Gas milage

[Kerensky97]

Originally posted by xterrabadboy
so basically you're saying the gas milage sucks

Yep, thats one of the drawbacks of an Xterra.
It's not all doom and goom though, I get about 17.5 with 50% highway/50% city.
The highest I've gotten is 20 driving from Vegas to Salt Lake.
The Lowerst was 12 all offroad.

[Schludwiller]

I'm lucky in that I live so close to work. So if I spend money on gas it's to go out and have fun outdoors in the truck. Because of that I don't mind dropping $20 for a full day of fun (how much is a movie and popcorn nowadays?) But with all the steel I've added to my truck I wouldn't be a happy camper commuting in it.

[superjens]

The Lowerst was 12 all offroad.

Try 6.231 gallons for 62 miles, 9.95 MPG 4-lo almost the whole time. And then Schlud stole my truck for 5 minutes so technically he owes me a dollar. Cough it up freak.

[Craigs_Tonka]

Now you all have made me think about mileage, gas, money, miles, etc.

- Since I have 55K on my truck
- and get about 14 mpg
- that's at least 3,928 gallons of gas I've burned in the last 21 months
- at a conservative avg of $1.25 per gallon
- that's $4,910.71 paid for in gas

Shit, thanks guys. Now you've got me all depressed and thinking if I drove a POS little car back and forth that 100 miles daily, I would have had a lot more mods on my truck by now.

[RticQl8]

Originally posted by warmonger
Since you haven't told us what kind of X it is, I am going to guess. It wouldn't happen to be a supercharged 2002 would it?

Mine is a 2000 v6 auto.

If you don't have a supercharger, you have one of two problems. Either the air/fuel ratio isn't correct and you're blowing fuel out the tailpipe or your driving technique may need some adjustment.

I figured the same. Thats why its been to the dealer twice. Both times they ruled out everything but "driving style" I've just accepted that my Xterra gets crappy gas mileage. Although it bugs me that Im the only one consistantly getting less than 12mpg. As far as my driving style goes I will take some of the blame however some of my trips are long club Xcurssions, even then, driving in line with the group, I get bad gas mileage.

[markk]

2000 4x4, v6 auto, 37,000 miles

10.6 while towing
12.4 around town
23+ highway

Markk

[Rockaholic]

just to add my $.02

My X gets
14.5 mpg city
18.5 mpg Highway (higher if i remove excess stuff from my X and/or remove the wind deflector and wet gear basket)

[rrdstarr]

Originally posted by markk
2000 4x4, v6 auto, 37,000 miles

10.6 while towing
12.4 around town
23+ highway

Markk

How the Hell are you getting 23mpg+......drafting semis?????? Best I ever got for one tank was 21 and I had a tail wind all the way!

[tk1]

I have a 2002 supercharged X and I get 10mpg in 4 lo and 14 -15 the rest of the time but......my full size GMC with a 5.3 litre V8 got 16 driving around town and 19-21 on the freeway. The X is much more fun to take off road though, it doesn't take a city block to turn around!

[markk]

Originally posted by rrdstarr

How the Hell are you getting 23mpg+......drafting semis?????? Best I ever got for one tank was 21 and I had a tail wind all the way!

It gets these figures consistently. It's my wife's daily driver (around town-all the time) and every week I check the mileage, and it's 12.4. When I drive it to work (80 miles RT, freeway) I go with the flow, which is typically 60-70, it consistently gets 23 to 23.6.

Markk

[XMan9]

2002, v6, auto trans, 5000 miles ---> the best mpg i have ever gotten is 18. thats a mix of town and country. never had it on the highway for a long trip. if i do alot of town i get 15 on a good week...

[Xlax]

Originally posted by tk1
I have a 2002 supercharged X and I get 10mpg in 4 lo and 14 -15 the rest of the time but......my full size GMC with a 5.3 litre V8 got 16 driving around town and 19-21 on the freeway. The X is much more fun to take off road though, it doesn't take a city block to turn around!

Dude don't tell me you drive your X in 4 low so much you have actually have measured it !!!.

Time to take a 4x4 course.

[SarnX]

I just put in my first tank in my 2002 SE/SC and I got 13.53 mpg. Not bad considering I used the entire rpm range a lot to begin to break in the engine. But I haven't put my ARB or Full skids on yet. I am hoping it won't effect my mileage too much but I am probably kidding myself.

My 2 cents,

SarnX.

PS I just picked up my X yesterday and I am having a ball. No real offroading yet but I did do a bunch of "No winter maintenance beyond this point" roads and did get it quite muddy. A lot of fun.

I will also post a picture of my 2002 with the ARB which goes on Thursday.

[superjens]

Not bad considering I used the entire rpm range a lot to begin to break in the engine

How's that saying go? A fool and his improperly broken in engine are soon parted?

[SarnX]

Superjens,

I am a little confused by your reply. Do you think it is good to use the whole rpm range or bad? I was always told that when breaking in an engine to use the whole rpm range and to not leave the engine at the same speed (rpm) for prolonged periods of time.

Input is always good.

Thanks,

SarnX.