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#7
By no means do I discount that it can use 1/8 tank in 25 miles. Just saying about the gauge too. The car gets **** for mileage. If I drive in a straight line it refuses to hold and rpm even though I'm not accelerating turning or going up a grade. Poor transmission at best.
#8
All highway mileage and driving with my fingers (no brake, cruise control to slow and speed up) I have found AC usage is approx 5mpg penalty but one I gladly pay in the summer in central Florida! 580 miles tankful in winter, 460 in summer!!
#9
Ahhh, central FL. No hills and no traffic (I'm assuming). Drive that thing in New England. Good luck with the traffic and elevation changes. Congrats on the 333,333 BTW. I hope mine lasts that long.
#10
Depending what level the gauge is at I notice that it drops very quickly at certain points. Mine takes forever to get down to half tank then a little slower to 3/8 then it just drops fast from there. Very unpredictable if one didn't know the car well and was out west on a long open road with no service plazas. Or NJ or NY with the traffic.
By no means do I discount that it can use 1/8 tank in 25 miles. Just saying about the gauge too. The car gets **** for mileage. If I drive in a straight line it refuses to hold and rpm even though I'm not accelerating turning or going up a grade. Poor transmission at best.
By no means do I discount that it can use 1/8 tank in 25 miles. Just saying about the gauge too. The car gets **** for mileage. If I drive in a straight line it refuses to hold and rpm even though I'm not accelerating turning or going up a grade. Poor transmission at best.
The CVT takes some getting used to for sure. Luckily, my wife had an '09 Altima and now a '15 Pathfinder, both with CVTs so I'm fairly used to how they behave. I don't particularly care for it either so I usually stay in manual mode and use the paddle shifters to simulate the MT. It's not the same, but I really wanted a newer car and once I drove this thing, I had to have it. The wife can't drive MT, so the Maxima is a fairly good compromise IMO.
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