Acree

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i've never seen less than 17mpg and that was after a long night of racing. what the hell are you doing to your car?

Juno

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I only have a 2.5 mile commute to work, and I still average 20-23mpg in the city, and usually about 28mpg highway. If you want good gas mileage, you have to drive your car accordingly.

jinsei888

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I'm getting around 23mpg on average between city and freeway

Silkk

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Average over the past 3000 miles is close to 26mph (25.7)... good mix of highway and town.

And I burn them off/run it to redline several times daily...

SB Track

20.9 with some non-traffic freeway driving. (40% freeway, 60% city traffic)

The problem is if you go 80 or so on the freeway its like almost 3K rpm in 6th... My mom's Accord is like 2100 rpm at the same speed. T.T

yiaquemini

19 mostly city driving, alwaysw **** around 2400 rpm.

Faizei

I am only getting about 17mpg city and ~20mpg on freeway. However, I am attributing this to the break-in period as my car only has 400 miles on it. I believe once you open up the car's breathing and exhust, the milage should improve. Has on all of my cars in the past. Removing all of the smog controlling devices will help your car to get better gas milage.

JRinTXrog

I drive a Automatic. I took a 1000 mile trip and got about 26. I went garage sellng this past week in it and got 16.

MyZ4U2C

I get 24 in town and 31 on the highway.

longbowe

If you're varying the throttle a lot, that'll really bite into your fuel economy. Stop and goes are especially problematic, because you're constantly upshifting, then up-revving, then coming to a stop at a light. Remember, inertia is king. Your car doesn't want to start moving if stopped, or stop moving if already moving. Same goes for the pistons in your engine.

NIH350Z

I get 15.6... i hate the traffic in cali though. i feel you on that one

violenza

16 to 18 city on 91 octane. i have yet to hit 20

i may have a lead foot time to time but i dont speed. i usually accelerate real fast and then obey posted limits .

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King Tut

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I talked to the guy that started this thread on AIM yesterday. He only drives 5 miles to work round trip and he is on his first tank of gas since he bought it. His gas mileage numbers are definitely within what I would expect when not doing any driving at 55+ mph for long periods of time like most of us probably do.

Bertg

19-21 city, 30-32 on the highway.

engiNERD350Z

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I have to agree. When I first got the car, the gauge said I was getting 8.1mpg . After a tank or two, it read normally which I cross-checked with the old fashioned method. Don't know what that means, maybe it was still self-calibrating. I avg. around 20-21 mixed driving, and 28 on the freeway.

soccer41

Wow, I drive about 6 miles to work and shift at about 3k, and still get around 22.5. When I get on the highway, I get around 29. Also running 93 octane

hfm

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I go over 4k as often as I can and just love hitting 5k to 6k. MPG, who cares? If I cared about MPG, I would have bought a hybrid. What I care about is $/gal. Freaking oil companies and an administration that's not doing jack.

Hazade

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casual driving i average 23.3 mpg... on 93 octane.

MADDOG`

18 to 20 around town, 26 + - 2 on extended drives at constant speed.

In my case, as I'm sure it is with other Z owners, mileage is a function of right foot pressure on the accelerator: Higher pressure, lower mileage or Lower pressure, higher mileage.

desiZ

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i drive in the hellish 405 here in cali... although against traffic
still i get average 18.5 to 19.5 with 50% freeway and 50% city driving
road trips (San diego etc) i get a cool 24-25mpg

if i drive like grandma i can get 21 avg but whats the point...