[JohnLocke]

I got 37 mpg on my 8th tank, doing 80% highway. I'm on my 10th tank with only 3300 miles on the OD. Once I'm at around 10K, I can see my V getting 40+ mpg easily...!!! And that's IF my engine is fully broken in by then... my old car started getting its best fuel economy at 25K.

- neutral to stoplights, stop signs, and exit ramps
- turn on car, drive immediately
- 65 on the highway, 70 max

Versa engine is amazingly frugal.


arty:

 

[JohnLocke]

Sure does!

I've never blown EPA estimates out of the water before.

It's nice!

 

[JohnLocke]

This engine is amazing. It's not very refined. It's loud, but that might be due to the nature of it being an economy car and thus, lower levels of sound dampening materials. It whistles and whines (miraculously disappeared when the service guy drove it) and when I turn it off, it sounds like a flock of dying pigeons. But I can't argue the results. 37 is amazing.

 

[JohnLocke]

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/theblueversa/versa

That's my Fuelly link, if anyone is interested.

 

[JohnLocke]

I'm at 267 miles with one click left to the halfway mark... this puts me on pace for close to a 475 tank IF I continue to do mostly highway...

:O

 

[JohnLocke]

i friended you john on fuelly....my mpg sucks compared to yours...a/c, letting my car warm up, letting my fiance drive

I don't have any notifications...

 

[JohnLocke]

LOL!

It says you are my fan, but not my friend

 

[JohnLocke]

There, friended you.

 

[JohnLocke]

Hmm... my current tank is looking to be a crappy one... only 198 miles and it's already near the halfway mark. I'm usually at around 250 miles with one full click to the halfway mark. Nice blend of City and Highway driving, too, so I don't know what's up.

 

[JohnLocke]

Man, this tank is sucking.

I'm probably gonna end at 350-380 miles. This sucks.

 

[JohnLocke]

I have no idea. I've been driving the same. Same trips to NH to see the GF. Haven't used AC at all because it's been wet and cool in Boston. It does happen, though. Bad tank of gas.

 

[JohnLocke]

I stick to the major brands... I've always had good gas mileage with HESS, so the majority of the purchases are from there. I also go to Mobil. I won't go to mom & pop gas stations or budget gas stations as they usually sell inferior gas.

 

[JohnLocke]

I changed my oil today. Mobil 1 5W-30 (4 quarts) and Mobil 1 Oil Filter.

 

[JohnLocke]

Damn. I hope the extra half quart doesn't mess with my economy... that's so dumb, though. Can't buy half quarts and I don't want a half open bottle of engine oil sitting around. Having an extra half quart won't harm my engine though, right?

 

[JohnLocke]

Nissan website says 3.2!!!

http://www.nissanusa.com/versa/specifications-hatchback.html

 

[JohnLocke]

Just filled up. 31.8. Pretty dismal showing.

 

[JohnLocke]

Honestly I would disregard this tank. If your next one is just as bad then I would worry. That is the lowest tank I have ever seen out of a 1.6 and that is including journalists who wrote reviews on the 1.6.

Journalists do performance tests and thrash the crap out of the cars... they're the least reliable source for fuel economy tests (unless they're doing fuel economy tests).

But yeah, one tank is not enough to go on.

I filled last night on my way home, so no driving yet. I find the better I do before the needle hits the F, the better my tank is. My needle doesn't usually hit the F point until about 80-100 miles.

 

[JohnLocke]

Everything is back to normal. It was just a bad tank. I've got 78 miles on this tank and the needle hasn't even droppes down to the Full mark yet.



And I got some mega road trips coming up...

I'm going to Worcester for a boxing match this Thursday, and immediately after that, going to Great Barrington to visit a friend (4 hours total).

Then I'm going camping with the GF in the White Mountains for a week on Sunday (3.5 hours from Boston).

Then I'm going to visit a friend in Bar Harbor, Maine on the Tuesday I get back (5.5 hours from Boston) - will be shooting for FIVE HUNDRED MILES on this tank.

 

[JohnLocke]

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Took an impromptu trip to NH to see the GF (she promised it would be worth it - it always is)... 99.9 miles so far. Needle is a smidge under the Full!



Where's everybody's needle at 99 miles? JW!

 

[JohnLocke]

Thanks, guys!

But I'm avoiding reality. My priority now should be putting together a resume and looking for a JOB. Government will come looking for school loans payments in about 5 months.