Driving habits changing

[Dake]

Bear in mind all our mpgs will go down now as we get in to the winter blend gas.

[fatoni]

aside from the fact that i think its stupid do just drive around in 4th on the freeway. this is the magic of these slow, low powered car. in my new 1.6 miata i get 28 no matter how i drive.

[njccmd2002]

im averaging 18 - 19.

LOL

[midnightfrolic]

I am currently avg 26.8MPG due to hills on my routes.

But my habit has changed. I feel more confident when passing slower peeps on the freeway. I make it a point to drive at or slower than the speed limit on populated streets to be seen in my fantastic ride. Especially when cruising home on Pacific Coast Highway during sunset. I get a lot of stares and twisted necks. Even more when I put my Raven FRS through the touchless car wash before heading home.

[czar07]

When I was breaking the car in i used to hammer it to 3.5k rpm then stop. Now I hammer it to 7.5k rpm

[DanoFA20]

i drive the same. i came out of a 95 E36 M3 which was straight mechanical diff and trans. lol no tcs no vsc so i just turn all that nonsense off and drive like i normal would my foot is my tcs. gotta know how to use the throttle with the FR layout. a lot have said i like to leave it on to get used ot how it drives.. well itll be a llloottt different when you turn it off and start trying to drive the way you normally would if spirited drives are your thing.

i say learn the car with the crap off once you get good at that and want to leave it on youl know exactly how the car is going to handle. :-) thats just me though

i live on the touge.

[Nevermore]

Can't say I've noticed a change in my driving habits. I actually might drive the FR-S harder than I have cars before it, though I was pretty tough on my Mazda. The only difference is the FR-S seems thirsty for the abuse, the 626 kind of groaned about it. It worked well enough, but it was a pretty loud car and hit the higher RPM's on any hill.

That being said, the last two fill ups for my FR-S averaged 26-27 MPG. The computer is saying it's averaging 27.

[jflogerzi]

Originally Posted by whaap

Your driving habits are changing but unfortunately they're going from good to bad. You're really abusing your car. However, that's o.k. because it's yours to do with what ever you want.

Not sure how this is bad? I don't abuse the car by dumping the clutch, constantly bouncing the red line limiter. I am how ever enjoying the car much more as it begs to be revved.

[jflogerzi]

Originally Posted by Nevermore

Can't say I've noticed a change in my driving habits. I actually might drive the FR-S harder than I have cars before it, though I was pretty tough on my Mazda. The only difference is the FR-S seems thirsty for the abuse, the 626 kind of groaned about it. It worked well enough, but it was a pretty loud car and hit the higher RPM's on any hill.

That being said, the last two fill ups for my FR-S averaged 26-27 MPG. The computer is saying it's averaging 27.

Thats not bad. My gauge always reads about 1.1.5 higher then my calculated mileage.

[akuhei]

Originally Posted by jflogerzi

Not sure how this is bad? I don't abuse the car by dumping the clutch, constantly bouncing the red line limiter. I am how ever enjoying the car much more as it begs to be revved.

Running on the highway in 4th gear? I would think its really taxing on everything to stay at those high rpms all the time. I drop to 6th if I'm on the highway. If i need to pass, I just downshift and go. However, drive how you like, it is your car. And to add to the thread, I know my driving habits have changed too. I drive it harder than I have driven my other vehicles, especially after I found out I can still manage 28 mpg while doing it.

[whaap]

Originally Posted by jflogerzi

Not sure how this is bad? I don't abuse the car by dumping the clutch, constantly bouncing the red line limiter. I am how ever enjoying the car much more as it begs to be revved.

Each mile you travel at freeway speeds in 4th gear is causing much more wear on your engine components than mine will endure when I travel a mile in 6th gear. Wear in itself is not necessarily bad. However when you willingly cause excessive wear I consider that abuse.

[Ingen]

Guys, let me tell you about my little habit... I must say, it's spiraling out of control. It's an addiction now....



I just can't help myself!!

[Demandred7]

Originally Posted by Ingen

Guys, let me tell you about my little habit... I must say, it's spiraling out of control. It's an addiction now....



I just can't help myself!!

Haha! Every now and then I feel the desire to put it into VSC Sport and sport shifting. I'll see how that changes with winter approaching.

[Ingen]

Originally Posted by Demandred7

Haha! Every now and then I feel the desire to put it into VSC Sport and sport shifting. I'll see how that changes with winter approaching.

It'll change.....

You'll just go with TC off and goof off until you're blue in the face in a parking lot