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I know of people who get better than 12 mpg during track days.

Hell, I get 20+ driving like a complete maniac in my NB. I have seen 33+ driving like a grandma.

Pick a better example, because unless your friend was driving around with the e-brake on, he/she is full of brown smelly stuff.]]>Mar 31st 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/You have the power when you need it (high RPM)
but when cruising, the turbo isn't pushing much boost, and the engine gets similar economy of an N/A version.

my 50cc scooter gets about the same economy as my fathers 250cc bike. my scooter is ALWAYS at full throttle. my dad's can just cruise at low RPMS.]]>Mar 31st 2008 8:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/
1. it was his first stick. Im not knocking his driving, he just had just had to redline every time because of how long it took him to shift(Im guessing, we never did fiqure out why he was so slow).
2. One day he told me he had to stop 4 times for gas on a 250 mile drive(10 gal * 4 stops=40 gallons!!!)oh wait, you're going to come back with a "I only have to put in 9.5544342409 gallons when I stop for gas" so even if he put in 8 gal for 4 stops thats still 32 gallons, which divided 250 is about 8ish. I was shocked in disbelief as you are right now. THATS WHAT HAPPENED

Now onto more important business...do you really think I came unto this thread and thought "By lying in a comment on autoblog, I WIIILLLL RULLLEE THE WORLD BWAHAHHAHAHA" I have nothing to gain by lying. But one thing you must remember is that there are no absolutes in life, so quit acting like you know everything

but after all, you did just thward the miatashelloililluminatironpaulCONSPIRACY

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I'd have to drive WOT in 3rd gear on the highway to get 13 mpg. Or I'd have to be on a track wringing it out good.

Simply put - to get that sort of mileage, your friends car had something wrong with it. Clogged cat, bad injectors, blown headgasket - something. Miatas do not get 12mpg on a regular basis - especially not on the highway. Not even FI Miatas get 12mpg!

Get over yourself and maybe listen to those who have (first hand) knowledge about the cars. I am certainly not an "expert" on a lot of things, but I absolutely know my way around the Miata.

The bottom line is your bud's anecdotal evidence is not nearly a large enough sample size to come to any sort of conclusion, other than he needs to service his car - and soon.]]>Apr 1st 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/Mar 31st 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/Mar 31st 2008 9:41PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/Mar 31st 2008 10:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/
And when the top half of your tank rusts, or for those of us in cold climates, you get water in your gas from condensation, you'll wish you weren't so damn cheap.]]>Mar 31st 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/Mar 31st 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/Mar 31st 2008 10:11PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/Mar 31st 2008 6:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/Mar 31st 2008 6:53PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/Mar 31st 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/
Besides, it's also more "green" to buy a used car over a new car as the used car already has sunk "eco"-costs of manufacturing and transportation.

Not that any of it really matters because the "man-made global climate change" movement is a farce.]]>Mar 31st 2008 7:01PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/Mar 31st 2008 7:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/Mar 31st 2008 10:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/
Where the inconsistancy lies from my view is the environmentalists side which started by claiming that humans cause global warming. But then when data comes out that shows that the warming is not really the biggest issue and may be slowing, then the mantra changed to "humans cause global climate change" rather than "global warming". Plus, that allows them to blame humans for either event regardless of the true cause.

From my side of it(call me a denier or whatever), I believe 100% that the Earth's climate changes. It warms, it cools, it rains, it snows, it hails, wind blows, droughts happens, floods happen etc. All of this is going to happen with or without us(cue the U2).

I do feel that CO2 is characterized as far, far more problematic than it really is. Water vapor from the oceans plays a larger role in our climate than CO2, by a large part. Not to mention the pollution that the Earth spews unto itself. Volcanoes emit huge amounts of toxins and soot into the air all the time. The ocean floors leak oil into our oceans in larger amounts than any of our human-caused oil spills on a yearly basis.

Also, the Sun happens to play a huge role as well and I'm unaware of anything we've done that has changed it. It also happens to have it's own cycles as well and is currently in a warmer period. Find a timeline that overlays both the temperatures on Earth and the cycles of the Sun and there "will" be an uncanny similarity between the Earth's temperature and the warming and cooling cycles of the Sun, irregardless of CO2 levels and anything else. I guess I'm one of the few who is not surprised that something millions of times larger(the Sun) than us(Earth) might actually play a larger role than we give it credit for.

Additionally, all of us humans could die off tomorrow and the Earth would continue to have warming and cooling cycles, just as it did for billions of years before we came along. Our Earth is a far more remarkable planet than many people realize and it's ability to adapt and change is amazing.]]>Apr 1st 2008 2:02AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/how-to-keep-your-land-barge-and-still-drive-green-ish/
And montoym pretty much covered my perspective. Sure, humans emit CO2 in their everyday activities. Sure, CO2 is a greenhouse gas. But I think it is EGOTISTICAL to assert that humans are the primary cause for EVERY SINGLE D*MNED WEATHER EVENT IN THIS WORLD. The climatologists and meteorologists told me it was going to rain on Friday and we didn't get a single drop... so why should I believe that their computer models of the Earth's incredibly complex eco-system have any validity with regard to "global climate change"?

Beyond that, the Earth is largely self-regulating. At the most we'll just accelerate the change between peaks and valleys, and being the intelligent organisms that we are, we'll find ways to deal with it... without needing taxes, regulations, and governments to inevitably screw things up (as they already have).]]>Apr 1st 2008 5:12PM