ivory8

yeah i'm 95% city and 5% highway. most of everything i travel to is only about 6-7 miles between each other so every trip i make is short and in between stop lights. i drive semi agressively (first gear goes to 5k, second to 4k third to 3k, then to 6th)

i like to enjoy driving my car, i'm not going to save myself 6 bucks a week to baby my car. i could work an extra hour (subway *sigh*) and drive my car spiritedly for a whole week. or i could leave an hour early and baby my car.

i dono, id rather work an hour.

rx8boy000

Vancouver BC

slight traffic from time to time never more then 10 min of stop and go then usually steady going...

I dunno seems to be a mixed response on what people think, im not complaining by any means just wondering if i can do better... I just ordered K&N typoon maybe that'll help a bit? :|

swoope

iTrader: (5)

you have the bad winter fuel that makes it worse.

sorry it sucks.

beers

Rems31

drive all highway at 90kph and you'll do a lot better :-P

Socket7

Well your wallet will be a bit lighter. That could help.

MX6_2_RX8

I haven’t really looked at rx8club for a year and I come back to find that people are still talking about miles/tank. Learn to calculate MPG!!!!! The tank reads empty at around 12 gal but you can run it until it will take 16 gal.

217/12 = 18 MPG – Normal in winter
217/16 = 13.5 MPG – Pretty low.
Which is it?

tajabaho1

i get like 200 driving very short distances mostly >.<

warheads

Average ~ 270 mi / tank 80% Highway 20% City at an AVG speed of 70 - 80 MPH on highway. However, I drove to NYC the other day from MD and only got 200 mi / tank (driving AVG 80 - 90 MPH) LOL ... Needed to stop and fill the tank otherwise i would have not make it =/. Sad but True .

first-rotary04

iTrader: (4)

I get no more than 212miles per tank but I do the healthy revving every now and then so ...........

RXLogic

I think this is key - driving slow (under 30) and traffic lights kills rotary gas mileage more than driving fast. I almost always get about 21 mpg; the sub 20 exceptions are when I got caught in traffic jams for extended periods of time.

frollo

i get about 200 miles to the tank consistantly (202.7 m /13.5g last time i filled up) looks like i will be talking to the dealer when i get my oil changed here soon!

FloppinNachos

202.7 meters for only 13.5 grams of gas isn't bad.


your air filter might be dirty, 15mpg isn't horrible if you like driving your car hard and drive in a lot of traffic.

Socket7

I got about 270 miles on my last tank of gas actually, but only because 150 miles of that was highway. I had just under a quarter tank when i finally filled it.

Bester

200 to 211ish before the E light comes on. Mostly short 4-5 mile trips to work and back. Some back roads so not to many lights and mostly at 40ish mph. I pre mix, and usually do the "carbon delete" mod 3 to 5 times a week.

Fill ups are usually at 12.82 to 13.0 gallons. Not the nominal 13.5 gallons. Maybe my E light likes to come earlier.

quantum

I haven't checked MPG since I"m still in the "having fun with my new 8" phase.

But when I do check: should I get better or worse than average with a brand new 2008?

Raptor75

Realist fill up are about 14 gals so if your driving 100% highway your looking at between 252 to 308 at best. Now you add in some city driving and that number drops dramatically.

I just filled up 13.5 gallons and had 148 miles on the tripometer, all city. I have never seen better then 260.

Rems31

how's the traffic in Chicago...when I visited there i used the public transit but it seemed like there are lots of idle times on the road.

boffam

iTrader: (1)

In my usual city-only driving I usually get 275-300 km (171-186 miles) before the light comes on. I've kept a spreadsheet tracking my mileage since I bought the car and it is pretty consistently 13-15 mpg. I have traveled 15697.4 km since I bought the car and have put in 2526.1 litres of gas. That's an average of 16.09 litres/100 km or 14.62 mpg. I did get 21.02 mpg on the drive to Indianapolis this past summer.

I've never given 2 ***** about the fuel economy in any of my others cars, yet I obsessively track the mileage of the 8 and find myself staring at the fuel gauge altogether too much.

Why?? Could it be that the 8's mileage is just that bad? Could it be the constant carping on the board about it?

No...I have concluded that it is (a) because the 8 has a small tank for a car with such poor fuel economy and, more importantly, (b) there are so many ticks on the fuel gauge that it IS possible to watch the needle go down!

frollo

lol 13.5 GALLONS new k&n filter new plugs 16k on the clock

bose

iTrader: (5)

I know I have a very heavy foot, and I get a consistent 170-180 miles to da tank.

lucifuge

60L is not a small size tank for a car like an Rx8; most sports cars of its size have the same. The fuel needle drops quicker than other cars for the simple fact it chews through fuel at a higher rate than other cars....it's not a conspiracy, its the simple truth.

But yes, the Rx8 was the only car I've owned where you could actually see the needle drop before your eyes. Only a fanatic could live with one.

FloppinNachos

ha, maybe it's just your driving then. You should get a set of LS2 coils regardless of gas mileage and that might make you get better mileage.

henrijr

I average about 215-220 Mile to the tank... Similiar to majority of us on this thread

Zephyrzone

10k miles exactly on the odo. 2007 GT manual. I drive 12 miles to work with a few stoplights. Just enough time to get the car warmed up and rev it a bit. I hit 9k RPM once every other day or so. Usually I spool it up to 5-6k in every gear, everyday.

I get EXACTLY 16.5 MPG, every week. I got 14 once when I was really getting into it. I've never seen 20.

The car gets horrendous gas mileage, but that's not way any of us bought it. If I had to drive 30 miles to work I'd have a daily beater- but I'm not giving up my 8.

The tank is the proper size for a sports car, just not THIS sports car. Another few gallons would certainly help matters considerably.

Raptor75

My commute is not bad traffic wise but I do hit a lot of lights so I do have a lot of idle time.