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Old May 6, 2002 | 11:34 AM
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40 mpg!!!

Check this autotrader listing saying that it gets 40 mpg. Damn I wish I could get above 15 with the way I drive.
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Old May 6, 2002 | 11:39 AM
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Yea now that ive cleaned out my ports I got about 140 miles on a half tank, pretty good increase from about 140 on a full tank of gas before.
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Old May 6, 2002 | 12:40 PM
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gas-electric hybrid rotary....?

Hmmmmmm.........

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Old May 6, 2002 | 12:53 PM
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i got almost 300 miles on my last tank!! =]
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Old May 6, 2002 | 01:00 PM
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Originally posted by cymfc3s
i got almost 300 miles on my last tank!! =]
Sure 21-23MPG is what I can get when I am doing mostly highway driving too.

40MPG I wish. Maybe 40 Kilometers per gallon, but not miles per gallon.

Pretty sure that is what they meant:

KPG * 0.6 = MPG so... 40KPG * 0.6 = 24MPG

24MPG is possible.

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Old May 6, 2002 | 01:03 PM
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I wish he had email address on there. I would asked if he put a honda engine in it? Maybe he's one of those guys that thinks that RX-7's are 4-cly

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Old May 6, 2002 | 01:20 PM
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Damn them! 40mpg? I'd like to know how.. Maybe a 3cyl geo swap?
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Old May 6, 2002 | 04:19 PM
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Man... I got about 12 MPG (mostly city) ... I drove for 8 hours in one day on the highway, doing about 140 km's the whole time... got decent mileage while doing it, but now my mileage has almost doubled since then!!!!!

Guess my car needed a good run out!

Geez... I keep watching the fuel needle to see if its moving and its just amazing!!
I am getting over 20 mpg city now!!
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Old May 6, 2002 | 06:12 PM
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I recently took a long drive to cottage town. On a full to dead empty tank I got 456km's exactly. Quite impressive. Wont be able to do that in city driving though. I will get about 360- 380km's!
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Old May 6, 2002 | 06:17 PM
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best on my 1990 vert was 410 miles on one tank - 16.9 gallons which is almost 25 mpg. since then it has been all downhill. most recent was 15 mpg.
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Old May 6, 2002 | 06:20 PM
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Dudes...I wish I could get 40 MPG!!! Gas here's friggin' expensive (1.79 for 91) and I average 200 per tank...poor me!
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Old May 6, 2002 | 07:18 PM
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Maybe they meant 4.0MPG
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Old May 6, 2002 | 07:22 PM
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Hey Rotary Dawg,

I can relate on those gas prices.

Trouble is I just can't keep my foot off the gas.
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Old May 6, 2002 | 08:59 PM
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Originally posted by cymfc3s
i got almost 300 miles on my last tank!! =]
too bad it took you 3 tanks to get to the top of the hill first
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Old May 6, 2002 | 09:12 PM
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Scott,
or maybe he had it towed all the way ;-)
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