G35 Coupe gas mileage
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So, it just sounds like you have a heavy foot. Not a super heavy one that floors it, but one heavy enough to hurt mileage.
That said, how often do you floor it?
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2.5K doesn't sound like a lot but giving it the throttle required to rev it up that much is going to reduce it more than you think. To get EPA numbers in a 6MT, I have to shift at like 1500RPM or some absurdly low number.
So, it just sounds like you have a heavy foot. Not a super heavy one that floors it, but one heavy enough to hurt mileage.
That said, how often do you floor it?
So, it just sounds like you have a heavy foot. Not a super heavy one that floors it, but one heavy enough to hurt mileage.
That said, how often do you floor it?
shift at 1500 RPM to get epa mileage? Wow! i used to have a v6 accord before getting the G and got wayyyyyy better gas mileage(22/29) and did not treat it anywhere near as nice as I treat this one. lol
in regards to flooring it, i'll do it once in a blue moon.
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Unless you're an absolute slug at accelerating, you have to either rev a little bit higher than 1.5K or gas the pedal a little bit more to make up for it in order to drive "normally". I know we have a good amount of power in our cars but I think that driving like that is pointless. I've gotten near 400 miles/tank with 60% freeway driving. And on average I get about 19MPG, and that's with the occasional WOT and not being easy on the pedal. Like what others have said, I think it's just the type of driving you do or your driving habits that you're not noticing, or like I said revving that low might actually be hurting your gas mileage. If you really want to be sure then just monitor the hell out of your driving, take notes on what you do, etc. and determine how to go about fixing it from there.
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every red light is a WOT acceleration, and passing cars on the freeway is done under WOT, and most of my driving is highway and I still get 20-22 mpg in a 5AT.
Check your air filters, leave the AC off, and disco/reco the battery see if it can relearn your driving habbits and adjust better.
Check your air filters, leave the AC off, and disco/reco the battery see if it can relearn your driving habbits and adjust better.
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cut the sht I live in phoenix(and never use AC) and as a temporary testing solution he can try no AC and check his gas mileage later...
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Never been to Phoenix but from what I heard you have a nice dry heat, down here we have that nasty humid heat. Also unless he plans to drive with his Ac off the rest of his life to save gas there's no point in testing that out.