Thread: My new FR-S!
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Old 07-04-2015, 03:45 PM   #45 (permalink)
serialk11r
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This tank is half gone, so I'll start logging in a few days.

In the meantime, the trusty (or not..) dash mpg display said I got 42mpg average on the way home the other day 60mph cruise on rougher pavement yields about 40-41, smooth pavement gives 42.5ish. Parking in SF brings the tank mpg down a lot though.

One thing that's not so good about this car is that the efficiency of the engine drops off very fast at lower rpm. I can cruise at 60 and get 42mpg, going down to 50 only brings me up to 46, going down to 40 brings me up to 50, and then somewhere around 1500rpm (like 36 ish) the mpgs actually start dropping if you try cruising in gear. That means at lower speed I have to pulse and glide in 4th, sometimes 3rd, which I still haven't gotten used to.
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