[Peacock Power]

So after 4 months, we have racked 10K on our Note (yes, we drive a lot). We have averaged 36.50 MPG, which I'm pretty happy about. Car sees a lot of highway miles but during rush hours, so not free-flow traffic. I have a low tank of 32.51 and a high of 40.44 MPG.

The Trip Computer is pretty optimistic, best estimate was 5.3% optimistic, while the worst was 11.6%. The computer has not been getting any better as the car has broken in.

 

[MrWiggles]

The trip computer is bullshit. Mine says I'm getting 36-37mpg when I'm really getting 33-35mpg.

 

[Peacock Power]

Agreed, only reason I track is because I kept seeing difference between what I calculated and what it said.

 

[Smudgey]

My car has less than 500 miles, but after two fill ups I saw 26 mpg the first time and 34 mpg the second time. I'm expecting it to settle at around 35 once the car is fully broken in. Back when I had a 2012 Versa sedan (base manual model), I got 47 MPG out of it once.

 

[Note-ified]

i think what people have to keep in mind is that the computer just gives an estimate, NOT an actual real world read out of what the fuel economy is...never ceases to amaze me how many people think the computer gives you actual accurate information when it even states in your owners manual that all the trip computer read outs are estimates, not that anyone here does that

 

[MrWiggles]

I understood that. I just never understood why even bother including it then.

 

[Smudgey]

I understood that. I just never understood why even bother including it then.

Well, it's a rough estimate, and you know if it goes down, you're driving less efficiently, goes up, more efficiently.