Acceleration Problems / Terrible Gas Mileage!!! PLZ Help

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On May 20, 10:34 pm, common_ s... (AT) netscape (DOT) com wrote:

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codifus <codi... (AT) optonline (DOT) net> wrote:
On May 18, 7:56 pm, "Bob" <not_val... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
common_ s... (AT) netscape (DOT) com> wrote in message

news:464d09a1.11009390 (AT) news (DOT) west.cox.net...> "Bitsbucket" <n... (AT) none (DOT) com> wrote:

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19 to 18 mpg is normal in town,,,with maybe 26 at a constant 60 mph

You got 28,,,doing what,,falling off a cliff,,????

not possible,,,

I have a 2000 Nissan Maxima SE, automatic transmission, sunroof, with
130,000 miles.

Just finished a 4894 mile, 2 week trip. from MN to Washington, DC, to
Virginia to
Florida to Mississippi to Arkansas to MN. This included lots of road
miles, but
also included a lot of city driving as I drove around the many cities I was
going thru.

My average gas mileage was - 28.16 mpg. I always used High Octane
gas.

Speed was about 5-7 miles over posted speed limit, sometime more at night.
I used cruise control a lot, and had the A/C on.
With 2 people in car, back seat half full, trunk completely full ( included
cooler with drinks, ice, snacks, etc ).

Exactly. 28 mpg is entriely do-able in the 3.0. Maybe he's confusing
the 2002 and later Maximas which have the 3.5.

CD

at a constant 55mph under ideal conditions yes,,

but as an "average", for a car with an EPA rating of 19 city/27
highway - not possible.

Sounds like Bob must have missed figuring in a fill up or two during
his trip.

Actually, under those conditions, in my 98 Max SE 5 speed, I got 33
MPG. I will *never* achieve that again, of course. It was just a test
to see how well I could do. I was driving like a granny for the entire
tankful. No AC, windows open, 55 mph almost constantly or down to 40
mph. Always in 5th gear.

It helped that the scenery and weather was beautiful at the time while
driving along so leisurely.

CD

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Re: Acceleration Problems / Terrible Gas Mileage!!! PLZ Help - 05-21-2007 , 10:28 AM