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196 messages, Last post on Nov 29, 2009 at 7:50 PM
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I went through my mileage log spreadsheet and came up with some interesting stats. As I wrote above, my car is an '02 Altima 3.5SE with manual transmission. I do mostly city driving. My daily commute is currently 3.5 miles and takes me around 20 minutes, so it's pretty slow. Since I bought the car in December 2001, I have: Driven 35942 miles Purchased $3252.70 and 1731.7 gallons of gas My long-term average MPG is 20.8. My best MPG for a tank is 29.9 when we took a long road trip. My worst MPG for a tank is 13.9. My average fuel cost per mile is 9.0 cents/mile. Gas prices have ranged from $1.25/gal in December 2001 to $3.50/gallon in September 2005. Average price has been $1.88/gal. |
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Replying to: KarenS (Jun 14, 2005 5:48 am) MPG city about 22-23 mpg. MPG highway about 30. Best highway MPG was 33 on a long trip using a lot of cruise control.
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| I own a 99 altima, and it does better than other cars. Not as great as sentras or corollas, but it has more power also! On average I get about 350 miles or so to a full tank. | |
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Replying to: KarenS (Jun 14, 2005 5:48 am) I normally get between 30 and 34mpg on highway during warm weather when the air conditioning isn't on and going 70mph In winter I get as low as 27 and 28 mpg  on the highway Last week due to the insane gas price jump I dropped my speed from 70mph and wouldn't go over 66mph. I stayed in the 64-65mph range and I got an amazing 37.5 MPG  . I must admit I did drive behind a a few semis, a couple of days to kind of draft. I have gotten 34-35mpg on a tankful before but never literally 38MPG. Now that was an awesome feeling.
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Replying to: blackd7 (Apr 14, 2006 6:56 pm)
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Replying to: rennie4 (Apr 19, 2006 6:07 pm) I recently took a long trip that forced me to use country roads (no direct highway), with a max speed of 55mph. My mpg jumped to 39mpg!! I do use some low cost enhancements on it which I believe helped; Bosch Platinum +4 spark plugs (100,000mile life), K&N drop-in filter, touring tires (threadware rating 620). I've just started using synthetic oil, so hopefully the mpg figure could see a minor improvement. |
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Replying to: caaltima05 (Oct 07, 2005 3:51 am) |
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2002 Nissan Altima 3.5 SE (Manual transmission) w/ AEM cold-air intake City: 19 MPG HWY: 28 MPG calculated by hand (trip computer gives higher reading) |
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my gas mileage has been great so far. I have been getting over 31.5+ mpg with the AC running on max based on the trip computer going 80-85 behind cars on the NYS thruway. When i'm the only car on the highway. I have to drive 75 with the AC off to get that kind of mileage with no people in the car. I drive over 550 miles on every tank. i usually get 28.2 mpg going the same 80-85 on the highway with no cars on the road with the AC on. I got my car in April and i now have 12,000 miles on it with not a single problem.
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I envy you guys' high numbers  My 2000 Altima (GXE 2.5L, 4-speed auto) fared far worse. Out of EPA city/highway ratings of 21/28, I got 22 to 23 mixed (35%/65%) when the car was new; city could easily fall to 18 mpg and highway trips would post 25 mpg. I have always driven conservatively, and rarely use A/C in this car. When this car becomes older, I now use even more aggressive conservation maneuvers to get 23 mpg city most (65%/35%) and 28 mpg highway. I'd love to learn some of your tricks. (Gotta admit that I wasn't very at tentative to tire pressure, but I would expect better mpg when the car was brand new.)
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