gas MPG

[6G72Galant]

i've only got 400 miles on one tank ONCE... and that was all highway miles (no more than 55mph) for NJ -> CT -> NJ, and i'm a 4cyl.

Yeh thats understandable. But 400mpg driving through the city with a V6? :? Ill prolly be getting close to 400mpg once i change my spark plugs. :P Ive got 107k miles on my spark plugs and still running fine! :P

*And who said foreign cars were shit???

[pinoyesv6]

IMO common sense is probably all you need for better mpg.

think about it. you do all the suggested maintenance on time . spark plugs, oil change, pcv valve, check the tires. you'll get good gas mileage.

clean the car. keep the outside clean. clean out all the trash and unnecessary things in your car. the heavier the car the more work it will take to move it. the more work it takes, the more fuel you use.

drive normally. if you drive like a madman, you're gonna end up making your car work more than it has to.

with that said. last time i fueled up, i calculated and I was getting over 30mpg with mixed driving on my v6.

oh yea. the tank is 16 gallons but you'll probably never fill up 16 gallons cuz there's always that last little bit that the pickup can't pickup.

[6G72gearhead]

i've only got 400 miles on one tank ONCE... and that was all highway miles (no more than 55mph) for NJ -> CT -> NJ, and i'm a 4cyl.

Yeh thats understandable. But 400mpg driving through the city with a V6? :? Ill prolly be getting close to 400mpg once i change my spark plugs. :P Ive got 107k miles on my spark plugs and still running fine! :P

*And who said foreign cars were shit???

400mpg (miles per gallon) really? So you do what 4000 miles on less than 3/4's of a tank.

[run1206]

i've only got 400 miles on one tank ONCE... and that was all highway miles (no more than 55mph) for NJ -> CT -> NJ, and i'm a 4cyl.

Yeh thats understandable. But 400mpg driving through the city with a V6? :? Ill prolly be getting close to 400mpg once i change my spark plugs. :P Ive got 107k miles on my spark plugs and still running fine! :P

*And who said foreign cars were shit???

400mpg (miles per gallon) really? So you do what 4000 miles on less than 3/4's of a tank.

[fatal1]

i never even checked what i get...although i surprisingly do get prettyy decent milage out of it, when its time to fill it up i just go to the gas station....

[6G72Galant]

i've only got 400 miles on one tank ONCE... and that was all highway miles (no more than 55mph) for NJ -> CT -> NJ, and i'm a 4cyl.

Yeh thats understandable. But 400mpg per tank driving through the city with a V6? :? Ill prolly be getting close to 400mpg once i change my spark plugs. :P Ive got 107k miles on my spark plugs and still running fine! :P

*And who said foreign cars were shit???

400mpg (miles per gallon) really? So you do what 4000 miles on less than 3/4's of a tank.

...let me edit that... :oops:

[99 galant]

thanks for everyones input, im going to need some info on what i would need to change since i have 97k miles please give full names and not letters that mean it and how much it would be to pick up also i know i cant do the work my self unless theres some tutorials somewhere

[pLUGSNEt]

I dont have a v6.... I have a 4cyl i dont know if it matters but i do have a DE.. which is the lowest model.... but like i said im a very cautious driver... im that guy that you always want to pass because my 0 - 30mph is like 45 seconds... LOL but who cares im never in a rush for anything.. Ill speed when my car has balls to speed...

[99 galant]

well you do have nice 20's no need to speed gotta show off the shoes

[mapid145]

i hit 420 on my maxima the other day.. it felt sooo damn good.. averaged like 22mpg though lol

i got a 20 gallon tank

[komodo]

A trick my friend does with his JEEP SUV is to... ease off the acceleration as he approaches a stop sign or red light, apply brake and go to neutral and stay at neutral till it's time to get up and go. Supposedly saves him gas.. but I havn't noticed since his SUV is a gas guzzling son of a gun!

[99 galant]

yea isnt that a little bad for the tranny too?

[lKoRTy]

my car (2003 es 4 cyl) holds 16.4 gal...

on straight highway i get 29-33 mpg.

[komodo]

yea isnt that a little bad for the tranny too?

I would assume it might be bad for the tranny on an automatic vehicle...
I can see why he does it, though. On manual cars there are people who, instead of gearing down at a stop, they just clutch and go to neutral.. wait for a full stop and pop it back into gear 1. But the thing with automatic cars is that they don't have a clutch.. so it probably is bad for the tranny on an automatic vehicle. Just my thought and opinion though, not sure what the real facts are.

[99 galant]

understandable, people have their own things that work for them

[6G72gearhead]

yea isnt that a little bad for the tranny too?

I would assume it might be bad for the tranny on an automatic vehicle...
I can see why he does it, though. On manual cars there are people who, instead of gearing down at a stop, they just clutch and go to neutral.. wait for a full stop and pop it back into gear 1. But the thing with automatic cars is that they don't have a clutch.. so it probably is bad for the tranny on an automatic vehicle. Just my thought and opinion though, not sure what the real facts are.

Take this from a guy who's blown up 2 automatics in 30k miles, that will soon equal boom. Especially on a Moper automatic.

[99 galant]

ouch that sucks

well i wont do that not like i was gunna tho because i dont understand how it would save gas but hey people do their own things

[99 galant]

im bumping this up because it was never solved. also could a mod put this to 8th gen problems? i dont know why i was stupid enough to post it in this part in the first place

thanks