Comments on: Averages http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2009/05/averages/ Life with MINIs (and other cars!) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:33:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Dave http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2009/05/averages/comment-page-1/#comment-6228 Dave Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:54:53 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/?p=1682#comment-6228 i'm consistently seeing 20-21 average MPG in my R50, but that's also because it's high mileage, due in for an oil change, and being used for constant touch-and-go driving for food deliveries. once i start college and do more open-road motoring, perhaps flushing out my oil and putting my gas tank on the ventil-sauber-and-jectron diet, i expect to see numbers closer to 25 or 26 average. i’m consistently seeing 20-21 average MPG in my R50, but that’s also because it’s high mileage, due in for an oil change, and being used for constant touch-and-go driving for food deliveries. once i start college and do more open-road motoring, perhaps flushing out my oil and putting my gas tank on the ventil-sauber-and-jectron diet, i expect to see numbers closer to 25 or 26 average.

]]> By: RB http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2009/05/averages/comment-page-1/#comment-6227 RB Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:48:12 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/?p=1682#comment-6227 Got a row of seats (3) to myself and slept for 8 of the 10 hours..... :-) Second flight was not as fun, but only 3 hours long so bearable. Got $580 stole in Holland. Got a row of seats (3) to myself and slept for 8 of the 10 hours….. :-)
Second flight was not as fun, but only 3 hours long so bearable. Got $580 stole in Holland.

]]> By: GBMINI http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2009/05/averages/comment-page-1/#comment-6226 GBMINI Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:42:10 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/?p=1682#comment-6226 Good luck with the flight! Christian and his wife got delayed, left stuck in CDG/Paris for a night. Good luck with the flight! Christian and his wife got delayed, left stuck in CDG/Paris for a night.

]]> By: RB http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2009/05/averages/comment-page-1/#comment-6225 RB Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:24:02 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/?p=1682#comment-6225 My wifes A4 gets much better mpg than that but she has the 2005 1.8 Quartro. Hers gets 28-30. Ian, I'm in the Amsterdam airport heading home!! My wifes A4 gets much better mpg than that but she has the 2005 1.8 Quartro. Hers gets 28-30.

Ian, I’m in the Amsterdam airport heading home!!

]]> By: Matt Covey http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2009/05/averages/comment-page-1/#comment-6224 Matt Covey Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:14:25 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/?p=1682#comment-6224 Interesting that the Q5 is on par with the auto 06 A4 we have. The A4 does a little better on long hauls but not much. My R56 MCS sees considerably better mileage than you saw. I get 30mpg on work day runs and 35-37mpg highway at a 65-70mph clip. That's on par with my old R50 MC. Interesting that the Q5 is on par with the auto 06 A4 we have. The A4 does a little better on long hauls but not much.

My R56 MCS sees considerably better mileage than you saw. I get 30mpg on work day runs and 35-37mpg highway at a 65-70mph clip. That’s on par with my old R50 MC.

]]> By: GBMINI http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2009/05/averages/comment-page-1/#comment-6221 GBMINI Fri, 29 May 2009 13:32:56 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/?p=1682#comment-6221 Why? It's not like we get better as we age, is it! ;) Why? It’s not like we get better as we age, is it! ;)

]]> By: RB http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2009/05/averages/comment-page-1/#comment-6220 RB Fri, 29 May 2009 11:22:05 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/?p=1682#comment-6220 20 is OK.... Huh? I think it's crappy even for that slug..... ;-) but maybe as it ages it will get better. 20 is OK…. Huh? I think it’s crappy even for that slug….. ;-) but maybe as it ages it will get better.

]]> By: Josh Wardell http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2009/05/averages/comment-page-1/#comment-6219 Josh Wardell Fri, 29 May 2009 00:58:31 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/?p=1682#comment-6219 I've been averaging 28.7mpg so far this year...mileage really does go up as the engine ages! I’ve been averaging 28.7mpg so far this year…mileage really does go up as the engine ages!

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