i just calculated my gas mileage tonight and i'm getting 17.65mpg!! i do mainly city driving and my school is less than a 10 min drive from my place. i guess since the car is barely warming up by the time i get to school that kills the mpg. oh and this is driving with a relatively light foot too.

 

I used to get 15MPG so 17 is good and everyone here is gonna tell you the same thing, 17 is good.....

Trance

 

No, that sucks - most people get 20 in the city minimum.....24-26 on the highway.

 

Damn I wish my gas mileage was as high as 26... basically I get 400 miles a tank.

I don't get it tho, how much of ure gas mileage would suffer w/ a catback and popcharger?

 

mine suffered alot cause that's what i used to get and everyone i know get's about the same.

Trance

 

Pop Chargers help gas mileage - search

 

i get about 16 city and 24 highway. my CEL hasn't gone off but I heard that a dirty oxygen sensor can ruin gas mileage. I have new fuel filter, air filter, 35psi tire pressure, no dragging brakes,new spark plugs, etc. Some mechanics suggest not to change the O2 sensor until the light goes off but I'm beginning to think otherwise.

Is there anyway to clean the O2 sensor? So far I've heard of propane torching, brake cleaner...but does it really work?? who here has done it?

 

Never heard about the propane torch being used to clean the sensor - I know you can use it to get that sukka out when it is rusted in and wont come out but not to clean. There have been a number of people here who have posted about using brake cleaner on their oxygen sensor to clean them and many of them said that it work. I'm going to do it on my rear one since it tripped my CEL.

 

400 miles...that's awesome...i get like 290..and that's even if i drive like a grandmother..clean throttle body..good spark plgz..no idea why, besides the cold.

 

what's the most miles you guys have gotten? I heard someone got 500 before... if so, i need to do some maintenance!!!!!!

 

I typically get 17-18 on 100% city, 26-30 100% highway. I have 77k miles on an auto '95 maxima.

 

i average 24.5mpg which includes heavy heavy racing from my part, and its mostly city-ish/suburban type driving...not to bad i think. considering the gas is 1.82+ here!!!!!!!!!!! dammit!!!


eric

 

I feel your pain. I think I posted my gas mileage somewhere earlier too, and I only get about 18.5-19 mpg in the City. I have a PR CAI and pulleys, and I don't have a heavy foot. Same situation, goin to school and drivin in the city, but I let my car warm up nice and good. Needle has to be a good ways above the C for me to go drivin. usually about 5 min. gonna get a tune up and change necessary junk in the spring, so hopefuly itll go up.

PS. Took me $23 to fill up 3/4 of my tank, $1.86 Premium on Thrifty Thursday!

 

You think that's bad??

Chevron
$2.07 per gallon for Premium (91 Octane)

 

1.87 thats so cheap i paid 33 bux yesterday to fill my tank

 

ouch, suddenly 1.83 doesnt look so bad


eric

 

24 mixed/28 highway 31 is my current and best freeway mileage after cleaning fuel system. (30 mpg x 18 gallons=540 miles/tank) on freeway. About 450 otherwise. 65K miles on car.

My mileage jumped about 5mpg after I used a fuel system cleaner.

Premium fuel is a must for best MPG. Chevron is all I use.

Paid $2.25/gal for premium at Chevron in N Calif today (2/28/2003

 

I thought premium doesn't give better mileage just prevent knocking and used for higher compression engines

 

city 19-21mpg (with occasional.......ok fairly frequent WOT)
highway 24-26 (driving 79-84mph)
I don't believe you can get 30mpg on a maxima
also popcharger/b/y pipe help mpg - but I think only slightly from my
experience and from what I've read on the board (I have all these mods)

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tyrotrader
city 19-21mpg (with occasional.......ok fairly frequent WOT)
highway 24-26 (driving 79-84mph)
I don't believe you can get 30mpg on a maxima
also popcharger/b/y pipe help mpg - but I think only slightly from my
experience and from what I've read on the board (I have all these mods) [/QUOTE

I've got a stock '95 gle with 76k and I've gotten on several occasions 30 mpg with 100% highway with 87 octane.

 

325 mpt 93 octane BP fuels $1.71 i'm lucky i got to school in a different state where the gas prices for premium are less than the price of regular where i live

 

400 - 500 miles per tank?

What are you guys driving...desiel max's?

I am lucky to get 400 KMS a TANK!

 

22-30 mpg with 125K and a 5 speed. Never got below 20 even when heavy on the gas,

 

i got 15-16 mpg before, right now i got 22-23/city, i just clean my TB, EGR system, and new kS. I check and reinstalled the 3 O2 sensors...and right now man!! im saving money.

 

My last tank was 23.8 mpg with mixed city and highway driving and no racing. I have gotten pretty low mileage when I did race though. I have a popcharger, Y pipe, and OBX catback.

I have gotten 450 miles once on one tank before with 90% highway driving but that was before I got my exhaust and found the joy of a heavy right foot . Edmunds.com claims a 98 max can get 499.5 miles on one tank but I don't think that will ever happen in real life driving.

 

so what kind of fuel system cleaner did u use? I think it's time i change my fuel filter.

 

I get about 17-21 city gas mileage. I went to a training class that's about 20 miles away for three days last week, and my mileage went up to ~24 mph with a previous week of full city driving on the same tank.

City driving is way nasty for mileage.

 

Bro chill out thats normal I'm getting around 17-18 MPG strictly in the city too, its winter, your cars running a little hard also you're probably using oxygenated gas. I don't get it I filled it up FULL on WEDNESDAY, and I don't understand how I drove 210 miles in the city 90%, and 10% highway and I'm at quater tank left . This sucks... especially since gas is 1.76/gal for a full tank!!!

 

I've gone 500+ miles once. Generally I fill up at 400 miles since Im at around 1/4 tank. Try not to let it go past 450 miles on a tank.

 

dang! i can't go past 410 miles.... always filling up at around 400

 

WTF?!?! Tell me you guys drive 100% Highway 0% speeds below 30! Where do you live??? A forrest??? A desert???

 

5-spd... rarely go WOT
90% highway miles
91 Octane

 

ive been getting like 230 a tank lately...and i dont have a heavy foot

 

hmm, well i finally did a complete full tank to almost empty run and i got about 370 (couldve went a bit higher, didnt wanna push it) and it took 17gals to fill her up!! ....sooo about 22MPG and that includes alot of heavy WOT runs, and alot of A/C, not as good as my last 24mpg tank, but whatever...




eric

 

Today, I paid 35 dollars for a full tank. Premium is $2.24 here. 400 miles per tank. That is 11.5 miles per dollar. No more trips to Vegas this sping break.

 

hey bro how do you clean your throttle body and what is EGR system. ? i changed my KS and amazing results.. do let me know about how do you clean TB thanx
-Sal

 

I have tracked my mileage on my '97 SE w/5 spd for three years and have averaged 27 mpg. My commute is 70 miles one way and is almost all freeway. If I drive freeway for the entire tank, I can get 31 to 32 MPG. Only upgrade engine wise is a K&N air filter. I keep my tires at 33 psi front and 30 in rear. Also, a free flowing exhaust will help freeway mileage, but hurt city mileage (probably because you're having more fun with it).

- Jeff

 

I calculated that I get 18.5-19 mpg all city. With gas so high...and me a high-school bum, it's kinda rough. Got a PR CAI with pulleys. 30-31 mpg on highway? Wow.

 

damn, where u guys live at that gas so expensive? i normally get around 19-22mpg in city and 25-27 on highway...this was after i did 60k maintenance which include plugs, air filter and fuel filter, etc..here in nj highest i seen for 93 octane gas was $1.75 at mobile and lowest was $1.60 from citgo...