"Jazz_Azz" <shkarst@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 18, 10:35 pm, "J Brockley" <jsbrock...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Jazz_Azz" <shka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > On Feb 18, 7:08 am, SINNER <arcade.mas...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> * J Brockley wrote in rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata:
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>> >> > "socamb" <soc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >>
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>> >> > ..
>> >> >>I am considering purchasing a 2008 miata. O have a 1997 and love
it.
>> >> >>I
>> >> >> noticed the 2008 miata required premium gas. Is this true. The
>> >> >> dealer
>> >> >> said it does not really require it.
>>
>> >> >> I will have a hard time purchasing a car that required premium
gas
>> >> >> these days.
>>
>> >> >> any thoughts the group has would be appreciated.
>> >> > The best way would be to try it as the ECU would compensate.
>> >> > In my case in a 2000 with 1600 engine my distance per tank is
fairly
>> >> > consistant on a trip and seems to move down from 525k (328 miles)
to
>> >> > under 500k (312 miles) with lower octane fuel.
>> >> > Of course this may have changed with the current model and my
tests
>> >> > of
>> >> > low octane where on a lot smaller sample.
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>> >> DAMN! If I tried to get even 312 out of my 2007 PRHT I would be
using
>> >> my
>> >> AAA member****p quite a bit to bring me free gas. I have a 12 gallon
>> >> tank
>> >> and on my best runs I get 26 MPG which would bring me to exactly 312
>> >> miles.
>>
>> >> --
>> >> David
>>
>> > My manual says that my 2000 MX5 has nearly a 13 gal tank (12.8). And
>> > on highway trips, the last getting around 32 gal/mi, I usually look
to
>> > get nearly 390 MPG, near empty. I never let it get that low, but I
>> > start planning on a gas stop getting close to that. Maybe I am just
>> > great on the gas pedal :-).
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>> My tank fill is 38l or 9.8US gallons so I get 33.4mpg but despite being
>> white still doesn't match 390:-)
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> What year only had a 9.8 gal. tank???? Man that is a bummer :-).
>
Never driven it until it stops so unless a just below empty guage is a
long
way from empty then I'd say my tank is 40l. Its a 2000-2001 Jap im****t
(I'm
in NZ) so maybe the domestic models were different. Its also 1600 which I
believe is not common for this year either.
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