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Originally Posted by Cmike2780 Horrible gas mileage, was your old car a prius? Lol. My old RX-8 got between 15-16mpg on the highway...the Z sips fuel by comparison. Unless you

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Old 09-19-2012, 08:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Horrible gas mileage, was your old car a prius? Lol. My old RX-8 got between 15-16mpg on the highway...the Z sips fuel by comparison.
Unless you step on the pedal, I realized grannying it on the highway vs a couple pulls on the highway and im down like 3-4 dots.
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Unless you step on the pedal, I realized grannying it on the highway vs a couple pulls on the highway and im down like 3-4 dots.
Worth it though.
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Worth it though.
yeah momentary pleasure, then you get to the gas station look at the gas prices, and debate filling up.
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Unless you step on the pedal, I realized grannying it on the highway vs a couple pulls on the highway and im down like 3-4 dots.
Yea, Its amazing how fast my fuel gauge drops when I start opening up the throttle haha! The way you drive this car makes a huge difference!
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Yea, Its amazing how fast my fuel gauge drops when I start opening up the throttle haha! The way you drive this car makes a huge difference!
Hence you have to be careful about how much fun you have. Unless you have the income to back it up.
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Hence you have to be careful about how much fun you have. Unless you have the income to back it up.
I think I could easily get 10 mpgs around town but usually I accelerate very slowly because it requries less effort haha. Sometimes though i'll give her a ncie pull and every time
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