[Miata] Upgrades (was Replacing Rear Window)

[Robert Manssen]

Gas here on Maui is $4.63 for regular but that has 10% ethanol so I get 
about 20% less mileage.  The best I have been able to get with my 10AE is 29 
and that is driving with care.   Has anybody on the list had any experience 
with the hydrogen generators?  I talked to a guy here with one on his Miata 
but didn`t have time to get into the nuts and bolts of it.  Aloha  Bob 
Manssen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Whitworth" <pswhitworth at gmail.com>
To: <miata at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Miata] Upgrades (was Replacing Rear Window)


>
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Dennis B. Swaney <romad at mac.com> wrote:
>> To go 75 miles in a Diesel getting 25 MPG (which is stretching it) will
>> require 3 gallons @ $5.05 = 15.15
>>
>> To go the same 75 in a Miata getting 25 mpg will require 3 gallons @
>> 4.40 = 13.20
>>
>> Now if I still had my 83 VW Diesel pickup, I'd be getting over 35 MPG;
>> the problem is that I had a 25 gallon tank put in it, and usually put in
>> about 20 Gallons per fill-up: 20 x 5.05 = $101.00!
>
> The new VW Jetta TDIs are starting to appear in the US. MPG in the
> high 40s. The Sportswagon looks very nice indeed. The first diesel car
> to go on sale that meets the new CARB emissions regs, but I seem to
> remember reading Honda are not far behind.
>
> As soon as a local dealer gets a TDI Sportswagon, I'm going for a test 
> drive.
>
> Great mileage, tons of torque, plenty of space ... makes sense to me.
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