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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 08:16 PM
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1. 17
2. 50
3. A
4. 0717
5. Touring Package for A/T (18" wheels, etc.)
6. A/%
7. 93
8. Yes
9. 3,300
10. 25 (Usually s/r only; sometimes s/r + windows)
11. 60
12. DC
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 08:18 PM
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Correcting a type

6. A/T
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 08:40 PM
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Re: Correcting a type

Originally posted by Mitch Strickler
6. A/T
Mitch, it's understandable how you did this, but I think you meant your info to go into the Statistical Analysis Approach to Understanding MPG Issue thread.

(We'll use your info here as well.)
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 01:03 AM
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108802 ...... 15.3 to 20.5 (min-short trips to max-90% hi-way)

Avg 19.7 Looks like I'll make my first 300 mile tank on my current fill!
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 12:19 PM
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Hi, I had forgotten about my own thread already. I don't drive so carefully anymore since I had 7000 miles on the car, and my MPG dropped a bit, to sometimes as little as 19 with 90+% freeway driving.

Far from the <17 mpg numbers that a _few_ have posted here.

Here's a photo as I just approached the 10000th mile.. on highway 85. 3 minutes later I got my first ticket.

You can see the trip meter showing 261 miles with some gas left.
Yes, I'm in 6th gear there :D
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 12:22 PM
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SOOOOO just how fast were you going then??
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 12:27 PM
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She clocked me at @78 mph; I cannot complain on that... because when I took the pics I certainly was faster than that. I think 5000 rpm is ~ 100 mph?
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 05:23 PM
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16.4 MPG AVG.
20 Miles Highway (no Traffic)-20 Miles City (NYC Bumber to Bumber Traffic) Daily
Vin # 112881
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 05:37 PM
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Originally posted by ptiemann
You can see the trip meter showing 261 miles with some gas left.
Yes, I'm in 6th gear there :D
Good to see I'm not the only one who can't take a non-obscured photo of the dash cluster!

This one I'm *not* in 6th gear (4th actually). This was a sub-15mpg run, but I'm not complaining as the tach was reading very similar to the photo for most of the preceeding 108 miles.
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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My VIN 111610 - A/T

Last four tanks:

13.41 MPG - 100% City (Town really - city is a stretch)
16.72 MPG - 60% City, 40% Highway
13.70 MPG - 100% City
14.24 MPG - 100% City


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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 12:08 AM
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My VIN is: 101463
Build date is: 5/03
17 mpg city
20 mpg highway
I'm up to 2960 miles now.
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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 06:11 AM
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VIN 100502
Average MPG (Sept-Dec) 17.2

Why haven't you merged the data from Norton's study

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...5&pagenumber=6

a few months ago?
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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 08:57 AM
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sorry.. can u convert my L/100km to mpg ?
i have 85% highways
one full tank of gas (about 50L?) :
carefully driven : 400km (12.5L /100km)
lots of revving : 300km (16.7L /100km)

last 6 digits of VIN : 124890
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 10:11 AM
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MY GAS FREAKIN SUX. HONESTLY.
MY VIN IS 127310 - MY MPG IS 13-15 ALWAYS... NO MATTER HOW I DRIVE. GRANNY OR HAUL A$$.
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 06:14 PM
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 06:32 PM
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AM i READING IT CORRECTLY?
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 06:33 PM
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12-17MPG?
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Old Jun 2, 2004 | 08:17 PM
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123687

Built 11/04/2003.
7300 Miles, MT... Mostly spirited (when the wife isn't in the car...)driving on regular fuel.

19.654 Average (70/30 : City/Highway)
17.399 Minimum (during Autocross weekend)
23.712 Maximum (during highway long distance trip, cruise set at 78 most of the time)

Most miles on a tank of gas : 316.3

Overall, I'm happy with the milage. I didn't buy the car to save on gas, I bought the car to wake up and not be able to wait to drive to work. It's filling the role beautifully.

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Old Jul 30, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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Just picked up a black,6sp two days ago, curious if I have this right I'm thinkin late November 03---(124050)? in door but not exact.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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mine is 131365 canadian model GT the best millage i got so far with L version is 26/canadian gallons.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 05:12 PM
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mine is 103456 and I average 17-19 mostly city driving
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 10:24 PM
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mine is 116188 and I get 16-18 city , 21-22 hwy.
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