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Old 05-22-2011, 02:00 PM
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LA My first road trip

Got to make my first little road trip this weekend, went from Baton Rouge to Biloxi Ms. I managed 23.8 mpg, running with Traffic, (75-80) , and 24.6 on the way back, running 72 all the way. It's not 40 mpg, but I knew this when I bought it. Very happy with that kind of mileage.
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Not bad, my best mpg so far is 17mpg lol. But all my driving is done in the city... Going to SA Texas this July, hoping for better mpg then.
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yeah, I average about 17.5 in town, was 14-15 before I did the tune up
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The rx8's mileage isn't that bad when driving an entire tank on the freeway. Mid 20's ain't bad for a sports car.
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I only drive the car around the Las Vegas area and never drove past it. When i bought the car used in 07, i was planning to drive it far like Los Angeles or something, it never happened and whenever we planned for a vacation to go far, we always rent a car for it. That's why, the mileage of my 05 rx8 is less than 32k right now, it's pretty low than a normal driving of 15k a year or less than that. Anyway, not planning to drive it far, just local driven to keep the mileage very low.
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Love the 8 for road trips. I've owned mine for 3.5 years, bought it with 8,600 miles in Oct 2007, and only do about 7,000 miles a year in-state for commuting and such. So it would be at ~32,000 miles.

But I take it for lots of long distance trips, so it's at 83,000 miles Consistently get 20+mpg, 23-24mpg if I pay attention to it.

Here is my 8,330 mile road trip mileage last September for Sevenstock.

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^ Damn! You really did this? Wow... i have nothing to say.
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That's quite the road trip.
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Originally Posted by monchie
^ Damn! You really did this? Wow... i have nothing to say.
I've got the full thread over the in the Sevenstock subforum

Best memories of my life.
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