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Old 13-06-2013, 08:38 AM
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Just wondered if I was alone with this. Each time I fill up I think 'righy im going to drive off boost so I can see what mpg I can get' but it never works...

Best ive held out for is half a day. Whats your longest? These evil temptresses!!
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Old 13-06-2013, 08:44 AM
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About 15 minutes... While the car warms up
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Old 13-06-2013, 08:49 AM
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Haha. Yeah my right foot becomes quite heavy and tired after a bit in the car.
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Old 13-06-2013, 08:51 AM
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I try my best on dual carriageways/motorways plod along at 60mph, although normally give it a bit of stick on the slip road joining said roads.
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Old 13-06-2013, 08:56 AM
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Yeah I've got dual carriageways everywhere . I find takinh twisty roads worse though, I just cant resist.
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Old 13-06-2013, 09:06 AM
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Old 13-06-2013, 09:10 AM
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I stay off boost in traffic jams!
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Old 13-06-2013, 09:23 AM
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Ha Ha, I often do that but rarely get about 5 miles down the road
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Old 13-06-2013, 10:18 AM
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I don't plod about trying to get high mpg in the scoob, too much like hard work! In the diesel though, economy mission every day on the commute
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Old 13-06-2013, 12:16 PM
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i got mine for the boost love it dont really pay attention to mpg
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Old 13-06-2013, 12:24 PM
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I had a Mazda RX8 231bhp and I must say the scooby is MUCH better on fuel than the RX8 and surprisingly has much much less rust than the RX8 even though the 8 was 2005 and the scoob is 1995...
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Old 13-06-2013, 12:29 PM
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"E" struggles to keep it off boost on his drive-way
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Old 13-06-2013, 01:57 PM
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Never going to happen in a scooby but I can just about on a m/way cruising about 80/85
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Old 13-06-2013, 03:05 PM
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Problem with the Evo is that it's on boost from just over 2000rpm... Very hard to keep off boost apart from motorway driving
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Old 13-06-2013, 03:57 PM
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I had a Mazda RX8 231bhp and I must say the scooby is MUCH better on fuel than the RX8 and surprisingly has much much less rust than the RX8 even though the 8 was 2005 and the scoob is 1995...

Funny you say that, a friend of mine has an RX8 and its fuel consumption is shocking. Nice car but makes the scoob look economical!.
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Old 13-06-2013, 04:06 PM
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Funny you say that, a friend of mine has an RX8 and its fuel consumption is shocking. Nice car but makes the scoob look economical!.
They are a nice shape, gorgeous inside but powerwise compared to a scooby is nothing. Handles well but the engines are very fragile. You cant even switch them off cold without it flooding.

Im breaking mine so if he needs any parts
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Old 13-06-2013, 06:53 PM
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I try my best on dual carriageways/motorways plod along at 60mph, although normally give it a bit of stick on the slip road joining said roads.
Ha Ha I'm exactly the same.
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Old 13-06-2013, 07:11 PM
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The Rx-7 and 8 are Rotary "****le" engines and are known to be completely crap for fuel economy the best you could expect from the old Rx-7 was about 13mpg which was a shame because it was absolutely brilliant to drive, they where also known to drink around a litre of oil every thousand miles!
Not driven an 8, felt quite depressed when Mazda bought it out minus the turbo from previous models.


In the old classic wagon 333/329 I managed 347 miles on a tank, (crawled 140 on A roads and the rest on the M4) , I think I overtook like 2 cars on the A roads.. that was off boast with luggage and just me in the car.. driving spirited I managed to empty a tank in less than 140 miles

I don't even try in the blob its just not worth it.. as Anger says.. off boost till its warm

Think my average is around 210 a tank.


edit.. Please forum mods " w a n k l e" is not a swear word :P
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Old 13-06-2013, 08:28 PM
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I do try to keep off the boost to get more mpg but on a dual carriage way or on the bypass that is near me it is so hard not to just boot it or when you get boy racers in their little 1 or 1.4 liter's trying to race you so I play with them for a while letting them get in front of me then boot it and leave them for dead while looking in my rear view mirror at them disappearing pmsl lol or when people sit on my bumper I tend to boot it while saying to myself
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Old 14-06-2013, 07:11 AM
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edit.. Please forum mods " w a n k l e" is not a swear word :P
Pretty sure every RX8 owners who's had to pay for a rebuild and the fuel costs thinks it is!
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In the type r with high ratio s means i have to pootle to keep off boost and who wants to see
a scoob pootle!!
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Old 14-06-2013, 07:43 PM
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I was averaging 350 miles to each tank on my Mountain trip, with a fully loaded car, and not really worrying about how heavy my foot was.
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Old 14-06-2013, 09:45 PM
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I was averaging 350 miles to each tank on my Mountain trip, with a fully loaded car, and not really worrying about how heavy my foot was.
350!? Take a different car?

I took the scoob to work today to give it a run, not driven it since parking up from Germany! Got it out the garage and then realised i'd be late for work as i needed fuel - last time it got filled up before today was in Belgium
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I found a few shells in Switzerland doing V-power nitro with 100 ron, rather than our 99.

The toll motorways in France had 99 too, petrol didn't seem to be as much of a ball ache as I thought it would be.
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