2008 Nissan Altima Hybrid Owner Reviews

I have had my Altima Hybrid about 2 months now. I just love it. I went from getting 14 mpg to 35 - 37 mpg switching from a big SUV to this midsize hybrid. I have to say, I drive it differently. It shows you when you are getting better mileage and if it goes down, I find myself backing off the gas a bit and it makes a big difference. If you are one to take off quickly and running over 40 miles per hour most of the time you probably won't like this car. Around town, I seem to run in EV mode …

I bought my hybid in May 2008, and it had 47 miles on it. I was told it would take a few hundred miles before it would reflect the mpg advertised. Driving around Los Angeles didn't get me up to the expected mpg, but when I drove from LA to St. Louis, my highway mileage was 34.5. Now I consistently get 33.5-35.0 with the higher mileage on the highway, not around town. I find the mileage increases if I use cruise control as often as possible,which I now do even in some instances where you migh…

My car computer shows 28 mpg. When I figure it myself it comes to 26. It seldom goes into ev mode. when the car is cold it doesn't go in so my few blocks to the freeway in the morning and back to the freeway after work is always gas. Thn naturaly on the freeway it doesn't go in unless you're in heavy traffic--enough to keep you under 40 mpg and not accellerating.Then on the streets you don't go in unless you can keep in under 40 and not accellerating. So you could be going from zero to 20 or 30 …