JOC, what's the average MPG for the 3rd gen Maxima? I have a manual 89 Maxima, and it averages around 20-22 mpg, and was wondering if that is normal?

 

18-20 city

 

its really funny, before during school i got about 250 miles to a tank. like 15-16 mpg. that was driving one mile turn off, one mile turn off and on. and i drove it harder. now i drive much more freeway and longer distances, and i drive lighter on the gas too im getting over 300 a tank. pretty cool! on the freeway though, none of the speeda are below 75.. so its still wasting some gas there.

 

I usually get around 180 miles per tank, I just filled up all the way to the top and with 1/4 tank left I have 180 miles

I don't know what to do anymore, new FPR, New O2 sensor, new spark plugs, new air and fuel filter, cleaned fuel injectors.... My highway milage is no better, around 250 miles is the most I had. When I bought the car I used to get no less than 300.

 

I was getting bad mileage like brandon90gxe before, i think my lowest was around 15 once, but drove the car alot harder then. now i take it alittle easier, and average around 18-19 mpg in all my city driving

 

what about a leaky fuel line...see if you got any white stuff under your car ,oxidation

 

i get 150 miles to the tank, pathetic huh? then again, i need a new 02 sensor and fuel filter. so hopefully that fixes it.

 

Wow, I feel blessed.

I get anywhere between 22-26mpg on a tank. I usually get around 360-390mi on a tank. I dont really baby it either, Im on it quite a bit.

 

The last tank I got netted me 435 miles... all highway, but I had it at 3500rpm or more the whole time, so I could have gotten a bit more had I gone the speed limit. I'm usually getting about 22-24 mpg though.

 

3500 rpm?? thats like 100 for me! you do constant 100mph? damn! usually on the freeways mine is around 2700 -3200 like 75 -95 is where i usually stay on the freeway, but if its open ill gun it up to triple digits.

 

i get close to 340-345 miles and 26-28 mpg

 

Yeah, I'll just find some idiot that will try to show off and I'll follow him the whole time... he can get the ticket

 

i checked mine the other day and i was getting 19mpg all city driving.

 

not sure if this is good or not, but 243 miles with a little less than 1/2 tank left. i'll find out what it is when i fill up (probably tuesday)

 

ok, i just drove 600 miles today coming back home from vacation, and i was able to get 400 miles before refuling. also, take into consideration that these cars have 18.5 gallon fuel tanks, and i dont know about everyone elses max, but when mine was on the E, and the low fuel light was on today, i was only able to put in 14.3 gallons of gas, so i still had 4.2 gallons in the tank when the guage read E! hehe, i scared my girlfriend one time coming home from a trip, kept driving it past the e, and it just kept going and going, and going, once it was almost a quarter of a tank under the e, i stopped for gas.. lol.. anyone noticed that your low fuel light will come on close to the e, then go back off when it gets to it? and not come back on till it gets even lower?

 

I'm canadian, so you can do the math if you want.
Did a full highway trip, it was 430km to the destination, I got there with 1/4 tank left, drove around some, headed back with just under a 1/4 tank, by the time i had to fuel up, the odometer read 625KM.
Filled up, drove home, it had 300km at half tank, i drove around home, went to work and so on, i had to fill up when the odometer read 600km.


In the city , im lucky to see 400km to a full tank.
It could be a little better, but the car has its share of mileage already. Its a 92 5speed VE SE with 200 000kms.
It has K&N drop-in filter, high flow exhaust and lightened flywheel.

 

About 26-28 MPG. I live in Washington State.

 

I usually get about 22-26 mpg mostly freeway driving. On the freeway I usaully do 75-85 mph.

 

I get anywhere from 330(22mpg) to my personal best 422(28.xxmpg)in an auto VG

 

I just got back from Iowa (hey block, where are ya???), and driving approximately 85-90 from there to North Dakota, I got crappy mileage. I got better gas mileage going there (385 miles w/ 3/4 tank of gas) than coming back (275 w/ same amount of gas). But like James said, I'm sure I need a new O2 sensor, so maybe that'll give me a bit more. And I just got my engine tuned up the other day, too.

 

I stopped and got gas just yesterday i zeroed the
trip meter to zero the gas needle had 1/2 tank of
93 grade i took off to Va. and came back home.
I then left back out to a friend's house 30 min
away i looked at the trip meter to see 169.9 miles
traveled once i get back to my house from his the
wild thing is i've only used 1/4 tank of gas now
that's what i call sipping.

 

My best is 31 MPG on the freeway between Portland and Seattle, but with all the stop 'n go driving/racing I do, I usually average 21. BTW while they say that our fuel tanks are 18.5 gal. for some reason you can only get around 16.5 gallons in. I ran out of gas about a week ago (first time ever) in the maxima, filled it up, and it said 16.4 gallons. I was like I should be able to get more in there, so I tried again and it shut off at 16.5 gallons. I'd like to hear somebody who got more than 16.5 gallons in their car.

 

Before I had my tranny rebuilt, I ran about 14 mpg in city, roughly 180 miles a tank (13.5 gallons a tank). I live in brooklyn NYC so there's A LOT of stop and go driving. There's a stop sign or street light practically every block or every other block. After the rebuilt, I'm running about 18 mpg city (250 on a full tank) and about 30+ mpg (410+ on a full tank) highway.
I never ran out of gas before though. The warning light comes on really soon on my max. A few days ago, the light came on when I had about half of a quarter tank left, weird. I would really want to find out the REAL volume of my tank though.

 

My best is 440 miles on one tank going about 75 mph, but I average around 250-300 in the city. I found that if I go over 80 for extended trips the mileage gets worse. The faster you go the worse your mileage, from my experience.

 

I used to get about 280-320 on a tank of gas. After I put on a conical filter and installed one of those $60 Tornado Air units and placed one of those $10 magnetic clamps on my gas lines (supposedly for better atomization), I average about 440 miles to a tank. And I don't drive easy.

 

where did you get the mag clamp,online

 

I bought this el cheapo thing from JC Whitney. Now, I don't know if any of these things made a difference by themselves (Because I did it all at once), by the combo works damn good, I'd say.

 

Geez, 18.5 does sound way high.

When my gauge says E, I can usually only put in about 12.5 gal. =P

16 sounds more realistic.. but still whacked.