rx8 driving me to poor house..and lovin it
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rx8 driving me to poor house..and lovin it
Am I the only one on here who looks back atleast twice at his car as he walks away from it? Am I the only one here that revs the car at any given opportunnity and sees the low fuel light go on at 145 miles on the trip meter? At almost 3 bucs a gallon for premium gas I am spending almost 30 cent a mile! This car is draining me...I love it but how can i be getting barely 11 mpg??
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Originally Posted by mattr8
Am I the only one on here who looks back atleast twice at his car as he walks away from it? Am I the only one here that revs the car at any given opportunnity and sees the low fuel light go on at 145 miles on the trip meter? At almost 3 bucs a gallon for premium gas I am spending almost 30 cent a mile! This car is draining me...I love it but how can i be getting barely 11 mpg??
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I drive normal most of the time & I'm only getting about 160-180's a tank on city driving shifting at about 3000rpm all the time.Freeway driving is decent getting around 220-240miles per tank if it's all driven on freeway.
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Almost all my driving is in the "City" and my mileage also sucks. Not as bad as 11 mpg, but between 13 & 15 mpg. Fortunately, I only liive 1 mile from work so when I go broke I can walk. I think one of the reasons the mileage has been so bad is that the car really does not have a chance to warm up before I shut it off. So. it is running on Choke the whole way to work. Then, when I come home its the same thing. When I get the chance to put Highway miles on it the mpg does get up to 18.
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Are these fairly new? I didn't start getting good gas mileage until I had put some miles on it.
(see if you think of 18mpg as 'good', then there are no problems! Glass half full )
(see if you think of 18mpg as 'good', then there are no problems! Glass half full )
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Originally Posted by griffj10
Almost all my driving is in the "City" and my mileage also sucks. Not as bad as 11 mpg, but between 13 & 15 mpg. Fortunately, I only liive 1 mile from work so when I go broke I can walk. I think one of the reasons the mileage has been so bad is that the car really does not have a chance to warm up before I shut it off. So. it is running on Choke the whole way to work. Then, when I come home its the same thing. When I get the chance to put Highway miles on it the mpg does get up to 18.
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My 8 has just over 12K on her. Though I know very seldom do I leave 1st & 2nd Gear before 5-6K RPM, 3rd through 6th I usually shift at about 3K RPM. Between both City and Highway I am averaging just over 300 Miles per fill-up. So 15.9GAL / 310 = 19.5MPG. Not too bad I guess, But hey... If you want good gas Mileage may I suggest the Chevy Metro!!! If you want style, handling & speed may I suggest a 2nd job to pay for the gas of your 8!!! I use Mid-Grade gas as my 8 was purchased used and I was told that was the grade the previous owner used. Don't know if I will get better or worse results by using a higher or lower octane, but she seems to run well enough on her current diet!
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Originally Posted by mattr8
Am I the only one on here who looks back atleast twice at his car as he walks away from it? Am I the only one here that revs the car at any given opportunnity and sees the low fuel light go on at 145 miles on the trip meter? At almost 3 bucs a gallon for premium gas I am spending almost 30 cent a mile! This car is draining me...I love it but how can i be getting barely 11 mpg??
Dude, they invented shifting, look into it :p I am getting 20/21 in town 25 Hwy
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