Currin

RX-8=More women

JRichter

lol

For some reason, every time I'm near or around a Prius in traffic I find my self revving as high as possible, making my car backfire or whatever to show I don't care about your effort to save the world with a Prius.

This sounds bad and I have no idea why I do it except maybe I got one too many dirty looks, like you mentioned, form these people. If you want to drive something like that I have no problem but don't look at me crazy like you are saving the world with your car cause it gets about two thirds the gas mileage my '88 VW Fox got back when I drove it in the '90's.

RojoOcho

OOOOOOOOOOMG I would **** a brick.

RojoOcho

I spend like a 10th of that.

Greenblurr93

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My now ex girlfriend made the mistake of making a comment to the effect of "Sometimes I think you would pick your car over me" and i simply responded "At least you know your place"... took her the next 5 years we were together to realize i wasnt kidding..... I'm no longer with her.. hehe

And yes, after all the compliments i get for my 8 they usually ask about MPG... and after i got sick of explaining the concept behind a rotary motor and all that crap. My usual responce is now "Its a sports car, i didnt buy it for its MPG"

Ross_Dawg

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dude $720 on gas in 1 month is ridiculous. You must have driven like a jackass or something!

Raptor75

This made my day!!!

leep133

Hahaha.. its funny you say that because thats exactly what my 8 is.... I get a vehicle stipend and a gas card to I drive the hell out of her every chance I get...

restiller

^Must be nice.

Last time i calculated my monthly gas usage it was $400-500. I do at least 80 miles a weekday for my real job and at least 30 miles for my weekend job just to pay for the gas! I'm learning to accept the mpg but i can't help busting out the phone calculator to see how i did on my last tank.

RojoOcho

If I had to commute that much I would not own this car.

kersh4w

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i commute 60 miles a day to class total. 30 miles 1 way.

i average about 20mpg. even if i stay in the city, usually my average is around 19. once i drove to school like a grandma (65mph, cruise control) and i averaged 24.5mpg.

RX-8Newb

yeah but then what is the point, so you can have a car that looks cool but gets passed off a light from some grandma in Deville

Slick

First, he drives a turbo 8. Secondly, maybe he does a ton of miles.

I spend about $400/mth on gas for only about 2000kms (1200 miles). And my 8 is not turbo'd.

Slick

The lowest mpg I got on a tank was 10.7 I am regularly in the 11's.

Jedi54

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I've tracked the last 30,000 miles on my car (every single tank of gas) on an excel sheet.
Do I give a **** that my average is 17.7??? NOPE, having a blast doing it!

nycgps

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I have to put gas into my tank every3-5 days. every fill up cost about 42-47 bux now.

You guys do the math

RX-8Newb

i came up from atlanta pacing my friend so i could draft him, premixed, and did 70 mph on the interstate. Never came out of 6th or got on the gas and i managed 19.? mpg on the highway, then the next tank of all city and normal spirited driving yielded 18 mpg so i feel it does not matter how much i drive it will still be around 18-19

Slick

I would kill for 17 mpg. My average is 13.5mpg over the last 3 months (got the car Oct)

Jedi54

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check your plugs and ignition coils. If anyone wants a copy of the spreadsheet I use, PM me.

Jedi54

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you were drafting on a public road in an RX-8?! Too much 'Days of Thunder' for you...

the stig

damn turbo 8 kills so much gas.

RX-8Newb

by drafting i mean about 4- 5 cars back not a few feet behind.. lol.

Jedi54

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that is NOT drafting.

kersh4w

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there's little benefit when you're 75 feet back. try drafting 5 feet away at 70mph. on second thought, yeah.. please dont try that.

i've seen 8mpg. but as i said, i usually average around 20.

turborx8

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I do punch the throttle here and there but no I drive very responsibly. I have a clean driving record for a reason.

I bought the car 4months ago and I put 10,000km (6,000miles) on it already.