I filled my tank the other day (91 miata, stock) and got 35 mpg!!! Now, my commute has recently changed so it's mostly highway, but I spend a few miles a day in stop-and-go traffic so that's not bad. Before this, I was doing 1/2 city, 1/2 highway and was getting 32 if I tried to drive like an old man. I"m pretty stoked! I still need to replace the air and fuel filters. Disclaimer: to get 35 I was really trying to keep speeds on the highway to 65-70 except when passing, rpm below 3K in the city and generally driving a bit calmer. Not like an old man, just calmer. Anyway, just wanted to share.
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Oct. 10, 2008 5:59 p.m. DrBoost Reader
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Oct. 10, 2008 6:32 p.m. thatsnowinnebago Reader
35 mpg? Well done, my best is 31.
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Oct. 10, 2008 6:35 p.m. Type Q Reader
Thats really good. I seem to average about 30 in my Miata. since it is not my daily driver, the autocrossing brings the average down.
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Oct. 10, 2008 6:38 p.m. Salanis SuperDork
What the hell? Is something wrong with mine? I'm really lucky if I hit 27. Granted, I do have a 94 and Cali gas sucks but... what the heck?
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Oct. 10, 2008 6:41 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
22mpg! Approximately a 3 mile commute and im always in a hurry because im running late.
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Oct. 10, 2008 7:04 p.m. MCarp22 New Reader
Salanis wrote:
What the hell? Is something wrong with mine? I'm really lucky if I hit 27. Granted, I do have a 94 and Cali gas sucks but... what the heck?
That big 1.8L is thirsty. :)
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Oct. 10, 2008 7:14 p.m. CarKid1989 Reader
i just got 26 driving hard and with an AutoX on the tank
cant beat it.
I have yet to get under 25 even with the hardest driving and have yet to pay over $35 to tank up
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Oct. 10, 2008 7:18 p.m. billy3esq Dork
If I drive my '96 normally I get 26-27 in mostly town mixed driving. If I really baby it I can get 29.5. I've never broken 30.
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Oct. 10, 2008 7:25 p.m. petegossett Dork
I get 30 average in my '96, but that's a lot of highway driving. If I baby it, I can hit 33, and if I drive it like I stole it I get around 27.
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Oct. 10, 2008 8:15 p.m. DrBoost Reader
Yeah, before if I babied it I got 32 or 33 so I wonder if it's an anomaly or something. I'll do this with the next tank and see.
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Oct. 11, 2008 6:42 a.m. aeronca65t Reader
I can barely get 30 mpg in my 1.8L '00 Miata. But I'm not drivng for economy (yet). A fair amount of my driving in that car is in the left lane of the New Jersey Turnpike.
I have ~An MGB~, which I drive very gently....and it gets about the same mileage
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Oct. 11, 2008 7:23 a.m. CPannell None
My best in my 99 was 27. All interstate with windows up cruising at 60mph (Alabama occasionally has these "Take Back Our Highways" campaigns for about a week where they'll pull you over for just about anything over the limit)
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Oct. 11, 2008 8:11 a.m. CivicSiRacer Reader
93 Civic Si with 225,000 miles = getting about 32-35mpg mixed.
My best was my 91 Civic Si coming back from State College with full autocross gear, and windows opened. Got 60mpg!
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Oct. 11, 2008 10:08 a.m. JoeColeman New Reader
My old '95 once did 34mpg on the way to Indy, top down going 85mph. I'm sure it would've been alot better with the hard top on, and keeping the speed down. I miss that car...
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Oct. 11, 2008 10:57 a.m. joey48442 Dork
The best Ive ever had out of my 92 is 34. Most of the time its right about 30. My 90 gets about 31 to 32 pretty regular. I once hit 23 I think in the 92 at the Gap.
My 97 Escort gets 35 to 36, with a stick shift and 173k miles.
Joey
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Oct. 11, 2008 12:54 p.m. autolex84 New Reader
My 90 miata gets about 28mpg (driving normally, which for me isn't all that nice on the car)
my 2003 civic has seen a high of 40.8mpg on a trip from stl to the ozarks.
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Oct. 11, 2008 9:02 p.m. 05rdstrturbo New Reader
You guys may hate me, but I can hit 31 combined in my 05 mazdaspeed. I commute all freeway, though, about 100 miles total/day, and I installed an aftermarket cruise, at about 70 the whole way. granted, I rarely break 29mpg combined. Best (or worst, maybe) was a mear 19mpg on a whole tank! WooHoo!
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Oct. 11, 2008 10:46 p.m. Nitroracer Dork
The first week I picked up my 91' I beat on it hard and got 28mpg. For everyday commuting I range between 30-33, rarley driving over 65mph. I love it :)
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Oct. 14, 2008 2:45 p.m. Spinout007 New Reader
MrJoshua wrote:
22mpg! Approximately a 3 mile commute and im always in a hurry because im running late.
U LIE! I just like the turns on the way to and from work.... that is if u can work the timing of the lights just right.
my .02 My wife claimed to regularly get 30+ delivering pizza with our old 90 model.
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Oct. 14, 2008 4:01 p.m. confuZion3 HalfDork
CivicSiRacer wrote:
93 Civic Si with 225,000 miles = getting about 32-35mpg mixed.
My best was my 91 Civic Si coming back from State College with full autocross gear, and windows opened. Got 60mpg!
I did that State College return trip once in a 745Li and got 33 mpg somehow. It must be the down-hill portion that helps. Hell, that's better than the 32 I got in my Miata on the same trip.
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Oct. 14, 2008 10:30 p.m. ProDarwin Dork
I have a E36 M3ty commute (mixed) and get ~28 in the Miata. Low-Mid 30s for a highway commute seems reasonable.
My Saturn got ~34 doing the same commute :) The Subaru gets ~24 doing the same commute :( The bike gets ~50 doing the same commute :)
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Oct. 15, 2008 7:33 a.m. chknhwk New Reader
I'm down to 37 from 40. I think I need to check my tire pressures since it's started to cool down...
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Oct. 15, 2008 7:55 a.m. HappyAndy New Reader
DrBoost wrote:
Yeah, before if I babied it I got 32 or 33 so I wonder if it's an anomaly or something. I'll do this with the next tank and see.
maybee you found some real gasoline, not the 10% ethanol crap that lowers mpg by what ever percentage that make it a pointless effiency loss.
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Oct. 15, 2008 8:14 a.m. neon4891 Dork
what i notice in my neon is 40+ strait HW, 30-32 mixed normally, 27-29 driving hard, 33-35 if I baby it
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Oct. 15, 2008 8:35 a.m. GregTivo Reader
My '96 usually gets between 24-28 mpg. Long, 70 mph drive on the highway yielded me 32 once, but that was before 205 size sticky tires. Tires really do affect mileage on a car like that.
