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Was very pleased with mpg of my six cylinder 2013 RDX AWD (Non Tech) which replaced a four cylinder 2008 Honda CRV AWD which got similar mileage on that same trip. Great car for a long trip-quiet engine, smooth ride on those big Michelins and comfortable leather seats. The car is a winner!!
Go for it! Just picked up our FWD with Tech on Friday. Drove through a blinding frog-strangler yesterday and the RDX handled it nicely. Thought I might need the AWD of the XC60 we swapped in. So far, so good. I'm sure there will be times I'll miss the turbo-boost of the T6 in the Volvo, but getting on the highway with the RDX shows it has plenty of power! Missing a couple of 'things' from the Volvo, but DW is giddy about the Tech pkg!
On those really bad days I just work from home.
Some background on my car/driving habits:
* always fill up with Shell 93 Octane
* almost 80-90% highway driving for both work and around town. I live in a rural area so very little stop and go traffic.
* keep tire pressures cold at 35 PSI
I've been consistently getting 22mpg avgs per tank with one 23 mpg avg on a tank. That is the best I've been able to do. With the large amount of highway driving I do, I was hoping for 25mpg per tank, especially its rated 27mpg highway and Acura touted the RDX as best in class fuel economy. I've had other CUVs with avgs per tank at 21-22mpg so this is no better. I hope with time I can get up to my goal 25mpg per tank.
overall, got about 27.5 including a couple of days running around the back country in NY.\
around town, depending on if it is real short hop (city) or with a little local highway mixed in, we have had a tank in the 17s (mostly stop and go) and a couple in the 22 range.
so, with mostly highway, 25 overall seems quite reasonable.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
It's not quite fair to compare the price of the T6 with the RDX since it's a 300hp turbo AWD. You could work the numbers to compare apples to apples; but I generally feel the Volvo runs a solid 10% more than the RDX. The 3.2 Volvo is less powerful than the RDX, so it's hard to make a direct comparison.
I'm driving a '13 XC60 T6 loaner right now...the C70 is at the dealer for some software updates(I think). It still fits like a glove. A fair bit heavier than the FWD RDX and it feels it. The RDX is just so easy off the line; BUT, that 300hp T6 puts a smile on your face!
Please note that the 2014 model year for the XC60 is a 'refresh'. Not a lot of drastic changes(Volvo doesn't do that mid-stream); but worth noting that late summer will bring the 'updated' version.
I'd look for a 10% loss in mileage with the Volvo...either engine...and it could be a touch more than that. We averaged just over 19mpg overall for the 56k miles in the XC. Close to 6k miles on the RDX and were averaging between 22-23. BUT...Volvo pays for your scheduled maintenance through the 30k check(not cheap at the Volvo dealer).
The Acura doesn't have a few items that are either standard or optional in the XC...Rear seat vents, 12v plug in cargo area, flat cargo floor, BLIS, adaptive cruise, etc. That explains some of the difference in price; but also means you CAN'T get them on the RDX. I miss some of them a bit; but it was not a deal-breaker for us. We're very happy with the RDX, as we were with the XC60. If the Volvo re-fresh had come a year earlier, who knows if I would have even 'gone looking'.
I love the t6 but the gaz milage and to maintain it might be hight
q5 handling is great but to maintain it might be hight
rdx look like between what about the cost of acura?
overall, got about 27.5. Best leg (philly to NC) was 28.5 per the TC. And that included a lot of 770-75 on 95, then 75-80 for a long stretch below Richmond (middle of nowhere, and a SL of 70. I liked it!)
some running around mixed in, but easily able to beat the EPA on straight highway runs, and speed does not seem to matter all that much (must be the cylinder deactivation kicking in).
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
According to RDX manual (similar for MDX):
"Unleaded gasoline with a Pump Octane Number (PON) of 91 or
higher is recommended.
Use of lower octane gasoline can cause occasional metallic
knocking noise in the engine and will result in decreased engine
performance.
Use of gasoline with a pump octane less than 87 can lead to
engine damage."
in terms of MPG, on the trip back (Boston to Philly), a little local then mostly highway, with a few stops for traffic jams, the TC (which is usually high but no more than 1/2 gallon in MPG) after 320 miles was 30.2. And that was running normal speeds (65-75 mostly). so if the lower octane hurt MPG, I did not see it (that was a record for that long a run of mixed driving).
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
AFAIK, we've only used 87 octane for the past few months, showing around 20-21 avg mileage and the 29ish for the trip. We did have the odd TC reading that was stuck on 16.3 for a week or so, so I wouldn't bet the farm on its accuracy. Closing in on 11k miles and the second service visit.