Gas milage

Hey all,
I just put my 2nd tank of gas in my car. I got 25 mpg out of the first tank. But, I was using 89 octane. I filled up w/premium, so we'll see if there is any extra milage coming from the better gas. I also spent quite a bit of time flooring the throttle. If I can control the urge, that too should improve overall milage.

Well, I have been getting between 24 - 26 mpg. 26 when I kinda take it easy, and 22 when I am "On It" a lot.

yeah...maybe it's just me...but the Spec-V doesn't seem to get all that good of gas mileage even though it's a 4 cyl. Or maybe i'm just punching it too much?

~jim~

new cars take some time to brake in before you start getting the desired miles/gallon. Sux but its the procces, give it couple of thousand miles and the Spec V should treat your wallet well on gas. What did the factory say the mpg was supose to be again anyone remember?? too lazy to check my self but ohh well.

:D :D :sun: :flash:

SE-R: 28 city, 38 Hwy
Spec-V: 26 City, 37 Hwy

u guys gotta think of it this way......yes it's only 4 cyl. but u kno how big they are?
that is why we don't get good gas milage as those 1.6-1.8L hondas :sun:

you guys in Canada using Kpg? Here in the states we are rated at 23/28 city/highway.

For the last 2 fill ups I've calculated 26/mpg for both times. I thought that was decent compared to the horror stories I've heard on other boards (somewhere in the teens!)

Cool thing is when I went to check my oil, it was still clear.... cant remember the last time the oil in my engine was that clean. :D

No I found that info in the brosure. Those were MPG ratings.

CDN measure is:
SE-R 10.0 City, 7.4 Hwy (L/100 Kms)
Spec-V 10.8City, 7.6 Hwy


I have not tried to calculate my current gas mileage but it seems to be getting better now. I've got about 2400 Kms on it now so gas mileage may improve some more.

that is an interesting way to measure. I have never seen that before. So, you actually measure how many litres it will take to go 100km? I just want to make sure that I understand your measurement. At first glance, it looked like hwy efficiency was lower!!

I am getting a bit better gas milage now as well. I have been getting 26+.

i didn't measure the gas milage by the litres. i was just saying since the se-r has a bigger engine than a honda, it'll guzzle up more gas, i.e. you know that a 5.0L v6 mustang will definitely guzzle way more gas than the se-r, that's what i meant

a 5.0L v6 mustang

sorry to do the semantics thing, but they were v8's :)

I was actually responding to lockmeisters post about the:

CDN measure is:
SE-R 10.0 City, 7.4 Hwy (L/100 Kms)
Spec-V 10.8City, 7.6 Hwy

oops, i mean v8....
oh mah bad muphasta, i didn't kno

No prob piny, just didn't want to confuse anyone, or get confused myself.

Yep! well at least Nissan used Liter per 100Km for their brosure stats. This standard/metric thing is a real pain in the a**. Most people I know up here all talk in MPG. At the pumps it is all liters. Up here it is currently 81.9cents/liter (if any one has the time to convert this go ahead) for premium(91 octane).

26.5 mpg from my last tank. Most of it was hwy. The less I am in the gas pedal, the better the milage is. I have about 2300 miles on it now as well.

believe it or not. i got 30mpg on my last tank of gas.

400miles on the tank.

for a car with this kind of performance thats simply incredible.

how did you manage that? All freeway, and kept it at 65?