Valid point forgot all about the crop of H's.

Cheers,
D

 

Tadaaaaa. Bingo. If you can afford the cost of entry, surely you can afford the cost of participation- fuel, tires...

 

I recently started a new job and it is all highway driving there and back. I also go when there is zero traffic coming or going and I just hit an all time best of 23.1 mpg...
Lips

 

Let's see how much 5 more mpg really makes, shall we?

Let's take the average mileage driving example 15,000/miles a year.

If you get 23 MPG, you used 652 gallons of gas a year.

If you get 18 MPG, you used 833 gallons of gas a year.

833-652 = 181 more gallons a year.

181 X ($3 dollars/per gallon) = $543 dollars /year.

$543/12 months = $45 dollars/ month.

All you are saving is $45 dollars month. Bottom line? Stop waste your time bitching, use that time to get a real job or second job.. Or even cut your neighboor's lawn once a month, take 2 hours.

So enough with the gas already. if you so worrying about $45 dollars a month, then G35 is not for you.

 

A great point... very diplomatic presentation Actually I've done these calculations on another forum about my Q45 for years. Incremental gas savings aren't that much. For me the extra $$$ is worth the luxury and performance I enjoy from my cars vs. the average econo-box.

I have tracked every fill-up with my wife's G since we purchased her earlier this year. She averages about 20MPG commuting to work. Some interstate, some stop-and-go, some rural-ish highways. With me driving almost exclusively on the interstate around 80MPH with the A/C on our all time high is 23.8MPG.

The EPA tests assume a driving style that doesn't really apply to most of our driving conditions... windows up, a/c off, 55MPH with gentle starts and stops.

I'm sure that the transmission gearing in the G is substantially responsible for the mileage numbers we see. Running at 3K RPM at 80 seems rediculous to me - but I guess the gearing is for in-town power - not highway efficiency. Maybe a sixth gear is in order...

Heath

 

Exactly, it's ridiculas how in-logical some people are.. I remember seen someone posted. "I am going to trade in my new G35 for Used IS300, cause of high gas prices."

The money that this guy loses on the trade (let's say $5,600 includes sales tax loss) is about 10 years of gas savings.

 

Relax noone even complained about the gas prices on this thread yet. I'm wondering more about the mpg. I saw on the news that most manufacturers were lying about their mpg estimates that they give on sitckers. Well not lying but can't really be obtained with real life driving. Unless you drive on e perfectly flat road going 55mph and never stopping.

20-27mpg is a big diifference from the 14-15mpg that I'm used to getting. I just wanted to share my utter joy at the 18mpg I finally reached. Thanks for killing my thunder jerk. Just for that whats the deal with these insane gas pric....ah screw it.

 

I drove from San Francisco to Orange County. Total trip was 400 miles - 24.7 MPG. I have never gotten higher MPG unless I fuel up and drive straight onto freeway. Of course, MPG goes up while coasting downhill since there is no acceleration. In city driving I get about 13 MPG but I drive in MM and rev up RPM so I eat up gas. Even still, mileage sucks in this car but I suck it up and enjoy what the car can do. "Drive it like ya stole it" and dont complain.

 

Don't sweat the mpg's..... you're having way more fun.

C.

 

Ever since moving to Atlanta (home of the 2nd worst traffic in the nation), I've been getting around 20mpg in 100% city driving and about 23mpg in 50/50 driving. Keep in mind that traffic here is so bad that I really have no where to open up the car or have the ability for jack rabbit starts unless I'm driving before 6am or after 7pm. In 100% highway driving, I usually see 26mpg or so. Last weekend I saw 26.5mpg during my trip to Savannah, GA. The car was loaded with my wife, son, and a full trunk. Speeds averaged around 72mph, A/C on, 85-90 degree weather, left the car in 5th (manual mode), and relatively flat terrain. I can't really complain about the mpgs this car gets.

 

I 2X to that! I get 20-24MPG on 80% city and 20% highway, that include pedal to metal time when I feel the need for speed! LOL

 

There's a similar discussion on another forum about this same topic... here's a post from one of our members who is very familiar with the EPA test that determines the MPG numbers you see in the window of a new car:

I know you'll laugh but Greensboro is way too urban for the EPA 1985 test.
Rural city or rural highway.
Did you drive faster than 59-61 mph, did you accelerate faster than a snail, did you turn AC on during the test.

Does your gasoline meet the standards of the 1985 test and does your gasoline meet the as designed Japanese fuel quality? No oxygenates and have 125,000 btu per gallon.

Even assumming a perfect Q [oem compression and leak down] you can expect a 2-4 mpg decrease below the sticker rating if any of the above where used/done while testing.

 

I am always at 18mpg at fill up.