MPG....For what it's worth

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I know a lot of you don't give a rat's a** about gas mileage on your Zs, so this isn't for those of you.
I just made a return trip this weekend from Vancouver, B.C. to Renton, WA.
My Z turned 2000 miles on this trip. I figure it's safe to say my Z is broken in now.
I decided I wanted to see what kind of mileage I would see if I nursed it over a stretch of WA state I-5.
On the way home this a.m. I filled up just south of Everett, WA from near empty. (2 lights) I drove 122 kms (75.80 miles) to Ferndale, WA where I topped up the tank. It took 2.18 US gallons (1.81 gal Imperial) Gas gauge dropped no lights over this distance.
I will qualify that I only put my foot in it once. I kept to the speed limit the entire time (it varied between 60 and 70 mph over this stretch and I was always at the limit)
I'd say I held rpms to around 2200 thru 2500.
That worked out to 34.7 miles/US gallon (41.8 miles/Imperial gallon) provided I can trust the gas pump and the trip meter in my car.
Given the price of gas at Ferndale it worked out to roughly $0.10 (US) per mile, gas-wise. Gas got more expensive the further north I went.
I seem to recall I paid around $3.27 USD/gallon???? near Everett and $3.64 USD/gallon in Ferndale.

There were 6 radar traps between Renton and the Canadian border. 5 cars, one bike. (BMW) One radar trap on the Canadian side (car) between the border and Vancouver. Boy, some parts of I-5 and WA 405 are getting pretty ratty these days. And I thought our roads were crap.

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