Lyin' about gas mileage.

Azroadster

So I pull in to a local hand wash car wash this morning and the car in front of me is a very nice 350Z in the "purple" color with very nice aftermarket wheels, 305's on the back like me. He's a fairly nice guy and we start talking about our Z's. He finally asks me what kind of gas mileage I get, and I gave him my stock answer that I really don't pay close attention to it because It's not why I bought a sports car, but I then told him that the few times I have checked it on the highway that I got about 28 mpg. He frowns and says that he is averaging 36 mpg on the highway and that there must be something wrong with my Z. Now I know that that 36 mpg is simply not true, but I didn't argue with him. Why do people tell such tall tales about gas mileage? Are they trying to impress others? Anyway, I always find it comical when this happens.

AZ

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whoady4shoady

That is a flat out lie unless the wheels were super light and he stripped the whole interior.

sonic370

he must have special ordered the 4 cylinder version that was available
as an addition option

TreeSemdyZee

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that the guy doesn't actually calculate his gas mileage. He probably also doesn't fill the car the same way every time. Simple math is involved, so that knocks out quite a few people.

I had an '05 350 and I averaged between 19 and 20 for the mixed driving that I do. The best I ever got was on a long trip which was just shy of 28. It would have probably been a little higher, but I can't bring myself to drive like I'm in quicksand.

gr8-wrx

He may not be running on all 6 cylinders

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Rui Z

You can actually get 36+ mpg on the 370z if you drive 55 mph

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NCSUPACK09

I heard he only drives downhill...

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NCSUPACK09

I've seen around 30 mpg at 55 mph in 6th gear, but 36+ seems a little high to me.

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Trips

Its possible if he is only driving downhill and coasting

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frost

in neutral, and a really slanted downhill.

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christian370z

Some people just like feeling as if they are the king of the castle and try to one up others like this guy. Sad but it is really his loss, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it personally.

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frost

and he's pushing it.

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theDreamer

Maybe he tows it every where.

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007MI6

Maybe he is referring to the instantaneous MPG reading when you let off the gas after acceleration...

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kenchan

Poor people in ecnoboxes often brag about mpg....where I really don't care. Even my Fit with me driving only gets 20-22mpg or something. I redline the crap out of the car all the time. I didn't buy the fit for mpg... just utility and im into boxy MT cars and coupes.