Versa Mileage Results....Everyone post your recordings!!

[mightyversa]

Hey there, just follow the leader, in this case, its me......

Factors that could have affected my MPG this calculation: Fujita CAI, Studded Tires, Full Tank of Gas, A Lead Foot and Myself being (230lbs along with my son, 32lbs and significant other, 170lbs) totalling 432lbs, Overdrive is on all the time and I start off from stops in 2nd gear. I have a Non-CVT Auto transmission.

Results: 150.5KM Traveled / 12L Refill =

35.5 MPCG29.5 MPUSG8L/100KM12.5KM Per Litre

I have a program that calculated this stuff, if you would like me to calculate yours, let me know.

Modified by mightyversa at 1:19 PM 2/2/2009
Modified by mightyversa at 2:30 AM 2/3/2009

[alonsorules8]

mightyversa most of us either report our fuel mileage to http://www.truedelta.com or to http://www.fueleconomy.gov .

My lifetime avg. is 30.2 mpg over my 28000 miles driven best tank 405 miles 41.2 mpg worst tank 259 miles 28.2 mpg.

[srellim234]

Agreed. At the fueleconomy.gov site I'm #25 under the 2007 Versa with CVT.

I also keep it right here

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[mightyversa]

you guys are also in the states, im in canada

[NV Lady]

Here is a great site to track mileage...plus you can see what everyone else is getting....

http://www.fuelly.com/car/nissan/versa

[mightyversa]

Thats nice, good way to track, but awful setup and based on FULL tanks and not having factors that affect gas mileage. Aint it simple enough just to post them here, that way you are listing all the things that are affecting gas mileage? I also see that alot of people are having trouble getting into the 30 mark.....I had 35MPG just in the city alone!!! I use 2nd gear in my regular auto transmission to start off where ever I go and have OD always on if that makes it help.

[keanucosmo]

you guys are also in the states, im in canada

When sharing fuel economy @ fueleconomy.gov, State is optional data. Just leave it blank if you are in canada.

[kc5f]

My results are in my signature. I don't believe you can ever go by one tank's total, since you can't control how full it gets, where the air bubbles are, etc. That's why I average mine over at least a few tanks. Much more consistent.

[frankoV]

Bah, it's winter . . . I'm trying to ignore mileage even as I record it.

LT in the sig . . . that's enough.

[silverarrow27]

So I always see you guys asking about how much a tank gets mpg, but no one has ever mentioned what octane gas they're using. Gas does matter too...ya know?

[alonsorules8]

I use 87 octane unleaded gas in my V.

[1_Sleek_Versa]

Hi guys!

08 Versa SL w/ CVT trans. 10 000km on the clock.

Best tank was last September: 27.4 MPCG. No city driving at all, no red lights no unnessary idling. 2000 rpm constant all the way. No kidding.

My girlfriend used the car two weeks to go to her work and did not believe her eyes how thirsty this car is. I assume it's not a driver problem.

She goes to work with my beat up Z24 with 144 000km, old as hell air and fuel filter and stock plugs. Still manages to give me a strong 33 mpg. LOL @ Nissan.

I think the Versa's with regular auto transmission achieve WAY better gas mileage than those with CVT.

Could it be?

[srellim234]

Not really. For 2007, 2008, and 2009 the CVT is checking in with better average mpg than the regular automatic at fueleconomy.gov. Sounds like either a sensor is off on yours feeding too much gas or something else is wrong. I would get it checked out and at the minimum have the dealer reset everything to the factory original settings and see if that helps. You should be getting better gas mileage than that.

Although the Versa is not the greatest mpg car out there, judging by my long trips, at a constant 2000 rpm for a tank you should have gotten 32-35 mpg on that tank.

BTW, my Versa has never had anything other than 87 octane in it.

[1_Sleek_Versa]

"at a constant 2000 rpm for a tank you should have gotten 32-35 mpg on that tank."

The day I get 32-35 MPG out of my Versa I will fall on my knees and cry with my arms pointing up holy Jesus trough the clear blue sky.

[alonsorules8]

I just got back form a 300 mile trip all highway miles through the VA mountains and even did 85 miles in city driving on the same tank and have winter rims and tires on got 33.6 mpg with my SL CVT Versa.

I'm Not braggin but if you are only getting 27mpcg out of your cvt Versa I would take the car to the dealer to look for failed sensors. Because thats not normal.

[shiryu0]

around an even 30mpg........with the auto.

[silverarrow27]

My last fuel tank almost got me 400 miles to the tank with 50 city/50 highway. I think if I stop punching it up hills/canyons or speeding on the freeway that it would easily hit over 400 miles on a full tank.

I always use Chevron 91 octane on all my cars.
Modified by silverarrow27 at 8:17 PM 2/7/2009

[1_Sleek_Versa]

That's one hell of a fuel tank.

[mightyversa]

Its funny no-one is commenting on my results!!!

Results: 150.5KM Traveled / 12L Refill =

35.5 MPCG29.5 MPUSG8L/100KM12.5KM Per Litre

For a list of factors that caused this mileage, check the first message in this thread!!

[srellim234]

No reason to comment. You didn't ask for comment.

The primary discussion that broke out here is trying to help 1_Sleek_Versa determine the reason or find a solution to the poor gas mileage that particular car is delivering.

I happen to post my mpg in three places; fueleconomy.gov, fuelly.com, and over to the left here. I used to keep it at True Delta but it is too big of a pain with too many parameters on driving conditions so i quit posting it there. I still post repairs at True Delta, though.

[silverarrow27]

That's one hell of a fuel tank.

Fixed it

[marleyfan]

I've always gotten crappy mileage out of my '07 Versa SL with CVT. I have gotten as low as 21 mpg and the highest was just under 30 mpg. My driving is about 95 percent city. When I asked my dealer about my mileage the pretty much shrugged it off. Should I ask for the sensors to be reset? What does that do? Will they charge for that?

[srellim234]

I'm only pulling 26-27 mpg on almost total city driving these days, accellerating at 1900-2000 rpms. My individual tanks vary by as much as 6 mpg, depending on whether or not my wife uses the car (she doesn't believe in slow, steady accelleration because the taxpayers pay for her gas on the job).

What have your last 5 tanks averaged overall? Accelleration rpms?

Your mileage may not be far off from where it probably should be.

Are we also talking about the same unit of measure with our gallons?

[Rockhound]

I think the Versa's with regular auto transmission achieve WAY better gas mileage than those with CVT.

Could it be?

Clearly not the case. US EPA economy ratings peg the 4-speed auto for a full 3 MPG less in city driving than the CVT (24 MPG vs 27 MPG); purely empirical data from this site confirms this as well.

My wife's commute is partially highway, partially urban, and the highway isn't of the wide-open, cruise-control variety, so it hardly qualifies as such in my book.

Last tank: 283.7 miles, 9.642 gallons = 29.4 MPG

Average of previous 10 tanks: 29.0 MPG

Lifetime average: 29.3 MPG

All-time Max: 34.1 MPG (highway, summer)All-time Low: 23.9 MPG (city, winter)

I think the Versa's weight is mostly to blame for the occasionally poor mileage. Unlike some of the lighter cars in its class, the Versa's mass requires more energy to motivate, making the fuel economy 'sweet spot' much smaller and therefore more difficult to target. Other cars with slightly better power-to-weight ratios tend to have a little wider tolerance for fuel consumption, but it certainly hasn't been a factor with our Versa, so I can't complain.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the EPA ratings also have a margin of error built in, just check any new-car window sticker. It will have the city/highway rating in large, bold print, and beneath that, you'll find the range for city and range for highway. Few of the mileage complaints I've come across fall outside of these margins. FYI, this margin is usually +/- 20% (thus making the CVT city range 22 MPG to 32 MPG, with an overall CITY rating of 27). Anything within this range is considered normal.