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Old 04-16-2012, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by RedTurboMiata
i get between 24-29mpg, depending on my right foot.
This last tank was only 20mpg combined for me. Hopefully this tank will be better now that I'm getting my AFR leaned out and overrun tuned.
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Old 04-16-2012, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by jtpaintballwdp
This last tank was only 20mpg combined for me. Hopefully this tank will be better now that I'm getting my AFR leaned out and overrun tuned.
idk what my city mileage is but i know its bad, i usually see 22-24 combined. oh well its still way better on gas than my pickup.
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Old 04-16-2012, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by revlimiter


I made it some gauges.
I love those! How can I obtain some?
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Old 04-16-2012, 12:54 PM
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Revlimiter.net. He sells awesome stuff. A little pricey, but worth every penny.

BTW, I love your car.
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Hmmm, I wish I could get that kind of mileage. Today I went for a mountain ride and drove 172 miles. About 70 miles of mountain twisties and the rest 65~75 mph highway. All with the top down, I only managed to get about 25.5 mpg.
Not gonna lie, I miss megasquirt. the car made a decent bit more power with that being the only change. plus last time I took a long road trip it did fantastic.

Charlotte to Atlanta, Drove the **** out of it at RA. Immediately after RA, filled her up and drove 8 hours strait to Ohio, 31 mpg at 60-90 mph, sometimes hitting 100 going downhill. and most of that was mountain highways. Very soon it shall be MS again
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Old 04-16-2012, 02:10 PM
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Drove Houston to Austin and back again - about 500 miles round trip door to door.
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Took the passenger seat out, dropped it off at a friends house, who is a upholster. Changing from torn tan leather to black vinyl seat material from Sierra. Will post some pictures when finished.
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Old 04-16-2012, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Dntlift
Not gonna lie, I miss megasquirt. the car made a decent bit more power with that being the only change. plus last time I took a long road trip it did fantastic.

Charlotte to Atlanta, Drove the **** out of it at RA. Immediately after RA, filled her up and drove 8 hours strait to Ohio, 31 mpg at 60-90 mph, sometimes hitting 100 going downhill. and most of that was mountain highways. Very soon it shall be MS again
MS is the ----, i wish i knew more about it though.
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Old 04-16-2012, 10:35 PM
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As I was driving to the N.GA mountains Sunday, I noticed once again that it's areal PITA to drive with only one out 3 things I really like to have working bin my car. If the radar detector is used, the GPS is not, if I need to charge my iPhone, I gotta ditch the RD or the GPS... I have one of those little dongle things that make 2 outlets out of the single one, but I left it at home plus I hate the wires all hanging in the shifter area and bothering me.
So I stopped at a Walmart (those things are *everywhere*) and picked up a 1 to 3 adapter and just threw in on the pax side floor and happily used all my devices . Tonight I decided to make a more permanent and cleaner installation. It does not look as good as I wish it did, but it's tolerable *and* it works! BTW, I cleaned and conditioned my shifter boot too





The flash of the camera makes it look worse than it actually does.
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Old 04-17-2012, 12:24 AM
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Yesterday the gate guard at the base told me that he hasn't seen a Miata as clean as mine in about 10 years. It looked like it rolled off the showroom floor.

After lunch, going through the gate again another guard told me I had a pretty neat car, and asked what kind it was. I told him it was a Miata and he asked if it was new. He was shocked to hear it was 20 years old.


Hell yeah.
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