Hi i just find this on my yahoo this morning and was very happy to find that mini cooper were in the game..

http://ca.autos.yahoo.com/p/578/top-...efficient-cars



MC 2

 

dont tell anyone or we all will be driving minis.

 

MINIs should be in this game! What I think is still a secret is that MINIs can exceed EPA estimates by a pretty wide margin...I can easily get 40mpg in my Cooper around town!!!

 

I've been getting a steady 36 mpg in my S with the a/c on. Thats city and highway average. I got 40.1 on a trip to Daytona from Miami with the a/c on. Not too shabby.

The Smart car boasts 37 as a high and only seats two. How smart is that?

 

I can get over 35mpg with my MC auto if I try but I'm not sure if it is worth it. Otherwise I get about 25 mpg driving my mini like I stole it.

 

Or a Yaris, think of the excitement.

 

There has already been an increase in Minis around where i live. Oh well, so much for being the only cool and unique.

 

I'm very confused:

First of all, the title should be "most fuel efficient car in each of 13 categories". I do not think the ford Ranger is one of the 13 most efficient vehicles, which is what the title suggests.

Second (and more important), they obviously got a lot wrong.

They list Honda Fit as most efficient "Station Wagon". The Fit is a hatchback. So if hatchback counts, then MC should have got top honors.

Also, they list Audi TT as most efficient "Sports Car". But MCS gets better mileage than TT.

Also, they list Mercedes E320 as most efficient "Luxury" - again, MC - or MCS - is a much more efficient luxury car

Ok, I'm only kidding about that one, but I *am* serious about the other comments.

Tony

 

Here is the best gaz milage scooter i ever got my mini best garage frend..
it and aprilia sr50

 

No excitement what so ever DanF!! There is a Yaris parked outside our CU, hubby took a look at it tonight after we needed to stop at the CU on the way home to sign a change in our Financing Contract. He was NOT impressed, "where would I hook up my iPod?"

 

On a recent 1000 mile road trip, I had a chance to see how variations in fuel and driving style affected mileage. I was surprised to find how much difference speed made in getting good mileage.

At speeds below 60 MPH, mileage was incredible. In my 2007 MCS, I was getting over 40mpg on flat roads using the cruise control. Once I got up to 65, mileage started to drop considerably. With a light foot on the gas, maybe I'd get 34-36. Over 70 or 75, I'd start getting down to 30-32, especially if I just drove at speeds where the car felt comfortable and I stayed in 4th or 5th gear a lot. This kind of surprised me since the car got such good mileage blasting around back roads (like in the high 20s).

At almost $4 a gallon, Trying to save a little by driving judiciously is getting to be a real problem. Especially since it doesn't seem to bother many people exceeding the speed limit even though it costs so much for that extra 10-15mph. I have to learn to enjoy just cruising along at the posted speed limit and let everyone just blow by me.

It also seems that the aerodynamics of the MINI are pretty poor. Alone on the road at 65, I'd get 34-35mpg. When I pulled in behind an 18 wheeler and followed at a reasonably safe distance (not tailgating, but maybe 5-6 car lengths behind), my mileage jumped up to 45-47mpg. Even though it might be legal, you have to pay pretty close attention though. And it would just take one poorly installed recap on the truck to fly off and create a real problem.

But everything considered, the mileage that MINIs are getting is surprisingly good. Consumers Reports just did a piece on hatchbacks and included the Clubman. It was considerably better than most of the cars in the test. I can't believe that a few of the cars had numbers in the teens for city mileage. No matter how bad I drive, I've never gotten less that about 25mpg, even sitting in traffic, or going through areas with lots of traffic lights.

I'd be interested to see if the Diesel ever comes to the US, and if so with the higher price of diesel fuel now, how it would compare with the MC or even the MCs for operating costs.

 

I just filled up for the first time after driving about 400 miles Got about 32mpg or so on my first tank of gas. Totally beats my 22mpg I was getting on my old Grand Am!!! I can't wait to see how it does once its broken in!

 

I did a very similar experiment just the other day! I posted about it over here...
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...2&postcount=20

Amazing, really. Anyone else do something similar in the normally aspirated MC? Of course, the results may sicken those of us with the turbo, but I suppose I have a perverse curiosity. :-)

 

I've driven from home in Colorado to Salt Lake City six times since I got my MCS last April. What I have found is consistent with what's been reported above. I can get 40mpg when I keep it under 70mph on cruise control. When I move up to 80mph it drops to 34-36mpg. This is using 91 octane (which is our highest grade at this altitude) non-ethanol fuel. It's been my experience that using 10% ethanol 91 octane reduces my mileage by 1.5-2mpg. Running 87 octane non-ethanol reduced my mileage at 70mph to 37mpg. Not a scientific study, I know, and not intended to get us off on tangents here. At nearly $4 a gallon now my experience leads me to slow it down on the straightaways, fill it up with non-ethanol 91 octane, and put my foot in it when the fun factor calls for it.

 

So far my best is 45.4 mpg in my 08 MC, actual.
600+ miles on a tank of gas.

 

Superb!!! I've never done that well on my '07 manual MC, but then all my driving is city and mainly short trips, so it takes half the drive for the engine to warm up (especially last winter). That considered, the best I've done is 42.7 mpg OBC....more typical is 41 mpg OBC. Even factoring a margin of error on the OBC, Coopers can do about as well as any car out there, and I'm not sure folks are aware of that!!