VRRocket

Couldn't believe it, 23.07 mpg. Took a trip from Greensboro to the Asheville area up the mountain and got 290 miles out of a tank! The light wasn't even on when I filled up. That's the best yet for me, and usually running it at 75+ mph.

RotorManiac

its so great to hear it!

762gunner

How many miles are on your car?

Bankotsu

Yea, I just got mine today and I can tell already that the break-in period is not going to be fun. I drove 20 miles and I can already see space between the needle and the F.

Rotarian_SC

Hmm, must be the weather or gas around asheville . I drive there a couple times a week, 7500 mi on the car, and I normally get 23+ mpg

DAVETHOMSON

I drove from Fort Worth to Branson and got over 24 MPG.

Usually average 22-23MPG to and from work.

Car now has 8000 miles to its credit without a problem. No re-flash since I bought it, no flooding, great car and the best colour.

Don't drive it like a *****, but certainly don't try to be the fastest guy on the road either.

Mikelikes2drive

wow good job... i still havent broken 16 mpg

Logan072

We just have better gas in Texas, thats how we are able to get better gas mileage.

expo1

If your around the Asheville area you must take your 8 on the Dragon (us 129), this car was made for that Road

Kagero

After brake-in period my mpg have improved. New 23.5mpg was best I could get. I have 11k on her now and with 87oct cruz set at 65mph I have 3 times got 27.5mpg. Thats all hwy and very hard to do for 360+ miles. This is a real discipline test since it is so much fun to rev it up! Back in 89 I had a RX7 Turbo II and in those 55mph speed limit days I did 55mph for 150 miles and got 29mpg! I feel I could beet this if I had the patience and a road I could do 55mph on without getting run over. I know this is a sports car and my 12th ROTARY but the best I could get on my first rotary in '71 was 21mpg and it had half the power. What a big improvement!!!

Sea Ray

I took a 200 mile hwy trip today. Cruise set at 73 mph, got 23.10 mpg. And that was with the AC on, 2 people and golf clubs, using Chevron 93 oct.

VRRocket

I have around 7.5K on the car right now.

Expo1 - my folks live about an hour from the Dragon, arguably the best stretch of road in the country. Kinda wish I still lived up there - the terrain here is a little hilly, but nothing like Western NC!

boarder

>We just have better gas in Texas, thats how we are able to get better gas mileage.

HAH! I wish. Still haven't broken 16 mpg.

Elara

how would one get to the Dragon from Sylva? We have a friend we visit down there every year, and he didn't know what I was talking about last September when we went down and I wanted to drive it..

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Rotarian_SC

Yes, I do agree that the terrain around there is great :D, I just never seem to have the free time to be able to do the Dragon, but it is on my list of things to do.

Bankotsu

Must be an Arlington thing then

miata2rx8

I wonder if the differences we're seeing in gas mileage has to do with how the car was broken in? People with 23+, can you describe your breakin timeframe- how long did you take?

miata2rx8

btw, I have always gotten 15 or so, but since I hit 13000, I am getting 17-18!!

Kagero

I feel the breakin time of the car is very important! I followed the manual. I use 87oct most of the time,but when I want a little extra performance I use 91oct. I also change the oil(dino) every 2-3k. I have used syn oil in past Rotarys, but I never have changed it so often. I got my Son hooked on Mazdas too, poor kid wants the 8 so bad!!!

TwoZooms

My last tank gave me 23.2 mpg in mixed driving (some around-town driving, some 75 mph freeway cruising, and several zips over 7000 rpm). I have about 1,600 miles on the car. Since I bought the car, the mileage has improved from just under 20 to just over 23, so I can't complain. I broke it in by the book, by the way.

Logan072

I have been hitting 17-18 consistently and after my M flash it looks like I will hit 20-22 mpg. I am even happier than before.

JeRKy 8 Owner

Again thesetypes of posts mean nothing to me. Ofcourse you guys will get great mileage on 100% highwaymiles.

Whensomeone manages to break 19 mpg w/100%city miles THEN I will be impressed.

Bytheway how many gallons do you usuallyput into the tank when you go back for a fillup? Yousay you got 290miles out of your tank right? On my tank I almost always fill up whenits significantly below E --the very last notch-- and that usually endsup being ~14.5 gallon fill ups. 290 miles would only be 20MPG in my case -- 290/14.5 = 20 MPG. I guessyou must have only filled up a little over 12 gallons to get that 23mpg --meaning you didnt drive allthe way downto the last notch b/c if you did then you really didnt get 23 mpg.

VRRocket

Jerky -
I'm a bit confused. If I fill my tank, drive, refill it, check the amount I refilled, and divide that into the number of miles driven, I'll REALLY get the number of miles per gallon REGARDLESS of how far down I allow the needle to go. Anyone disagree?

Logan072

OK, the results are in, I got 275 miles / 13.1 gallons I put back in = 20.99 MPG. This was using 93 octan fuel with the dsc off 90% of the time. I am now putting 91 octane with the DSC on and will post my results ASAP.