hope you can help

PS. realy want a mcs but need aprox 30 ish mpg

Lorri · May 25th, 2003, 04:41 AM

Steve's only properly checked the mpg on our MCS once, on the drive down to Sheffield from Edinburgh. He got 33 then and he's guessing 26/27 mpg on short journeys

HonoluluDoug · May 25th, 2003, 04:46 AM

One of the (slightly) embarrassing things about the MCS is its crappy mileage figures, especially for a car its size.

Here's some reliable data from the Edmunds.com long term test of the MCS:

Current Odometer: 18,496
Best Fuel Economy: 23.7 mpg
Worst Fuel Economy: 18.4 mpg
Average Fuel Economy (over the life of the vehicle): 23.2 mpg

This matches my own mileage in driving the way you describe yours. I try to cheat by taking longer trips on weekends!

But its all worth it! Even if you have to drive it like a Prius on weekdays. (But I be you can't.)

Richy · May 25th, 2003, 05:05 AM

thanx for the quick replys

are the figures us or uk galls. i understand that there is a differance.

HonoluluDoug · May 25th, 2003, 05:14 AM

Edmunds is a US site so it's definitely US gallons and US miles. I hope you guys have bigger gallons or shorter miles. Hawaii has a Union Jack on its flag, but is currently a suburb of Los Angeles.

BruceK · May 25th, 2003, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by HonoluluDoug
Edmunds is a US site so it's definitely US gallons and US miles. I hope you guys have bigger gallons or shorter miles. ...

UK miles are the same as UK miles -- but the Imperial gallon and US gallon are definitely different. 1 US gallon = 0.8327 UK gallon.

Richy · May 25th, 2003, 06:14 AM

thanx

but how to i work out us galls into uk galls.

BruceK · May 25th, 2003, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Richy
thanx

but how to i work out us galls into uk galls.

Math!

1 US gallon = 0.8327 UK gallon which means that 1 Imperial gallon = approximately 1.20091 US gallon

So... if a MINI gets 35 miles to a US gallon, that's that same as approximately 29 miles to a UK gallon.

35 (US mpg) *.8270 (value of a UK gallon compared to a US gallon) = 28.945 UK mpg

or

29 (UK mpg) * 1.20091 (value of a US gallon compared to a UK one) = 34.83 US mpg

HonoluluDoug · May 25th, 2003, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BruceK
Math!

1 US gallon = 0.8327 UK gallon which means that 1 Imperial gallon = approximately 1.20091 US gallon

So... if a MINI gets 35 miles to a US gallon, that's that same as approximately 29 miles to a UK gallon.

35 (US mpg) *.8270 (value of a UK gallon compared to a US gallon) = 28.945 UK mpg

or

29 (UK mpg) * 1.20091 (value of a US gallon compared to a UK one) = 34.83 US mpg

Hey BruceK, I think you got it backwards. If a UK gallon is BIGGER, then you should be getting MORE miles per US gallon.

Take the US gallons and divide by .8327 (remember the decimal point) to get miles per UK gallon. So 20 miles per US gallon = 24 miles per bigger UK gallon.

Of course, I may be totally confused, but at this point no more confused than poor Richy! What the heck Richy, just go ahead and order your S, and we'll figure out the math later!

HonoluluDoug · May 25th, 2003, 07:15 AM

Whoops, I mean more miles per UK gallon...

Jazzy Jase · May 25th, 2003, 07:00 PM

I have been logging my fuel use pretty accurately and keeping a record of it.

I have attached a graph of my fuel use over a 10 month period.

The red in the line is where I was using standard unleaded. The blue line is super unleaded. All fill-ups have been using ESSO petrol.

I do a mix of country lanes, dual carriageway and about 10 minutes of sitting in traffic per day. The aircon is on about 50% of the time.

The huge blip in march was a weekend trip to cornwall. The airconditioning was on the whole time.

Richy · May 25th, 2003, 07:37 PM

thanx alot for helping me

but i can still not decide does any one no what a standard mc will do will avarage air con use so i can compare between the two. at the moment i have got a 206 d turbo and get about 45 mpg so you can see why i am concerned

SonicTPA · May 26th, 2003, 12:42 AM

Well, I decided to put some super unleaded from sainsbury's into my mc last week, as the price had come down to 80p a litre. I have been getting 350 miles from a tank normally, but this time I got 415 miles before the red light came on.

That's doing a 35 minute drive to and from work, using country lanes, dual carriage-way and in town roads. And I do take it over 4000rpm when accelerating, but I stick to below 80mph!

I always stick a couple of extra litres of petrol into the tank after the petrol pump automatically stops, as otherwise the fuel gauge doesn't indicate full. Sometimes I've got almost another 5 litres in.

If you give it a lot off oomph, the figures do start to come down quite quickly.

Sonic

MICKEY · May 26th, 2003, 01:16 AM

Richy
I went from a Pug 306 DTurbo getting around the 40MPG to a Cooper.
The Cooper with Aircon on all the time used to get 32MPG on the same Route and driving style. (a mix of local town and country road's.)
I've now got an MCS and again driving the same roads I get about 27/28MPG.
In the MCS I've had 33MPG driving like my Mum, down to 23MPG Driving like the Devil

Hope this is of some help to you.
The above were all calculated using the fill to empty method.

Richy · May 26th, 2003, 01:33 AM

thanx alot everyone it has helped me alot will need to work the fig's out and make my mine up soon going of the replys i think a mc will do 32/36 mpg and an mcs 24/30 is the extra of the mcs worth it that's the big question now.

HonoluluDoug · May 26th, 2003, 01:58 AM

Can't lose either way.

Apial · May 26th, 2003, 06:33 PM

If fuel is a bother to you then my ONE consistently gets 40 mpg give or take a 1/2. It is fitted with a/c and does 14 mile/60mph runs.

If you want to better that then get a MINI ONE D.

Hat · May 27th, 2003, 11:59 PM

i just did a 320 mile round trip almost all on motorway with the cruise control set at around 3500 rpm or just under 80mph. My Cooper returned 36mpg which i think is pretty good.

MrWhoa · May 28th, 2003, 01:26 AM

Hell I got 308 miles out of a tank of gas ALL in town driving and lots of "aggressive" driving! The OBC showed 37miles remaining on the tank when I filled up. I think that is GREAT gas milage, especially considering the way I drive the car.

ashley adam · May 28th, 2003, 02:23 AM

The MCS is not the car to worry about petrol, although it is important. I will say that it is a thirtsy little thing but total fun, woth every penny. Try Shell Optimax (80.9 - London) - good luck

May 25th, 2003, 04:29 AM	#1
Richy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Durham Local Time: 12:15 AM Posts: 7 Offline	help ( fuel economy ) hope some one can help me. i am about to order a new mini for sept delivery. but can not decide whether to get a mc or mcs. my main concearn is the fuel cost . i do mostly very short trips in town with the odd longer trip at weekends. can someone tell me what mpg. to expect using the method of full tank to empy the a re fill to get the fuel used to milage hope you can help PS. realy want a mcs but need aprox 30 ish mpg

May 25th, 2003, 04:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
HonoluluDoug MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Local Time: 02:15 PM Posts: 223 Offline	One of the (slightly) embarrassing things about the MCS is its crappy mileage figures, especially for a car its size. Here's some reliable data from the Edmunds.com long term test of the MCS: Current Odometer: 18,496 Best Fuel Economy: 23.7 mpg Worst Fuel Economy: 18.4 mpg Average Fuel Economy (over the life of the vehicle): 23.2 mpg This matches my own mileage in driving the way you describe yours. I try to cheat by taking longer trips on weekends! But its all worth it! Even if you have to drive it like a Prius on weekdays. (But I be you can't.) '03 MCS, black / black, 16" Wheels

May 25th, 2003, 05:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
HonoluluDoug MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Local Time: 02:15 PM Posts: 223 Offline	Edmunds is a US site so it's definitely US gallons and US miles. I hope you guys have bigger gallons or shorter miles. Hawaii has a Union Jack on its flag, but is currently a suburb of Los Angeles. '03 MCS, black / black, 16" Wheels

May 25th, 2003, 05:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
BruceK Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio, Texas Local Time: 06:15 PM Posts: 3,758 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by HonoluluDoug Edmunds is a US site so it's definitely US gallons and US miles. I hope you guys have bigger gallons or shorter miles. ... UK miles are the same as UK miles -- but the Imperial gallon and US gallon are definitely different. 1 US gallon = 0.8327 UK gallon. + 2002 MINI Cooper S - Dark Silver / White roof, Sport, Premium, Lapis blue leather + 1965 Mini Traveller - Tartan Red / White roof, 1275, Cooper S discs, fully restored/renewed

May 25th, 2003, 06:43 AM	#8 (permalink)
BruceK Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio, Texas Local Time: 06:15 PM Posts: 3,758 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Richy thanx but how to i work out us galls into uk galls. Math! 1 US gallon = 0.8327 UK gallon which means that 1 Imperial gallon = approximately 1.20091 US gallon So... if a MINI gets 35 miles to a US gallon, that's that same as approximately 29 miles to a UK gallon. 35 (US mpg) .8270 (value of a UK gallon compared to a US gallon) = 28.945 UK mpg or 29 (UK mpg) 1.20091 (value of a US gallon compared to a UK one) = 34.83 US mpg + 2002 MINI Cooper S - Dark Silver / White roof, Sport, Premium, Lapis blue leather + 1965 Mini Traveller - Tartan Red / White roof, 1275, Cooper S discs, fully restored/renewed

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May 25th, 2003, 04:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lorri I can feel it Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sheffield Local Time: 12:15 AM Posts: 11,790 Offline	Steve's only properly checked the mpg on our MCS once, on the drive down to Sheffield from Edinburgh. He got 33 then and he's guessing 26/27 mpg on short journeys

May 25th, 2003, 05:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
Richy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Durham Local Time: 12:15 AM Posts: 7 Offline	thanx for the quick replys are the figures us or uk galls. i understand that there is a differance.

May 25th, 2003, 06:14 AM	#7 (permalink)
Richy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Durham Local Time: 12:15 AM Posts: 7 Offline	thanx but how to i work out us galls into uk galls.

May 25th, 2003, 07:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
HonoluluDoug MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Local Time: 02:15 PM Posts: 223 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by BruceK Math! 1 US gallon = 0.8327 UK gallon which means that 1 Imperial gallon = approximately 1.20091 US gallon So... if a MINI gets 35 miles to a US gallon, that's that same as approximately 29 miles to a UK gallon. 35 (US mpg) .8270 (value of a UK gallon compared to a US gallon) = 28.945 UK mpg or 29 (UK mpg) 1.20091 (value of a US gallon compared to a UK one) = 34.83 US mpg Hey BruceK, I think you got it backwards. If a UK gallon is BIGGER, then you should be getting MORE miles per US gallon. Take the US gallons and divide by .8327 (remember the decimal point) to get miles per UK gallon. So 20 miles per US gallon = 24 miles per bigger UK gallon. Of course, I may be totally confused, but at this point no more confused than poor Richy! What the heck Richy, just go ahead and order your S, and we'll figure out the math later! '03 MCS, black / black, 16" Wheels

May 25th, 2003, 07:15 AM	#10 (permalink)
HonoluluDoug MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Local Time: 02:15 PM Posts: 223 Offline	Whoops, I mean more miles per UK gallon... '03 MCS, black / black, 16" Wheels

May 25th, 2003, 07:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
Jazzy Jase MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Berkshire, UK Local Time: 12:15 AM Posts: 429 Offline	I have been logging my fuel use pretty accurately and keeping a record of it. I have attached a graph of my fuel use over a 10 month period. The red in the line is where I was using standard unleaded. The blue line is super unleaded. All fill-ups have been using ESSO petrol. I do a mix of country lanes, dual carriageway and about 10 minutes of sitting in traffic per day. The aircon is on about 50% of the time. The huge blip in march was a weekend trip to cornwall. The airconditioning was on the whole time. Attached Thumbnails

May 25th, 2003, 07:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
Richy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Durham Local Time: 12:15 AM Posts: 7 Offline	thanx alot for helping me but i can still not decide does any one no what a standard mc will do will avarage air con use so i can compare between the two. at the moment i have got a 206 d turbo and get about 45 mpg so you can see why i am concerned

May 26th, 2003, 12:42 AM	#13 (permalink)
SonicTPA MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampshire Local Time: 01:15 AM Posts: 33 Offline	Well, I decided to put some super unleaded from sainsbury's into my mc last week, as the price had come down to 80p a litre. I have been getting 350 miles from a tank normally, but this time I got 415 miles before the red light came on. That's doing a 35 minute drive to and from work, using country lanes, dual carriage-way and in town roads. And I do take it over 4000rpm when accelerating, but I stick to below 80mph! I always stick a couple of extra litres of petrol into the tank after the petrol pump automatically stops, as otherwise the fuel gauge doesn't indicate full. Sometimes I've got almost another 5 litres in. If you give it a lot off oomph, the figures do start to come down quite quickly. Sonic

May 26th, 2003, 01:16 AM	#14 (permalink)
MICKEY MINI2 Regular Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hillingdon Local Time: 12:15 AM Posts: 283 Offline	Richy I went from a Pug 306 DTurbo getting around the 40MPG to a Cooper. The Cooper with Aircon on all the time used to get 32MPG on the same Route and driving style. (a mix of local town and country road's.) I've now got an MCS and again driving the same roads I get about 27/28MPG. In the MCS I've had 33MPG driving like my Mum, down to 23MPG Driving like the Devil Hope this is of some help to you. The above were all calculated using the fill to empty method.

May 26th, 2003, 01:33 AM	#15 (permalink)
Richy MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Durham Local Time: 12:15 AM Posts: 7 Offline	thanx alot everyone it has helped me alot will need to work the fig's out and make my mine up soon going of the replys i think a mc will do 32/36 mpg and an mcs 24/30 is the extra of the mcs worth it that's the big question now.

May 26th, 2003, 01:58 AM	#16 (permalink)
HonoluluDoug MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Local Time: 02:15 PM Posts: 223 Offline	Can't lose either way. '03 MCS, black / black, 16" Wheels

May 26th, 2003, 06:33 PM	#17 (permalink)
Apial MINI2 Master Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Lincolnshire Wolds Local Time: 12:15 AM Posts: 819 Offline	If fuel is a bother to you then my ONE consistently gets 40 mpg give or take a 1/2. It is fitted with a/c and does 14 mile/60mph runs. If you want to better that then get a MINI ONE D. Balloons? http://www.loony-balloony.co.uk

May 27th, 2003, 11:59 PM	#18 (permalink)
Hat ITS RAINNIN' SIDEWAYS My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2002 Local Time: 12:15 AM Posts: 15,920 Offline	i just did a 320 mile round trip almost all on motorway with the cruise control set at around 3500 rpm or just under 80mph. My Cooper returned 36mpg which i think is pretty good.

May 28th, 2003, 01:26 AM	#19 (permalink)
MrWhoa MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pensacola FL Local Time: 07:15 PM Posts: 284 Offline	Hell I got 308 miles out of a tank of gas ALL in town driving and lots of "aggressive" driving! The OBC showed 37miles remaining on the tank when I filled up. I think that is GREAT gas milage, especially considering the way I drive the car. Mr Whoa Everytime you mod a Mini a VW cries. WARNING! Looking at my gallery has been known to cause brain damage

May 28th, 2003, 02:23 AM	#20 (permalink)
ashley adam MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2003 Location: London Local Time: 01:15 AM Posts: 289 Offline	The MCS is not the car to worry about petrol, although it is important. I will say that it is a thirtsy little thing but total fun, woth every penny. Try Shell Optimax (80.9 - London) - good luck

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