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My MCS
- Thread starter Adamio
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_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
Lol that doesnt prove anything. I could recreate that picture. Anyway its under warrenty so no it wouldnt be expensive. Oh and try and google search for R53 S mpg's and see what everyone else seems to get.
exactly.
exactly.
Waitey
ClioSport Club Member
Alpina D3, AC Cobra
It depends A LOT on the type on driving you do...
I used to average 28mpg in my M3. When I had a MCS for a week it averaged 37mpg. Doing the same run I get 43mpg out of the other halfs 172. (500 miles a week, mix of town, B roads, A roads and some motorway work)
If you spend your life in town you will get dire mpg from MCS's.
I used to average 28mpg in my M3. When I had a MCS for a week it averaged 37mpg. Doing the same run I get 43mpg out of the other halfs 172. (500 miles a week, mix of town, B roads, A roads and some motorway work)
If you spend your life in town you will get dire mpg from MCS's.
lol okay, you don't like what your being told i understand. But why would I make it up?
I was only adding that its easy to get a good MPG from a r53 mcs if you drive without a lead foot!
I was only adding that its easy to get a good MPG from a r53 mcs if you drive without a lead foot!
I traded in my MCS for the Clio 182 and miss it so much. I had to sell it and become all sensible as I'm trying to get a mortgage at the moment, I had spend ££££'s modifying it. It just became too much for what I needed when I changed jobs, I wasliterally driving to the station and back. I wont have a car at all soon as I'll have no need for one!
By the way-how the hell did you get that MPG! Best I could get was 30 which was a mix of motorway driving and B roads.
By the way-how the hell did you get that MPG! Best I could get was 30 which was a mix of motorway driving and B roads.
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
Easy to get 40mpg out the R53 tbh. Just fit cams, smaller pulley, intercooler, new injectors, etc, then map it & the trip computer doesnt work properly any more.
In reality, the standard one i borrowed struggled to get 30 on my commute. Which is poor.
In reality, the standard one i borrowed struggled to get 30 on my commute. Which is poor.
You do care though
Mostly A-Roads and motorway, but went into town a few times. When pushing it the MPG is bad! but when driving carefully (changing before 2-2.5k below 6th, and sticking at about 75 on motorway) its as above.
[video=vimeo;26759290]http://vimeo.com/26759290[/video]
50secs in = 18-20mpg.
Now shut the f**k up
Chris205
ClioSport Club Member
Many Things
I really really miss my R53 MCS, great fun and sounds nuts with a Dave.F hybrid intake on. Mine ran on eibach sportlines and it was great, not a crashy ride at all so don't listen to the coilover club that tell you they're terrible. It also added a bit of well needed camber on the rear, great fun for hanging the tail end out.
Reason I sold mine - MPG. I was doing 60-75 miles a day and putting in £20 a days worth of vpower. The biggest problem the R53 has is when you're sitting in traffic, it just chews through the juice, however last year going to FCS I managed 43mpg sat at 70Mph with one or two blasts into 3 figures.
Reason I sold mine - MPG. I was doing 60-75 miles a day and putting in £20 a days worth of vpower. The biggest problem the R53 has is when you're sitting in traffic, it just chews through the juice, however last year going to FCS I managed 43mpg sat at 70Mph with one or two blasts into 3 figures.
withoutabix
ClioSport Club Member
Bullshit the eibachs are rediculosly crashy totally ruined the ride in my dads car, felt every small divet and pothole, kw v1's transformed it... Infinitely better all round
RDH
ClioSport Club Member
Anybody who says they can consistantly average over 30 mpg with mixed driving in a R53 is a barefaced liar.
With mostly town driving and the occasional motorway cruise the highest I ever saw was 25 mpg. Which was one the reasons I sold it. The performance to economy ratio on an R53 is pretty poor. My 182 is a quicker and MUCH better on fuel. Doing the same driving I've yet to see the 182 below 38 mpg.
I do miss the interior on it though.
And the fact that my 182 on K-tec coilovers is comfier than the Mini was says alot about the comfort of them. Even without the run-flats.
With mostly town driving and the occasional motorway cruise the highest I ever saw was 25 mpg. Which was one the reasons I sold it. The performance to economy ratio on an R53 is pretty poor. My 182 is a quicker and MUCH better on fuel. Doing the same driving I've yet to see the 182 below 38 mpg.
I do miss the interior on it though.
And the fact that my 182 on K-tec coilovers is comfier than the Mini was says alot about the comfort of them. Even without the run-flats.
It wasn't meant to be interesting, it was simply sound. Would you assume that noise would accompany a girly car. Maybe I have a love for girly cars having owned both clios and a Mini :rasp:
Try this one, still not mega interesting tbf....
[video=vimeo;19829603]http://vimeo.com/19829603[/video]
Monaco 172
Makes me think of that spead kills thread with the vid lol. goes well. never liked cooper s's tbh but i love the sound of that.
different engines have different trates, what one engine does doesnt mean another will do. one person could carry passengers often or fill there boot, time of last service etc all count toward mpg.ive seen standard cooper s be slow as s**t and fast as f**k. my mates checkmate used to out gun type r's which id never of thought was possible.
RDH
ClioSport Club Member
The standard R56s really die out top end imho.
We had one: terrible MPG fact.
Round town it was 23-24 mpg on the m-way at 65 it could push 38-39 mpg
ThatS why it went, £10 used to get us about 40 miles in town.
Pants really (considering my 182's were abit quicker and were alot better on the fuel)
Ride was shocking though TBH
Round town it was 23-24 mpg on the m-way at 65 it could push 38-39 mpg
ThatS why it went, £10 used to get us about 40 miles in town.
Pants really (considering my 182's were abit quicker and were alot better on the fuel)
Ride was shocking though TBH
I once achieved 99 mpg in the Clio, going down hill...
True story.
True story.
