Im curious. I know most people suposedly get around 18-20 mpg from their rex8 but im averaging 12mpg.
Now im not hugely heavy on the food n i never accelerate to quickly. Is this signs of a possible fault with the car? If so can you point me in the right direction what might be causing it?
Or do most of you really get the same sorta mpg as me? I mainly city drive btw
They don\'t like urban driving but 12 mpg is still low. It could be a failing cat blocking the exhaust.
I use mine as a daily driver and was taking note of my MPG over Nov and Dec.
mostly urban driving but the trips on the motorway to a mates 60 miles away the MPG goes up to 20ish
13.86655966
11.63176374
21.21540697
20.38796056
13.41102959
10.29775221
7.694544712
BALLS BALLS BALLS! ...and can\'t edit!
Didn\'t realise this was the rx8 section! (shouldn\'t have stayed up for P1 of F1 2011)!
anyway the above is for a TT \'96 FD
Quote from: goldk28611;751476BALLS BALLS BALLS! ...and can\'t edit!
Didn\'t realise this was the rx8 section! (shouldn\'t have stayed up for P1 of F1 2011)!
Should have stayed up for P2 ;)
I get less than 18 in my R3 but I\'ve stopped working it out now. :D
Hi there my weekend car is a three rotor JCE Cosmo it usually only goes out weekends however I drive it, it always seems to returns 17mpg e3ven when pushed hard. Perhaps you should treat yourself get a Cosmo, mine only cost £6000 probably a lot less than you paid for REX and it only had 50k on it
I wouldn`t swap it Regards Dave
You can get 27 mpg from an RX8 on a cruise and if driven in a spirited manner then you\'ll get 18-20 mpg.
12 mpg for urban driving sounds like a duff catalytic converter. Worth checking coil packs too.
hm. the coils should be ok. the coils got replaced recently. Would these errors uz have mentioned show up as a OBD error? as it seems im gettin nothin on that.
An OBD Fault will only show if the Engine Light is on. You might find a fault in the pending memory but this could just be a transient.
Does the performance feel a bit flat? A decent RX8 zips from 6-9000rpm rapidly but one with a duff cat will feel flat and sometimes will not rev to its redline.
Unless it\'s motorway driving you won\'t see over 20mpg from any FB, FC or FD... So a combined cycle of mid teens isn\'t too bad :o
12mpg around town in an RX8 is low enough for me to be suspicious of a failing cat.
That would defo explain why mine eats away at my wallet all week. My cat is bust lol. So new cat and coil packs... mo money mo moeny :(
I\'ve got a 2003 231ps RX-8 and I\'ve had it since June 2011. I\'ve kept all of my fuel logs, on a combined cycle (80% town driving, 20% motorway) I\'m getting 22.71 MPG average.
It has never dropped below 285 miles per 50 litres (full-warning light) even when driving like I stole it. In fact it doesn\'t seem to make much difference if you drive at 70 MPH or 90 MPH :)
Quote from: goldk28611;751476BALLS BALLS BALLS! ...and can\'t edit!
Didn\'t realise this was the rx8 section! (shouldn\'t have stayed up for P1 of F1 2011)!
anyway the above is for a TT \'96 FD
haha rx8 are poor on fuel but dont come close to a twin
id leave the trip computer alone otherwise it will make you sad.
i often get around 11-15 to the gallon just driving through town
Quote from: AMH;751479I get less than 18 in my R3 but I\'ve stopped working it out now. :D
I not really interested what the R3 is doing :Giggle
My FC which is currently running epicly rich does around 23mpg on the motorway, has dropped to around 8mpg round town and probably about 2mpg on boost :rollin
Driving in town in my fd I get about 130 miles to a full tank, but coming back up from London I did it in less than 2 tanks
Quote from: wolfie1;807889Driving in town in my fd I get about 130 miles to a full tank, but coming back up from London I did it in less than 2 tanks
Did you put it on a trailer for most of the way?:chat:Laugh:eek:
No under its own power, I was quite surprised myself how far I got on a tank
No under its own power, I was quite surprised myself how far I got on a tank
16.5mpg TT Fd mixed driving :)
Here`s a tip ;)
Daily driver = MPG
RX-cars = SPG , there simply is no other way to justify em, and its the most correct way of meassuring em ;)
It\'s what I do! It\'s saved me £6000 over two years!
what does "spg" stand for?
Smiles per gallon :)
yea still makes me grin like a school child whenever i get in the fd! i have only driven 1 other car which had this effect on me a noble m400 but of course i didnt own it!
Happiness is:
A warmed up rotary.
A full tank of fuel.
A challenging piece of tarmac.
Cancel my calls this will take all afternoon! :D
Quote from: Will66;808665Happiness is:
A warmed up rotary.
A full tank of fuel.
A challenging piece of tarmac.
Cancel my calls this will take all afternoon! :D
THIS!
But Will, all afternoon? Swap your 8 for a 7, and shave it down to an hour:D You spoiled man! :D
Depends on the tarmac. On certain tracks I can probably do a tank in less than an hour\'s driving!
I know I dont own an rx8, but I\'m really not finding my (stock) FC hardto live with, my Vito is currently un available and that leaves me with the FC as the mode of transport. I\'m not any good at working it out but I can easily seem to get around 100 miles out of a quarter of a tank, I\'m driving normally usually around town but do try to take her up to the redline at least once on every journey.
I used to get that on a run, on a 60 litre tank it works out at about 28 mpg. I do 25k a year though so running my diesel daily saves me loads as that does 50+ mpg.
+ saves adding up miles on your baby!
They don\'t hold their value so you might as well get the use out of them I reckon