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my tanks have all been 21.XX - 22.XX, with 1 abnormal high of 25.1. calculating mpg is not difficult at all, so no mistakes on my part. o and this is my 1st honda.- 4cyl automatic. Picked it over the mazda speed3 because i thought it was better mileage- which it is, by 3-4 mpg with a 100 hp difference :sick:
not trying to start another toyo vs. Honda debate...but my Toyota(4cyl auto) is getting 33-35 in the city. 38.8 on pure highway.
Kind of a car dummy here, and a possible stupid question, but do you know if the car is in any way/form/fashion affected by long periods of inactivity?
I noticed the dealers were more prone to discounting vehicles that have been sitting there for a couple months, and these cars had less than 20 miles on the odometer. -other than dust of course. :confuse:
Also vehicles with multipoint fuel injection have an extra fuel injector that is used when the car is cold (25% more fuel). If this is running all the time the car will consume a lot of fuel.
You will get a better deal on any car that is on the lot and especially something that has been sitting there awhile because the dealers are eating the cost of keeping those cars. I wouldn't worry too much about any long-term effects.
--Well, no, the engine DOES warm up, of course, but the Thermostat "doesn't get it" and keeps sending the ECM the wrong message of a cold engine.
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/autos/0702/gallery.consumer_reports_top_pick- s/3.html
1 mpg spread each between V6/I4/hybrid. For 2 less mpg than the hybrid, 1 mpg less than the I4, one can go with the V6! :P
I don't know how good those numbers are but as a V6 owner, I'm certainly tickled by them.
I would continue to monitor it until your next oil change. Maybe begin keeping a log so you have something to show the dealership.
I would give it another 2000 miles to improve. And start keeping a log on gas consumed and miles between fill-ups.
On the flip side. I live in a small town in SD it is cold and I live less than 1 mile from everything in town. If I do a whole tank all city in the winter I get well under 20 mpg. The car never warms up. On the coldest days (well below 0 F) I can let the car run for 15 minutes to try and defrost a little, then drive the kids to school and drive to work. The car is still pegged on cold when I get to work and I have driven just over 1 mile total. Lots of gas used though.
time on this new Accord SE V6. After I came back from work in the evening I pumped 14.3gal gas and that was for 303 miles I drove. So the MPG is around 21. Everyday I drive 8 miles at 60mph from home to work on freeyway with five or six traffic lights; from work to home, it is another 8 or 9miles at 75mph on highway. I don't abuse the car and never push the gas pedal very hard. The tach is usually around 2k or a little more. Does the 21 mpg sound reasonable for a new car with only 360 miles on it? I guess I need to continue monitoring the MPG. Thanks.
Best of luck to you.
You need to take a LONG, 3-4 hour drive, on the freeway, with no traffic lights, and no rush hour traffic (Sunday morning?) and keep your speed steady at 55-60!...
And fill it up just before you get on the freeway, and then again just as you exit the freeway, so your miles are pure highway miles. And don't keep adding more gas beyond the pump's first click (which is NEVER a good idea).
Then do your math.
But I would't do it at THIS stage yet. Let your engine break in properly. Driving 3-4 hours at a steady speed is not recommended for breaking in any new engine.
Averaged 22.84mpg over last 4 months in mixed driving.
Driving for 45 years has nothing to do with knowing how to calculate mileage. Please explain your method of calculation.
I have an old truck I drive to work, (less than one mile) and home for lunch, back to work, and back home again every day. I know I'm getting terrible mileage because the engine never gets to operating temperature. Once or twice a week I will ride around town before work, just to warm the engine fully. I don't do this every day because it would hardly burn less gas driving around for nothing. If I drive the truck 10 miles a week it's a lot, so even with terrible mileage, I'm not spending that much on gas. I'm certainly not going to get another job 20 miles away so my fuel mileage will improve. What sense would that make?
....I have an old truck I drive to work, (less than one mile)
..were you walking to work, lunching on an apple or two with all the fuel money you save and walking home - - - in due time you would be in shape to pound sand on all those who dis you on these here forums...........
..a little (very little) west coast humor for you........
And stay at work for lunch? Are you nuts?
I live very close to the Interstate, and my office is also right next to the exit ramp... And so my commute to work consists of less than 1 mile street driving, then 5 miles highway and then 1/2 mile street driving to my office.... I can see how, while driving on the highway, the first 2-3 miles my tachometer shows HIGHER RPM for the same speed (even though the temp. gauge is already at it's normal), compared to the last 2 miles -- which means my car's engine is running at its highest efficiency ONLY in the last 2 miles of highway driving.... And so, even though I can claim that my daily commute is 85% highway -- my average gas mileage sucks, and for a very good reason...
....Certainly agree that Honda's AV6 (6M in my case) is a long range highway star
...small 80's diesel pickup used for safety inspection work, keeping Honda for pure pleasure (no brainer).
The few unavoidable times my clutch equipped engineering marvel has been hobbled, throttled and bled white by the great Los Angeles freeway clog.........20.5 seems the norm.
I live near the state capitol (yeah, the dome); LA seems like another planet to this old sailor............
great car (PU's not bad - viva la difference!)
best, ez..
I never do any "strictly" city driving, as my commute daily includes 7 miles of 65-80 MPH interstate along with the stop and go.
You're ahead of me. My half tank only gets about 150. Typically I'm adding around 12.5 gallons. I have gotten 21-22 mpg each time. One tank, with nearly 50% highway, achieved a whopping 25 :sick:
My city driving isn't horribly stop and go and stop, either.
O it's the SE I4 auto.
I have been getting 23 mpg or thereabouts on a 1995 EX-I4 since last April. This is still good for me. I think part of the problem for me is that I have a little bit of a heavy foot sometimes and I live less than a mile from work, but since I work 10pm to 6:30am walking is kind of out of the question. That would make me get even less sleep than I already do. I'm hoping that once we move in October and I drive a little further it will improve. I've done what I can to increase it, proper tire pressure, new plugs, the only thing I haven't done is replace the air filter. I would guess that since that filter came with the car and I've put 16000 miles on the car that probably needs to be replaced, but overall I'm not too upset with my mileage.
It's absolutely better than my van, which got 10 on a good tank.
My 05 and 06 Accord V6 never exceed 20 since they were new.
But, to the point, posting a number (20 in your case) really has no meaning, if you don't add more info as to what kind of driving your average gas mileage refers to. For exanple, daily commute of 8 city miles, and then 4 highway miles, I'd say one should be happy with 20mpg on his V6...
But, again, the ONLY way to really test your car's gas mileage is to conduct a TRUE, AND PURE HIGHWAY DRIVING TEST. Driving 3-4 hours, on a dry day, at a steady speed of 55-60. Not very convenient, but if you're REALLY concerned about your gas mileage -- there is no other way to do the test.
Miles - 4958
Total Gallons - 204.55
Total Gas Cost - $436.09
Average MPG (~70%+ highway) - 24.24 mpg
Best MPG (~80% highway) - 26.39 mpg
Worse MPG (pure city only, 1st tank) - 16.20 mpg
No attempts at saving anything really, just driving.
I just got a 2007 Honda Accord SE, 4 Cylinder. It is rated 24 MPG for the City, and 34 MPG for Highway use.
I ran my first tank of gas down towards empty until the orange light came on by the gas indicator. I had put on 370 miles at that point I believe. That said, when I went to fill up the tank, I was only able to put in right at 13 gallons of gas.
If one were to use the 17 gallon gas tank as the measuring stick, I got less than 22 MPG. If I use the 13 gallons however, I get around 28 MPG, much closer to the EPA estimates on this car.
My big question is this: Am I measuring MPG correctly if I simply take the miles recorded on a tank of gas divided by the number of gallons of gas that I am able to put back into the car?
I ask this because I don't want to drive around until I literally run out of gas, and I don't want to top off the gas by 2-3 gallons either. I figure if I simply divide the miles driven by the gallons of gas the car takes, that should be accurate enough. Is that right, or am I completely off???
stop at a gas station. reset the tripmeter and fill up. this starts the clock. drive whatever, 300 miles or so and fill up. Divide the miles on your tripmeter by the amount of fuel you put in.
NOTE that if you fill to the first click the first time (and you should always stop there), always fill to the first click.
Mileage should increase steadily. The first one may be off (high) b/c the dealer may have filled up it up past 1st click. Personally I went from 20 to 22 to like 25 then 27 for a roadtrip.... hoping that it'll continue to go up (im at 2500 mi)
Thanks a lot for the information. That is exactly what I am going to do. My bet would be that I am getting around 25-27 MPG, which is pretty accurate I would think given my driving habits split between highway and city.
Of course. If all that was needed to fill the tank is 13 gallons, that is all you burned between fill-ups. You can't count the 4 gallons of gas left in the tank, because they were not used. You would have to run out of gas, to figure mileage for the whole tank (17 gal). I think many people who think they are getting terrible mileage, just aren't doing it right.