didn't think so either

 

I get about 325-350 if I let it go to the light comes on.

 

I have an auto and never usually let my tank go too low, but i seem to make about 200 miles by the time i reach a half tank using mobil gas 93 octain. i've gone below that when i drive extra hard of course, and have had even better gas mileage when i followed my parents driving up north, so since i was at the speedlimit just cruising, i'd say i made 15 more miles each quarter tank. but normally i get 200 out of a half tank driving faster than most, but most of my driving is highway as i commute to school.

 

I'm getting about 250-285 to the tank in my auto, driving 70% City (stop & go) and 30% Hwy (avg. 70-80mph)

 

i drove from sacramento stopped at my house in San Francisco then headded to LA 550.6 on the trip

 

On a full tank, I get between 350 to 375 miles with about 90% highway driving. Spirited driving on the freeway and on the streets.

Peace.

 

340 if I take it all the way to empty with 60% highway

 

i get about 400-450 and about 29-31 mpg, manual

 

Wow, didn't realize I got such bad gas mileage, about 250 per tank, about 50/50. I usually fill up between 1/4 and 1/8 of a tank. I usually travel between 80-100 on the highway, so I guess thats a huge factor. I put it in neutral at long red lights ect., but apparently its not helping.

 

It can be done. Generally the only place I push the car is at the drag strip. I rarely go above 3k rpm and I skip shift 1->3->5->6. If I am not on the highway my rpms hang around 1500-1800. When I am on the highway I only go above 65 when I am in a hurry and I usually give myself plenty of time to get places (except work in the morning). I launch and accelerate smoothly and at a moderate pace. My city driving is not exactly stop and go either. I always coast to a red light and usually never accelerate more than necessary. I always use 92/93 octane and keep my tires at 35psi all around. I always keep my car cleaned out of any unnecessary crap that could weigh it down. The GAB and the catback also help the engine breathe a little easier. Could be closer to 80% highway. The mpg display says 33.1 currently and the last mpg check I did by miles/gallon using the same pump I got 30.05mpg.

 

this is interesting.. cuz i drove the car wit the gas light still on.. the DTE went blank.. i drove about 305 since last fill up.. i dont get on the throttle as much.. changing at 3k or so.. the avg mpg is saying that its 24.5 @ 31mph.. now the weird thing is.. i filled up 15.5 gallons when the light came on last.. so wheres my 3 gallons at? when the gas light comes on.. the dte is blinking at 38 miles to go.. whats up wit that? when the car is filled.. it says dte is 330.. i think that sux ***.. should i jus drive wit the light on for a while more? ive had the car for 2 weeks now.. ive filled it up twice both when the light comes on.. fill it 15.5 gallons.. so its pretty much constant.. wat should i do? im usually on the beltway.. prolly 70-80% of the time..

 

mine 22mpg and I drive a little fast... gas at $2.13 so I stopped the car... I'm using a clunker which is giving me 35mpg... 1994 toyota....500 miles per five days.....

 

551/18 = 30.6, my girlfriends honda gets that so how the hell could a v6 get what her 4 cylinder does... and thats driving highway

 

dad gets about 380-410 on his maxima... when i drive it i get about 320-350

 

i dont know how many people get 400- 550 on a tank. i live in NY and i get in the city from 200-260 and on HWY i just checked 350-370 i drive 6spd.

 

ive gotten i think 380 to a tank with 90% hwy....while runnin with a few cars

i usually get like 250-275 with almost all city driving

i try to fill up just before the gas light comes on. so 14-15 gallons

 

I get about 240-280 75%NYC driving and 25% highway

 

500-520 when doing highway 80MPH all the time, most of the time I hit like 400 miles on 60% highway driving with some spirited driving. I rarelly fill up all the way, car feels much slower so I tend to keep her low on gas unless I'm gonna drive somewhere far.

 

That's exactly what I get also. Got 500 once on a roadtrip.

 

i have noticed that if you drive 8 you do get better miliage than if you drive 65 or 70.....i was doing eighty most of the way back from sacramento and that how i got my 34 mpg on the guage


::Injen CAI::

 

Right around 250/tank. 85% city driving.

 

IT CAN'T! if it really can i wanna trade lol. in so cal it doesn't even matter if you're highway driving...IT's STILL stop and go

 

350-450 miles, lotsa long texas highways

 

It can. The tank is actually 18.5. With 551 miles/tank its only 29.78mpg. There are a lot of factors that effect mileage and there are plenty of 4 cylinders that get way worse mileage than the 5.5gen maxima. When going on a trip from Akron, OH to Columbus, OH (~150mi) I tripped the mpg guage on the highway and when I got off the outer belt in Columbus it read 37.6mpg and I was traveling at a constant speed of 70mph.

 

do you hand push your car? or drive 25mph?
you sure its not a honda?
my friends civic dont get numbers like that....
he gets like 450 a tank maybe, thats if he drives
real slow too. what kind of maxima do you drive?

 

too bad once you use up over 17gal your car will not run. once i used a little less than 17 and my car started stuttering....capacity means nothing, it's impossible to run a car till it's absolutely dry. try dividing 551 by 16.5 at most

 

Same here but i get about 280-300 in the city with a VERY high highway millage.

 

i get about 230 - 280 i drive really hard and my gas just goes bye bye

 

I just checked mine it came out to 22 mpg 318 miles on the tank. I usually get anywhere from 290-320 mpt.

 

5,000 miles 'cause I took out my back seat to hold 150 gallons of premium at $2.50 a gallon.

Seriously, are all 5th gen tanks the same size: 17.1 gallons? I get about 390 miles out of mine. I usually fill 'er up with 15 gallons. Doing the math, I get 26 mpg, and I drive hard.

 

As far as I know, the fuel capacity for the Maxima has been 18.5 gallons for many years. I had 2 different 3rd gens before I bought my 5.5 gen and they all had the same capacity.

 

Maybe they got cheap at the end because mine is definitly 17.1 according to the manual. I bought mine right as the 6th gens were rolling onto the lots. It was actually built during the last month of production for the 5.5

 

About 290-320. 80% NYC driving. Plus the cold weather and the extra additives at the pump dont help.

 

300-325, 2003 auto with country driving.

 

The question was

"How many miles do you get per tank of gas?"

not

"How many miles do you get with the useable gas in your tank?"

The way I came up with my numbers was using my calculated mpg and multiplying it by 18.5 (a full tank of gas) and giving a small negative fudge factor. Other peopel are probably using their DTE when they just fill up. I doubt the person that claimed 551 miles or 541 miles or whatever filled up their tank and then ran it until it stalled.

 

That's why it's not a good question. A tank of gas would have to be totally exhausted like they do on the test track with 1 gallon of gas to get readings for fuel consumption. It would certainly be a crazy idea to run your tank until it's empty and ruin your fuel pump. It's probably a question that will never truly be answered on this forum.

 

So how many gallons capacity does a 2000 max have?

 

The same as the 01,02 and 03 Max have. 18.5 galones.

 

You must have been cheated then. I would demand a new car. Maybe your owner's manual has a typo in it.

 

5spd. 300-315miles/14.8-15.2 gallons all city. 330-350miles/15-16 gallons city and highway. 380-400miles/16-16.8 gallons all highway

the 5spd gearing is not as beneficial on the highway as autos (80mph @ 3300 rpm vs. 80 mph @ 2700 rpm)