JoePaterno

Do u have the 4 speed auto

black-rx8-msbodykit

iTrader: (-1)

How to find out how much miliage you get? All i know is i have to fill up my 8 every 3 days. and it take me 15 minutes get to school. Why i use gas so fast.....

8_is_enuf

I usually rent something in the Ford Taurus class. But ones that come to mind immediately are the small Jag, a Hyundia, an Explorer, Lincoln town car, a mustang and the Corolla.

The only car that got better was the Corolla.

I drive the 6 speed. I think a lot of people on here drive like bats outta hell and then complain about it. Granted, my mileage is not what I want it to be, but everytime I rent a car, I get out suprised how crappy the mileage is in them too..

Any other business travelers experience this?

8_is_enuf

And I bet if I didn't go 85 MPH on the highway it would be much better than 23. (When I pass someone I pass the hell out of them --- don't just ease by.)

custom8

16-20 mpg depending on mixture of city and highway driving on the tank

MELRX8

18-20 city, 24-25 strickly highway.

quack_p

19.5 city? Wow. How? I've been keeping a little journal, and with mostly freeway driving, I get 18 to 19 mpg. My last tank was mostly city driving, and I got 12 mpg.

Dookie_Rx-8

how that possible i get about 15 city and like 17 hw. So how fast u going though?

Old Rotor

I get 230 miles before lite comes on in city driving. Twice I got 371 when the fuel lite came on and I had the cruz at 65mph those times. It then takes aprox 13.5 gals to fill it.

bowman

18/22

(I'm not sure if you'd call that good.)

RX8_Ownz

240-250 miles mostly.

Vertigo-1

iTrader: (3)

Haven't broken past 15 mpg. Although lately I've been doing a lot less joyriding in my RX-8, which let's me stretch a tank to a week and a half versus just a week. I always fill up with 1/4th left though.

Butch Brown

19 to 22 on country roads 70 miles round trip to work.

8_is_enuf

Any people out there that rent cars regularly have comparison stories?

rx8wannahave

Keep in mind I only have 930 miles on my 8 (about that) and I've only filled up 3 times and have never gone over 7K while breaking her in....

I avg so far 19.35mpg (90% city, 5% highway, and 5% fun)

I shift at 3.75K normally in gear number 1-3 then shift at 3.5K in 4-6 (6 there is no shifting at 6...wink wink...lol)

I drive 17.5 miles daily (to and from work)

I'll post once I get more fill up's!

Roaddemon

20-23 hwy 17-19 city above 40 degrees outside temp. The gas mileage drops drastically below 10 degrees temps. I have MT 6 speed. I mostly drive her below 4k rpm. I like short shifting. Feels sportier then winding her out in each gear.

Spin9k

18/22 generally. As far as I'm concerned, that's pretty darn good. No complaints here. My other two cars generally get about the same - Acura 3.5RL and Eagle Summit (2.4L) - and are about as much fun to drive as a broom handle. I always wonder why some complain so much

dmp

I get 23 in town, 35 on the highway. 8th Grade math was the best three years of my life, by the way

adrien

yup. I rent 2-3 cars a month, and have a good relationship with the company's in-house Hertz office. As a result, he usually hooks me up with Mazda 3s or 6s, and sometimes an ultima.

The 3 gets way better milage -- like my old integra used to (94 LS). The 6s, especially the v6, doesn't do as well as I thought it would, maybe 10-20% better than the 8 on the highway.

I get 15-17 city and 20-22 highway. Fine by me...the fun's worth it.

ONOFIVEO

Usually 18 city / 23 hwy, same as my last car (a Volvo 960). I do have to fill up more often because of the size of the tank but the mpg is the same. I can only scratch my head when I hear of people getting 12-15 mpg. Are you guys running to the redline every shift? I avoid jack rabbit starts, but I do drive it.

Howard

There is a poll

markd

Speaking about the 8 getting pretty good gas mileage, how many miles do you guys get on a tank during aggressive driving? I filled up my tank and have been revving my engine slightly higher than normal (i.e., to merge with highway traffic) and I only got 60 miles on a half tank! That's over 80 miles less per tank than usual! How pathetic is that?!

I love this car, but there are some things I just absolutely hate about it...

budebaker

Does the stick do that much better than the auto in terms of MPG. I have the auto and with about 75% city, 25% freeway, I got 13MPG. I don't rev it all the time. Usually there's too much traffic.

-=Zepplock=-

I get like 14 with 100% city if I drive it like I like - with occasional revups.
I get 15 if I drive below 3500

wtf?

maikeru

I agree that it is an important factor. The fact remains that I baby my car, shifting gears at about 3700 RPM. It's got 5600 miles on it. My driving is 60/40 cty/hwy. Does 180 MPT sound righ? There are others with similar driving habits who post much higher MPT numbers. Don't get me wrong here, I love my car, I cant' imagine driving anything else. I'm just trying to figure out how the numbers could be all over the board with same engine, same fladh level and similar driving habits.