Hi. New to the forum so forgive the geek-factor please.
I've done a 2000 mile trip to the southern Alps and a 3000 mile round trip in Europe this year in our 07 350z gt and tried a few miles per gallon experiments on the long toll road legs of the journey.
I found that the most economic engine speed is exactly 3000rpm and that I could often get over 500 miles off one tankful (ie tank brimming down to empty, but stil with a few miles to spare.
We only averaged 26mpg over the entire trip, but would have done nearer 35 had it not been for that damn Stelvio Pass getting in the way.
On another occasion we were promised a full tank of fuel by Nissan for a **** up at the Nissan garage and I managed to get £92 into it, when petrol was around £1.12 a litre. This works out at 82 litres, not bad considering its only supposed to be an 80 litre tank.