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It has been very consistent over 10,000 miles I have put on it.
Same trip doing 80 almost all the way, probably was about 22-23 mpg.
60 is hard to do these days on the inst 95 btwn NJ and VA. But is sure saves on gas. I wonder if could stretch it more at 55mph, but I'm afraid I am going to get rear ended by a crazy, speeding, trucker! damn they are ruthless...
Still, I think near 32 mpg for a 6 cyl car with near 150k miles on it is pretty good. And those 150k miles have been a extremely varied mix of miles and driving styles. (oil has bout 3k on it at the time).
Now if i get a little 4 cyl jobbie, can i get 50~60,...ohhh.
I don't think you'd do any better at 55, in fact you might not see a drop off if you kicked it up to about 62/63 MPH.
Keep up the good work.
The big frontal area pushes a lot of air and affects higher speed mileage, imo. To illustrate...an interstate drive with the wind will do 29 plus and will be in the 26's coming back into it.
I put the cruise control on the whole 9 miles doing about 60-65mph and I was getting a 37-38mpg reading on my trip screen; when I turned around, I drove the 9 mile stretch back without the cruise control and used a light foot and got 32-33mpg without the cruise on! the trip mpg reading has typically been off by 1 mpg less then what I manually calculate from the trip and pump reading so even if that is the case, the mpg with the cruise is absolutely ridiculous!
apparently, the CVT loves cruise control!!! my avg mpg without using cruise has been 21-22mpg avg so I'm hoping if I start using the cruise control a lot I can improve my avg up to 24 or 25mpg!!! here is to hoping!!!
Here is a tip guys, if you want the best gas mileage out of your 7th Gen Maxima, use the cruise control as much as possible :shades:
Coming back the same route with more traffic and a slight headwind returned "only" 30.5. The cvt is amazing! Those who get bad mileage have a heavy foot.
I got only 25.6 on the last tank of an 850 mile trip last week because the cruise was set at 77 and there was a headwind. These babies push a lot of air.
Bought new Maxima 2 weeks ago did reset the MPG moremthan once and still getting 12 MPG Avg max !!
Is that normal, the trip computer is not showing more than that" any advise ?
Thanks
One thing I'm wondering is, does the brand of gasoline make a difference? I swear Shell seems to give it more legs?!? The manual says to not use "oxygenated gasoline" like BP's premium "O2" somhting or other.. anyone find a certain brand is better or worse as far as economy/power response?
Around town, with a light foot, car returns in the low 20's cruising.
On the interstate, I drove at various steady speeds.
At 62 mph, it was returning a solid 40 mpg at times.
It goes down from there on up.
At 70-75, it was bouncing around 30 mpg.
This was all with the cruise control on.
I'm impressed; the car has less than 300 miles and if this improves with break in, I couldn't be happier.
I think the key to good MPG with this vehicle is to use the cruise control, and to use a light foot. The bar graph indicator for MPG is handy; pay attention to how it moves related to throttle and rpm's.
Will report more information as time goes on.
Great car - they can be had easily for $5k off of sticker right now.