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loader said:
Hi all
Looking at getting a new car and mini CS is near the top. Does the Cooper s get anywhere near its quoted manufacturers MPG figures as they look almost unbelievable for a Hot hatch?
Cheers
Loader
If you are buying brand new, then test drive a Cooper SD, I drove one a couple of weeks ago and was astonished how good it was.Looking at getting a new car and mini CS is near the top. Does the Cooper s get anywhere near its quoted manufacturers MPG figures as they look almost unbelievable for a Hot hatch?
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Given the performance I'm more than happy with this.Average MPG in the R56 (and any car, I suppose!) will be heavily affected by what sort of work the car is doing. If your day to day use involves a lot of A-road commuting sitting at 50-60mph the R56 will happily average circa 40MPG even if you do the odd bit of overtaking. If you are doing mostly town driving or using the car as a toy you won't get anywhere near that - when I was running my Cooper S it returned 26-28MPG (the JCW gets more or less the same). On the motorway you're looking at 40mpg at typical cruising speeds, and it drops off significantly once you do >85.
Overall a very economical car given the performance on offer!
Overall a very economical car given the performance on offer!
My old commute (country lanes, town and motorway) used to get me ~37mpg according to the onboard computer. My previous Clio 197 gave me ~26mpg for the same commute. I have recently changed jobs and now get ~43mpg on a mix of 30 and 40 roads.
For the performance it really is a cheap little car to run when you add in the tax and TLC servicing.
For the performance it really is a cheap little car to run when you add in the tax and TLC servicing.
Hello I own an R56 Mini Cooper S (56plate with 35k on clock). I use the car for work as well as pleasure so I cover a lot of miles. I would say if I drive hard (which is difficult not to do in a MCS!) then I've only seen the consumption as low as 32mpg. I average 37.5 to 39 ish MPG on a week to week basis with a 50 mile commute which includes stationary traffic and roughly 35 miles of which is motorway cruising at steady 80mph. So to sum up I would say you can do 37+ mpg without trying but if you do try you can realistically see 45+ mpg on the clock. I've done journeys before now where I have tried to drive as economically as possible and my best so far has been 47.3 mpg over 25 miles which I was quite proud of... how sad!
On a side note the oil consumption is quite high on my particular engine, I don't think it's a fault of my particular car it appears to be a common theme. I would say I'm using roughly 1 litre per 3-4k miles.
On a side note the oil consumption is quite high on my particular engine, I don't think it's a fault of my particular car it appears to be a common theme. I would say I'm using roughly 1 litre per 3-4k miles.
Poprin said:
On a side note the oil consumption is quite high on my particular engine, I don't think it's a fault of my particular car it appears to be a common theme. I would say I'm using roughly 1 litre per 3-4k miles.
That's a lot more than my Cooper S used. The JCW only needed topping up at 11K as well.Our Clubman S uses a fair bit of oil too, too early to have measured it yet though. Looking arond some seem to use it, some don't, no big issue as long as you keep it topped up.
I'm sure the manual says upto 1litre/1000miles is normal?
Used to have a MR2 which used a litre every 500miles, now that's bad!
I'm sure the manual says upto 1litre/1000miles is normal?
Used to have a MR2 which used a litre every 500miles, now that's bad!
Sam.F your not the only one that has said that the oil consumption is too high on my car. I did ask Mini about it but they gave me the official 1000miles/ 1litre line which I don't really think is acceptable at all. I've never owned a car that uses this much oil and this is the newest most expensive one I've ever owned! (aside from company cars)
I have also noticed that now and then my cam chain (at least I think this is what it is) is quite noisy for the first couple of minutes of driving. Maybe this is related?
I have also noticed that now and then my cam chain (at least I think this is what it is) is quite noisy for the first couple of minutes of driving. Maybe this is related?
The cam chain issue is well documented- you need the revised tensioner fitting- worth doing as the chain may stretch or wear much faster while it's rattling about. Very expensive if it fails.
Back to the OP's question- you should probably expect about 6-7 mpg less than the manufacturers figures in the real world. On a long motorway run I get low to mid 40s, mid 30s when tootling about. That said I think I got 1 or 2 mpg more before I switched from 16" wheels to 17s- wider tyres- more rolling resistance?
Back to the OP's question- you should probably expect about 6-7 mpg less than the manufacturers figures in the real world. On a long motorway run I get low to mid 40s, mid 30s when tootling about. That said I think I got 1 or 2 mpg more before I switched from 16" wheels to 17s- wider tyres- more rolling resistance?
I've had my R56 just over a month now and covered about 500 miles averaging 33-34mpg with a pretty even mix of motorway and city driving. It's a 57 plate car that has 42k on the clock.
I don't think the one previous lady owner ever reset the computer on it so when I tested it and then picked it up a week later it read that it had averaged 41mpg. I kept this info for the first week I owned it, in which time I drove it quite hard and the reading didn't change at all. She must have driven everywhere at 50 in 6th!
Well that's my PH forum cherry popped.
I don't think the one previous lady owner ever reset the computer on it so when I tested it and then picked it up a week later it read that it had averaged 41mpg. I kept this info for the first week I owned it, in which time I drove it quite hard and the reading didn't change at all. She must have driven everywhere at 50 in 6th!
Well that's my PH forum cherry popped.
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