Just got a 2012 Nissan Armada Platinum Black - absolutely love the car! Best driving experience since the very first car I drove, but back then was just about driving something right ?
Just came from a Nissan Rogue 2011 white - I must say i still like the white color as it gives a classy look, but the armada totally suits black as it is mean looking car with its v8 muscle and engine roar.
I have the car for about 4 weeks now, and it still tells me the fuel economy is 28.5l/100km which is very scary lol. When i got it was saying 50 and it keeps coming down but at a much lower rate now. Full tank gives me about 500Km range on the display. Quite honestly i fell in love with the car so much that I did not bother looking for fuel efficiency, I just wanted it - Truth to be told 95% of my driving is in the city, and about 30Km per day.
I have never really tried to mark down how many clicks i can get with a full tank as i am still a bit shocked but oh well, its all worth the joy of driving it.
The Rogue used to give me 14l/100km so i am kinda waiting to see how low this will get, what are your thoughts ?
Anyway, great site, great forum and looking forward to taking some pictures to be posted here !
congrats and welcome i get 11 in town and 16 hwy i don't drive Ms Daizy i just love the roar of the gutsy v8 lol. I didn't buy her for gas mileage, this is my second one.
Dusty: I love the roar of the v8 as well and I settle that it will drink a whole lot more than my previous Rogue. I am still reading 8MPG (more or less since it actually reads L/100Km) but it's getting better slowly!
Here is the "Monster" as I like to call it - Had the pleasure to spend a couple of hours washing and cleaning it while sipping on some beers!
So guess what folks!!!
I was having some AC problems with my 2012 Armada and was getting a bit upset with the differences between the 2012 model and the 2014 so .... I switched to a 2014 White
I don't have it yet, should be coming in a week or so!!
Edit: The only part that sucks is that I had just put limo tints on the black mada
Need to save now for tints on the new white one
Wow!!! Your black Armada looks like good. Sucks it had ac problems. But I bet you will love the new one. Don't forget to share pics of the new one. And congrats on upgrading.
Congratulations on your new ride. Try resetting your mpg. I had to do that when I was getting better milage than my wife's pathfinder. I reset it and it settled down at 15 mpg I think. Since then i put significantly larger tires and wheels on now it reads 13.1 mpg and I am scared to reset it cuz I think it's much lower now. Still dropping but at a slower rate. Aloha
I do about 60 miles a day to/from work (yes I commute in my Armada), and some of that is in traffic. The rest is rural NH driving around town. My fuel economy average shows as 15.8mpg.
I think all of us here at the Armada club and any other big truck forums know what we signed up for when we bought these amazing powerful comfortable beast, the pumps aren't wallet friendly but in today's economy not too many things are, one way or another we are spending more.....Amma gonna ride and enjoy
13.8 MPG ... and I drive like every stop light is a drag strip ... If I was looking for better mpg I could drive smoother or get a Prius. I love the comfort, convenience, and power of the Armada.
I just came back from a long trip, in the city I was clocking an average of 25L/100KM according to the reader (google says its 9.4mpg). Then I reset when on the trip which was mostly highway and a bit of city driving at the destination and I clocked 14L/100KM.
But then again I now know how my driving affects the gas and I do like to take off first on lights and stuff. Specially against HEMIs
I came back to the forums because I need to research my AC problems - Seems like there are a few out there, like others, on very hot days my AC basically does not work - Also looking for other ideas on how to get bluetooth streaming of music as close as factory as possible
- Did I also say that I am researching for good ways to remove scratches ... the ever ending quest of black cars
Glad to be back!
Cheers
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