Actually it is very spacious...our back seat is farther away from the front seat in the versa then they were in the Mitsubishi Montero. It is really large inside..surprisingly so...We looked at the Chevy Sonic because we were car shopping based on gas mileage, so every car we looked at was small, but the versa is by far and wide the largest compact car I have every been in. It is easily as large as any small to midsized sedan. and the trunk has the same sq. ft. as our refrigerator. 15 Cu. Ft. So that is awesome too...and the gas mileage is just so good. I have never owned less than a 6 cylinder personally, and most of my cars have been 8 cylinders. But none of them for worse gas mileage than the 3.5 we were driving...And I have had cadillacs and Land rovers...A freaking Land Rover can tow 2 tons, and gets the same gas mileage as my midsized 6 cylinder. Which sux. I love big cars, but when I see a hummer, I am always like damn I want one, but I know we can't afford the gas, but then I found out that this whole time I could have been driving a Hummer, and not spent any extra money, except the initial cost of the vehicle, of course. It just makes me so mad I want to set the old car on fire just to watch it burned like it has been burning our gas money for the last few years! I mean it is crazy! I just don't get it...I don't have the power of a V8, but I use more gas than one...I don't know what Mitsu was thinking when they made the Montero, but they certainly weren't trying to save people any fuel.I know the story, drive a Jeep and its a 6 cyl... 15-18 mpg tops. Looking for something that gets those mpgs, the versa pretty roomy?
What do you mean? I got a car...that is what I am saying. I am just then complaining about our old car...because while searching for new cars based on gas mileage I got curious about our gas mileage, and like I said I noticed from driving my friend 50 miles everyday, that our gas mileage was definitely less than what I needed it to be..when you can go all week to work with the gas light on you don't really appreciate the cost of gas, and your MPGs...I am not a go getter, or jet setter, so I rarely leave the house, so it wasn't a big deal, but now that I am taxi to the broke I have to have something that won't put me in the poorhouse trying to help a friend that already lives there.I thought you said you got a car ... cn
My hubby said the same thing...but the Land Rover I owned was a 1996 8 cylinder with a 2 ton towing capacity, and it got 17 MPG hwy...and the Ford explorer I compared is the same year as our car...the Caddy I mentioned, was a 92...so all these cars are the same year or older than my present car...and yet my 2002 3.5L V6 gets worse gas mileage then my 1992 4.9L V8...and it gets the same gas mileage as a Ford 5.0 of the same year. I mean that is crazy.missnu, i know a lot of newer cars that have say 8 cylinders have an electronic gizmo that will cut off power to a few of those cylinders while they are not needed, ie, under full throttle, going up hills, etc..
this is how a lot of newer big v8s are managing better mpg than smaller engined cars..
A 3.5L V6 2002 Mitsubishi Montero. It isn't big or hulking. And it has power, but not the any amount that would even come close to some of the larger V8s I've owned...that got better mileage...Sorry for that last post (deleted); I'd misread something. It sounds like you got the CVT (continuously variable transmission ... essentially size-changing pulleys in the tranny) model.
What was your old vehicle that got such awful mileage? cn
I don't think Mits was unique in that regard. Mid-sized sport-utes and pickups with V6es are typically geared "short", to maximize acceleration and power at the expense of fuel economy. Interestingly, the swept volume per mile between the big V6es and the smallish (4-to-5-liter ) V8s is very similar. The V8s do it by turning more slowly.I know that newer cars get much better Gas mileage than their earlier counterparts, but what happened to Mitsubishi? I mean what the Hell man?
The difference is threefold, should you encounter a raccoon:I knew what our car looked like and the size it was and what gas mileage we got, and just assumed that Hummers might get 4 miles to the gallon of gas...but nope it turns out that even though they are 3x the size of my car we have to spend the same amount in gas. It just isn't fair. We should have checked into this long ago, but I didn't really see a problem til I started driving around more...I knew on long trips we had to stop alot, but I have gotten used to that...I tend to just run over things as opposed to going around them, so big cars are more comforting to me. Hopefully I won't end up totaled by a raccoon, but if I do then we will know some people are just not meant to have small vehicles.
Perfectly wooded to make me feel better...I want to always land shiny side up...The difference is threefold, should you encounter a raccoon:
Being closer to the road, you'll see it sooner.
You have good brakes, compared to the former wheeled brick.
You have the option of evasive turns which end with you still shiny side up.
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