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Cars by Model Type => 2nd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: retrobate on February 21, 2006, 11:29:07 AM

Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: retrobate on February 21, 2006, 11:29:07 AM
Bath to Cornwall on the M5 and A30, cruise control @ 70 the whole way, no bad traffic or stopping, 198 miles on £30-worth of Super Unleaded â€" I make that 29-30 mpg!!

Don\'t think I\'ve ever shown so much restraint... but end of the month finances dictated a light right foot!
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: Martiny on February 21, 2006, 12:01:22 PM
I think Robbie from Scotland managed 30 something.
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: Thud on February 21, 2006, 12:37:43 PM
30mpg!!  Were you being towed by the AA at the time??

Is yours a NA or Turbo?
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: retrobate on February 21, 2006, 12:43:47 PM
lol no, and it wasn\'t the RAC either!

It\'s a TII, sat just below 3k rpm and off boost the whole way! Thought I\'d maybe creep it up to 25/26 or so, but didn\'t expect 30 odd.
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: Brett on February 21, 2006, 05:38:34 PM
Well done, think the best i ever managed was around 22mpg, but then I always had an irresistable urge to play with other cars on the motorway! :D
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: grinder on February 21, 2006, 06:10:20 PM
blimey - very impressive :)
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: shortcircuit on February 21, 2006, 06:56:54 PM
i used £55 bristol-torquay and back again , cant bring myself to work out the mpg  :(
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: grinder on February 21, 2006, 07:44:35 PM
i reckon that i get about 160 - 180 miles on £40 of optimax

about 18 mpg :D

as i use it as a weekend toy - i seem to give it some stick !!
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: Freddy on February 21, 2006, 10:45:45 PM
I\'ve had 24mpg to a near 500hp single turbo fd. That included the odd outburst, where I felt the need to open up the wastegate. :Thumbsup!
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: jeted on March 13, 2006, 05:26:08 PM
I got 250 miles for £20 of gas engine ran sweet car rotted around it

lpg is grate

ed
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: J.j. on March 13, 2006, 05:44:00 PM
I can never get more than 120 miles with less than £30-35 of fuel.  That\'s 60% of motorway cruise at 80 mph, 40% of occasional country lane fun.   :Thumbs-up
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: Freddy on March 13, 2006, 09:17:45 PM
Quote from: J.j.40% of occasional country lane fun.   :Thumbs-up

Hmmm..........................  :3gears-rh
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: chrisJDM on March 13, 2006, 10:10:06 PM
heya! nice to know there re some rx\'s in bath, i am from Wells but have been working in Bath for a year now and only know of one, a black fd at landsdown mazda, got any pics of urs?
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: J.j. on March 14, 2006, 01:05:20 AM
QuoteHmmm..........................

note:  "occasional"    :p
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: retrobate on March 14, 2006, 09:06:53 AM
Quote from: sweetiewellsheya! nice to know there re some rx\'s in bath, i am from Wells but have been working in Bath for a year now and only know of one, a black fd at landsdown mazda, got any pics of urs?

It\'s Brett\'s old Graphite TII, although I haven\'t taken any aditional pictures since I took it off his hands! I think I\'ve seen you cruising through the Bath traffic (if that\'s possible!) a couple of times when I\'ve walked by!
Title: Record RX fuel consumption??
Post by: chrisJDM on March 14, 2006, 12:15:48 PM
that prob isant me ive hardly ever driven my car to bath usualy im in a work van, and my cars been in my garage for the last six months, should be out and about soon thou, but yeh i hav seen a red fd a few times aswell
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