1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata Long-Term Road Test

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image1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata Long-Term Road Test

Fuel Economy in our Long-Term 1997 Mazda Miata

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  • noburgersnoburgers Member Posts: 500
    how do you get 9.6 mpg in a Miata? Just leave it idling, or the worst traffic jam ever and a small fill-up?
  • duck87duck87 Member Posts: 649
    @noburgers: track day?
  • thombombthombomb Member Posts: 1
    Before this gets out of control can we return to the days of a single post with the fuel mileage update of all the cars.
  • kirkhilles_kirkhilles_ Member Posts: 151
    I average around 27 mpg in my 2000 LS.
  • banhughbanhugh Member Posts: 315
    Need a comparison of your modified Miata to the supercharged FR-S...
  • desmoliciousdesmolicious Member Posts: 671
    How does this thing not get driven? My miata is the funnest car i have ever driven (list includes 911, m3, m5, 500E, m coupe, z8)

    Where are the real car guys? What happened?
  • noburgersnoburgers Member Posts: 500
    @desmolicious, they have too many nice new cars to test drive, the Miata has no A/C and has been known to have odors and rattles. It is really just a toy. Maybe they don't really need old cars in the fleet, it fit in better when What's Hot was Inside Li
  • hybrishybris Member Posts: 365
    Nearly one month later Project Miata still listed as MIA. Hope is quickly slipping as rescuers start preparing to call off SAR operations.
  • hybrishybris Member Posts: 365
    Two months later SAR operations have been called off due to lack of success and the impending snow-aggedon hitting the area. Project Miata is gone and dead by all accounts.
  • noburgersnoburgers Member Posts: 500
    yep, no mileage update for November or December, probably because it's been sitting unused in the garage. It has to consume some gas and get filled to determine mpg. I've pretty much given up on this long termer, too. And waiting for wrap-ups for a number of cars that silently moved from Current to Past long term lists.
  • uthikeruthiker Member Posts: 18
    I've had a 2001 and my current 2007 miata (MX5). The poorest MPG I can recall was 24 or 25... How does one get 9....Is there a leak in the tank?
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