I was curious of what everyone is getting MPG wise on their Countryman S.
Also, while I don't think this is the case, does the cars MPG improve any as it breaks in?

 

it should improve with time.

I avg 28/29 mixed.

Road trips are more like 30/33. If I really baby it on my commute to work, I've gotten 36.

 

I hope it does get better. My first two tanks have been 23.5. I was hoping for at least 26.

 

I'm typically around 28. Alot of my city driving is about 26. When I drive round trip to Knoxville and back, I'm right around 30.5-31. Not want the on board computer says either, actual calculations and gas receipts.

 

Interesting so you are saying that the on board Comp (OBC) is not accurate?

 

IME, most of them are not, at least when it comes to fuel economy.

 

The best way to calculate true MPG's is to top off the tank and note the mileage on the odometer. Each time you fill up after that, top it off and note the gallons and mileage on the odometer. You'll end up with a list of odometer readings and gallons installed at each fill up. Just dividend miles driven by the gallons for each tank AND divide the total miles driven by the total gallons installed from the beginning to get an average MPG number. Actually very easy to do and spot on accurate!

I'm getting 29MPG on my 2012 MCa Cooper (not Countryman). It did improve slightly since new, but not much.

 

could not have said it explained it better than black ice... thats how I check... now for the real deal NYC local and aggressive behavior 20-22 mpg, on hwy and not being an aggressive @$$... I have seen 33-36 thats with an auto all-4, that now has 10k+ miles....

 

At the track - 9 MPG
Driving from Reno to San Francisco starting at 4,500 feet going up to 7,700, and dropping to almost sea level - 30 MPG
Same drive reversed - 25 MPG
Normal mixed driving - 26 MPG

 

Yes, it is only an estimate and is usually slightly optimistic. Siemens uses an algorithm that displays a rolling average, NOT an total average since the last fill-up.

For the record, my R53 OBC is wildly optimistic, but my R1200RT is the most accurate (only 0.4% variation from calculated mpg!); the Countryman OBC is pretty good but still a bit optimistic. From my experience with owning BMWs and MINIs for the last 12 years, I have found that you can increase the accuracy slightly by resetting the avg consumption and avg mph with each fill-up. Though what is displayed is still a rolling average. Doing the hand calculation from receipts is still the best way to achieve the most accurate MPG figure.

Our 2012 CMS/auto/2wd has averaged 27.4 mpg in its 10,000 miles. Our worst tankfulls were in the mid 24 mpg range (during the first 2,000 miles) and our best was 33.9 mpg during a 5-day highway road trip this summer (~70 mph with A/C on). Average (calculated) mpg during the first 5,000 miles was 26.2 mpg and 28.9 mpg during the second 5,000 miles. So, yes, mileage DOES improve as the motor runs-in (though that may take 15-20,000 miles).

For comparison purposes, I also recorded what the Siemens algorithm produced. Overall OBC average was 28.0 mpg. First 5,000 miles OBC 26.7 mpg and second 5,000 miles OBC 29.6. Note that I have faithfully reset the avg mpg and avg speed at each fill-up.

FWIW...

 

Manual calculation anywhere from 26-33. Depending on passengers, AC, hills and my aggression.

Typical work week, 29mpg.

 

And my Dad's 'vette would report 30MPG

 

How much do you think AC hurts? 1 or 2 mpg?

 

29k on the car for 14 months. Have been using a smartphone App to track ALL fuel for last 17k miles and have gotten 23.81 overall. Mostly local driving. Highest was 30.44 for a 207 mile trip. Lowest 20.44. Most average 22-23.5. I am religious about using the App. OBC currently reads 23.6 for all 29k miles. Your mileage will vary and these weight losses are not typical.

'11 All4auto.

 

Fuelly History = lifetime 26.1 mpg I think I've logged all but 2 fuel ups (nerd-tastic!).

 

Fuelly is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

 

CMS, FWD. 3300 miles. First few tanks averaged 25-26. Now averaging 27-28. mixed driving, but I'm still heavy with the right foot. If my wife drove it regularly I'd figure I'd be around 29-30 mixed. I'm very pleased with the MPG as I came out of a Nissan Murano averaging around 17! So its a bit relative depending on what your used to. I will say my son is considering a Justa as his commute is 30 miles one way plus some travel for work during the day so he wants to get mixed driving into the 30+ or better.

 

All 4 S getting on average about 26-27 with mixed driving. I only have 1800 miles on it so far. On a couple long road trips, one with just the wife we got just over 30. Second one my sister and her husband were with us and it dropped to high 28s. It was a different trip but did see a slight decrease do to the extra weight.

Overall great numbers for the car's performance and useability. Try to find something that combines all three of those better then the countryman!

 

You track a countryman?

 

Sea level

All4 28.3 mostly city

Base 28.9 all city

 

Bought my CMSA4 in July and got 29.5 pretty much all summer doing mixed driving. My best was 33 mpg on the highway. My worst was 24 mpg. With the cooler weather, it's down to 29 mpg and slowly falling.

I have a 2011 CMSA4 with manual transmission.

 

29-30mpg on the highway. Around Boston both my wife and I get between 16-18

There was a noticeable improvement in Mpg on the highway as we approached and passed 10,000 miles. we were in the 25mpg range before we hit that odometer threshold

we have the 2012 all 4 with automatic

 

Wow 16-18 mpg city.

 

Just a note about 'city' driving. City driving in my town (relatively small) usually results in 25-30 mpg. City driving in the San Francisco Bay area may be in the 14-22 mpg range, depending on time of day. Just saying...

All my fill-ups are on Fuelly as well:
http://www.fuelly.com/driver/dr61/countryman

 

That's a pretty cool log u got there.