R56 What is your gas mileage?
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What is your gas mileage?
I continue to be amazed with the gas mileage on my 2012 MCS. I must confess that my average is 28 mpg, but I do DRIVE her!!! But every night on my drive home from work, I average over 45 mpg and decided to capture real time gas mileage....wondering how mine compares to others. Temperature was 54 degrees, on flat asphalt
Modifications and/or treatment includes
Defenders of Speed Cold Air Intake
Real Michelin Tires
Engine is the N18 with 6 speed manual.... I'm in 4th gear on my drives home.
I only use Amsoil 5W-40 http://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/motor-oil/european/european-car-formula-5w-40-synthetic-motor-oil-efm/?code=EFMQT-EA/?zo=2056145
Vehicle is stock otherwise
Thank you for your input.
Modifications and/or treatment includes
Defenders of Speed Cold Air Intake
Real Michelin Tires
Engine is the N18 with 6 speed manual.... I'm in 4th gear on my drives home.
I only use Amsoil 5W-40 http://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/motor-oil/european/european-car-formula-5w-40-synthetic-motor-oil-efm/?code=EFMQT-EA/?zo=2056145
Vehicle is stock otherwise
Thank you for your input.
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Well i dont have an r56 but your definately beating me i do 20-25 mpg somtimes 16-18 if im on the gas alot but i mean i usualy am always on the gas because i drive more agressively if i really wanted i could get in the upper 30mpg range i have on long freeway trips got 36-40 mpg average. My cars also pullied and has an intake so it doesnt get as good mileage as a stock 1.6
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I'm averaging around 42 MPG. I do try to drive for economy, though. When I was trying hard, I managed a 51 MPG tank.
https://www.fuelly.com/driver/fenimo...per?fu=4714841
https://www.fuelly.com/driver/fenimo...per?fu=4714841
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I have a 2009 Mini Cooper S and mostly do city driving with the occasional 'spurt' of speed. Even in the dead of winter I get about 30 mpg and it goes up to about 33 mpg in the summer. On the highway on trips I think I got about 38 last time I checked. This is by hand calculation, not by the OBC.
EDITED TO ADD: I have a 6 speed manual and always drive with the SPORT button on. :D
EDITED TO ADD: I have a 6 speed manual and always drive with the SPORT button on. :D
Last edited by bettehead; 04-13-2014 at 06:04 PM. Reason: forgot!
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My mileage is like a roller coaster. Depends on the season. This winter I was as low as 20mpg on a tank. I work less than a mile from work, and we had a stretch there where our high temperatures were not over 0 degrees (that's Fahrenheit! for those that use Celsius) so that wasn't very surprising. Now during warmer weather I usually get lower to mid 30's due to my heavy foot. But, if its after a mod, expect that number to drop to 25mpg or so. I've been modding a bit in the last year so the years average is pretty low...
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Where I live to drive in any direction across this county requires scaling hills from 200 - 800 ft above sea level. Bicyclists love to train in some parts because the hills are so steep. Out on the Eastern Shore or the Delaware beaches the topography is so flat that spending a week there can gain you 5 mpg average.
So our mileage can vary without even considering heavy right feet or air temp.
So our mileage can vary without even considering heavy right feet or air temp.
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2009 Base Model Cooper-
Only mod- AirVIP 2.5 intake kit.
Flat plains of Southeast Texas 91 octane non-ethanol fuel.
63 mph highway driving measured with GPS = 43 mpg.
75 mph highway driving measured with GPS = 39 mpg.
Around town driving = 34.5-36 mpg.
Hill Country Driving 93 octane non ethanol fuel
63 mph highway driving measured with GPS = 40 mpg
75 mph highway driving measured with GPS = 37 mpg
Around town driving = 34 mpg
Only mod- AirVIP 2.5 intake kit.
Flat plains of Southeast Texas 91 octane non-ethanol fuel.
63 mph highway driving measured with GPS = 43 mpg.
75 mph highway driving measured with GPS = 39 mpg.
Around town driving = 34.5-36 mpg.
Hill Country Driving 93 octane non ethanol fuel
63 mph highway driving measured with GPS = 40 mpg
75 mph highway driving measured with GPS = 37 mpg
Around town driving = 34 mpg
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I'm averaging around 42 MPG. I do try to drive for economy, though. When I was trying hard, I managed a 51 MPG tank.
https://www.fuelly.com/driver/fenimo...per?fu=4714841
https://www.fuelly.com/driver/fenimo...per?fu=4714841
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wow. my R53 sounds like a pig compared with you guys. avg around 23mpg combined city / hwy... if i keep it at 70 i can squeeze 30, maybe 33 mpg avg.
seems like its either getting worse the more miles i put on the car, or its the way im driving recently, but i seem to rarely get over 25 mpg avg out of this thing anymore, which puts me just at or slightly over 300 miles per 13 gal tank.
seems like its either getting worse the more miles i put on the car, or its the way im driving recently, but i seem to rarely get over 25 mpg avg out of this thing anymore, which puts me just at or slightly over 300 miles per 13 gal tank.
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Slow down more and your MPG will go up. And you'd be surprised at how few people actually do try to push you off the road or shoot at your car when you drive the speed limit...
Check your tire pressures. Those can have a surprising effect on fuel economy. Not to mention that the tires tend to wear better when not underinflated. Cold weather and any precipitation will also hurt your fuel economy.
BTW, I also drive my car. But I drive the car my way. (And it's fun not having to slow down--at all--for corners.)
seems like its either getting worse the more miles i put on the car, or its the way im driving recently ....
BTW, I also drive my car. But I drive the car my way. (And it's fun not having to slow down--at all--for corners.)