rotarymagic

What has been the worst gas mileage you have observed with your new RX8?

I am getting 13 MPG.

eccles

Five fills so far. Worst: 14.78mpg; best: 17.99; avg: 16.45

My mileage actually got worse after the break-in period, primarily because I've been hoofing it everywhere. :D No doubt it will come back up again when (if) I settle back into a more leisurely driving style.

compaddict

Worst was at an Evolution driving school we averaged 8 MPG. That included driving around town with some freeway as well.

Vince

A 6s Owner

It sounds like only people driving RX-8s in 6 speed manual are getting the shitty mileage.

How about you guys who drive the car in automatic?

Same shitty mileage as what everyone else is saying on here?

mikeb

autos get bad gas mileage too. I average 13 to 16 mpg

revhappy

Around...25-26 MPG...oh wait that's in the EVO......:p

Genom

Hey if your going to mock the 8's mileage, make sure to use your cars real name. Lancer!

Untwist those panties, I'm being funny.

revhappy

Well since the Lancer was derived from the EVO, not the other way around..I think my description is just fine. :p

eccles

*blink* To the best of my knowledge, the name Lancer Evolution VIII comes from the fact that this is the eighth rally-targeted evolution of the original Lancer. Methinks you have it bass-ackwards.

sheylen

ask it mitsubishi.

eccles

Or better yet, Mitsubishi Japan's own motorsport history site.

Puppy1

WE WILL NOW RETURN YOU TO THE SUBJECT OF THE THREAD:

The worst: 18.85, the best 20.5.

I don't know why others are getting worse. I stick the pedal all the time and take it to red line frequently.

I finally heard the "tone" last night. The radio has been too loud previously.

mikeb

thank you puppy1... back to topic

gman

Worst is 19.4, but only three tanks so far. I thought I was a bit heavy footed as well, but I guess not. Try shifting above second once in awhile

P00Man

is it possible that youve been cruising in 4th instead of 6th?

ive been getting really good mileage lately (havent been calculating lately though, just been noticing that id have been driving for about 100miles and have more or less a quater of a tank)

however, since ivepassed break in, ive been getting horrible mileage, from redlining it so often, but ive stopped that mostly...
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jerzeydevil

4 fills so far, the first three averaged 215 miles per fill (taking it to well beyond the empty warning light each time)...so thats about 14~15MPG during the break-in period. The last tankfill, which was after the break-in period and a very heavy foot, only yielded me 176 miles, which brings me to 11~12 MPG. By 'very heavy foot' I mean that I drive the car the way it was meant to be driven, same way with the 7 I own....that being shifts between 7500 and redline (or beyond), and cruising on city and highway roads between 5 and 6k.

XUrotaryrocket

I've been doing alot of highway driving and getting about 290-320 miles per tank.

How about we ask some more people who know how to drive for mileage instead of asking the people who don't give a **** about fuel conservation.

There is no need to redline the engine all the time. It's absurd.

jerzeydevil

absurd to people that want to drive their cars like my grandma....no, scratch that, my grandma would want to redline this car and this engine as well....probably take her for a spin later on today.....

anyone that expected to get good mileage from this car was mis-informed from the get go....a rotary is inherently flawed in that department...so be it....just drive your car the way it's supposed to be driven and stop tryin to baby it.......I have 150k+ miles on my 83 and it's still kickin, drove it the same way....replaced the seals once.

RX8-TX

Hey without offense, but I can't resist it: Lancer('s) Evolution, does that ring a bell?

Laid on a different way: the Lancer Evolved into it.

f1michel

I got a bit above 22 mpg today , all highway at 75 mph. i cannot see it going any better unless i drive it at 60 mpg which i won't !

Hercules

You got the auto or the stick?

rotarymagic

Ok... My 13 mpg is bad. I drive between conservative and aggressive. Shifting around 5000 RPM average with shifts at 6500 or as low as 4000. Maybe an occasional 7000. What is going on here.


Lets see...


People driving very aggresively, between 6000 and redline get around 12 mpg.

People driving conservatively are getting around 21 mpg.

I should get around 16, no?

jonalan

I just hit 1000 miles on the car. My worst tank was 17.4 mpg; best so far was 19.7 mpg.

I've been using 5th & 6th gear more now while cruising; which has helped. I use to try to keep the revs above 3000 when cruising. But now, I'll keep it between 2000 - 2500 (obviously downshifting to accelerate).

I can see how people may get 16 mpg...but 13??? Seems like you'd have to cruise in 3rd gear going 65-70 mph to do that.

rotarymagic

That is the funny thing. On highway, I only cruise in 6th, take it down to 5th to pass. All other times, I'm crusing around 3000-4000, sometimes as low as 2500.

Anybody know what I should do?

I talked to Mazda and they gave me the: "oh...it's the weather. It's too humid to get good gas mileage, plus the use of the air conditioning is bringing it down".

I'm baffled!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P00Man

theres three possibilities, and one far fetched one

1: your not shifting as you say you are
2: your calculations are wrong
3: your car is leaking gass


and 4

is it possible that only one of the rotors is spinning?
nope...nm, cause then youd have to be way higher (rpm-wise) to have highway speeds

edit:
as a side note, are you SURE youre in 6th and not 4th?
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