rotayking

[QUOTE]Last week I passed the 1000 mile mark. I began winding her out to near 9000 rpm's on a fairly regular basis (every time I got on a freeway onramp etc.). Obviously I expected my mileage to take a big nose dive (I was averaging 18 mpg during break in).

So, I filled up today. My MPG? 19.44.

That's right. 19.44! With many 9000 rpm runs![QUOTE]

Well I'm not suprised, it takes less gas to accelerate when ur at higher rpm on the rx-8

megauo

I really don't want to burst everyone's bubbles here, but when driven hard this car drinks fuel as any other.

Someone say 'driving hard', I always understand driving on a track under racing conditions, which brought me a nice 7mpg.
On public roads, if I drive lightly I get 18 mpg, driving 'hard' however gives me 11-ish mpg.

So when somebody says again he drives this car hard and gets 16+ mpg I'll laugh him in the face!

mysql101

It depends on where you're driving. In city, you are limited to usually ~50 mph. So you can't spend a lot of time stomping on the gas. Also you can't go at unlimited high rates of speed. Furthermore, you can't do extreme braking, then extreme throttle like you would be doing on a track. So I think there is a limit to how low one can go with city driving in terms of fuel consumption. Of course, things might be different where you're at

rx8wannahave

I can wait to get an 8, I HOPE, so I can see for myself what type of fuel economy I get. I think I can hit at least 17/23 but we shall see...