Miles Per Gallon Feedback
#1186
I've gotten close to that without spending $2300.00 for a supercharger.
I'd be interested in seeing some photos confirming your $2300 supercharger investment on improving your MPG.
Have you ever calculated how many miles and how many gallons of gasoline it would take to obtain a return on your $2300 investment?
BTW I only use regular 87 octane and get excellent highway mileage.
Telcoman
I'd be interested in seeing some photos confirming your $2300 supercharger investment on improving your MPG.
Have you ever calculated how many miles and how many gallons of gasoline it would take to obtain a return on your $2300 investment?
BTW I only use regular 87 octane and get excellent highway mileage.
Telcoman
#1187
non sequitur :-)
Off the subject. Can anyone recommend an SUV with a third row that averages better than 20mpg? Real Life MPG experience preferred as I can look up window sticker MPG, but those numbers are rarely correct.
I need to trade my wife's pilot in soon, but I am not terribly familiar with MPG rating of SUVs anymore since it's been 7 years or so since I last shopped for one.
Off the subject. Can anyone recommend an SUV with a third row that averages better than 20mpg? Real Life MPG experience preferred as I can look up window sticker MPG, but those numbers are rarely correct.
I need to trade my wife's pilot in soon, but I am not terribly familiar with MPG rating of SUVs anymore since it's been 7 years or so since I last shopped for one.
#1189
Registered User
Tried driving very conservatively for an entire tank. 40% highway, 60% city. Got 20.2 MPG. No clue how you guys are putting up such high numbers. I do have the 6MT, just doesn't seem like an automatic should be able to get better MPG, much less THAT much better.
That said, if I drive like my normal, lead-footed self, I average right around 19. I don't think it's worth the extra 1.2 to drive like an old lady lol.
That said, if I drive like my normal, lead-footed self, I average right around 19. I don't think it's worth the extra 1.2 to drive like an old lady lol.
#1190
Registered Member
Tried driving very conservatively for an entire tank. 40% highway, 60% city. Got 20.2 MPG. No clue how you guys are putting up such high numbers. I do have the 6MT, just doesn't seem like an automatic should be able to get better MPG, much less THAT much better.
That said, if I drive like my normal, lead-footed self, I average right around 19. I don't think it's worth the extra 1.2 to drive like an old lady lol.
That said, if I drive like my normal, lead-footed self, I average right around 19. I don't think it's worth the extra 1.2 to drive like an old lady lol.
#1191
Registered Member
I'm lucky in the fact that my commute is mostly highway, and I drive against traffic since I'm heading out when everybody is heading in, and vice versa in the afternoon. I have 3.5 miles to the highway, then highway for 19 miles and I'm doing 75-80 mph the whole way up and back. And my office is right next to the highway when I exit.
I should probably be getting better mileage now that I think about it, but the weekend is all surface streets and stoplights running the weekend errands.
I should probably be getting better mileage now that I think about it, but the weekend is all surface streets and stoplights running the weekend errands.
#1192
Registered Member
I have been doing the same trip for over ten years and the results vary with weather conditions.Some days I'll see 25MPG and on very cold winter days with a winter blend fuel sometimes only 23MPG for the same trip at the same speed. That particular day was an outstanding result that I've never been able to exceed.
The computer is fairly accurate but I rarely ever go below a 1/4 tank before a refill. Short trips, frequent starts and restarts, long idle periods will kill decent MPG on an Infiniti
Your results may vary
Telcoman
#1193
Registered User
I think the "distance to empty" depends on what the computer calculates as your MPG at any given moment. Or some type of average over the preceding miles/time. Because I've watched the distance to empty actually go UP as I'm driving, if I'm on the freeway, and my average MPG is going up. I've filled up, seen it at around 350-360, and then climb to 425-430 once I've been on the freeway for a while.
#1194
Registered Member
I think the "distance to empty" depends on what the computer calculates as your MPG at any given moment. Or some type of average over the preceding miles/time. Because I've watched the distance to empty actually go UP as I'm driving, if I'm on the freeway, and my average MPG is going up. I've filled up, seen it at around 350-360, and then climb to 425-430 once I've been on the freeway for a while.
#1195
Registered Member
I just drove my 2011 G37 Journey sedan automatic (with 45,000 miles on the clock) from Anaheim, Ca to Elk Grove, CA (just a little south of Sacramento). A total of 410 miles.
Averaged 25.5 MPG. And that's with the cruise control set at 85 MPH for the majority of the trip, including thru the Grapevine (Tehachapi Pass on I-5).
Averaged 25.5 MPG. And that's with the cruise control set at 85 MPH for the majority of the trip, including thru the Grapevine (Tehachapi Pass on I-5).
#1196
I just drove my 2011 G37 Journey sedan automatic (with 45,000 miles on the clock) from Anaheim, Ca to Elk Grove, CA (just a little south of Sacramento). A total of 410 miles.
Averaged 25.5 MPG. And that's with the cruise control set at 85 MPH for the majority of the trip, including thru the Grapevine (Tehachapi Pass on I-5).
Averaged 25.5 MPG. And that's with the cruise control set at 85 MPH for the majority of the trip, including thru the Grapevine (Tehachapi Pass on I-5).
#1197
I drive almost exclusively within the city due to work only being 3 miles away. So I'd say 95% City / 5% Highway .. and my current MPG is 17.3 .. it was 17.4 on Monday, but I suppose it will eventually hit 17.
- 2011 G37 Sedan
- 2011 G37 Sedan