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Old 09-16-2004, 10:23 AM
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How Many Miles Do You Get A Tank?

With Decent Driving (on The Highway And City Mixed) How Many Miles To A Tank Do U Get.
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<-hard driving and i was rollin on the highway with the gas light on for 20 min or so at 408 miles i dont think thats that good but w/e that what happens when you HAUL
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I used to get ~400 miles per tank, depending on how much I went WOT with my GLE. With my new SE 5sp, I am getting much worse fuel mileage. I haven't measured it yet, but I can almost see the needle dropping while I drive. It must be the shorter gearing of the manual transmission, plus I probably rev the car higher for each shift than the automatic did on my first Maxima. I don't really care, though. It's so much fun to rev the car.
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Old 09-16-2004, 10:33 AM
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i get crap milage. about 18 mpg. or 300 miles give or take. whats wrong. do i have to change injectors or bad coil paks. what?
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Yea Cuz I Get Like 340 From 16 Gallons And I Drive On The Highway And In The City But Its Now Like I Give It A Lot Of Gas Or Anything And I Dont Use The Ac. What Do U Guys Think
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Old 09-16-2004, 11:10 AM
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i usually get around 350 per tank. my highest though was 453 on one tank...i was impressed.
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Old 09-16-2004, 11:12 AM
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nvm i lied i forgot i filled my tank before the gas light with $5 so id say i got around 330 miles before i had to fill it so i guess im in the same catigory with sucky gas milage
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The worst i got was 280miles on full tank and the best i got was 350miles tops. I think its time for a real good tune up.
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Old 09-16-2004, 12:26 PM
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usually around 280 ....(i drive pretty hard)

drove to canada once & did 495miles on a tank...(easy highway driving)
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400mi/tank
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yea i got new plugs and cleaned the tb and some other little things and get like 340 max.
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416 which I am more then happy with better then my old blazer
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I get 952 miles per tank
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Old 09-16-2004, 12:51 PM
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415 mixed when i bought it but now its like 375 if that idk whats the matter???
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i get about 19 mpg
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Hard driving, i push it 90+ on the highway and 2 hours in rolling traffic each day i get about 380 miles to a tank when the ligh comes on and i usually have to fill about 16.5 gallons
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I took a trip upstate and believe it or not but i got over 400 to the tank. Granted i let it roll in neutral down hills. i think if you dont beat on the car you will get really good mpg in a 5-speed.
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435 mostly highway...
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Old 09-16-2004, 03:03 PM
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no one asked u soulfly
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440+. And I usually put 15-16 gallons in so I've still got a couple gallons left.
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Old 09-16-2004, 03:14 PM
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sometimes it seems like 100 lol. around 300
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Old 09-16-2004, 04:22 PM
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I calculated my mpg yesterday, i'm getting 27.2 miles per gallon! I don't drive that hard, but not really that soft either... I dunno, my max just rocks i guess!

so that's like 503.2 miles per tank if i calculated right, not too shabby!
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i get like decent to crappy, i do a mix of highway/city and i get about 22 miles per gallon at best or less sometimes
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Old 09-16-2004, 04:31 PM
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Slack has it right. Calculate your MPG for useful comparisons. No one fills up at the exact same time when the tank "appears" empty as the gauge is very innacurate. Ever notice you get 70 miles before it dips below the Full mark?

Top off your tank and reset your tripdomenter. When you fill up next time, divide the number on your tripdometer by the gallons used to fill it. Most accurate way to do it...preferabley at the same gas station/pump for consistancy.

My best MPG was 32 on a stretch of road in New Mexico at around 60 mph. Just city driving in Austin traffic get me as low as 20mph.
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i get ~400 miles on the highway and like ~350 in city give or take
 
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Well if you are making short trips with the Max fuel is terrible.... however this summer i drove a lot of highway miles and would be able to get right about 475 miles on a tank traveling ~75 mph (probably 17 gals or so, - 28 mpg).... but I get like 22-23 mpg with mix driving... not too shabby for so much power!
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listen to this.... i got 320 miles a tank with 50/50 city/ highway, and i barely made it home, car stopped on the highway and i couldnt go past like 1500 rpms and it stopped again... barely made it to the gas station
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Old 09-16-2004, 05:24 PM
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Seriously, you guys all need to donate so you can search and satisfy your fetish to post on threads like this. But, I'll help shed light. If you are getting terrible city(300 or less) and great highway(430+) I suggest you stop buy oxygensensors.com and pick up a new downstream o2 sensor. I have had three go bad on me due to contact with the ground. The third is in the mail and will be installed this weekend. Cheack this thread in which I give details on this situation. I'll lay 10 dollars that at least one of you on this thread has this problem.
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Old 09-16-2004, 05:33 PM
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i get at most 250 per tank...this is conservatively driving....what may be wrong? please help.!
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I got 20.8 mpg last time I filled up...about 315 miles on 15.5 gallons. This was pretty hard driving, hardly anything that would be considered highway...
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350-400 i do half city half highway
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~400 if i go over i'm really happy. mix a lot.
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about 320mi
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Originally Posted by BaiCheSE
i get at most 250 per tank...this is conservatively driving....what may be wrong? please help.!
Pull your ECU codes and see if you're getting 0304 Knock sensor, my gas mileage increased drastically with my new KS, or could be o2 sensors but that should have thrown a CEL
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Old 09-17-2004, 01:32 AM
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last fillup i got 17.2mpg the one before that was around 16.8. i usually fill up about 16 gallons. all city driving with the a/c on 90% of the time
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i have a cel light for the rear o2 sensor, that will mess up my mileage?
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Old 09-17-2004, 05:50 AM
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Had my 95 for two and a half months now and I drive mostly highway, decent amount of traffic too. I get around 25 mpg on average.

The most miles I got on a tank was ~430 and it wasn't on empty yet. But I drive like a granny cause I just got an expensive speeding ticket, and I only use the A/C on the weekends to appease the woman
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Why do people talk about miles per tank instead of miles per gallon?

Miles per tank depends on how low you let the tank get before you fill up. It's not a direct measure of fuel economy, and I bet it can't be accurate to less than a 10% error.
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Amen, Stephen. No use comparing figures which may be off so much. And calculating MPG is so easy.
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Old 09-17-2004, 08:09 AM
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99 5-speed, I get 23-24 MPG consistently with mixed driving, 28 MPG highway.... I don't really do any 'city' only driving, at least not for an entire tank full of gas...
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