Would you still turbo your Miata if ...
03-22-2011, 09:56 AM
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Would you still turbo your Miata if ...
A tank of gas cost you $90?
I just filled up this morning and it cost me £54, or $89 in your money. This is what we're dealing with in the UK now and it's taking the ****
It's becoming almost unaffordably expensive to have a fast car. It really puts a question on how important having a fast car is to me.
I just filled up this morning and it cost me £54, or $89 in your money. This is what we're dealing with in the UK now and it's taking the ****
It's becoming almost unaffordably expensive to have a fast car. It really puts a question on how important having a fast car is to me.
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03-22-2011, 10:08 AM
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its not bad on gas at all, beats most performance cars and no-thrill cars.
The only alternative to something more thrifty for MPGs would be something like a Fit or Prius, and who wants that?
if gas was $9USD a gallon here, I'd just walk to work. Or move to a REAL country.
The only alternative to something more thrifty for MPGs would be something like a Fit or Prius, and who wants that?
if gas was $9USD a gallon here, I'd just walk to work. Or move to a REAL country.
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Im loving it.
03-22-2011, 10:45 AM
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There are literally 8 e85 supplying fuel stations in the UK.
BioDesiel is pretty prevelant, but BioPetrol, is rarer than hens teeth.
Paying nearly £60 (or $100) to fill the tank once a week sucks big time, but it's cheaper than buying another newer more efficient car, so what ya gonna do?
BioDesiel is pretty prevelant, but BioPetrol, is rarer than hens teeth.
Paying nearly £60 (or $100) to fill the tank once a week sucks big time, but it's cheaper than buying another newer more efficient car, so what ya gonna do?
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03-22-2011, 11:21 AM
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It's a shame our gov't only cares about allowing unskilled, non tax paying, entitled laborers into our country. they should be bending over backwards to get skilled entrepreneurs into the states.
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03-22-2011, 03:32 PM
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As for the gas crisis, I only pay $3.79 right now for super and it's roughly 25 bucks when i fill it up. Nine dollars a gallon just seems ridiculous to me. But with that said I would never give up driving my fuel sipping turbo miata! I would be sooo bored with a "regular" car........
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03-22-2011, 03:56 PM
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Tell me about it Graham. I'm currently spending around £100 weekly on fuel.
Also, I drove your old gt2554 car a few months ago. I dare say it wasn't in the condition you left it in before you sold it to the dealer you sold it to. I don't know if you saw the thread on mx5nutz.com, but the guy who eventually bought it didn't make it home. Seems the motor detonated itself into oblivion courtesy of a rubbish tune which I'm pretty sure wasn't done by you! Anyway, great car, and I'd really love to know what you'd done to the brakes because they had the best 'feel' of any mx-5 I've driven. I'm pretty sure they were unassisted.
I think this might be my first post too.....never intended to post for another few months, but I've been literally studying this site since I joined, and I'll be choosing a suitable spec for my '95 Eunos R-Limited pretty soon
All the best, Owen.
Also, I drove your old gt2554 car a few months ago. I dare say it wasn't in the condition you left it in before you sold it to the dealer you sold it to. I don't know if you saw the thread on mx5nutz.com, but the guy who eventually bought it didn't make it home. Seems the motor detonated itself into oblivion courtesy of a rubbish tune which I'm pretty sure wasn't done by you! Anyway, great car, and I'd really love to know what you'd done to the brakes because they had the best 'feel' of any mx-5 I've driven. I'm pretty sure they were unassisted.
I think this might be my first post too.....never intended to post for another few months, but I've been literally studying this site since I joined, and I'll be choosing a suitable spec for my '95 Eunos R-Limited pretty soon
All the best, Owen.
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