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Is your Mazda a manual or automatic? If it's automatic, ditch it.
If it's manual, you could...
-work on your driving habits
-start aggressively aero-modding it for the freeway
-get some used lightweight wheels and remove the rear seats
-build a kammback or boat tail
-buy the VX and trade me for my DX D16 which has plenty of power and 40+mpg highway
But I do recommend that you get some coroplast and do a grille block, wheel covers, rear skirts and a passenger mirror delete immediately (air dam if you feel like throwing $20 at it). Combine that with improving your driving technique and you might be surprised at what you get.
The first tank out of my '92 Ford Probe (with the Mazda 2.2L rated at EPA 21/28mpg) was 38mpg. Nothing special other than some aero work and hypermiling. The car later got a 40-inch boat tail and achieved 41mpg over 400 miles just driving a steady 60 mph.
Your car's EPA figures are comparable to my old Probe, so you can definitely average 40mpg if you try.
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