Several reasons.

-I am moving soon, and less note is more.
-I love the 370Z's interior.
-The 370Z handles very well, and 505hp and very tall gears lead to very illegal activity.
-Where I am moving, corners will be much more prevalent than straights. Both cars will be on nearly equal terms in such an environment, but the cost is NOT equal, nor are the interiors.
-I like change. I plan on driving a 370Z until the C7 corvette comes out, has been refined for 2-3 years, and then trading back into a 'vette.
-I learned that no matter how much power you have, you get used to it and it all feels the same.
-My experience at spring mountain taught me that I don't have the skill for it to matter. Myself and other students were falling behind the Camaro SS driving instructors in our ZR1's. Epic skill-fail. So basically, a driver like me, is going to have the same fun in the twisties in a 370Z as in a 'vette, whether you want to man up and admit it or not, I think at LEAST 85-90% of the owners of these kinds of vehicles fall in that class, as well (based on all the students and how they fared similarly).
-Did I mention that I love the 370Z's interior?

OMG this is crazy...how do you guys get these numbers? I can't even get 19MPG. All I need to do is step on the gas and accelerate and it'll drop down below 18.5MPG and stays below for the rest of the trip. =/ This sucks

a long slow trip to many cops that trip XD

I get 20's on the highway 17-19 on local streets. Although I'm still breaking in so maybe I'll see some improvements later on, probably not because I'll really open up the car then lol.

meh when u hit 22k u start to slow down after all the fun :P auto or m/t ?

It's an auto. Man your ruining the Z experience for me lol getting tired after a few thousand miles haha.:p I don't think I'll get sick of those downshifts, music to my ears.

i drive mostly city lol oh i still love it dont get me wrong .. im just not out to race on the street everyday

Mine's a TT daily driver. It doesn't get in boost as often in city street driving, and is more likely to get in boost when getting on the onramp.

The worse is a little over 19 MPG, average around 21-22, and highest (highway) is 24 MPG. I'm pretty sure the car has the capability to get in the 15 MPG range on a "non-daily" driving basis.

Normal driving i got 19 on average w a heavy foot.

I tried seeing what was possible in around town driving. no long trips or long hwy runs. i averaged 25 driving like a grandma.

took a drive up to conn once, about 4 hours away, and stopped twice (looking at trucks for my dad) and got 27 and that was using 2/3 of a tank.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work out that way. The Corvette is a freak of nature with its excellent highway mileage. Of course with the 6spd gearing, it's only turning a couple thousand rpm on the highway. The Z turns a thousand rpm higher with its 6spd manual gearing. And of course the 'Vette has gobs of torque at any speed, but the Z needs some revs before it really pulls.

I've admired your threads/comments on the comparison, but gas mileage is one where the 'Vette is a clear winner. I've had my 370z for 2 years, and about 25,000 miles (don't drive it much in winter). I have taken quite a few long trips in mine, and best trip mileage I've seen is about 27mpg. My usual mileage per tank runs about 22mpg, unless I'm going for a track day when I get about 6-7mpg (autocrossing).

Hope this helps!

I leave climate control on "Auto" all the time. In stop-and-go driving I get about 19mpg. In my current mix of driving (very little-to-no highway, but not so much stop and go) I am getting a solid 21.4. I have the touring sport with AT. In comparison, on the track where I shift manually at or near the redline, I get 10.5 mpg.

16-17 MPG (street only). I love the sound of my exhaust.

:tup:

Here is what I found with my Z. Driving at 65 for a little more than an hour I averaged 32mpg. Doing 75-80 I was getting about 25 or so.

I average 7. But I only drive it on the racetrack.

Ironically enough, I've an AT 2010 with 27k miles on it, and I'm getting an avg of 21.4mgp city and 24mpg hwy right now, according to the cpu... :tup:

I've been making sure to not "floor it" while driving, for the most part.. also, i've been keeping my fuel consumption gauge between the 20 - 40 mark as best as i can... I mean, no need to rush if you don't have to...

One last note - i find the most fuel efficient speed to be 55mph IMO...

My average mpg, don't know and don't care. I bought my Z for the fun factor. If I was concerned about mileage, I would have bought an economy car. P.S. I just recently drove to Milo Missouri. Using the cruise control, I got 28.2 mpg. I checked it by dividing miles driven by the amount of gas I used. My math came out only .1 mpg different then the computer readout. The computer said my average mph was 64.

:iagree: Me too-i may be closer to 80/20...never as low as 16-18...that is just "wow" ...:shakes head:

haha, you beat me there. At the race track i get about 8-9 mpg. I need to push it harder. j/k

Great for you folks that can get over 20 mpg. I can't get 18 mpg when I drive it to work on a few occasions - which is why my Z isn't my daily driver. Sitting in traffic, stop and go easily reduces the MPG to 17 or less as I keep my S-Mode on in my MT.

If I drive freeway with no traffic then i can easily get 22 mpg. But I like to shift at 4K to hear the exhaust open up. Fun car, but def a great price to pay if used as a daily driver.

7at about 20 high 17-18 city on most days lol:icon17:

My gas is/will be going up due to a refinery fire twenty miles away.

Yep, ours too for the same reason. :shakes head:

I get about 15-17...almost all city driving, and I drive it pretty hard.

:iagree:

So will my Oil stocks :tup::driving:

I'm getting 17.4 after first 1k miles. I'm starting to come to the conclusion Nissan is full of sh*t with their fuel rating for the Z. More like 16-24. It appears to me they fudged the numbers a little to increase sales considering for some this is a sensitive subject at $4 gallon.

My window sticker says 21 mpg in mixed driving. I'm getting 21.4 mpg in slightly more city driving than freeway.

wow :icon17:

EPA estimates are just a point of reference. You're assuming the muscle cars you speak of will actually get their sticker numbers. I figure if I drive a EPA 25mpg v6 car and get 20 in real life, I will probably get 16 in a EPA 21 mpg v8 car. Everything is relative.

That being said, I get between 20-22 MPG usually with mixed driving. 16-17 when it's mostly non-highway and have gotten 26.5 on long highway cruises. Seems to be in line with my expectations for an EPA 18-26mpg car.

According to car's computer:
city: 18l/km -- 13MPG
highway: 14.5l/km -- 16MPG
92octane gas, 6MT.
UpRev tuned and all N/A bolt ons installed.

Poll results look like other sources:
Gas Mileage of 2012 Nissan 370Z
Nissan 370Z MPG Reports | Fuelly

In town....23ish...road trip last week 26.7!!!

Mostly city : 15.0
Some highway and city :17.5
Highway ..best I've seen was like 22.8
7AT
That's shifting at 2.5-3.5k rpms

I get about 17.4 too. I have been trying to get under 15mpg but i just can't seem to do it. I must not know what i am doing behind the wheel. I'll learn to drive it harder. I promise. Just give me a little time and i swear I won't let you down !

Once, just for giggles (and sheer boredom) i tried to see how high i could keep it over a 45 minute drive i make every saturday. I babied it as much as humanly possible. Neutral going down hills, super slow and annoying take offs, shifting as low in thr RPMs as i could and i actually made it home at an average of 47mpg according to the guage which i reset before i started. I'll never do it again tho. If i were behind me i would have dragged myself out of the car an kicked my own *** and took the car away from me for being a b*tch in a Z who wasnt worthy.

Don't know how I missed this thread...

Lowest MPG: 18.82
Highest: 29.23
Average (actual): 24.32
Average (MPG Meter): 24.20
Total Miles Driven: 9,569

:iagree:what's wrong with me?:shakes head:
Lowest MPG: 17.62
Highest: 28.03
Average (actual): 23.30
Average (MPG Meter): 23.17
Total Miles Driven: 51,098

I can never get past 16.9 ever......sigh

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according to my OBC:

15.9 95% city driving.

I get about 21 mpg. With the stop-and-go traffic around here, I think that's decent.

Happy to say I beat my average after filling up this morning. It's 23.5 MPG combined, and that's with a little spirited driving. This is with the test pipes, and after dealing with a nearly clogged HFC for the past year (average 21-22.4 MPG).

I get 21.9 combined, only road trip I took averaged 27-28, w/ >28 on the mountain roads.