G35 Sedan V36 2007- 08 Discussion about the 2nd Generation G35 Sedan 2007 - 08

21 MPG avg. at 220 miles on Odometer

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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 12:41 PM
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After 10K miles!!??
Yeah, 10k miles.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ABQ_G35
Yeah, 10k miles.

It definitely couldn't be attributed to something else? Maybe lower weight oil?
 
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 03:15 PM
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Or different season, weather, formulation of gas?? The engine should be fully broken in well before 10k miles.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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I must be the exception here. My car did better when new. Might have something to do with getting my foot in it a little more than during the first couple of tanks.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by JWangSDC
UNLESS, ur odometer is off too....
I don't trust the trip odometer anymore, as it doesn't match what the total odometer says for miles. I need to talk to my dealer about that. It seams that every other fill up will be about 5 miles different from the total odo.
I'm getting 17+ mpg city driving. I take allot of short trips (less than 15 miles), but I still drive about 300 miles in a week.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 07:17 AM
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640 miles with an average of 16.8MPG. I've also been doing about 65% highway driving and haven't revved past 4K many times.

Keep in mind I have an X, but still...
 
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Old Nov 12, 2006 | 07:28 AM
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JWANGSDC,

I also have a X and live in Wash DC. I have traveled in traffic and backroads, highway. etc. Myreadout says 20.9 mpg. I have calculated by the fill up divide by gallons method and show 22.74 mpg. 14 is out of the question....Maybe something wrong. I know the first tank I realy babied the throttle. I couldn't get the readout above 18 or so. When I drove normal, but race like, the mileage shot up. Maybe a glitch in the fuel management programming.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bogeydog
JWANGSDC,

I also have a X and live in Wash DC. I have traveled in traffic and backroads, highway. etc. Myreadout says 20.9 mpg. I have calculated by the fill up divide by gallons method and show 22.74 mpg. 14 is out of the question....Maybe something wrong. I know the first tank I realy babied the throttle. I couldn't get the readout above 18 or so. When I drove normal, but race like, the mileage shot up. Maybe a glitch in the fuel management programming.

So basically, you drive it harder and get better MPG? That sounds awesome, I can't wait till I pass the 1200 mile mark.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 11:10 PM
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hehehe mine has an mpg of 10.5 with 350 miles on it.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 02:13 PM
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Weird. Just had my second fill up today. The first one I got 18.6mpg. This time, I got a whopping 23.9mpg!!! But how can that be? I drove a bit harder this time, too, revved occasionally to 4000rpms. I didn't get close to 24 even in my Mazda6 (also a v6).

Correction: I actually didn't fill it up all the way. The nozzle was kind of messed up, and I had to manually hold it in. So the gauge doesn't point to F exactly. My goal is still to reach 20mpg.
 

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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by GoofyG28
Weird. Just had my second fill up today. The first one I got 18.6mpg. This time, I got a whopping 23.9mpg!!! But how can that be? I drove a bit harder this time, too, revved occasionally to 4000rpms. I didn't get close to 24 even in my Mazda6 (also a v6).

Correction: I actually didn't fill it up all the way. The nozzle was kind of messed up, and I had to manually hold it in. So the gauge doesn't point to F exactly. My goal is still to reach 20mpg.
I'm still only getting 12 to 14mpg except for one tank that was almost 100% highway and I got 21mpg.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 10:31 PM
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My 03.5 6mt averaged 25 mpg on the freeway doing a steady 70-75 mph.

About 6 months ago, I put on the Stillen SC. I was told that the gas mileage would be horribly affected, but I ended up averaged 24 mpg on the freeway doing a steady 80-85 mph.

Getting hard on it while it was naturally aspirated I would get about 16 mpg. Now, getting hard on it I average about 13 with the SC.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 02:54 AM
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Had my 07 G35 sedan for 1 week now. 3 fillups 18.7, 20.8 and 22.1. All mixed, except a bit more freeway on this last one. I figured this wasn't going to be a stellar mph car, but that's OK. This is my "fun - zoom" car. I have a 1 year old Prius for my practical mileage car and that gets between 45 and 52. So I figure between the 2 of them I have (2) 35mpg cars! It seems like this car will probably achieve a good 25mpg or more on mostly freeway trips if I don't go too crazy. But it's hard not to want to give it the gas when you have a car as cool as this one. Having a blast.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by sotagear
Had my 07 G35 sedan for 1 week now. 3 fillups 18.7, 20.8 and 22.1. All mixed, except a bit more freeway on this last one. I figured this wasn't going to be a stellar mph car, but that's OK. This is my "fun - zoom" car. I have a 1 year old Prius for my practical mileage car and that gets between 45 and 52. So I figure between the 2 of them I have (2) 35mpg cars! It seems like this car will probably achieve a good 25mpg or more on mostly freeway trips if I don't go too crazy. But it's hard not to want to give it the gas when you have a car as cool as this one. Having a blast.
LOL, three fill-ups in one week.......sounds like someone is having fun driving!
 
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 09:42 AM
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Or at least that's what it says on the the bar graph on the screen in the dash.

Mostly driving back and forth to work. Commute is about 1/2 stop and go crawling along in bumper to bumper traffic and the other is 50-60 mph highway.

Not bad MPG so far.

My experience tells me the car's automatic reading is always 1/2 mpg overrated. In other words, if it shows you 21mpg, it really is 20.5mpg. Tested it on my 04 coupe for 2 yrs and 20-something thousand miles. It was constantly .5 mpg over my calculation (fill up reading when compared to miles driven).
 
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