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THE Mazda MX-5 is a brilliant car in many ways, but a recent journey proved that an accurate fuel gauge isn’t one of its strongest points.
With a 74-mile journey ahead, I set off with just a mile or two of fuel less than that figure left, according to the Mazda’s trip computer. Surely a gentle 60mph cruise and the clear roads of a 5.30am start will set that straight, I think. Empty motorway and a gentle cruise achieved, a predicted range that drops at comfortably more than a mile at a time says otherwise.
Despite the light-footed driving and an average well in excess of 40mpg, a quick splash and dash is needed to reach my destination. In a time when EVs deliver eerily accurate trip estimations, a drive in a combustion-engined car makes a trip like this harder.
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