[MR2] auto '86 mk1

[Larry Schuler]

Hi Ron,
 Driving at 70mph and almost all highway I can easily get 35mpg with my
86 Auto. My 86 is fully loaded so that may hurt it a bit. I also have an
87 auto but I haven't driven it enough to get an accurate picture of its
mileage use, aside from the 80mph+ dash after I purchase it where it got
low 30s.

enjoy!
--larry

On 1/26/2010 12:48 PM, ron ewing wrote:
>     Thanks for the input guys. Several years ago I had a rusty '88 auto SC - it was a fun car with that extra torque, but eventually I really missed the 5 spd.  It would get something like 32 mpg with the cruise @ 70. 
>     The car I'm looking at now is a clean low mileage 86. Just wondering what sort of mpg I can expect setting the cruise at 70, say, and only turning 3000 rpm or so.  I like the fact that it has a minimum of "doodad's,"  with a tintop and manual windows.  With my long legs, I really like cruise on the long trips I sometimes do, but I'm sure an auto wouldn't have been as much fun as my 87 5 spd zipping down the PCH in CA, as I recently mentioned here. It didn't have cruise tho, and on those long stretches of empty spaces out west it would've been really nice.  A little better mpg too I think. I might eventually convert the auto to a 5 spd if I like it enough.  
>     But I ramble....  So does anyone here have a similar NA auto?  Better hwy mpg than a 5 spd to mitigate the lower fun quotient?  TIA, Ron. 
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