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The French Guy 03-01-2004, 05:27 PM Hi everybody!
Ok there’s my MPG from a RX-8 GT 2004, Canadian car with 4,801 Km (2,982 Miles) at the departure.
Cruising speed = 110 Km/h = (68.3 MPH)
Ottawa – Montréal = 189 Km ( 117.43 Miles)
Gas = 19.25 L (4.23 Gallons)
So, 117.43 Miles divided by 4.23 Gallons = 27.7 MPG
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jniamehr 03-01-2004, 05:46 PM are you sure? this sounds odd
Texas 8 03-01-2004, 05:55 PM I believe we have a new world record....
jniamehr 03-01-2004, 06:15 PM lolol... Im averagine like 13 mpg right now.... Im calling up my mazda dealership to get my ECU reflashed...
The French Guy 03-01-2004, 06:18 PM No BS! I was with my wife and 2 kids (11 and 6) in the back. All the systems TCS etc. were ON.
The only thing I can think of, is the anti-pollution system. Maybe we don’t have the same norms in Canada (?????)
It would be interesting if another Canadian member gave us his MPG.
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poison123 03-01-2004, 06:22 PM Actually your calcs are wrong.
19.25 liters = 5.08531199 US gallons
Thats about 23mpg
The French Guy 03-01-2004, 06:25 PM Here in Canada we go with Imperial gallon
witch is: 1 gallon = 4.54609 liters
poison123 03-01-2004, 06:30 PM Thats nice, but your still only getting 23mpg in US terms.
Doctorr 03-01-2004, 06:45 PM That would be why the threads title is 'Canadian........'
I regularly get 23mpg.....thats 19+ if you are figuring in U.S. gallons.
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The French Guy 03-01-2004, 08:21 PM Well, there’s the difference! US gallon are smaller than the Imperial gallon. So if you do 23 mpg with a US gallon and we do 27.7 mpg with Imperial gallon, as far as I’am concern, it’s excellent!
So if you want your mpg to go up, come to Canada for a beer!!! That’s it!
iamcanadian 03-01-2004, 08:31 PM Were metric so why are you even bothering with the conversion unless you want to compare it to the US numbers we see posted all of the time? Regardless, I get pretty much the exact same numbers as you on the highway . . . it is a lot worse in the city though!
zoom44 03-01-2004, 08:42 PM because us 'mericuns wont do it for ourselves and would rather have you guys do it.;)
The French Guy 03-01-2004, 09:58 PM Well iamcanadian I been brought up with gallons, ounces, quarts and so on. For me 9.2 L / 100 Km means nothing especially if I want to compare with guys in MPG!!!!
Anyway I don’t care for the MPG, otherwise I would have a Toyota Prius or a scooter!
Regards
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Smoker 03-02-2004, 01:09 PM Ottawa – Montréal = 189 Km ( 117.43 Miles)
Gas = 19.25 L (4.23 Gallons)
So that's 10.2L/100km, not too bad.
The French Guy 03-02-2004, 03:16 PM I think too smoker! This car has a great performance and everything’s have a price!
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vaughnc 03-02-2004, 03:18 PM And why do Europeans & Candians list their height in feet & inches ?
The French Guy 03-02-2004, 04:57 PM Do you know why we are in the $%?&&* metric?
We went metric when they raised the price of fuel!
So it’s look better 0.80 cents a liter than $3.60 a gallon!
But for old people like me (50), we still going with feet and gallon!
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