im not driving fast anymore....hopefully
05-15-2006, 02:11 PM
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im not driving fast anymore....hopefully
ever since I had the re flash done my gas has been great...And from an ealier post and stories in this forum I learned that your ecu adjusts itself to how you drive... So if you drive fast your ecu will adjust itself to use more gas...Ive been easy on the pedal lately and im getting better milage...
ps.whats a good fuel management system to use for the car
ps.whats a good fuel management system to use for the car
05-15-2006, 02:26 PM
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gas in cal is $3.60+.. I commute for work. It used to be a $15 round trip for work. Now $15 is a round trip and some left over. I keep it steady and around 70-75 freeway and I dont floor it on green lights in the city. I do miss driving fast. Its just expensive.
05-15-2006, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by zoned
Did you hear that sound?
That was your RX-8 dying a little bit inside. :-)
That was your RX-8 dying a little bit inside. :-)
everytime someone shifts below 5K, an rx-8 somewhere cries.
05-15-2006, 02:45 PM
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Do your 8 a favor - buy stock in the oil companies. Then you will WANT to buy more gas. Your 8 will be happy, and you offset the gas price w/oil dividends. Win-Win!
05-15-2006, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by dmc27
Do your 8 a favor - buy stock in the oil companies. Then you will WANT to buy more gas. Your 8 will be happy, and you offset the gas price w/oil dividends. Win-Win!
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Originally Posted by captain mercury
hahaha.
everytime someone shifts below 5K, an rx-8 somewhere cries.
everytime someone shifts below 5K, an rx-8 somewhere cries.
05-15-2006, 06:02 PM
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Keeping it under 4000rpm all the time is like having a great date with a hot girl who loves sex and lets you know it and all you do is shake hands and say goodnight.
05-15-2006, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by stickman
Keeping it under 4000rpm all the time is like having a great date with a hot girl who loves sex and lets you know it and all you do is shake hands and say goodnight.
05-15-2006, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by stickman
Keeping it under 4000rpm all the time is like having a great date with a hot girl who loves sex and lets you know it and all you do is shake hands and say goodnight.
05-16-2006, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by RotrDoc
And evertime someone red lines, his RX-8 grins and laughs (it sounds kinda like "b-e-e-e-e-p")
btw.. just wanna know what that beep is actually for?
First time i heard it..... i was like.. cooool! Theres no shift light.. but instead we've got a shift beep! lol.... tho after 1st gear im breaking the law for residential.. and after 2nd gear, the speed limit on the motor way has been surpassed. lol.. if only there were no speed limit.. i'd beep every gear!
So yeah. What does the beep tell you? That you've reached Max HP and shift now?
05-16-2006, 09:31 AM
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lol.
btw.. just wanna know what that beep is actually for?
First time i heard it..... i was like.. cooool! Theres no shift light.. but instead we've got a shift beep! lol.... tho after 1st gear im breaking the law for residential.. and after 2nd gear, the speed limit on the motor way has been surpassed. lol.. if only there were no speed limit.. i'd beep every gear!
So yeah. What does the beep tell you? That you've reached Max HP and shift now?
btw.. just wanna know what that beep is actually for?
First time i heard it..... i was like.. cooool! Theres no shift light.. but instead we've got a shift beep! lol.... tho after 1st gear im breaking the law for residential.. and after 2nd gear, the speed limit on the motor way has been surpassed. lol.. if only there were no speed limit.. i'd beep every gear!
So yeah. What does the beep tell you? That you've reached Max HP and shift now?
It means you are almost at the red line and need to shift or will hit the fuel cut off. And the fuel cut off is there so that people who don't know that engines can only rev so high don't break them.
05-16-2006, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Raynosx8
lol.
btw.. just wanna know what that beep is actually for?
First time i heard it..... i was like.. cooool! Theres no shift light.. but instead we've got a shift beep! lol.... tho after 1st gear im breaking the law for residential.. and after 2nd gear, the speed limit on the motor way has been surpassed. lol.. if only there were no speed limit.. i'd beep every gear!
So yeah. What does the beep tell you? That you've reached Max HP and shift now?
btw.. just wanna know what that beep is actually for?
First time i heard it..... i was like.. cooool! Theres no shift light.. but instead we've got a shift beep! lol.... tho after 1st gear im breaking the law for residential.. and after 2nd gear, the speed limit on the motor way has been surpassed. lol.. if only there were no speed limit.. i'd beep every gear!
So yeah. What does the beep tell you? That you've reached Max HP and shift now?
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To all you people that post "I keep it under 3xxx rpm" (3xxx could be 4xxx just the same): you do know of a potential problem called "carbon build-up", right ? It even says so in the manual (well, sort of)....
So, don't start crying when you see the compression going down like a 10-dollar hooker
So, don't start crying when you see the compression going down like a 10-dollar hooker
05-16-2006, 10:00 AM
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the beep means "congratulation you have passed the 9k rpm point, please continue to 10K, once you get to 11k you get a double beep. that means you have beaten the game
05-16-2006, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by The Ace
To all you people that post "I keep it under 3xxx rpm" (3xxx could be 4xxx just the same): you do know of a potential problem called "carbon build-up", right ? It even says so in the manual (well, sort of)....
So, don't start crying when you see the compression going down like a 10-dollar hooker
So, don't start crying when you see the compression going down like a 10-dollar hooker
05-16-2006, 01:21 PM
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good idea!!
Originally Posted by dmc27
Do your 8 a favor - buy stock in the oil companies. Then you will WANT to buy more gas. Your 8 will be happy, and you offset the gas price w/oil dividends. Win-Win!
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