[s-cars] NAC - Can Anyone Run a VIN for Me?

[Theodore Chen]

if you check miata.net, the mileage i've been getting is typical.  it's also consistent with the mileage that a couple of other miata-owning friends are getting.  if you keep it below 75 in the bay area, you'll get run over.

at one point, my mileage dropped to about 25, and i checked codes and changed the O2 sensor.  that brought it back up.

the point is, a corvette C5 or C6 can get high 20s with a lot of freeway driving (first-hand experience from a couple of vette owners in the local car club), and my wife's 330i is getting 27 mpg.

i think the problem is the miata's relatively short gearing.  the lotus elise is also not particularly impressive in the mpg department, considering that it weighs <2000 lbs and has a toyota 4-cylinder engine.

the current S-cars get terrible mileage.  the S5 is rated at 14/21.  even an A5 3.2 is rated at 16/27  a corvette C6 is rated at 16/26, and a Z06 is 15/24.  the new ZR1 is rated at 14/20, quite impressive for a supercharged "low-tech" V8 with 638 hp.

i wonder what our 5-cylinder turbo S cars would get if they were rated under the current EPA regime.

think audi will ever build an S-car with TDI?



----- Original Message ----
From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
To: Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
Cc: Darin Nederhoff <scarsgo at gmail.com>; Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>; s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:50:43 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC - Can Anyone Run a VIN for Me?

I get low 30s in highway driving as long as I keep it below 75.

Sounds like your Miatas are way out of tune- my car with a bad O2 sensor and bad temp sensors was doing about 22mpg until I fixed that issue, now it's more like 25mpg. I shift at 4500 and cruise at 80-85 in the car, though.

Taka



On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:44 PM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

already got a '92 miata, had a '94 miata, and the mileage is surprisingly bad for such a little car.  i got about 27-30 mpg with a lot of freeway driving.

-t