Originally Posted by MeetJoeAsian

man...shifting from 1 to 4...doesn't that really slam your RPM? isn't that bad for your car? at least shift to 2, then to 4....if you're saying you "baby" your Z and shift 1 to 4, does that mean you shift from 1 to 4 RIGHT at 2000/3000 RPM? man, that is BAD for your car to drive in high gear at such a slow speed/RPM, you're hurting your car more by gunning it in such a low RPM (because if you're accelerating from 3-4 mph in 4th gear, you will have to floor it in 4th, otherwise it'll choke)...unless you're maxing out your 1st gear, and then shift to 4, in that case, you're not really babying your Z at all then...

In a Porsche, if you do not gun it often, you will clog up your pipes and your car will start coughing after awhile...Porsches are meant to be driven hard to clean out their internals, does anyone know if the Z is like that? probably not egh?

Originally Posted by once_traveling

Ok, you are a wuss. Im am sad for your Z as it lives the life of a toyota yarris. I say pound the z, shift at 6200, get 220-270 miles a tank, and enjoy having a car that can do what a z can do. I hope your adult diapers dont break the next time you are going 40 mph in 6th gear.

Originally Posted by karmstro

have fun with your car no doubt. But sucking down gas without a care is why gas is 3 bucks a gallon. just my 2 cents, if 3 bucks doesn't matter to you, keep on sucking and see if 4 bucks starts to make you think

if the man wants to be efficient, let him

Originally Posted by marco_mendoza

I always reset the MPG after every fill up. When you reset it, as Davidv said, the MPG readout tells you what your current mpg at the mph you are driving, but then it starts averaging it out. Toward the end of my tank, the MPG readout has been pretty accurate as to how much gas I have left. The DTE, I ignore because it does this, --- , when I still have 50 miles left.

Originally Posted by soldierboy

have you guys ever try this.... for manual only.... coast it down hill, put your z on neutral. reset the mpg switch....let it ride for about 20sec as you pick up speed when u go down hill...and your average mpg is incredibly high...I tried it 3 times and get about 90 mpg......only u go down hill.....put on neutral.. and allow the car to pickup speed...do this when the road is not too busy with traffic...offcourse.... I did this when i went to Phoenix from So Cal, took the I10 east, Location in the Blyth vicinity.....ihhihih if you wondering ... i was on the roadtrip from Seattle , WA to socal to Phoenix....I put 5k miles on my car last month........

Originally Posted by davidv

The mpg gage tells you what you are getting now at the current mph. If it reads 20 mpg, it does not mean that you were getting 20 mpg yesterday or the day before.

When you do the fill-up and arithmetic, of course you are calculating average mpg for the entire tank: different numbers - different purposes.

Originally Posted by Morningglorie

I've only had my Roadster for four weeks now and the first two weeks were the break-in period. I've been keeping careful track of the MPG, resetting it after every fill, and writing down the avg. MPG and avg. speed.

I've been getting better and better MPG with every fill. First one was around 17. Second one was 19. Most recently they have been around 21 or 22. The recent ones had a lot more steady highway driving on it. So far, I think it's accurate.

It's never gone blank on me for DTE, usually shows around 50 miles when I refill, and usually I put in around 16 gallons. So the DTE is very conservative, but that's ok with me, I'd rather fill up too soon rather than risk running out.

Originally Posted by Nexx

drive your car like a puss, and your Z will turn into a puss. your ecu will go into puss mode. you bought a Z but now your driving an RX8. i had to take a jab at the rx8, one of my friends drives one.