Miata Mailing List: February 1994, Message #122
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   From: Piet.Ruyssinck@rug.ac.be (Piet Ruyssinck)
Subject: Re: AutoGids article
   Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 10:24:51 -0500

> From: casemo!keating@mimsy.cs.umd.edu (John W. Keating III)
> 
> > > town 10.2 liters/100km
> > > road  8.7   "
> > > avg   9.4   "
> > 
> > For the benefit of those who don't "think metric", these convert to:
> > 
> >         town 23 miles per gallon (U.S.)
> >         road 27 mpg
> >         avg. 25 mpg
> 
> That sounds a bit low...  Does the European market use an
> oxygenated gasoline?
> 
> John

Well, my personal average is about 8 liters of unleaded fuel (95 octane) per 100 kilometers.
That should be around 29.4 mpg if my calculations are correct.

Piet RUYSSINCK