MPG Now you're talking!!!

[Toe-Knee]

I've complained about poor gas mileage in previous posts. Just got back from a long ride and got 34 mpg. Is it breaking? Is the mile age better in warmer weather? Don't know, but I'm happy. Previous best was only 31 mpg. I just went over 6000 mile mark

I'll keep you posted.

Tony

P.S. I love this car more every day. And now.......

[kc5f]

Is the mileage better in warmer weather?

Most definitely. The mileage of every car I've ever had graphed as a sine wave with the peak in the summer, and I'm happy to see mine headed back up once again!

(This graph is from my previous Versa, but the current one is on the same path.)

[pimpedarse]

Thank God the mileage will improve with the weather!

Oh boy and I live in California! let's see how good this'll get

[Toe-Knee]

Sorry. I typed "Is it breaking?". I meant "Is it breaking in?"

"Is it breaking?" would apply to a Toyota. LOL

Anyway.....

I got REAL WORLD 34 mpg in my 1.8l, 6 speed manual. That includes an hour in a toll plaza traffic jam! That's more like it.

Planning a road trip to Florida in June. Expect a REAL WORLD report soon.

Tony

[Promise Land]

Where is my "told you so...." icon? That's awesome. I need to take some longer trips.

[Ryan-H]

Sorry. I typed "Is it breaking?". I meant "Is it breaking in?"

"Is it breaking?" would apply to a Toyota. LOL

Sorry, I have to disagree with you there.Toyota's dont break, the gas pedals get stuck causing the "Safest cars in the world" to smash into walls, kill people and such....

[casionerd]

I get worse MPGs on highway trips. I have an '09 Versa S with the six speed manual. Sixth gear is too low IMO. If I'm doing 75 or 80mph the RPMs are almost 4K. I get better gas mileage driving 45-60 around town.

[sinha0713]

wish i was in that town. max around here is 40 in town.

and to agree with the creator of this topic, im finally seeing some improvement in my gas milage too. Not much but I might be able to get 260 out of this tank...still pretty pathetic but maybe mid july ill finally hit 28mpg

[V-Man]

I get worse MPGs on highway trips. I have an '09 Versa S with the six speed manual. Sixth gear is too low IMO. If I'm doing 75 or 80mph the RPMs are almost 4K. I get better gas mileage driving 45-60 around town.

A 6-speed transmission will do that due to the final gearing ratio. On my 4-speed auto, I am doing about 3,000 to 3,200 RPM's at 75 to 80 MPH. So far I'm also getting 31 to 33 MPG's at that speed.

[Shad0wXCalibur]

Like I was tryin to say dude. I didn't reach my maximum gas mileage til almost 10,000 miles.

[TomS]

I get worse MPGs on highway trips. I have an '09 Versa S with the six speed manual. Sixth gear is too low IMO. If I'm doing 75 or 80mph the RPMs are almost 4K. I get better gas mileage driving 45-60 around town.

Highway mileage is calculated at speeds approaching 60 mph (100 km/h). When you go faster than that, mileage starts to degrade. At 75 mph (120 km/h), you are probably getting 15% less mileage.

[Versa357]

My mpg is getting better as well I got 414 miles on my last tank and it only took 10.7gallons to fill it.

[VersaJerz]

Highway mileage is calculated at speeds approaching 60 mph (100 km/h). When you go faster than that, mileage starts to degrade. At 75 mph (120 km/h), you are probably getting 15% less mileage.

You're so right. I drive about 70 miles round trip to work each day basically door to door highway (with occasional mixed/city driving). I used to average 70-75mph and get 30-32mpg tops or about 330 miles a tank.

Wondering how much this speed thing is actually related I slowed my average to about 63-67 and have averaged 35.2mpg on my last 3 tanks (389, 392, 387 miles/tank). Considering I live in the Northeast and these tanks are over the course of about 6 days I'm way happy with that. Makes me wonder what I would get on a single start full tank. I haven't taken it to my hometown in FLA yet (no cruise = angry ankle in a drive that long...although a broomstick works brilliantly).

So at 27 I drive like a right-laned granny now. I get to and from work a whole 3 minutes later. It'll save me a tank of gas every two months or so. Works for me. Oh and I have a 6 speed hatch.