Gas mileage tip!
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Gas mileage tip! (What have you been getting?)
Make sure you tire pressure is at least 32psi on all tires, shift at 3 to 3500k, not BEEP! Or skip gears. 1st, to 3rd, to 5th. or so. Whatever floats your boat. Its worked for me. I do 80% city driving and avg 19mpg, but still have fun! BEEP! When I do nothing but hwy, I have gotten a amazing 29mpg. It can happen.
I also log my info on https://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do
Q and A:
What have you all been getting and in what driving conditions??
I also log my info on https://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do
Q and A:
What have you all been getting and in what driving conditions??
Last edited by jryeater; 04-20-2006 at 12:10 AM.
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Originally Posted by jryeater
Make sure you tire pressure is at least 32psi on all tires, shift at 3 to 3500k, not BEEP! Or skip gears. 1st, to 3rd, to 5th. or so. Whatever floats your boat. Its worked for me. I do 80% city driving and avg 19mpg, but still have fun! BEEP! When I do nothing but hwy, I have gotten a amazing 29mpg. It can happen.
I also log my info on https://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do
Q and A:
What have you all been getting and in what driving conditions??
I also log my info on https://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do
Q and A:
What have you all been getting and in what driving conditions??
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this is normal gas milage for me, my first car was a lt1 v8 trans am, then my winter car is a 91 tempo ... noth had the same gas milage. so the rx8 getting 300+km on a tank of gas is amazing for me!!
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Originally Posted by Smileynh
Er um. I like checked the Potenzas pressure rating yesterday. It's 51 PSI man.
32 PSI would be awfully low.
Thanks btw I was wondering how to bring up that I noticed they were 51psi and all low :P
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32 PSI would be awfully low.
Thanks btw I was wondering how to bring up that I noticed they were 51psi and all low :P
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side note: i went through 1/4 tank and managed to drive 67 miles mostly highway. my gf's toyota highlander (i understand the tank is bigger but not by much) drove the same distance and the gas needle moved only a tick.
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Originally Posted by Animagix
umm.. skipping gears bad for synchros, no?
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My gas mileage sucks. I get about 13-15, if I'm lucky. I had heard that shifting it at higher rpm's would help some. My tires have 32psi in them. What's funny about that is that when I bought new tires, that's what they put in them. I took the car back to them because I had a flat and it had damaged the tire. They said that they wouldn't honor my road hazard warranty because I wasn't running 45psi in the tires. I've never heard of running that much in these tires. Heck, who knows.
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My gas saving strategy is called: Chicago Transit Authority
After that, I've been at a consistent 17.5mpg since I bought the car. I'm at 24.5K.
After that, I've been at a consistent 17.5mpg since I bought the car. I'm at 24.5K.
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Originally Posted by RX-Aight
Tip #4: park in garage and don't drive
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I'd been wanting to ask this, is skipping gears ok!? I mean a lot of times I have no need for fifth on road trips, by the time I get to a good speed in fourth and I'm ready to put it in cruise, there isn't a need to go to fifth. I was just assuming it would be bad on the car to skip the gear.
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Originally Posted by marvin_rock
I'd been wanting to ask this, is skipping gears ok!? I mean a lot of times I have no need for fifth on road trips, by the time I get to a good speed in fourth and I'm ready to put it in cruise, there isn't a need to go to fifth. I was just assuming it would be bad on the car to skip the gear.
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Originally Posted by Hightshoe
As long as you match the revs when skipping 5th, I dont see how it could possibly be bad.
And downshifting gets those rpms up there...this is more gas consumption.
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After 22k miles I have finally learned the secret to getting decent fuel mileage...I quit driving it like it's a go-kart all the time. The car is just so much fun that I have a hard time going through a tank of gas without spinning it up to redline a couple of times and taking turns hard enough for the DSC to kick in.
Now that the initial rush of ownership has subsided I find that I can limit my trips to the red line to maybe once a tank. And the cost of replacing that first set of tires has helped me limit those eight-tenths turns.
Guess I'm getting old.
Now that the initial rush of ownership has subsided I find that I can limit my trips to the red line to maybe once a tank. And the cost of replacing that first set of tires has helped me limit those eight-tenths turns.
Guess I'm getting old.
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Originally Posted by Raptor75
The only why mine gets better then 12mpg is to let it sit in the drive way. But al least Mazda is ignoring the problem.
I've been following your saga of horrible gas mileage and was wondering: Have you taken your car on a road trip yet to see what kind of highway mileage you get?
Just curious as to whether your highway mileage also sucks...
I bought my RX-8 from Autobarn at about the same time you did, but I'm getting 19 mpg in city driving.