Zephyrzone

Welcome to the forum.

Fair warning, a lot of members on here are sardonic and nasty. If you have a thick skin you'll learn a lot though!

EDIT: Is your car new (07 or 08)? Any other details (Sport, Touring, GT, MT or AT? etc....)

flipRx8

thanks..Cars an 04 touring, MT 6 speed..yesss...and i heard that its not as common as most cars to have black.red interior for silvers?...as I have that in my car also

Zephyrzone

I love the black and red combo- looks great in the silver! Sounds like a nice ride.
I have the black and red too but mine is painted red.

raphy3

Hey Maryland folks!
I just joined the forums; I live in Gaithersburg. I got my 8 a little over a week ago. And wow is it great to drive.
What kind of gas mileage do people get? I haven't filled up the tank yet, but something tells me at the pump I won't even make the 18 mpg that I should get in city.
peace all.

flipRx8

hey...i guess i can be the 1st to welcome you also...im in the gaithersburg area also...what color rx8 did you get?..anyway i read it is 20 mpg dpending on how you drive

muythaibxr

On the highway, I've been able to get 24 mpg...

For my normal driving, I get about 12 MPG... but that's b/c I live 3.5 miles from work.. the engine is just barely warmed up by the time I get where I'm going, and driving on a cold engine eats gas.

When I've done city driving warmed up, I've gotten 15-18 MPG.

Ken

Zephyrzone

My average is 16.5. Mostly to and from work 12 miles one way. I rev it very high, frequently.

I saw 20MPG once on ALL highway driving at 80MPH in 6th.

raphy3

ok guys thanks a bundle for that info. It'll put my concerns to rest a little bit. It looks like I'll be hitting around the 16 area as well. I live only a few miles from work and since I got the 8, have started taking the long way to and from work just to be able to stay in the car longer

Mine's gray, I guess. OR maybe silver, not sure of the official color name. I would have liked velocity red mica, but I was willing to make a compromise since it was Grand Touring and had everything else I wanted. My last car was red, so I guess it's ok to change.
I do have appearance pkg with rotary accents, which is pretty nice.

Thanks for the welcome flipRX8.

muythaibxr

I redline the engine at least once per day too, probably not helping my gas mileage.

raphy3

Yeah I guess high revs eat gas, and cold engine eats gas. In the manual it has the recommended gear switching points. The interesting thing is it suggests you're in 6th gear by only 46 mph. Looking at all the speeds and monitoring my RPMS at the recommended gear switching speeds, I noticed that the manual is suggesting to switch all the way down between 3000 and 4000 RPM.

This would suggest to me that the most efficient driving mileage-wise would be around 2500 RPM. That's kind of interesting considering the engine revs all the way up to 9000 with no problems at all... actually it begs to be revved up there.

zoomzoomnash

This definitely isn't the car for mileage. Gas isn't cheap either. You are stuck with super. My last car, a v-8 94 T-bird would run on dirt.

Oh well, it also wasn't near as pretty as my zoom-zoom. Wait till you get pulled over by a cop that doesn't want to arrest you, but just wants to see your car up close and sit in the seat. crazy. It happened to me 2 weeks ago. I also had a hot tourist chick in DC ask to have her photo taken while she sat on the hood.

You will find it is hard to get good mileage in the city. Much better on the open road.

Talking about driving, if it is new you so have to find a nice winding country road where you can let loose a bit.

Vred, AT, red 3 tone interior, GT, Motega wheels

raphy3

Oh yeah, that is coming this weekend. And as far as mileage... that will just have to be one of my dirty secrets
For now I'll do my part in destroying the planet with my car. Then, in a few years, I'll have a kid.

Mattytwotymes

I already have a kid..........she's sunlight silver and her name is RoXeanne

raphy3

lol good point. This car needs to be treated with kid gloves. I was wondering also if anyone knows, since mine is used, should I reset the ECU so that the car resets and adapts the the way I drive now? Or will the not make a big difference for anything? It had 14000 miles when I got it.

ZoomZoomH

iTrader: (1)

the ECU will self-adapt to your driving style as you drive, no need to reset.

raphy3

excellent, thanks for that bit of info. Saves me the trouble of looking into that.

flipRx8

hahaha hey dats my kids name to...cept i shortnd it down to roxy..aha

Zephyrzone

I know this is true, but it doesn't hurt to reset both the NVRAM and VRAM right? Just for piece of mind I would probably do it if I bought the car used. There's no harm in doing this correct?

raphy3

hmm, yeah it probably doesn't hurt I bet. I just filled up the tank yesterday... so I might as well reset it today then.

Cokerx7

hey people, i havent been on here in a while.. seems like everyone doin well.. welcome new people!..

hope to see some of yall around.. when is the next meet?

the mazda 3 people are meeting in columbia this saturday at the mall by starbucks..
around 6pm i'll be there later since i'm comin straight from work..

Zephyrzone

There's a 7 meet at Fuddruckers off of Dobbin on Sunday. I'll be there with my 8. Can't make the 3 meet.

muythaibxr

Yeah, not going to the 3 meet, I don't have a 3!


Ken

raphy3

So, the people at work found out I have an 8 now. We were at the bar on Friday doing the after-work thing and one guy wanted to come over to see my car.
Well, he was giving two people a ride home, so they all came an crowded around. And then one of the other guys and his girlfriend saw me getting into the car and turning the key, and drove over and asked me what was I doing getting into someone else's car, and where is my car by the way... lol.

When I told him I traded it in for this, his jaw just hit the floor.
So all in all there were six people all walking around crouding the inside, inspecting the trunk, checking out the engine bay. One guy asked me to rev it up to 9k RPMs so he could hear what it sounds like.

They were all just going nuts over the car, so intrigued with the rotary and the mesmerizing sound, asking me tons of questions.

Then when I told them my wife made me buy the car, I saw that twinkle in the eyes that betrays far-off longing. hehe. This car rocks.

Cokerx7

Glad to see you enjoyin the treatment Raph..

I would like to own an 8 one day.. but i'll just cruise around in the 7 once i'm done fixing its minor problems..

anyone know if their jobs are hiring for the winter? cuz i'm lookin for something to do over the winter.. Currently i'm a computer Tech.. have excellent customer service and willing to work long hours (that's what i tell the LADIES).. but seriously send me a pm or post on here..

Gallowin

Hey all

Just bought a BB '07 GT rx8 saturday night, living in the gaithersburg area. Just wanted to say Hey and hope to see some of you around on the streets.

and anyone in this area drive a VR rx8? saw it parked outside Bugaboo Creek restaurant about 2 weeks ago