RX-8 vs FD, fuel economy
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RX-8 vs FD, fuel economy
I'm pretty sure I read FD gets(got) 18/24 at least as an EPA rating, and unless Mazda decides to surprise us with a lower figure, the RX-8 gets 18/24 as well. Additionally... some people here have noticed mid-tens fuel economy on brand new GT's in real-world driving.
For any FD owners... what were/are your real world fuel economy figures?
For anyone... If real world fuel economy for FD's matches with RX-8's what does this mean?
For any FD owners... what were/are your real world fuel economy figures?
For anyone... If real world fuel economy for FD's matches with RX-8's what does this mean?
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Originally posted by revhappy
17/25, at least that's the EPA estimates from Edmunds for the FD.
17/25, at least that's the EPA estimates from Edmunds for the FD.
the RENESIS is actually capable of more than 20mpg in normal driving (no, not fast driving, normal driving), whereas the 13BREW kinda wasn't (other than in a speed-limit cruise down the highway).
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Re: RX-8 vs FD, fuel economy
Originally posted by ProtoConVert
For anyone... If real world fuel economy for FD's matches with RX-8's what does this mean?
For anyone... If real world fuel economy for FD's matches with RX-8's what does this mean?
My bet is the '8 is tuned way too rich. Hopefully it will re-tune itself at some point.
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I average between 16-18 mpg with mine. The best I've ever seen with it was 26 mpg. But that was two and a half consecutive hours of 70 mph highway driving.
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Completely standard FD:
absolute worst:
9.92mpg (lots of idling, full AC, door to door boost, lots of short trips)
absolute best:
22mpg (freeway, occasional boost)
Most days I average 13-14mpg
-pete
absolute worst:
9.92mpg (lots of idling, full AC, door to door boost, lots of short trips)
absolute best:
22mpg (freeway, occasional boost)
Most days I average 13-14mpg
-pete
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One more thing:
For those out-of-towners like me, you can now just do your conversions in google.
eg search for "18l/100km to mpg" and it returns the mpg equivalent. As a bonus it also searches the web for, in this case, 18l/100km. Which is highly recommended as I now know that I'm at least getting better economy than most Escape/Tribute owners![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
-pete
For those out-of-towners like me, you can now just do your conversions in google.
eg search for "18l/100km to mpg" and it returns the mpg equivalent. As a bonus it also searches the web for, in this case, 18l/100km. Which is highly recommended as I now know that I'm at least getting better economy than most Escape/Tribute owners
![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
-pete
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