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texanidiot25 · 02-14-2011, 06:02 PM

Depends how much traffic, but 13-14 is what I get if I have to stick around in downtown traffic, with highway driving. 12-13 in pure city traffic. And there's nothing that can be done about city fuel economy, I drive it as best I can but it's a beast to get it back up to speed, with the whole drivetrain to spin. Highway fuel economy can be improved, and by this test, as much as 20% which is solid.

I love it as a highway cruiser, so much more comfortable than the CST10, CRX, and Miata were at the speeds I use between here and Houston. And it's pretty good in city, very tight turning radius and it's fairly small to me. I love it, but it costs about 70 bucks every 2 and a half weeks, which isn't that bad (I dd'd my CST10 for 2 years, 3.73 gears with no OD!), but I do miss the CRX and Miata, which barely took over 20 bucks to fill, and both of which could average at 75-80 mph what this one averages at 50...

Yes Quadratrac (Viscous center diff), and the CVT style joints up front.

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texanidiot25 Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 331 Formula - '96 Firebird Formula/Trans-Am 90 day: 19.31 mpg (US) Thanks: 8 Thanked 31 Times in 18 Posts	Depends how much traffic, but 13-14 is what I get if I have to stick around in downtown traffic, with highway driving. 12-13 in pure city traffic. And there's nothing that can be done about city fuel economy, I drive it as best I can but it's a beast to get it back up to speed, with the whole drivetrain to spin. Highway fuel economy can be improved, and by this test, as much as 20% which is solid. I love it as a highway cruiser, so much more comfortable than the CST10, CRX, and Miata were at the speeds I use between here and Houston. And it's pretty good in city, very tight turning radius and it's fairly small to me. I love it, but it costs about 70 bucks every 2 and a half weeks, which isn't that bad (I dd'd my CST10 for 2 years, 3.73 gears with no OD!), but I do miss the CRX and Miata, which barely took over 20 bucks to fill, and both of which could average at 75-80 mph what this one averages at 50... Yes Quadratrac (Viscous center diff), and the CVT style joints up front. __________________ Lets see how far it can go "All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. [...] But the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from the void and imposing order on it as it hits the air. What is evoked in him, then, is of another order, more terrible because it has no words, and triumphant, too, for the same reason. And his triumph, when he triumphs, is ours." -Sonny's Blues Last edited by texanidiot25; 02-14-2011 at 06:49 PM..