Last few fuel dots?!?

Wiggins3377 · 02-19-2013, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

I believe its 19.1 US Gal I have a pic somewhere on the forum showing an 18.1 Gal fill up but my record is 18.6

Damn. Looks like I really push it. 18.82 gallons in January.
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JARblue · 02-19-2013, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Wiggins3377

Damn. Looks like I really push it. 18.82 gallons in January.
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Now that's impressive!

wdkwang · 02-21-2013, 10:48 PM

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Damn. Looks like I really push it. 18.82 gallons in January.
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how are you getting that kind of mpg? i average 16.5mpg

wdkwang · 03-20-2013, 02:23 AM

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Damn. Looks like I really push it. 18.82 gallons in January.
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u sir have to tell us what kind of voodoo magic spell you've got to be getting those numbers

i just got the gas cubby app after i saw your post. i've avg 16.7mpg over the 28k miles i've driven the car. 16.6mpg, as you can see, over the last 3 fill-ups recently.

UNKNOWN_370 · 03-20-2013, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by wdkwang

u sir have to tell us what kind of voodoo magic spell you've got to be getting those numbers

i just got the gas cubby app after i saw your post. i've avg 16.7mpg over the 28k miles i've driven the car. 16.6mpg, as you can see, over the last 3 fill-ups recently.

Same here. My gauge says 16.7mpg. I think i see 13/14mpg city and 19 highway.

If anyone is getting over 20mpg's combined? You wasted money on a sports car cuz that poor baby sees no action.

Thread title advice to the general public... Fill at Five. You'll destroy your fuel pump early causing another problem and blaming Nissan for it

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JARblue · 03-20-2013, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

Same here. My gauge says 16.7mpg. I think i see 13/14mpg city and 19 highway.

If anyone is getting over 20mpg's combined? You wasted money on a sports car cuz that poor baby sees no action.

Thread title advice to the general public... Fill at Five. You'll destroy your fuel pump early causing another problem and blaming Nissan for it

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My wife got 21 mpg for the first 18 months commuting about 15-20 miles per day all highway (with me romping on it during the weekends). Since Sept 2012, I have knocked that lifetime avg down to 18.5

I guess I'll be ready when it happens, but I still don't understand how the fuel pump is affected by how much gas I have in the car (I run it to '--- miles left' pretty much every tank). And if I have to leave several gallons of gas in the car to keep the fuel pump from failing, how is that not a poor design on Nissan's part and ergo their fault? You're damn right if it fails within my warranty period I'm going to blame them. I should be able to drive my car until it's almost out of gas, and almost is not 'I could have driven another 100 miles'

UNKNOWN_370 · 03-20-2013, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

My wife got 21 mpg for the first 18 months commuting about 15-20 miles per day all highway (with me romping on it during the weekends). Since Sept 2012, I have knocked that lifetime avg down to 18.5

I guess I'll be ready when it happens, but I still don't understand how the fuel pump is affected by how much gas I have in the car (I run it to '--- miles left' pretty much every tank). And if I have to leave several gallons of gas in the car to keep the fuel pump from failing, how is that not a poor design on Nissan's part and ergo their fault? You're damn right if it fails within my warranty period I'm going to blame them. I should be able to drive my car until it's almost out of gas, and almost is not 'I could have driven another 100 miles'

Hey knock yourself out. Just advice to save you guys trouble. Take it or leave it.

The fuel pump potential issue is on ALL cars, not just nissan.

wdkwang · 03-20-2013, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

My wife got 21 mpg for the first 18 months commuting about 15-20 miles per day all highway (with me romping on it during the weekends). Since Sept 2012, I have knocked that lifetime avg down to 18.5

I guess I'll be ready when it happens, but I still don't understand how the fuel pump is affected by how much gas I have in the car (I run it to '--- miles left' pretty much every tank). And if I have to leave several gallons of gas in the car to keep the fuel pump from failing, how is that not a poor design on Nissan's part and ergo their fault? You're damn right if it fails within my warranty period I'm going to blame them. I should be able to drive my car until it's almost out of gas, and almost is not 'I could have driven another 100 miles'

Fuel pumps, by design, are located in the tank and the fuel is the only thing that's cooling it (like a radiator) from overheating and burning out. That's how fuel pumps are in general. If your running on fumes, the fuel pump will be running hotter = shorter life. I don't know how Nissan quality is but I ran my old '92 Integra till the E light was on all the time. No problems. I personally try to fill when it's down to 2-3 lights

Ubetit · 05-02-2013, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

If anyone is getting over 20mpg's combined? You wasted money on a sports car

Thread title advice to the general public... Fill at Five. You'll destroy your fuel pump early causing another problem and blaming Nissan for it

I fill at 2 dots and my last 5 tanks have all been over 20.6 MPG.

SPOHN · 02-19-2013, 09:19 AM

Not a Hugh deal. Personal preference. I wouldn't run my oil low either.

JARblue · 02-19-2013, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

I haven't noticed any posts about burnt up fuels pumps due to low fuel (for DDs), but I haven't read everything.

From what little I've read about modern fuel pumps, as long as you're pumping liquid, you're OK. When it gets to the point where you are not pumping, the car shuts down anyway.

Unless you habitually run out of fuel, it shouldn't be a problem. But I'm no expert. YMMV.

I haven't either (on both accounts)

That's what I was thinking, glad to hear someone else say it. I'll do a little more research on my own when I have some time. Only run out of gas one time over 10 years ago, and that's all it took... and, of course, it wasn't in the Z.

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Not a Hugh deal. Personal preference. I wouldn't run my oil low either.

I would be more concerned about the oil than gas. If I ever ran out of gas, it would simply be an inconvenience to me. Running low on oil can potentially damage the engine. Obviously there are different reasons for different concerns in daily vs track

Osiris · 02-19-2013, 09:44 AM

Instead of dots, call them balls. Then try to explain to your significant other why you need to stop for gas. "Uh, I have 3 balls"

Wiggins3377 · 02-19-2013, 09:21 AM

Side note, but since I purchased used I don't know the answer. Anyone know what the sticker stated annual fuel costs would be?

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DEpointfive0 · 02-19-2013, 11:18 AM

Straight city I get 15~MPG, you guys must drive like geezers

JARblue · 02-19-2013, 11:20 AM

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Straight city I get 15~MPG, you guys must drive like geezers

I call it city driving because I generally avoid the highways, but there's a fair amount of highway driving involved in my daily route (or at the very least 60 mph frontage road driving).

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