Mileage Lookup Site

Our van is officially supposed to get 16 MPG city, 22 MPG highway, and 18 MPG combined.  Sounds about right, at least when it’s not about to die.  Before it went, it seemed to be sucking gas at single digit rates.  I normally use the trip meter for checking mileage, but on this it’s broken, and I have yet to remember to note the miles on the odometer at one fill and then a subsequent fill to do the math.  Nor does it help that gas isn’t always a fill.  Not at $46 as it cost most recently.

I stumbled across the mileage site when trying to find out online the size of our tank, which the dead tree owner’s manual says is 20 gallons.  I’m not sure I have the precise model specs, but they’re all close to the above.

The good news is we went for a substantial shakedown drive yesterday, with the girls going to Rhode Island for the first time ever (for “turn around a block or two into Pawtucket” values of “going to Rhode Island"), and the gas still indicates almost as full as when the tank had been freshly topped.

I looked up the Sentra and, sure enough, it is supposed to get 25/33/28, which is close enough to my experience when it wasn’t sick.

The pickup is supposed to get 15/20/17, which also seems in keeping with my experience.  Seems funny for it to compare badly to the larger van, but the truck is overpowered.

Posted by on 06/22 at 09:14 AM

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