R50/53 Personal Best Range !
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Personal Best Range !
Rodan is primarily an "around town" Mini, but last weekend we had occasion to do a bunch of highway miles, and coincidently started the weekend with a full tank. Being the typical **** Mini owner, I always reset the trip meter at the pump and when I filled up this AM, we had gotten 349.1 miles from a tank of gas. Very a-typical for us but just wondering what other motorers' records are.
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I just drove from Dallas to Denver, and I got 435 miles out of a tank on the trip. The range meter on the computer said I still had 55 miles left!
Of course that was all nighttime (no traffic) sixth-gear freeway mileage, with the cruise control set to about 78 mph.
I'd say that will be the best range I will ever get (at least, until I take another non-stop road trip to somewhere farther than a tank of gas away).
Of course that was all nighttime (no traffic) sixth-gear freeway mileage, with the cruise control set to about 78 mph.
I'd say that will be the best range I will ever get (at least, until I take another non-stop road trip to somewhere farther than a tank of gas away).
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I just filled up after 402 miles of mixed driving. The trip computer said I could have gone another 20 miles, but I didn't feel too lucky that day.
The trip started in Hot Springs, AR with hills and curves(and the associated appropriate MINI driving style ), but also had quite a bit of more sedate roadway involved. Also, a lot of the driving was with the top down.
The trip started in Hot Springs, AR with hills and curves(and the associated appropriate MINI driving style ), but also had quite a bit of more sedate roadway involved. Also, a lot of the driving was with the top down.
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My wife and I both commute to work in our Mini (I work nights, she works days) and with a mix of city, highway, and back country road driving, we average around 450 miles on every tank. I've had a few hit 500 miles, and a couple were just under 400 miles when I had an autocross or two on that tank. So far I am very pleased with the gas mileage of our MC. I record the miles per gallon at almost every fill up, and so far we've only had one tank below 30 mpg, and that was with about 25 autocross runs on that tank.
-Keith
-Keith
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Originally Posted by qwertmoneky
That is amazing! I cant believe that you are able to get 420 miles to a tank! How often do you have to fill up?
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