rxeightr

Here's a little more info of my situation:
- Drive 80 miles/workday
- 85% highway
- Redline every chance I get in 1st - 3rd Gear (at least twice per drive)
- Average 22.24 mpg since 'M' reflash (was 21.76mpg on 'L' reflash)
- currenly have ~ 23,000 miles on her, and in need of new tires
- use 87 Shell or Texaco

Chino075

~210 til' 1/4 of a tank is left. This includes with lots of 6-8K rpm (the hell with 3-4K rpm :p) shifting in city (90%) and highway (10%). And to make it even better....my 8 gets better mileage than my 97 Accord :D

Al

Low Fly'n 8

~250 miles when the light comes on.
13.5 gallons to fill'er up.
Shell VPower 93 Octane ($1.86 / gallon).
6 Speed M/T, All stock 8,000 miles.
A.C. on 85% of the time. Hot as hell in South Carolina!
NOT babied, but try to cruise in the 3300 RPM reange when practical.

Like Whoa

Wut????? how many miles do you have on your car?

r8ped8

average 250 but just got 275 miles for the first time!!
I go 20 miles after the low fuel light comes on before refill.
I am still running "L" flash.
Shell V-power 93 $2.21 gal
5600k
Gary

gt1

222 miles a tank ~4000RPM once or twice 5000RPM 75% Highway, 25% City
198 miles a tank ~4000RPM some 5000RPM 40 Highway 60 City
187 miles a tank ~5000RPM some 6500RPM once 7000RPM 30 Hwy 70 City
(187 filled when I saw the light) 3 fill-ups since I bought the car now at ~700+miles on odo...
Average MPG ~15.6 for 3 tanks
Shell VPower (93 Octane) unknown brand first tank which was Mazda free fill-up.
6Speed M/T M Flash October Build date
A/C on 90% of the time, some/quite a bit use of moonroof.

GiN

I've got 18500 miles on my car now.
Driven at least 60 miles daily, 75% highway, 25% city. Sitting in LA traffic half the time.
I always fill up when the light comes on at ~13.25 gallons.
Lowest tank was 220. (first tank coming from the dealership)
Highest tank was 290. (I blame it on cool weather with no traffic)
Usually get between 250 and 270.
I cycle between 87, 89, and 91 octane every tank. (Unocal 76, Beacon, Mobile)
Never hit the rev limiter, but do a lot of 7k-8k blasts.
AC never on, windows and sunroof always open.
DSC/TCS always on.
Radio and sub always on.

Elara

Usually get about 270-280 before the light comes on. Got 310 last week, but filled up before the light actually come on so I don't know how much I could have gotten. And if you think I drive like a granny, just ask the Guy321, who was behind me at Tail of the Dragon this weekend, how I was driving. Still got 220 miles in 11 gallons, and only filled up because we were leaving for home.

Razz1

240 miles 99.9% highway

That's 18.9 MPG best and 16.7 low

Gee for 99% highway at 70 to 75mph 18 MPG sucks.

khoney

260 - 280, usually closer to 280.
60/40 hwy/cty.
89 octane.
Usually takes up to 14.2 gallons.

eclps0

Average
200-240 a tank.
My AC on about 2-3.
or windows down
shifting at 3500 rpms and some redlines
always foot to the floor
lowest 160 tank
Highest- 100% highway 280 miles

by the way i have about 25,000 miles and i received my car on Aug /21/2003 with 4 miles on it

VikingDJ

Wow. When I first got car, I could never get over 220 miles before light turned on, and believe me I tried like hell to. I am seeing a slow gain, and maybe I'll be able to get close to 300 soon, but I won't hold my breath. I did get 21mpg on pure highway one time, but I filled tank a bit early. With that mpg, it may have been possible to approach 300 if I kept it pure highway. With a combo of about 75% highway, 25% city, I am at about 18mpg, which doesn't come close to achieving 300 miles on a tank. Consider yourself blessed you have one of the better gas mileage RX8s.

rx8cited

I was wondering the same thing .........

I ran out of gas trying to see how many miles per tank I could get .

rx8cited

alnielsen

iTrader: (4)

I bought my car the end of June. The best I saw was 220 m.p.t. and that was highway driving. I believe this is due to the special summer gas formula to reduce emissions. When winter arrives, this should go up. Power should increase too. Many urban areas use special oxyginated gas formulas for summer use.

StewC625

On Chicago "oxygenated" gas (which already contains less energy than normal gas sold elsewhere - it's 10% ethanol), and my normal mix of mostly suburban driving and a driving style consistent with the statement "drive it like you stole it" (rarely shift below 5000 RPM, most accelerations to speed limit are hard to WOT, and frequent redlining - what the f-ck, it's a leased car!), my warning light normally comes on at around 200-210 miles, and I fill it with 13 gallons of Shell V-Power.

nixwiz

Just filled mine up for the third time since buying it. Filled up with just under 13 gallons and just before the light came on, got 256.7 miles out of it. Worked out to 19.8 MPG. Driving is 60% hwy, 40% city, car has M flash, fill up with 91 octane. Since reading all the posts/threads about mileage before buying the car, I've been keeping a spreadsheet of all the gas mileage info on my car.

SiMplyBluE

Check my signature.... Have to update it though, maybe I'll do it tonight with my Dragon Tail mileage.

310Guy

180-200 miles; I fill up when the light comes on.

Just passed 7,000 miles on my 8.

Driving is 90% city. I average about 200-250 miles per week.

Reading all of these posts I'm starting to believe that everyone who says they get "20 mpg" is doing almost all highway miles.

shelleys_man_06

Hmm. I thought I posted in this thread. Oh well.

I get around 255 miles per tank, and that's when it's a quarter low. I didn't buy this car for the mileage; I knew the implications of owning a rotary engine.

Sea Ray

I only get about 144 miles per tank. At least that is when I generally fill it up on my weekly lake trips. I have never seen my low fuel light come on.

I hate to say it, but unless you run the tank dry, who cares, and if you don't know your mpg, you'll still be clueless, and out of gas. I imagine the light comes on at different time for most cars, so if you don't post the actual true mpg then any other information is pointless. I'm confused about what the original question was intended to be?

BTW, I get around 22-23 MPG on country roads, 18 MPG city. Which is around 6.5 gallons per tank

NoPistonsHere

ok here are some numbrs

with L flash
91 octain
290 miles
filled up 14.567 gallons
regular driving and the
Beeping revs

With L Flash
89 octain
300 miles
Filled up 14.885 Gallons
kept it mostly 70-65

Upgraded to M Flash
87 octain
290 miles
filled up 14.670
70-65 mostly

M Flash
91 octain
283 mile
filled up 13.600 Gallons
had some fun and
was late for work
beeped reved a
couple times

M Flash
91 octain
338.4 miles
filled up 14.481 Gallons
changed gears at 3000 rpm
cruising with a/c on at 60-62 MPH
DSC/TCS off, traveled 338.4 miles in
one weekend 75 % freeway 25 % city

the 3rd picture what I want ashly and the twins to wear for the photoshoot with the RX8.

MEGAREDS

I've been keeping score, mostly a compulsion at this point. I'm getting 18.7 mpg, driving a mix of highway, suburbs and city. Details for those interested are in my sig file.

I think my experience has been completely typical of what the average RX-8 owner experiences, and I chock up those drivers who get significantly worse mileage to either (1) the occassional bad engine or (2) driving style.

My mileage is on any given tank is meaningless information, since I fill up whenever it's convenient.

Summary:
About 8k miles on the car to date.
Best real-world tank: 269 miles.
The average extrapolated tank at 18.7 mpg provides: 289 miles.
Best Extrapolated tank: 334 miles (excluding an outlier of 383 miles on the first tank... I still can't figure out my first tank - it was an unprecedented 24 mpg).

ivyrose

The most I've ever gotten on a tank is 310 miles and that's when I drove it well beyond when the light came on. Usually, my light will turn on around 230 miles though.

Squidward

interesting.... I wonder if there is a relationship between locale and mileage... most of us over here on the west coast get PP milage, while the few who claim to regularly get 250+ mileage are out in the east, with exception to the FL person, but his typical driving had almost no steady speed, all city.

maybe there's some sort of conspiracy!

I typically get 200 miles to the tank, however I typically can take her about 30 miles past the fuel empty indicator before I get nervous. When I do, the overuse catches up on the next tank (thus the mileage is poorer because I end up pumping more fuel).

Irish_in_a_RX8

iTrader: (1)

3/4 tank, 310 miles no stopping. Best yet!