shift before 3750. and do not accelerate quickly.

ive seen 8mpg average for a tank of gas. i didnt complain. i LOVED IT. i'd do it again. i will do it again.

my last tank was 18, previous was 21.

 

I'm interested to hear abit more from peoples experiences. I've read a good amount about it on this site and the large report.

1. Does buying the 192 over the 231HP version give a slightly better MPG?
2. Does driving slower and less rev like, give any good returns?
3. What could you get in one straight highway/motorway journy with no stopping and pretty much constant speed?
4. Does clicking on cruize control affect MPG as it does in other cars as it's usually inefficient?

Cheers

 

1.) If there is a difference, I wouldn't think it would be much of one.
2.) The lower you rev, and the less you floor it, the less fuel that gets delivered to the engine, so in retrospect, would give better MPG. I wouldn't recommend it all the time, though, as the Rotary loves to be in the high revs.
3.) I've heard people getting upwards towards 30 MPG. With a great engine and everything working well, I don't see how the 25 on avg highway miles can't be possible.
4.) No clue on this one. Maybe an 8 guru could answer.

 

Thanx for that. It's surely not harmful to the engine to drive slow sometimes with lower reving is it?

 

1) Not sure I have a MT
2) Yes, I drive all city and if I keep the revs below 3K to 4K I see and increase of about 1.5 MPG.
3) The best I have heard on the Highway with cruse control on is 24MPG more normal is 18 to 22 MPG Highway.
4) Yes.

 

do a search on mpg and you'll have enough reading to keep you busy for the next few months.

 

Like i said, i've already read alot, but i still want to watch this thread and read more about it.

 

It's not technically BAD for the enging to keep it under revs, it's just good to keep the carbon out of the engine. Really, I'd say if you don't want to rev high often, do it once a week. WOT to red line and call it good. You might lose a whole 1/2 a mile to the gallon, but that's not much when you think of the rebuild costs to your engine :P But this is all up to you. You'll get good miles out of the engine without redlines, it's just a safety procedure a lot of Rotary guys like to hold up.

 

It will repeat everything you have read or not read.

I can get 22.5 on HWY or 6 MPG on the track.

It depends upon how you drive.

We should lock this thread.

 

+1

I kinda gave steverothery the heebee jeebies in another thread...

 

no we shldnt lock, its interesting for me.

 

This is my seventh rotary Mazda and it gets the best MPG of all of them. I have a '04 A/T and it is rated slightly better then the M/T. I normally get 16-21mpg depending on what type of driving. As a curiosity I tested it once and have never checked the MPG again. Here is what I was able to get with the cruse on. These were all done on a flat hi way and at least one half a tank of gas.
55-60mph 29.5mpg
60-65mph 27.5mpg
65-70mph 25.0mpg

 

We don't like liars here. You have not read very much at all, you lying SOB. Do a search, moron. And don't lie anymore. Someone shut this thread down.

 

such a happy family....

 

There is nothing that anyone will say in this thread that hasn't been said in the million other MPG threads. Don't be lazy....just do a search. I just searched MPG in the thread titles, and it gives 5 pages of threads

 

Yay for E-Rage. Take a chill pill, startle. Internet is not serious business, beyond contrary belief.

Unless your being sarcastic, then lol.

 

where's the popcorn... .... ...


man thank god i can't get banned for being a smiley ****

 

e-rage....I've never heard it called that! Maybe I'm just out of touch....getting old, and missing out on the slang nowadays though!

 

WTF is with all the douchebaggery here lately?

 

I figured it suited the situation well

 

THANKS! I'd wondered about that. I've seen a drop of about 2 mpg since summer...thought this might be the reason, but wasn't sure. Premix got about 1.5 of that back though.

 

13.6 - 16.2 thats what I get. And winter gas is ****!

 

I get 12 in the city and 18 on the hwy. It's not a honda, stop complaining.

 

I guess I get about 18mpg with a large amount of that being city driving or cruising around the hills up at 5-7K rpm

Driving slower and keeping the revs down below 4k can get me 1mpg or so better, so I'd rather enjoy myself.

On a straight motorway the best i ever did was 22 mpg and i could have done better if i had been doing 55 (no fun).

Never really played with calculating cruise control mileage

 

gfschoone is on a stang forum laughing his *** off.