Anyone have the official MPG's for all the MINI's? ... city and highway?

 

Try MINIUSA.com

 

25/32 for the MCS
28/36 for the MC
26/34 for the MC with CVT

That's from miniusa.com.

I haven't taken a long highway trip but I probably get no more than 25 mpg in my MCS in daily use, which is a combination of city and highway.

Ultimately, the money I saved in going to a more fuel efficient car was lost by having to switch to premium gas. But then, if fuel efficiency was my main concern, I would have gotten one of them butt-ugly Prius cars.

 

I used to get a solid 34 MPG on the highway @ 70MPG in my 2004 MCS with the old gearing. I have not yet taken my '05 6MT MCS on a highway roadtrip, but I suspect my fuel mileage will be more like 32MPG due to the revised gearing accross the board.

In the city my '05 MCS with A/C at full blast is delivering around 21-22MPG.

The wife's '02 CVT with 32K miles is currently delivering 30-32MPG dense city driving with A/C at full blast and 38-40MPG in the highway

Last roadtrip we made in the MC CVT we manage to drive from Miami, FL to Hilton Head Island, SC with one full tank of gas non-stop. The distance was aprox 530 miles.-------> 44MPG!!!!!! (Cruise control, driving @70MPH speed limit) :smile:

Who needs those stinkin' and overpriced Hybrid cars?

 

If I drive very conservatively around town, with the AC on, I can get 25 MPG. But I'm having to drive like a blue hair to do that.

 

Not really. Keep in mind though that the MCS is a performance oriented car, not a fuel miser. If you were after high fuel mileage, then you probably would have gone for a Cooper 5-speed or a VW Golf TDI (Diesel).

Don't get me started on Hybrids...the biggest scam in automotive history

I don't feel bad paying for Premium gasoline because the excellent to reasonably performance of the MC/MCS and their fuel mileage consumption rates more than make up for the "added" cost.

To put it into perspective, A full size Chevy Tahoe SUV consumes in 1 single day the amount of fuel a MINI would take 4-5 days to use.

I am enjoying witnessing the death of the SUV pigs as we know them.

 

it has been amazing lately how many people in bigger cars ask me "how much do I get to the gallon?"

there is a place somewhere on the net that sells these decals ... you know ... 32mpg ... etc. ... time to get one!

anyone know the website

 

I still have my new-car window sticker from when the car was on the lot. Maybe I should cut out the fuel ratings and tape it to the window. The MINI really isn't a great fuel efficient car but I look at it as a balance: looking good vs getting good milage. The MINI is the highest ratio of "looking good" to "getting good milage" you can find! A few cars look better but get much worse milage. A few cars get much better milage but look worse. Hence, the MINI is the perfect car.


I do swear that I see noticably fewer SUVs already. Maybe it's just a mind trick because that's what I expect to see but with gas prices breaking the $3/gallon mark, you know people must be thinking hard about trade ins. Especially with the big American dealers doing that "employee pricing" promo stuff. I know a guy that used this to trade his minivan for a nice SAAB. Great price, less gas guzzling. It's no MINI, but, you know, he needs a family car so I guess I'll let him off the hook.

 

My new MCS05 with a/c on full blast has given me 19MPG of whic 90% are in the city and 10% on the HWy..I am a bit dissapointed to be honest..My old MX-6 used to give me 25MPG under the same conditions...(regular gas also)...Sould I be concerned??

 

My gas mileage on my MCS slowly got better as I got more miles on the car. It was disappointing low during the first month of driving. Now, I'm at around 4k miles on the odometer now and I'm getting an average of 25mpg in town and ~30mpg for highway driving @75-80mph.

 

My mileage going well above reason on the roads (no numbers so mods dont yell) in my MC is about 30mpg. But here's the catch, its sustained. Accelleration kills your MPG. If I granny drive on the tollway (65mph / posted speed) I get over 40, constant, no accelleration/decelleration. I used to get 26 city when I was a stoplight junkie, but now I only hit three stoplights between work and home.

 

Got about 6K miles on mine, run the AC quite often always on full blast. Generally city driving mixed with hwy, and I get about 27.3mpg.

 

Not if you're having fun

The only way to maximize fuel economy is to minimize throttle usage, so it all depends on where you place your priorities. I'm trying to maximize fuel economy right now just to see what's possible, but I'm still tempted whenever someone thinks they're gonna beat me off the line.

 

in my 05 mcs the best I have seen to date is 29, that was cruising easy close to the speed limit ( around 75 ) with the air on. I have about 6000 miles on the last of my concerns when I bought the car was mileage, I drive my dodge truck around most of the time unless I am going "driveing" or to an event of some sort, or I just feel like driving it. Around town I bet I dont do better than 12mpg or so which is fine for how well the car runs, the mods I have and how heavy my foot is.

I tell ya what though, my car runs exceptionally well on a tank of 100oct @$5.50 per gallon !

 

Do you really have to use Premium in the Cooper?

 

My computer is saying 31.3 - MC CVT, @ 425 miles right now. Don't believe it one bit!

I think it's important to say what octane you are running, and where -> not all states have the same formulation, PLUS how you drive.

I've got a really "complicated" log in Excel that I'm compiling - I write down when & where I buy it, current ODO mileage, the octane, total gallons, and the total cost. I've only filled up once. Once I fill in a second line (second fillup), it calculates the MPG AND references the previous octane (ie, "29 @ 92 octane").

Then, it being Excel, I will (eventually) have it calculate the average cost per mile, and project (date functions) what I should expect to pay for gas for the rest of the year , based on how many miles I expect to drive in a week. As a comparison I may have a function which calculates what I'm likely to save had I stuck with a vehicle that takes regular, for proving the measly $100.00 over the course of a year was TOTALLY worth it for premium/MINI.

The only problem is the error. Whenever I fill up, I always wait for the pump to stop - then I round to the nearest $ 1/4. I'm not too sure how much error this adds into the calculation. I figure if I do this all the time, I might get a slightly higher (.05?) MPG than reality.

John