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#57 of 59 1997 Maxima SE 5spd 147K mi by gd420mj Oct 15, 2009 (5:53 am)
Replying to: sahil908 (Oct 13, 2009 11:06 am) My 1997 Maxima SE has 147k miles on it. Avg 31.7 MPG on a recent all highway trip, I locked the cruise control at 60mph the whole way, or as much as possible. Total trip with only about 5% suburban was 498 miles. Filled in 15.7 gallons. (16 gal tank).   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.
#58 of 59 high milers by easypar Oct 17, 2009 (1:29 pm)
Great job there gd420. I've often done the same on my 03, in fact I'm pretty sure I've got a post on here from last year when I was making a lot of round trips between Austin TX and Ft. Collins CO.   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.
#59 of 59 Re: 2009 and 2010 Maxima MPG and Regular or Premium [smarty666] by gs42 Oct 27, 2009 (2:08 pm)
Replying to: smarty666 (Oct 10, 2009 5:19 pm) 2009 Maxima. Worst tank 23.2. The car has 9100 miles and is driven carefully. State highways with lower speed limits usually will return over 30 mpg while interstates at 70-75 will be in the 27 range. Best tank 31.2. Got to keep your foot out of it! My driving is largely rural and highway.    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.

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