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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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What is factory-quoted mileage for the Maxima?



Anybody know this? If not.... what mileage are you getting? I have always wondered if I drive too much or if my car is spending too much gas.

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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 08:02 PM
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Re-phrase teh question.
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 08:04 PM
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I think he wants to know the gas mileage that Nissan claims. I get about 21mpg all city, usually never drive highway but my guess would be like 25mpg highway
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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its posed to be 21-22 city and 27 highway
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 08:22 PM
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Yes, I meant what is the mileage.

To rephrase:

What is the factory-quoted gas mileage? (I see that it is 21-22 city, thanx).

Also, what mileage are you guys getting?

Thanx again...
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 08:26 PM
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22 city 28 highway is what the EPA rated the 5speed 99 maxima for. i get 24mpg, city/highway and it drive her like i stole her
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 09:06 PM
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i usually get about 17mpg all city driving and i drive pretty hard
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 09:09 PM
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i usually get about 17mpg all city driving and i drive pretty hard
Yeah I drove my car pretty hard with my current tank of gas. I'll probably end up with 250 miles to the tank. I usually get 300-325 miles to the tank. It comes out to be about 22mpg city. Highway, not on the highway long enough to care.
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 09:12 PM
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yeah i usually end up with about 250-280 miles per tank and i usually fill up around 14-16 gallons
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 09:15 PM
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yesssh, i get about 22 mpg, and thats from mostly highway driving
Old Sep 22, 2004 | 10:58 PM
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For 1998 the EPA ratings were 22/27 for the 5 speed and 21/28 for the auto. The 5 speed gets better city because the auto has torque convertor losses and the auto gets better highway because top gear is taller than 5th in the manual and the auto has a lockup torque convertor. I have gotten a tankful low of 19.2 mpg and a tankful high of 38.3. BTW I'm auto.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 01:47 AM
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the max sux on gas.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 02:34 AM
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i usually get 24mpg w/ 50% local 50% hwy...400mi/tank.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by 98SterlingMax
For 1998 the EPA ratings were 22/27 for the 5 speed and 21/28 for the auto. The 5 speed gets better city because the auto has torque convertor losses and the auto gets better highway because top gear is taller than 5th in the manual and the auto has a lockup torque convertor. I have gotten a tankful low of 19.2 mpg and a tankful high of 38.3. BTW I'm auto.
38.3 is awesome. My best is 34.2mpg, that was 4 hours on the highway in very little traffic, cruise set to 74mph, with a few stints to 90mph for passing. Daily driving averages about 25.5mpg.

I've always wondered why 5th on a 5 speed was shorter than 4th in an auto. Ideas?
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 08:44 AM
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[I've always wondered why 5th on a 5 speed was shorter than 4th in an auto. Ideas?[/QUOTE]

I think so you can pull redline in 5th gear
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 09:02 AM
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In my Canadian 1997 brochure for the GXE, the SE and GLE models it states the Transport Canada estimated fuel consumption to be:

Manual City/Hwy 10.9/8.2 L/100KM or 26/35 Mpg
Automatic City/Hwy 11.4/7.8 L/100KM or 25/36 Mpg
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 09:18 AM
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another gas mileage thread......
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 11:21 AM
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For a car with the kind of power that the Maxima has, the gas mileage is not really all that bad. I would rather be getting 23/24 mixed with a lot of heave spirited driving, than having a 4 banger and getting 31/32 with no power when you need it.
Maybe that is just me?

Cool J....you might want to check on the knock sensor/O2 sensors or something....you are getting horrible gas mileage.

I went on a 320mile trip Tuesday and got right at 27mpg. That is awesome.
It was a little in-town stuff, but mostly at like 80mph.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 12:18 PM
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the max is good for a 6cyl, i usually get 22-26
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 12:19 PM
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mileage* is good... my b
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 12:36 PM
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i get about 19 miles per gallon. thats city and highway combined. if u want to call it that. In New York City, driving on the highway is the same exact thing as driving in the city....i envy all of u guys who live down south where the only roads are highways..
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by happyricefob
i usually get 24mpg w/ 50% local 50% hwy...400mi/tank.

Yep, that's my 95 pretty much exactly 24-25mpg with 50/50 driving

The 2K used to get 280 miles per tank (15 to 16 gallons), then all the sudden it's now getting 340 . so approx 22mpg
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 02:23 PM
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I get 24-26 and the wife gets around 30. She got 34.5 last week when I was out of town.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 03:00 PM
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....i envy all of u guys who live down south where the only roads are highways..
Yeah, except for the fact that everything is like 25-30 miles apart.
That is why I have 103k miles on a 99.5.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 98SterlingMax
I have gotten a tankful low of 19.2 mpg and a tankful high of 38.3. BTW I'm auto.


So you averaged 708.55 miles to the tank? In that case I'll be filling up twice before you get done with one tank full of gas.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 03:27 PM
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Yeah, except for the fact that everything is like 25-30 miles apart.
That is why I have 103k miles on a 99.5.
I'd rather have highway miles any day over city miles.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 03:46 PM
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Im getting about 23 mpg, 90% city. When I got my max I was only getting 13 mpg then the wonderful SES light came on and saved my life - O2 sensor.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 04:09 PM
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Just finished driving 1000+ miles from San Angelo, Texas to Lincoln, Nebraska.
@ 90mph + most of the trip with my Valentine1, my highway mgp /w AC on was about 25mpg. --- 26.8gallons at 360miles without AC
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 05:04 PM
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i dont know why but i get the same miles driving in city or highway, i go on the highway everyday now for college and i get the same mileage when i used to drive around in my town, so i get 300 miles a tank till the light turns out, and one time i didnt feel like getting gas cause i though i would make it home but i barely did, the car stopped on the highway, and it still drove after i started it but i couldnt go past like 2000 rpms, and then it stopped again, but i made it to a gas station..... that was a scary event for me which i'll never do again, i got 320 miles on that tank
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by XoPtOn
i dont know why but i get the same miles driving in city or highway, i go on the highway everyday now for college and i get the same mileage when i used to drive around in my town, so i get 300 miles a tank till the light turns out, and one time i didnt feel like getting gas cause i though i would make it home but i barely did, the car stopped on the highway, and it still drove after i started it but i couldnt go past like 2000 rpms, and then it stopped again, but i made it to a gas station..... that was a scary event for me which i'll never do again, i got 320 miles on that tank

try the same thing, except 30 degrees out, 4 am, all nighter for an exam that was to make or break me...i dont trust the gas gauge anymore, guess i twas too cold for the last remaining fuel to vaporize or run on fumes...tha twas scary i had to wake my dad up at 4 am and then wake up for the exam at 8 am =(....oh yeah i do 27 mpg witha really dirty fuel filter...70/30 and i drive pretty hard at times.


those estimates mpg on the factory sticker are garbage, theyre for a specific driving style like 45 mpg on highway flooring it and stuff, thers a specific way they gauge it, read up on it if you want, i read bout it a fewmonths back, but im not remembering what it said
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Ant96GLE


So you averaged 708.55 miles to the tank? In that case I'll be filling up twice before you get done with one tank full of gas.
Yup, filled it up, drove 353 miles with the cruise set at 68 at night with no traffic, got home and filled it and clicked off at 9.2 gallons. No BS.
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 07:00 PM
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as it says on my car's original sales panels (you can see it on my car domain web site)
average should be 22 city 27 highway

22 as a average of 18 to 26 miles per gallon on the city
27 as a average of 22 to 32 miles per gallon on the highway
officialy on a 95 maxima manual
Old Sep 23, 2004 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by happyricefob
i usually get 24mpg w/ 50% local 50% hwy...400mi/tank.



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