Miata Mailing List: September 1993, Message #140
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   From: horma200@ccmail.iasl.ca.boeing.com
Subject: Gas Mileage
   Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 14:23:13 -0400


boyle@cactus.org (Craig Boyle) writes:

> IF I remember right the EPA figures for a Miata are 24/30.
>
> Reading the 6/91 test of a Miata in "car", they stated that EEC
> figures were about 50 mpg at 56, and 40 at 75.

I thought someone else would have pointed this out by now, but mileage
figures in British magazines are given in miles-per-IMPERIAL-gallon,
while EPA figures and US magazines use miles-per-US-gallon.

An Imperial gallon is approx. 4.55 liters, while a US gallon is approx.
3.79 liters.  My best mileage to date is 31.4 mp(US)g.  This converts to
37.7 mp(Imp)g.  Still, 50 mp(Imp)g doesn't sound realistic, unless they
did it on a test stand with no wind resistance, hills, etc.

               Milton Horst     Internet: horma200@ccmail.ca.boeing.com
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