Jul 27, 2008

What does my little MX-5 mpg get?

After taking a trip to Durango, CO, I figured the best possible mile per gallon for my little vehicle, Mazda MX-5. I normally can get about 31 miles per gallon driving around town. I could not believe how much more I got driving on highways. I got a whopping 41.92 mpg driving down from Durango back to Phoenix. It is about 33% more!!!! I guess when you drive at a constant speed, windows up, and not stopping and going makes all the difference.

1 comment:

all in a day said...

How about the fact that you were going downhill? you probably could have coasted on neutral using no gas for a bit of that trip. driving my citycarshare prius, it shows gas consumption calculations. if you're going downhill without pressing the gas pedal, it will go over 100 mpg, allegedly.