16.7 mpg on 07 G Sedan?
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Originally Posted by philthyG
Wow, i never resetted my digital MPG reader since I got the car. A few days ago I did, now its showing 14.1 after a 20 minute freeway drive. It was at 9-10 mpg for the past few days. Now I hope to get back to 16.9 at least. Damn that G35 S is super thirsty.
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My G just had its first "birthday" a couple of weeks ago and it has about 10600 miles on it. The mileage started out around 19+ for the first few months, but has been a solid 22+ ever since.
I only drive about 22 miles (roundtrip) to and from work. Mostly country roads with one 3 to 4 mile blast on a divided highway. I would guess my highway average mph to be 75+.
Having owned many V8 Mustangs, one habit I have continued to do with the G (when I'm not "messing around") is skipping gears on the way up to 6th (especially 3rd to 6th). I'm sure this contributes to the decent mileage I'm getting.
I only drive about 22 miles (roundtrip) to and from work. Mostly country roads with one 3 to 4 mile blast on a divided highway. I would guess my highway average mph to be 75+.
Having owned many V8 Mustangs, one habit I have continued to do with the G (when I'm not "messing around") is skipping gears on the way up to 6th (especially 3rd to 6th). I'm sure this contributes to the decent mileage I'm getting.
#68
Took our first long road trip in the 07S this week. Drove 1300 miles, mostly interstate at 70-75. Used 89 and 91 Octane gas. Have 6000+ miles on car and got 22.8 mpg R/T. Was at 23 on just highway, but some town driving knocked the average down. As someone mentioned, Infiniti is not interested in gas mileage. If the car just had a 6 speed auto like our 07 vette does. It gets 30 to 31 mpg on road trips. And it has a lot of performance!
added: At 70 mph, engine is only turning about 1500 rpm. That is reason for such good gas mileage. 6th gear makes the difference! But if you want acceleration, you can drop down in gears real quick with 400 hp. G35 just stays in the upper end of torque curve for the performance feel, but a cost of gas mileage. I would think all manuf. are going to have to look at overdrive for the new laws on corp. gas mileage coming. Both cars are fun to drive!!!
added: At 70 mph, engine is only turning about 1500 rpm. That is reason for such good gas mileage. 6th gear makes the difference! But if you want acceleration, you can drop down in gears real quick with 400 hp. G35 just stays in the upper end of torque curve for the performance feel, but a cost of gas mileage. I would think all manuf. are going to have to look at overdrive for the new laws on corp. gas mileage coming. Both cars are fun to drive!!!
Last edited by Karman; 12-28-2007 at 12:34 PM.
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i drive mainly in the city and i average 19.4 and this is after i left my car running for 6 hrs!! i rip it up about once a week where i get 12mpg, but most of the time i get 20+
if you're speaking of the MPG reading in between the speedo and the tach, that's mpg from the first day the car was running.
if you're speaking of the MPG reading in between the speedo and the tach, that's mpg from the first day the car was running.
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Originally Posted by ugaexploder
i drive mainly in the city and i average 19.4 and this is after i left my car running for 6 hrs!! i rip it up about once a week where i get 12mpg, but most of the time i get 20+
if you're speaking of the MPG reading in between the speedo and the tach, that's mpg from the first day the car was running.
if you're speaking of the MPG reading in between the speedo and the tach, that's mpg from the first day the car was running.
#74
I average 23MPG but if I get more aggressive it never goes below 20MPG. Of course "aggressive" driving is all subjective anyway. I suppose if I floored every time from a stop I could get my car down in to mid-teens. I am not saying those with teen mileage numbers are doing that...but that seems to be the only way I could get my car down there. My driving is about 80% freeway so that certainly contributes to my mileage experience. The best I ever get is a little over 25 MPG on flat cruise control runs.