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ZDan · 06-28-2012, 01:11 PM

I average 26-28mpg commuting (whether via highway or enthusiastically backroading it) and get 31 on all-highway trips in my '01 S2000.

RX-8 gets FAR worse real-world mileage vs. an S2000 with reasonable toe settings (for some ridonkulous reason a lot of S2kers insist on running 0.67 degrees total rear toe, killing tires, handling, and mileage all in one fell swoop!).

I just did a BIG trip from Pawtucket RI to ATL on Sunday in my 500+hp LS2 FD RX-7. 1079 miles in 15:30 with three stops (only two for gas), averaging 27mpg(!). Did 435 miles on the first tank (15.9gal fill) and 466 miles on the second (17.3gal fill).
I wonder what the 13B-TT would have gotten?! Or the RX-8's Renesis.

Rotaries are great for burning a TON of fuel while making only modest power. I love 'em, but they aren't exactly a suitable powerplant for a real-world daily-driven car. And I'm still a little butt-hurt over my perfectly-maintained, never-tracked, only once autoXed '90 RX-7 blowing 2 apex seals at its 2nd autoX run with 105k miles on the clock. And not a single rotor-head was remotely surprised...

06-28-2012, 01:11 PM	#366
ZDan Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Drives: '23 BRZ Location: Providence, RI Posts: 4,672 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,011 Times in 2,097 Posts Mentioned: 85 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I average 26-28mpg commuting (whether via highway or enthusiastically backroading it) and get 31 on all-highway trips in my '01 S2000. RX-8 gets FAR worse real-world mileage vs. an S2000 with reasonable toe settings (for some ridonkulous reason a lot of S2kers insist on running 0.67 degrees total rear toe, killing tires, handling, and mileage all in one fell swoop!). I just did a BIG trip from Pawtucket RI to ATL on Sunday in my 500+hp LS2 FD RX-7. 1079 miles in 15:30 with three stops (only two for gas), averaging 27mpg(!). Did 435 miles on the first tank (15.9gal fill) and 466 miles on the second (17.3gal fill). I wonder what the 13B-TT would have gotten?! Or the RX-8's Renesis. Rotaries are great for burning a TON of fuel while making only modest power. I love 'em, but they aren't exactly a suitable powerplant for a real-world daily-driven car. And I'm still a little butt-hurt over my perfectly-maintained, never-tracked, only once autoXed '90 RX-7 blowing 2 apex seals at its 2nd autoX run with 105k miles on the clock. And not a single rotor-head was remotely surprised...