Why does my gas mileage SUCK?
Why does my gas mileage SUCK?
Yeah.. just as the thread says...
I do almost all city driving... short trips... and I know that will kill gas mileage... but seriously, my navi says I'm geting 10-11 mpg (and this is averaged over time)...
that's ****ing horrible. im not redlining my car all over town, i floor it from time to time but not every moment i get.
the dealer replaced my clutch a couple months ago and it seems like it was worse after that... that wouldnt have anything to do with it, would it?
is this normal, or does anyone have an idea what might be wrong? maybe its just my driving, but it still seems ridiculously low.
I do almost all city driving... short trips... and I know that will kill gas mileage... but seriously, my navi says I'm geting 10-11 mpg (and this is averaged over time)...
that's ****ing horrible. im not redlining my car all over town, i floor it from time to time but not every moment i get.
the dealer replaced my clutch a couple months ago and it seems like it was worse after that... that wouldnt have anything to do with it, would it?
is this normal, or does anyone have an idea what might be wrong? maybe its just my driving, but it still seems ridiculously low.
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From: Southern Cali --> 818
Originally Posted by aHero4Eternity
if youve done the search then you would know to not trust your navi
fill her up and divide the number of miles you got by the number of gallons of gas you used
fill her up and divide the number of miles you got by the number of gallons of gas you used
Hahah joking with you
Our cars arent that great at MPG.
Originally Posted by Black0nBlack
im gettin around 12-13 in the city..ur not alone..at first it bothered the shyt out of me but i've learned to live with it..expensive cars, 300 horses...what can u expect..
Originally Posted by 99atlantic
because these cars suck gas.
I jump in the Z or G and think Im in heaven!
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Originally Posted by chilibowl
Uhhh, sorry thats bullsh*t. Something is wrong with your car. I get 18MPG around the city EASILY, I get 26MPG highway....
u wanna try and tell me wats wrong wit it then cuz i dun kno wtf is wrong wit it then..yea a lot of you guys get 17+ in the city but there are some of us that arent getting those numbers, 19K miles on my coupe 5at clean filters all the maintenence done so consider urself lucky
take a shot..help me out
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If your car is new, give it 4,000 miles for the engine to achieve its best fuel economy. When driving around for optimal fuel consumption, upshift at no more than 3,000rpm's and don't accelerate hard, especially when starting from a stop. Getting a car moving from a full stop is when the engine is delivering the worst economy. Don't run around blasting your A/C 24/7, it really hurts gas mileage....if you have no choice, use the climate control and use the "ECONOMY" function. Engine heat also affects gas mileage. If you startup your car and drive 5 minutes to the first destination, the engine doesn't fully warmup. Then you drive another 5 minutes when the engine is cold and still doesn't get to fully warmup, etc. etc. If the engine doesn't run at its regular operating temperatures for 90% of each commute, it also hurts gas mileage.
Finally, what city are you in? Some cities seem to have you sitting at a light most of the time, and actually DRIVING for very little of the time. You only get the G35C's rated gas mileage at 30+mph.
Finally, what city are you in? Some cities seem to have you sitting at a light most of the time, and actually DRIVING for very little of the time. You only get the G35C's rated gas mileage at 30+mph.
Originally Posted by chilibowl
Uhhh, sorry thats bullsh*t. Something is wrong with your car. I get 18MPG around the city EASILY, I get 26MPG highway....
yeah ok call the search police... ive got less than 1/4 of a tank left, and ive driven 130 miles since i filled up last. so its not about not trusting my navi...
im getting ****ty gas mileage. and i want to know whether its just me or not. seems like its not. and my car isn't new
im getting ****ty gas mileage. and i want to know whether its just me or not. seems like its not. and my car isn't new
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do almost all city driving... short trips... and I know that will kill gas mileage... but seriously, my navi says I'm geting 10-11 mpg (and this is averaged over time)...
Do you ever get out of 1st gear? In all city driving I'm getting arond 17 MPG and 22 MPG overall.
Do you ever get out of 1st gear? In all city driving I'm getting arond 17 MPG and 22 MPG overall.
Originally Posted by chilibowl
Uhhh, sorry thats bullsh*t. Something is wrong with your car. I get 18MPG around the city EASILY, I get 26MPG highway....
Something that I didn't see mentioned is the octane level of gas you all are throwing into the gas tank. The lower level octane will result in lower gas mileage. So if any of you are throwin in 87 octane you are probably seeing somewhere around 5+ miles per gallon less than if you were throwing in higher octane gas. Yes your G will run on 87 octane.
Treating the traffic light like it was the tree at the race track also plays a big factor in poor gas mileage.
For accurate readings use your trip counter, you have two of them ( A and B ). For more accurate readings average out over two or three fill ups.
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Originally Posted by MrElussive
If your car is new, give it 4,000 miles for the engine to achieve its best fuel economy. When driving around for optimal fuel consumption, upshift at no more than 3,000rpm's and don't accelerate hard, especially when starting from a stop. Getting a car moving from a full stop is when the engine is delivering the worst economy. Don't run around blasting your A/C 24/7, it really hurts gas mileage....if you have no choice, use the climate control and use the "ECONOMY" function. Engine heat also affects gas mileage. If you startup your car and drive 5 minutes to the first destination, the engine doesn't fully warmup. Then you drive another 5 minutes when the engine is cold and still doesn't get to fully warmup, etc. etc. If the engine doesn't run at its regular operating temperatures for 90% of each commute, it also hurts gas mileage.
Finally, what city are you in? Some cities seem to have you sitting at a light most of the time, and actually DRIVING for very little of the time. You only get the G35C's rated gas mileage at 30+mph.
Finally, what city are you in? Some cities seem to have you sitting at a light most of the time, and actually DRIVING for very little of the time. You only get the G35C's rated gas mileage at 30+mph.
also your cruisin speed. A good rpm to cruise around town is 1700 to 2000rpm. Don't cruise on 3000rpm. That would definitely eat up more gas.
I would say this to those who have low mpgs and the car is perfect. You need to fix your driving habits.
Need to shift properly, shift to the proper gear and cruise at the right rpm.
If you have Nav on your car it should be even easier to maintain a higher mpg. I was able to get 20mpg when I drive city because of the nav.
I watched the mpg meter that is a feature on the nav. Everytime your foot is on the throttle watch the mpg. You can easily tell at what RPM is the most optimum for your mpg.
even if you're cruisin at 2kRPM you can still be wasting too much gas because you're tryin to accelerate at a gear that's too low. Downshift to a higher gear, it will allow you to accelerate faster in a shorter amount time therefore wasting less gas. Rather than trying to accel from 2k RPM and takes longer to get to your desired speed, therefore wasting more gas.
I hope this helps.