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Old 09-19-2008, 09:36 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Miata report

This is really a follow-up to "My wife can't drive". I finally used up most of the gas in that tank and filled up yesterday. The car only used 9.3 gallons in 339 miles! That's almost 36.5 mpg. The combined EPA estimate is 23 mpg.

I managed this with everything stock (except the tires were pumped up), 100% in town driving, top down most of the time, and about 50% of the driving at night. There is no instrumentation except my highly calibrated and sensitive butt.

Now it's got me wondering just how far I can go if I ......

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