We went from N.W. NJ up to Boston for the weekend. Filled up in town right before I hit the highway and reset the odo. The car did the whole trip on one tank of gas. 470 miles and the gas gauge wasn't even at the E line yet. Two of us in the car with luggage for the weekend, A/C on doing on average between 70 and 80 MPH.

I guess after 148,000 miles the VQ has finally broken in.

 

87, 89, 91, or 93? i use 93 and get ~30 mpg regularly doing about 75% hwy 25% city, as long as the right foot is under control

 

wow, congrats...I'm faced with the 260 mile range on a tank. I'm guessing you had around 31-32 mpg??

 

Thats awesome dude. I went to Indy for the 500, bout a 320 round trip in my 96. was getting 30mpg with air on doing 70-85. The 85 was keeping up with traffic coming outta Indy. THAT was fun. Best Ive gotten in a while with my bad KS running 89 with 161K on the motor. Chyea!

 

weather and traffic are a big factor of mileage. i live in texas, so i deal with alot of HEATSOAK!!!!! but i can get about 390 miles give or take 10 mi. (70-85mph) i'd sure like to get up to 450+ a tank!

 

I got 400 on the dot when I put in gas last night. Put in just a little over 16 gallons, which is 25mpg.

That was about 50/50 city/highway with a lot of hard accelerating. If I ever take an all highway trip I shoud have no problem getting 30mpg.

 

what part of texas? im in dallas and i was wondering if theres any maxima clubs around here or org members that hang out...

 

wow dats great mileage. lol at VQ finally broken in

 

Im in San Antonio...i wish i knew a few max owners in the area...

 

There's a Regional Section available here.

 

^^lol, i didnt make the thread for nothing

 

155 K miles in my Car, After 1450 mile road trip, I got 29 to 30 Miles / gallon

 

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Replace your O2 sensors, or your knock sensor. Or Both.

 

i wish i could get that good of gas mileage! i need to start driving better. my best is 275 for a tank

 

dam! i wish i ca get that manny miles i get 280 on a full tank and 350 highway miles and my car is running great...

 

i dont think your engine is broken in yet that happens around 200k

nice mileage dude i got 35mpg last week all highway

 

Back when i had my 96 auto, my buds and I would take road trips with her and with just over 220,000 miles i remember getting 29.5 mpg. This summer I took my 95 5spd up to wisconsin for my fathers funeral and on the return trip w/ 2 ppl, a weeks worth luggage, cheese (of course yum) subs (2 L7s), and about 8 plants we still got just over 28 mpg w 150,000 on her.

 

I get about 28 on highway trips in my 97. I set the cruise control on 80 and enjoy the ride. My 94 got 27-28 too. Haven't done a highway trip in my 2k yet.

 

last week i did some testing: i fill up last friday to the full 16 gallons with 93 octane, got exactly 340, and mostly city i'd say about 95% city 5% highway, guess thats about 21 mpg,pretty avg i'd say

 

im around 320-350 miles a tank from "F to E". 93 octane.

 

Just did a trip from RI to MI. 3 tanks 31+, 32+, and 35+ mpgs. Was suprised - didn't think it was gonna be that good. Now have 175,000 miles on it. (Ran 89 & 93 oct.). It must be broken in now too. (That was driving it easy too 65-70 mph, cruise control, no a/c).

 

Daamn!!! How are you guys getting such great gas mileage..I'm currently getting about 22mpg with only me in the car AND an empty trunk.



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I got a sold 28 on a trip to Michigan once. Otherwise, I usually get ~25 in my mixed driving routine.

 

I guess I'm not the only Maxima Hybrid anymore

 

I usually get between 25-26 with mostly highway driving on Shell 87.

 

you should consider running 93 it taste great and doesnt leave that nasty pre-ignition after taste

thats good mileage for a lower grade though

 

, i love that pre-ignition comment.

In my 5th gen lower octane did not affect it's highway MPG, just sent my city mpg to **** though got like 20 instead of 25.

 

That's pretty good. I drove from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia in my 99 last weekend and I have 410 miles on the odo and about a quarter tank.

 

Ummmm.... so what was your MPG??

 

So is it to either choose 87 or 93? 89 Should not be considered?

 

just filled up, used less than 10L/ 100km (better than my mom's 2010 4cyl vw)
my max has over 292,000 km

 

Damn thats really good. I get around 250mi per tank, idk what im doing wrong.

 

I recently did 440mi, at a measly 24.2mpg on a trip to Seattle in the I30t (at ~156k miles) with 3 people, the entire tank at around 25/75% city/hwy mix. I feel like I can easily break 500 miles if I did all highway.

The Maxima, at more than half the mileage less seems to do about the same too. Thank goodness for the large tank.

 

Mileage stories are a lot like fish stories.

 

um, yeah. i used 93 and filled it up. it ran better, but mileage was'nt really any different. i went back to 89 and she runs the same and mileage is about 350-375 with 222,000 miles on her.

 

This!

I get 22.5 driving where I normally need to around here (work, stores, etc.). I recently went to Northern NH and back, and got 27-28 with Cruise set at 70, two in the car, and the A/C on. I highly doubt that I could ever break 30.

 

I could drive from NY to Ma on one tank... this was when my car was auto (70-85). Now that its 5spd swaped I dont even want to go above 75 because the motors at 3k, worries me to be driving at 3500 rpm for hours. Thats the one thing I hate about the manual trans. Still remember doing 60 under 2k rpm.

 

why do you worry about the engine being at 3.5k for hours?

 

Thats something id expect from a 4 cyl not a v6. Im used to being at 2- 2.5k getting up to 3k when im speeding a little, with the engine having some decent power to speed up when needed. Being at 3.5k for hours is just overkill, thats a very high engine speed, in that range you get pretty nice power (which you just dont need while cruising). I used to be on the highway chilling doin 80 relaxing. Now im on the highway squirming listening to the motor (will full bolt ons) screaming at 3.5........That is not relaxing for me... at all.

 

I guess that's a plus of the automatic...on mine, at 90 MPH the tach is at 3000 RPM...can't argue too much with that. 65 is just over 2000.

It does have a tendency to shift into overdrive every chance it gets, and you have to step on it pretty hard to get it to decide it should kick down a gear or two...that can get annoying.

My parents 99 Taurus is really bad...65 MPH is about 3000 RPM. For a station wagon, it's a lot peppier than one would expect, though...200 HP Duratec in it. They're old and probably wouldn't notice a difference if it only had a 1.6 L 4-Cylinder, though.