Practicalities of the Mini
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Hi
My girlfriend has a new job and for the next 6 - 9 months will be doing a 60 - 80 mile daily commute cross the A606 to Nottingham.
She really wants a cooper or cooper s (10k - 12k budget) but i have heard they have shocking fuel consumption - are they really bad, and if so is there an alturnative like an LPG conversion.
Cheers guys
My girlfriend has a new job and for the next 6 - 9 months will be doing a 60 - 80 mile daily commute cross the A606 to Nottingham.
She really wants a cooper or cooper s (10k - 12k budget) but i have heard they have shocking fuel consumption - are they really bad, and if so is there an alturnative like an LPG conversion.
Cheers guys
markizok said:
Its just a shame the MCS looks so much meaner - the scoop in the bonnet is great. On the plus side she wants black or red so ill be more than happy to drive it on the weekends!
I borrowed the company mini cooper for 1000 miles or so and I was horrified at the fuels consumption! it was truly very very poor - I do drive very quickly but even given that I had my foot on the floor almost all the way from nottingham to london (140 miles) to average 17.2 mpg was bloody shocking, I attempted to drive slowly (75-85) on the way back and managed little over 24mpg..
however, although it has a very peaky engine it is really good fun to drive and above 5000rpm (even in 5th gear!) it really flies!
markizok said:
30+ seems good.
It turns out that one of the guys i work with is on his 2nd MCS - the first did 30-35mpg, the newer one is returning 22 max and its over a year old!
Seems strange
there is something about the CATs breaking up (the con of having an overrun - popping car!) and the bits getting stuck in the exhaust system further back losing power. this doesn't seem to be dependent on age or miles elapsed from what i can gather. the point is if you end up driving it harder to make up for the fact that it's not making the full complement of horses then i guess that would harm MPG... just a thought.
to be fair though it isn't a car you buy because of it's economy. you might want to look towards a fabia vRS/ibiza cupra/polo gti (if the diesel does come - whatever it isn't out til may06) type thing...
Fo a 60 to 80 mile a day commute I would go for a one ot two-year old Golf Turbo-Diesel. They do over 50 mpg, are totally reliable, hold their value, are large enough and structurally great. With the latest T/D engine they have adequate power for all normal road driving.
Personally I'm not a fan of the BMW small car they have named a Mini. Nothing wrong with it as a car and good engineering, but the price is, IMHO, far too high for what you are getting and the performance nothing wonderful, just average. If they had called it a BMW 216, how many who now own one would have bought one?
Personally I'm not a fan of the BMW small car they have named a Mini. Nothing wrong with it as a car and good engineering, but the price is, IMHO, far too high for what you are getting and the performance nothing wonderful, just average. If they had called it a BMW 216, how many who now own one would have bought one?
love machine said:
Driven around Clifton today, billions of BMW minis everywhere. Be different, get a decent car for £10-12K. She could have a V8 Capri for that sort of money, or a Caterfield. Life is too short to drive a big box badged as a smaller better box.
yep, v8 capri will do just the job as an economical, reliable car for his missus' daily commute..!
i think you should get a Rodius - be different!
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