(Most of the roads I'm on in the Adirondacks are "paved", but not the road our cabin is on - when I'm in the mountains, it's short trips and steep hills...tends to hammer the MPGs.)
03 CR-V, 4WD, 4 speed auto. Weather was cool, so no AC. Did not use Cruise control. 95% expressway. Me and wife in CR-V. Speed was 55-60. Very light foot.
This was only trip of any length and was posted on this forum a while back. MPG was near 31 MPG, give or take 2/10, as I remember.
Generally average 28-30 on short trips while keeping up with traffic. More like 30+/- when running at posted speed limits. Wife generally averages 21 or so in local driving and I get a couple MPG better. Different driving styles.
My new EX-L 2WD had 453 mile on the odometer this morning when I left home in (far) Northern California for a meeting in Palo Alto, about 300 miles away. The CR-V got an astonishing (to me) 28.7 mpg for the trip. This included typical highway speeds of 70-75 mph and about 15 miles through traffic in San Francisco. It handled the mountain roads well and with very little body lean. The sidewalls of the OEM tires feel pretty flexible, but all and all, very comfortable handling. I found the seats hard, but supportive. The trip back, including 50 miles of commute traffic and AC on, yielded 26.7mpg. This is a really nice vehicle.
My EX-L has about 7000+ miles (bought last November). Was mainly driven in/around Boston averaging 20-22 MPG.
We drove to NYC last weekend (470 miles round trip) Boston - NYC -> No major traffic, A/C on all the time, average speed: 70-75 mph -> 27.7 MPG
NYC - Boston -> Major traffic jam on a 25 mile stretch, A/C on all the time, average speed: 70-75 mpg (except the 45 minutes wasted in heavy traffic) -> 27.7 MPG
I was quite surprised that the 45 minutes of stop-and-go traffic on our way back did not impact our fuel mileage at all.
I am not sure if I will ever reach 30+ range with this car? But I am quite happy with the ~21 city and 27+ hwy numbers!
I think you will. Not doing 75 but keep it under 72. I NEVER beat 27 mpg until I started to hit 15,000 miles. Then I had some 28s and 29s and now 30.5.
I know the 2006 and 2007 have diffent motors but aren't they similar. Also Honda tends never to go backward with performnace of any kind.
I too am surprised that the traffic doesn't hurt it as much as you think. Maybe it's becaue being STOPPED for only 10 minutes FEELS like forever.
Is there a 4WD vehicle with this much cargo space that can get 30? Does the RAV? I guess the Escape Hybrid probably does and maybe a diesel would beat it.
Still - seems like a pretty good combo - $21k, AWD, however much cargo, decent acceleration and 30 mph highway.
I bought the Yokos for good wet & dry traction first, quietness second. It does not snow where I live, so I did not give this much thought in my decision.
2007 CR-V 4wd, got 26.1 and 24.7 mpg (with some A/C usage) calculated manually (the digital readout said 26.2 and 25.1 mpg). ~2500 miles on the odometer. 30-40% city driving and 60-70% freeway at 65 mph on cruise control whenever possible. Don't know if I will ever get 30 mpg but am happy with the current mileage of 25 mpg.
My wife really does a pretty good job drivin for MPGs. I know she's not trying, she just drives the way she wants to. Both our cars are sticks so she can handled them well.
I've gotten to the point where I know HOW MUCH gas is gone from tank of both our CRV and Civic when the gauges first hit the halfway line on the gauge. It allows me to roughly check mileage without stopping to fill up. One the CRV (06) half a tank is 7.1 or 7.2 gallons.
She took the CRV to the shore and back and got 27 +/- and I know she was just driving and trying to be safe with our daughter. I wouldn't call it highway driving probably 50% highway and 50% suburban. Maybe 50 traffic lights on the whole 70 mile trip.
She's also getting 35 in her Civic commuting to daycare and work - about 12 miles each way.
My 2005 CR-V with auto averaged 20.8 in July and August, on Shell 87 with 10% ethanol, with the AC running in suburban traffic and with a lot of stop and go.
In May and June, same use but without AC,it averaged 24.9.
Highest ever was 31.6 which was achieved on summer afternoon by filling up at one station, getting on I95, setting the cruise control to 65 mph, driving 300+ miles and getting off to fillerup again.
I always fill to the first click. Maybe I had a fluky pump, although its one that I have used many times before. I got close to 35 mpg. No AC and moderate driving about 65 mph steady, but still. Best I had ever done before was 31.
I get around 25 mpg without airconditioning (a/c). I always use cruise control when I can and drive from 65-68 mph. total mileage=4100 miles. On one of the longer freeway trips (~200 miles) I got around 27 mpg on the freeway driving 75-80 mph with cruise control and a/c. The above is without any passengers in the car.
Just got back from a long highway trip with some local city driving mixed in. Roughly 90% highway with about 10 minutes stop and go traffic & 10% city driving:
Total mileage for this trip: 333 miles ~1k total miles on the car. 2 adults, with about ~30lbs of cargo. MPG: 31.4
For the trip there I used cruise control most of the time between 65-70, sometimes the pedal to pass semis. On the way back i kept it around 65 to save gas. It was a round trip, same freeways, mostly flat terrain. Tho i believe its slightly downhill towards the sacramento area and uphill leaving it. The traffic we got caught in was the northbound morning rush from Elk Grove to Sacramento.. some of you might know this if you live in the area.. it wasn't as bad as usual, but we did come to a complete stop a few times. No AC during the trip because we traveled early in the morning and late at night. I drove to 5 different places locally and that took off about 2 MPG even tho i was driving very carefully.
im hoping to make 33+ MPG on our next trip with less local driving. ^^
Just got back from our cabin - this is the best yet with something on the roof (canoe). 27 mpg both going up and coming back. 24 on half a tank with my tooling around up there.
The mileage has improved. In the beginning it was 24 with stuff on the roof and 27 without. Now its 27 and 30+.
i have trouble putting gas in my 07 crv.the gas pump clicks off, and then i have to manually hold the lever down to continue pumping. it will take about three more gallons. i have changed gas stations and tried diferent pumps but no help. any answers?
i have trouble putting gas in my 07 crv.the gas pump clicks off, and then i have to manually hold the lever down to continue pumping. it will take about three more gallons. i have changed gas stations and tried diferent pumps but no help. any answers?
How many gallons total can you put in her?
If you are putting more than rated capacity minus the reserve (total about 12 gallons) then you are probably flooding the Evaporatiove Emission control system (aka Charcoal canister) which will result in harder starting in the mornings, a check engine light and evnetual replacement of the canister.
thank you all very much. iwill no longer do this. funny i went to the dealer and they didnt say a thing about what i could do to the car. is this in the manual, if it is shame on me!
I have filled mine until the pump clicks off and found that the fuel needle is not quite to the Full mark. It might take another couple of gallons.
A fix I have found is to firmly seat the nozzle in the filler tube, then back it out about 1/4" inch. Then run the filler hose on the lowest/slowest "clicker" setting.
why is the gas tank able to hold 15.3 gal,but not do it safely?
Because you are not running it bone dry to put in 15.3 gallons. And if you do run it dry on the regular basis, then you will need to start looking into fuel pump replacement, since it is cooled and lubricated by the fuel.
I don't know about the 07, but on the 05, if I fill her up right after the light comes on, I usually put in 12 gallons.
I generally get 300 miles from full (first automatic shut-off) to when the light comes on.
okay, now im really confused. i dont run it dry ever. im sure i cant give it more than the 15.3, its just the idea that i cant fill it up. if it was designed to hold 15.3 why wont it hold it safely without damaging the car
Seems to me that blueiedgod is saying that when his light comes on there are about 3+/- gallons still in the tank. He refills the tank with 12+/- gallons that he used from the last full tank, and the tank is then full again. 12+3=15=full tank
Years ago the thing with deep cycle batteries was to run them down so they were dead for all practical purposes. The idea was to keep them from building a "memory".
Latest thing today is to never run them down more than 80%. Preferable to that is never more than 60-70%... ie always leave at least 20% charge in the battery. Then charge it fully within 24 hours. It doesn't build memory any more than a car battery does. Using this mind set, the batteries will last 2-3 times as long. I'm working on a set of Trolling motor batteries nearing 5 years and just replaced a set of 7 year old Golf Car Batteries. The Golf Car batteries were still holding a charge, but would run down in about half the "run" time of new ones.
My son is having real trouble with that. His take is that the 20-40% reserve is wasted space and weight. My take is, don't argue with success, it works.
Same thing with our fuel tank and the fuel light. When the light comes on there is a certain percentage of gas left. It is a reserve. It works!
okay i give up. the pump knows,it still seems Spock like to me, very illogical to me. a 15 gal tank that you can only put 12 gal in. i wont do it again.
Suppose you have an 8 oz water glass, filled to the top.
You drink half the water, 4oz. You now want the glass full again.
How much water can be added to that remaining 4 oz of water to top off the glass, without overflowing ?
If a gas tank holds 15 gallons when full, and you use 7 gallons. How many gallons will it take to top of the tank without any spilling?
If a tank holds 15 gallons, and you use 12 gallons, and the light comes on, how many gallons will it take to top off the tank so there are 15 gallons in it again?
Some of us want to drink all the water in the glass though. We would like to avoid going back to the faucet quite as often and carrying around that extra weight 24/7 gets tiring.
Unfortunately gas vapor is more explosive than water vapor, so the fuel pumps don't work as well in the engine compartment next to the power steering pump as they do floating in a cool liquid. Pump sparks, car go boom. :shades: Liquid fuel doesn't explode.
Integrating a fuel tank in the roof of a car so the gas can be gravity feed isn't that good of an alternative to carrying around ~20 pounds of reserve gas all the time. Which begs the question - would OSHA even permit ICE engines to operate if they were invented today?
I like to avoid maintenance, but I do wonder why the fuel filters are getting buried in the gas tanks so often nowadays.
The light just lets you know you are low on fuel. It will not hurt the car to drive with the light on. Yes it is bad to run out of fuel, but you can run the tank down quite low before any damage happens to the fuel pump. Of course the further you go down the greater the risk, but you can get pretty close to putting the advertised capacity without doing any harm.
I had a car with a defective gauge (VW Quantum) that did not have a light and would run out before the gauge hit empty. I ran out a few times learning that. The engine and fuel pump were still fine. The car lasted many miles.
"Some of us want to drink all the water in the glass though. We would like to avoid going back to the faucet quite as often and carrying around that extra weight 24/7 gets tiring."
Right on ! Good idea!
He could run the car until it quits from lack of fuel. Then call a wrecker and get towed to a gas station where he can pump 15.3 gallons into his tank and be a happy camper. :P
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..."mountainous driving, lot of revs in 2 and 3rd gear came in at 24.5."...
You must have been in some really serious mountains! Were the roads paved?
Kip
So post your CRV model and BEST MPG ever.
I'll start - 2006 EX MT - 30.5.
(Most of the roads I'm on in the Adirondacks are "paved", but not the road our cabin is on - when I'm in the mountains, it's short trips and steep hills...tends to hammer the MPGs.)
M
Maybe "30 Club" would sound more appropriate.
03 CR-V, 4WD, 4 speed auto.
Weather was cool, so no AC. Did not use Cruise control.
95% expressway. Me and wife in CR-V. Speed was 55-60. Very light foot.
This was only trip of any length and was posted on this forum a while back. MPG was near 31 MPG, give or take 2/10, as I remember.
Generally average 28-30 on short trips while keeping up with traffic. More like 30+/- when running at posted speed limits. Wife generally averages 21 or so in local driving and I get a couple MPG better. Different driving styles.
Kip
We drove to NYC last weekend (470 miles round trip)
Boston - NYC -> No major traffic, A/C on all the time, average speed: 70-75 mph -> 27.7 MPG
NYC - Boston -> Major traffic jam on a 25 mile stretch, A/C on all the time, average speed: 70-75 mpg (except the 45 minutes wasted in heavy traffic) -> 27.7 MPG
I was quite surprised that the 45 minutes of stop-and-go traffic on our way back did not impact our fuel mileage at all.
I am not sure if I will ever reach 30+ range with this car? But I am quite happy with the ~21 city and 27+ hwy numbers!
I know the 2006 and 2007 have diffent motors but aren't they similar. Also Honda tends never to go backward with performnace of any kind.
I too am surprised that the traffic doesn't hurt it as much as you think. Maybe it's becaue being STOPPED for only 10 minutes FEELS like forever.
M
Still - seems like a pretty good combo - $21k, AWD, however much cargo, decent acceleration and 30 mph highway.
Now if I could just find the PERFECT TIRES.
M
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First tank full 28.39 MPG, Second tank full 27.24 MPG, Third tank full 27.55 MPG and Forth tank full 30.02 MPG
AC on all the time, and drove at about 72 mph with cruise control on thruway
is between 17.5- 18.5 moderate city driving with average speed 17-18 MPH.
2007 EX AWD.
I've gotten to the point where I know HOW MUCH gas is gone from tank of both our CRV and Civic when the gauges first hit the halfway line on the gauge. It allows me to roughly check mileage without stopping to fill up. One the CRV (06) half a tank is 7.1 or 7.2 gallons.
She took the CRV to the shore and back and got 27 +/- and I know she was just driving and trying to be safe with our daughter. I wouldn't call it highway driving probably 50% highway and 50% suburban. Maybe 50 traffic lights on the whole 70 mile trip.
She's also getting 35 in her Civic commuting to daycare and work - about 12 miles each way.
I like it.
Fill it up when the light goes on.
In May and June, same use but without AC,it averaged 24.9.
Highest ever was 31.6 which was achieved on summer afternoon by filling up at one station, getting on I95, setting the cruise control to 65 mph, driving 300+ miles and getting off to fillerup again.
2006 MT EX.
Brand new CR-v07. Love it
Total mileage for this trip: 333 miles
~1k total miles on the car.
2 adults, with about ~30lbs of cargo.
MPG: 31.4
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we got 33.0 mpg on the highway.. we lost about 2 mpg driving in the city..
What speeds on the Xway? AC? Cruise? Terrain?
Kip
im hoping to make 33+ MPG on our next trip with less local driving. ^^
The mileage has improved. In the beginning it was 24 with stuff on the roof and 27 without. Now its 27 and 30+.
2006 EX MT - 18,000 miles.4WD.
Kip
How many gallons total can you put in her?
If you are putting more than rated capacity minus the reserve (total about 12 gallons) then you are probably flooding the Evaporatiove Emission control system (aka Charcoal canister) which will result in harder starting in the mornings, a check engine light and evnetual replacement of the canister.
A fix I have found is to firmly seat the nozzle in the filler tube, then back it out about 1/4" inch. Then run the filler hose on the lowest/slowest "clicker" setting.
When it clicks off, stop!
It will take a bit longer to fill up, but....!
Kip
Because you are not running it bone dry to put in 15.3 gallons. And if you do run it dry on the regular basis, then you will need to start looking into fuel pump replacement, since it is cooled and lubricated by the fuel.
I don't know about the 07, but on the 05, if I fill her up right after the light comes on, I usually put in 12 gallons.
I generally get 300 miles from full (first automatic shut-off) to when the light comes on.
Kip
"For every fool-proof design, there is a fool ingenius enough to defeat it"
Years ago the thing with deep cycle batteries was to run them down so they were dead for all practical purposes. The idea was to keep them from building a "memory".
Latest thing today is to never run them down more than 80%. Preferable to that is never more than 60-70%... ie always leave at least 20% charge in the battery. Then charge it fully within 24 hours. It doesn't build memory any more than a car battery does.
Using this mind set, the batteries will last 2-3 times as long. I'm working on a set of Trolling motor batteries nearing 5 years and just replaced a set of 7 year old Golf Car Batteries. The Golf Car batteries were still holding a charge, but would run down in about half the "run" time of new ones.
My son is having real trouble with that. His take is that the 20-40% reserve is wasted space and weight. My take is, don't argue with success, it works.
Same thing with our fuel tank and the fuel light. When the light comes on there is a certain percentage of gas left. It is a reserve. It works!
Kip
Suppose you have an 8 oz water glass, filled to the top.
You drink half the water, 4oz.
You now want the glass full again.
How much water can be added to that remaining 4 oz of water to top off the glass, without overflowing ?
If a gas tank holds 15 gallons when full, and you use 7 gallons. How many gallons will it take to top of the tank without any spilling?
If a tank holds 15 gallons, and you use 12 gallons, and the light comes on, how many gallons will it take to top off the tank so there are 15 gallons in it again?
Kip
Unfortunately gas vapor is more explosive than water vapor, so the fuel pumps don't work as well in the engine compartment next to the power steering pump as they do floating in a cool liquid. Pump sparks, car go boom. :shades: Liquid fuel doesn't explode.
Integrating a fuel tank in the roof of a car so the gas can be gravity feed isn't that good of an alternative to carrying around ~20 pounds of reserve gas all the time. Which begs the question - would OSHA even permit ICE engines to operate if they were invented today?
I like to avoid maintenance, but I do wonder why the fuel filters are getting buried in the gas tanks so often nowadays.
I had a car with a defective gauge (VW Quantum) that did not have a light and would run out before the gauge hit empty. I ran out a few times learning that. The engine and fuel pump were still fine. The car lasted many miles.
Right on ! Good idea!
He could run the car until it quits from lack of fuel. Then call a wrecker and get towed to a gas station where he can pump 15.3 gallons into his tank and be a happy camper. :P
When the hose clicks and you add that extra little bit for the 2nd click, the tank is now full, to the mark, and holding 15+/- gallons of gas.
If your gas needle is not showing full or slightly above full, when the tank is full, Honda needs to fix that.
Kip