nik52wrx

Wife currently has a cooper approaching 3yrs old and we are considering a Cooper S.
Anyone own/owned one and if so what mpg do they do around town?
Thanks
Nik.

Allan

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My son has a 2005 and averages about 26mpg, so would be a little lower on the shorter journeys.

nik52wrx

Pretty poor then

Might consider the Cooper D then

Nik.

Vr5RA_Matchew

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I work at Bmw/Mini is there anything you would like to know?
Most people average around 30-35mpg just down to how you drive them.
Which cooper s the turbo charged or the older supercharged model?

peat729

Hi, the R53 (supercharged) best mpg around 28mpg, the new R56 (Turbo) would give mid to late 30's, but you would have to drive at 56 mpg on a run. I had a cooper S R53 before I saw the light, difficult to drive anywhere slowly as the whine of the supercharger is hypnotic. Hope this helps

peat729

Oh, Ps have a friend with a Jcw R53 managed to get 400 miles from a tank of fuel!!! he did drive very slowly and didn't take it above 3k rpm

nik52wrx

It will be post 2007 so if i went for one it would be the turbo model.
Was the tlc package and option with the S?
Driving wise the wife has a 30 mile round trip which is a mixture of in town (5miles) and out of town carriageway(10 miles), she currently manages 43mpg in her cooper.
Nik.

peat729

The tlc package is an option for all mini's , at launch it was 100 pounds for 5 years or 50k miles, not sure on the price for the new mini's. having owned several mini's before finding the dark side DONT buy any mini without having TLC, anyone who bought a new mini without it was MAD.....

Vr5RA_Matchew

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Yes you can have the tlc package on the cooper s, her mpg will go down i think she will average around 35-37, they have to driving options the normal driving mode where the acceleration isnt as responsive and runs less boost to save fuel economy and the "sport" button which ups the boost and acceleration response for a more spirited drive, she wont be disappointed theyre great cars handling is awesome and suprisingly quick

Vr5RA_Matchew

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Yep do not buy without the TLC package, if i remember its £300 for the tlc package.

Luminous

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My friend's Cooper D managed about 60 mpg at a constant 80-85mph (private road of course).

nik52wrx

Thats gone up then! I'm sure it was only £150 quid when we bought the Cooper 3 years ago.
I will probably be buying used this time as i've stopped buying brand new (1-2yr old) so hopefully any used examples will have tlc.

drb5

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Our's was returning over 40mpg on average.

Great little car with the LSD specced in.

Huxley

Here indoors used to get just over 30mpg out of ours but afterI got behind the wheel it was a bit less and ours is a S Works and it's for sale

https://www.scoobynet.com/private-sa...r-s-works.html

IggyRB320

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The wifes 54 plate John Cooper Works gets 300+ miles to the tank.
Have to say, I love the sound of the super-charger!

Mal K

Our R56 S averages 35mpg. Can get 40+ if driven carefully!

Japorter

quite bad for the Cooper S Supercharged version.. used to owned one..

Petem95

I know someone who had the supercharged model and MPG was always in the 20's which is very poor IMO. AFAIK the 1.6 engine is quite a crude design - I think it's actually a Chrysler engine? That supercharger whine sounds fantastic tho!

Not sure about the newer turbocharged models however.

Wish

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Our 09 MINI Factory JCW get 30.9 around town.
I think its brilliant car for 200 + BHP

stuartknox

Hi

my wifes r56(turbo version) cooper s does ave 37mpg, thats a mixture of town driving and motorway. On a run to london i got it to show ave 44mpg.

great cars

stu