Originally Posted by JARblue

Great points

Our Z has been a DD for over 4 years now and has nearly 70K miles. Spirited street driving for me is determined primarily by the conditions of the road (i.e. traffic). Windows down unless it is raining. I'm getting closer to 18 mpg these days in the city but who cares.

I like downshifting to 2nd and 3rd gears closer to 3000-3500 RPMs. Probably because my new-to-me FI exhaust sounds so sexy