Crappy MPG, any ideas?

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  1. #1
    stuart_hatch
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    My 52 plate Cooper seems to be getting rubbish MPG.

    According to the computer, I only got a average of 34.8 mpg on a recent m'way run from Glasgow to Blackpool and back.

    I was sitting at a average of 80mph, tyres were all inflated to 31psi and it had a INSP 2 service only 4k ago, the car was 4 up and the air con was on.

    I did the exact same trip last year in my dads A8 3.7 and it got 28mpg, any ideas?

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    MINI Obsessed Craig's Avatar
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    tbh, your MPG is pretty much what I always got on my Coop's that I had.... With 4 up and air con on, I think you did ok. I used to get on average 32mpg from my Cooper's

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    Sounds good to me, don't honestly think you'd get better than that

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    At those speeds, a full car and air con that sounds about right. I average 27mpg in my S.

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    GCA3N
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    Are you on run flats, I run 17" run flats but have 36psi on the rear and 34psi on the front.

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    dont drive as fast sorry had to say it before some one elce got in there
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    I get an average of 38.4 in my Cooper (R56) that's with air con on constantly (hot flushes! )

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    GCA3N
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash_Amber View Post
    I get an average of 38.4 in my Cooper (R56) that's with air con on constantly (hot flushes! )
    You could open the window

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    Quote Originally Posted by GCA3N View Post
    You could open the window
    Naa messes up my hair

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash_Amber View Post
    Naa messes up my hair
    WOW all women are the same. I get this every time I am in the car, I open the window and both my wife and daughter comment "SHUT THE WINDOW DAD"

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