Gas Mileage

[adidas2go]

Whats everyone MPG's looking like? I just cant keep out of that 4-6k range i love this borla! Im only getting like 16 average

[nismofool]

i'm getting about 16.4 mpg, and 18.5 mph......LAMESAUCE....i love the car, but this is when i kinda miss my fuel efficient SLOW camry lol

anyone know how to get better mpg?

[jasonMA]

my 3.5SE got 19.9 mpg with 2500 miles

[johnny_d]

i got about 23.5mpg on my 2nd fill up. Most of my driving is also on freeways with traffic some of the time

[SHIFT_2.5S]

About 28 mpg.

[leif927]

About 28 here too. The 2.5 may be slower than the 3.5 but at least we don't feel it so much at the pump. Or with our insurance premiums. ^_^

[Conda]

20 mpg, on 3.5 SE with CVT. 1700 miles. Mostly in a city with one 100 mile highway trip.

[dynot]

3.5 CVT also and 21 mpg.

I do about 30 miles stop-and-go highway per day which represents the majority of my driving. Something's not right if you're doing only 16 mpg.

[Plastics]

I have the 35 with CVT, now about 5,500 miles.

I get 19 miles per gallon overall, a combination of city and hwy.

On long trips, mostly freeway, I get 28 miles per gallon.

Plastics

[KayaVibration]

I get 21.4 MPG w/ the new 18" AM wheels. I got about 23 MPG w/ stock. Could be I am just driving the car harder after the breakin period.

Were is LBC and what is he getting w/ 20's on a 2.5?

[windhaven]

19.5 here. 3.5Se. About 25-26 Hwy

[nismofool]

3.5 CVT also and 21 mpg.

I do about 30 miles stop-and-go highway per day which represents the majority of my driving. Something's not right if you're doing only 16 mpg.

well, i'm not pushing the car at all, i'm always around 2,000 revs, never higher than 3, even when accelerating, air conditioning is off etc...its just that on the lil screen on the dash it indicates

mpg 16.5mph 18.5

is something wrong with my car, or am i just tripping?

[joypunk]

anyone know how to get better mpg?

Not sure if it holds true for a CVT, but in a conventional transmission/engine your fuel mileage is mostly linked to your RPMs. The reasons city driving gets worse mileage than highway is because you're constantly accelerating (higher RPMs) in the city rather than cruising at low/moderate RPMs on the highway.

In my pickup truck that I have right now, I'm getting better than the rated MPG by limiting my RPMs. I try to never go above 2,000 RPMs (which means it takes about 20-25 seconds to get to 60 mph... I feel like a grandpa driving like that).

Being light on the accelerator is the best way to get better mpg.

[johnny_d]

how are you guys calculating ur mpg? based on the car's estimate? I reset the trip meter at fill up. Then when I fill up again, I take the # of miles on the meter and divide by the # of gallons I just put in the car. The estimate on the car is much lower always.

[Lyte00]

I'm getting 20.2mpg on my 3.5SE 6spd. Pretty good since I haven't been driving that hard.

[generic808]

how are you guys calculating ur mpg? based on the car's estimate? I reset the trip meter at fill up. Then when I fill up again, I take the # of miles on the meter and divide by the # of gallons I just put in the car. The estimate on the car is much lower always.

I use the same method as you and I use the on-board numbers also. I average around 21-23 with 50/50 driving. I try to take it easy whenever possible, but every so often I have to open it up.

[MaksimSF]

so far I'm getting 25 in the city (San Francisco, stop and go up hills, down hills) and 28 on da freeway, I've noticed that my ac 2.5 getting better mileage than my previous '07 Sentra 2.0S (18\20)

[MaksimSF]

[QUOTE=nismofool]

well, i'm not pushing the car at all, i'm always around 2,000 revs, never higher than 3, even when accelerating, air conditioning is off etc...its just that on the lil screen on the dash it indicates

mpg 16.5mph 18.5

is something wrong with my car, or am i just tripping?[/QUOTE6]

Enjoy your V6

[adidas2go]

if its the engine causing the problem then my bmw i just had must have been a technological marvel. considering it was a 3.0 inline 6 that got an average of 24 mpg and i got on it just as hard as my altima that gets 16...

[MaksimSF]

if its the engine causing the problem then my bmw i just had must have been a technological marvel. considering it was a 3.0 inline 6 that got an average of 24 mpg and i got on it just as hard as my altima that gets 16...

BMW....hm it is a technological marvel....

[shift_mikey]

if its the engine causing the problem then my bmw i just had must have been a technological marvel. considering it was a 3.0 inline 6 that got an average of 24 mpg and i got on it just as hard as my altima that gets 16...

Next time you top off at the pump, reset your trip odometer. Next time you fuel up at the pump, take the # of miles on the trip odometer and divide it by the # of gallons you just put in your tank.

IE: 300 miles / 14 gallons = about 21.5.

When i compare the estimated MPG with the calculated one, its never the same. Maybe close, but always a few MPG's off.

BTW, my 3.5 CVT around town is getting about 21ish. Haven't had it cruisin on the highway yet

[hangtime23]

Next time you top off at the pump, reset your trip odometer. Next time you fuel up at the pump, take the # of miles on the trip odometer and divide it by the # of gallons you just put in your tank.

IE: 300 miles / 14 gallons = about 21.5.

When i compare the estimated MPG with the calculated one, its never the same. Maybe close, but always a few MPG's off.

BTW, my 3.5 CVT around town is getting about 21ish. Haven't had it cruisin on the highway yet

I think it's because the calculated one (and shown on the display) is an average over the entire period you've had your car, whereas the # you calculate yourself is only for that last trip. I don't think resetting the trip odometer resets the mileage # along with it...

[driftnslide1]

im at 25- 30mpg unless im in it then itslike 10-12

[shift_mikey]

I think it's because the calculated one (and shown on the display) is an average over the entire period you've had your car, whereas the # you calculate yourself is only for that last trip. I don't think resetting the trip odometer resets the mileage # along with it...

You didn't know you can reset that?

When your looking at the MPH-MPG screen, press and hold the confirm button (on the right), and it will zero out those figures. Same with the hours driven screen

[blancs3030]

I'm getting 26.6 mpg right now, mainly country road driving and highway. I'm at 1,600 miles. I really watch how I drive, try to keep it under 4k, if not 3k rpms, and use cruise control every chance I get. I drive a V6 mt. coupe.

[pdrumans]

The computer readout says 17.2. I am 95% stop and go. Takes me 8 mins to get to work and 2 mins to get home (I can take a short cut home that is only 1 way). I fill up about every 2 weeks. I fill up when the warning comes on. usually going about 300 miles between fill ups.

[adidas2go]

guess im getting on it to hard. i have to fill up every 4-6 days.

[tsigoloeg]

http://forum.altima-tech.com/s...age=2I'm at work and don't have access to my Flikr crap (blocked) but if you check this link out to the bottom you'll see pics of my actual computer readout using cruise on hwy at 75 and 70 mph. Pure highway, thing gets pretty good mileage.

Right now, with 3 miles commute to work on busy surface streets I get 16.5-18.5 mpg. But I fill up less than once/mo.

Vehicle computer will be more accurate in determining mileage than trip odo-fillups, b/c the thing knows the precise amt of gas running through the lines along with the miles. Using fill ups you can't be certain that you are adding the same level of gas in the tank each time. That said, my manual calculations have never been more than 0.3 mpg off from the computer.
Modified by tsigoloeg at 12:25 PM 10/22/2007

[Sarcanglk]

I get like 26 mpg on the highway

[generic808]

Wow, how are you V6's driving? I have a V6 and I still average about 21-23mpg with 50/50 driving.