KpLs
KpLs
I've been recording (obsessively, as I do) fuel consumption for my 89 MX5:Regarding Petrol, has anyone ever checked their mileage per litre??
170.00 days
$610.85 total cost
5275.00 kilometres
3278.43 miles
558.22 litres
147.29 US Gallons
122.69 British Gallons
22.26 mpg (US)
26.72 mpg (Brit)
10.58 litres/100km
9.45 km/litre
31.03 km/day
$3.59 dollars/day
Car/driving conditions:
- manual transmission (the only way to go)
- aircon, used for about 10 minutes per month, or less
- pwr steering
- pwr windows
- driving with top down, 9 times out of 10 (even at 3am in winter)
- most trips about 10km
- driving like a teenager (but maintaining better following distances)
(I need to drive like a teenager because my rear wheels have much more
tread than the front & they need wearing to match. This is my fault for
not rotating the tyres early enough)
I could almost feel motivated to try some more sedate driving, especially
with the current price of petrol.
Karl.
KpLs
Some people, more persistently obsessive than myself, have recorded their
mileage for 6.5years and 132404 miles! Have a look here, if you're
interested in such things:
http://socalm.org/MPG.html
Just in case you're vaguely curious, but can't be bothered looking at the
page, they got an average of 31 mpg.
Karl.
mileage for 6.5years and 132404 miles! Have a look here, if you're
interested in such things:
http://socalm.org/MPG.html
Just in case you're vaguely curious, but can't be bothered looking at the
page, they got an average of 31 mpg.
Karl.
KpLs
I think the biggest factor that affects fuel consumption is how you drive.
A few weeks ago my wife (Morven) and I drove from Whitianga (in the
Coremandel) to Auckland. I got 312Kms to the tank, but Morven got 420Kms.
The difference was that Morven had a nervous passenger in her MX5 and so
drove conservatively , where as I was on my own in mine and had lots of fun
getting home three quarters of an hour before them. I probably spent an hour
in the 6000-7000 RPM range.
A few weeks ago my wife (Morven) and I drove from Whitianga (in the
Coremandel) to Auckland. I got 312Kms to the tank, but Morven got 420Kms.
The difference was that Morven had a nervous passenger in her MX5 and so
drove conservatively , where as I was on my own in mine and had lots of fun
getting home three quarters of an hour before them. I probably spent an hour
in the 6000-7000 RPM range.
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KpLs
just received some more MX5 mileage info via the miata list @
http://web-cars.com/math/miata_mileage.html
if anyone is interested
http://web-cars.com/math/miata_mileage.html
if anyone is interested
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