damn i don't get how you guys are all claiming to get 30+ mpg out of your
car? One thing, I thought the sentra's gas tank is only 12 gallons. How can
you fill up to 12.5gallons? What is your method of calculation. On my brand
new Sentra SE, I never got better than 24mpg driving in the city and even on
the freeway only, I get less than 30mpg. The way I calculate it is, I reset
the distance meter everytime I refill the gas. Then the next time I am at
the station, I divide the miles I traveled by the gallons of gas I filled
up. I think this is the most precise method.
> As I have posted before, my foot is almost always on the gas peddle. If
> I run the hell outta a tank of gas, mixing highway & in town, the worst
> my milage gets is 340 miles to a tank.
>
> Before moving to Mass, I was averaging around 430-450 miles a tank for
> pure highway miles (made the trip from Ark to Mass 4 times before moving
> up here). I believe that makes the milage somewhere around 36 mpg. Every
> time I refilled, I put about 12-12.5 gallons in, and I made most of the
> trips with the AC on.
>
> My car has just gotten new wires, plugs, fuel filter, and is getting a
> rotor and cap this weekend. With winter's onset coming (along with the
> snow), I'm looking forward to these same figures again.
>
> Anyone getting any less than this has got issues. My car is a
> maintanance nightmare. Until joining this list, I thought that I was
> taking care of my car pretty good. Now that I know the difference, I'm
> actually seeing the light now. My suggestion to all of you that are not
> getting proper gas milage is to search through the archives and see what
> needs to be done to your car to get it back up to par.
>
> These little engines of ours may not be able to take out a 'Vette, but
> passing the 'Vette while he is refueling and you still have half a tank
> left....well, there's a certain amount of pride there.
