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Since then I've averaged a steady 27-28mpg in mixed driving. Very pleased with that number.
Just got back from a trip Maine to Virginia and back. Driving 95% highway about 75MPH. Got 31.3 MPG. The Average gas price was $3.66 with NJ the least costly and Maine the most.
Pretty much right where everyone is w/all around driving
From Honda's Website - EPA estimated 19 mpg city/29 hwy/22 combined for V-6 Sedan models. So? 24.45 exceeds 22 MPG = happy camper.
In SD every pump has 89 octane with 10% ethanol and 87 octane w/ no ethanol. The 89 is always cheaper, but you get about 5% worse mpg because of the ethanol. I always buy the 87.
Y'all ain't just awhistlin' Dixie on the $50 fill-up...............
Well, perhaps in B'ham.................
First time today: 13.075 gallons@$3.879/gal. (353.8 miles)
At these prices (with who knows what coming down the pike), I am really glad I stayed in the Reserve.
....ez...
Let's face it - it ain't never goin' to be the same again - you take a couple of billion Chinese off their bikes and put them in cars??? Hello???? I have seen projections where China's daily consumption of oil will exceed the world's daily production capability in 10 years. What then? Can you imagine the cost of oil with there being that kind of competition for it. Wars have been fought over less. A consummate failure of our leadership over the past 34 years since the first Arab oil embargo - not one President or Congress, Republican or Democrat, implemented a comprehensive energy policy. :mad: Using an easily transportable fuel - oil - to heat homes instead of finding a way to burn coal efficiently and with reduced pollutants? The problem has not simply been poor MPG from cars - no new nuclear plants, coal burning restrictions, etc. etc. all conspiring to keep oil in demand and prices high. We will pay the price - what it will be I do not know - but I fear it. Economic disaster? War? It will not be pretty. Sorry - got on my soapboax, but who could not see this coming?? All you had to do was be in those lines in 1974, odd/even days, $5.00 limit($20.00 today?).
But we're sorta in the wrong place for this type of debate. Let's keep the focus on how we can get the most out of the gallon we actually have in the tank.
Does anybody else think it sounds fishy? If you haven't seen it the happy website is www.water4gas.com. I've been looking for ways to improve mileage and saw this, but I don't trust that. Sorry to be confusing.
I filled up my 1996 Accord LX (2.2L 4-speed Auto) yesterday, and thanks to my local stations now using 10% Ethanol, my mileage has hit a new low of 25 MPG. I was averaging over 27 in a mix that is pretty highway-heavy.
There was a world record holding Corvair back in 1965 tested in Hot Rod magazine where the guy had modified the intake system to include a 4 bbl carb, and a water injection/turbo system with a high performance Isky cam. The car was street legal and ran 163 MPH on the Bonneville salt flats. "Normal" turbocharged Corvair would top out around 110-115.
Are there any "fuel injector cleaners" that actually work? Just curious. I know stuff can build up in the engine, but is there really a product, that if used regularly, will clean some of the deposits up? I know some who don't bother figuring they're a waste of money, and others who swear by them. Just curious to find out from somebody who knows.
Thanks again.
03 Accord LX coupe 49,771
On a separate note, my 2005 4 cylinder accord has the nav system and, although not entirely accurate for fuel consumption, I do keep the Trip Computer screen on while driving as it helps to keep my "honest" while driving. With that mpg bar graph, I can see how efficiently I am driving.
Anyway, I'm lucky in that I travel mostly highways to and from the office. Until mid-April, I always hit the cruise control at about 60 or 62 mph and just tooled along.
When the gas hit a "new" high in mid-April (again), I hit the cruise control at 55 mph and you would believe the impact it's had!! Lots of angry drivers passing me but I always catch up to them at the exit or the toll, or...
At 60 - 62 mph, I was (according the nav) getting about 400 miles out of a tank.
At 55 mph, the nav tells me I'm up to 500 mile per tankful.
25% increase!!!??? Now THAT'S significant.
I also have my tires inflated to 40 psi (the michelin's are good up to 44 psi). makes for a little harder ride but at just short of $4 per gallon, I can deal with it.
Been keeping the 40 psi ever since I bought the car in April 2005 and finally changed the tires just before Christmas with 60,000 miles on the car. So the extra psi had virtually no impact on the wear of the tires (contrary to what lots of folks say).
Just thought I'd pass that on - again, the nav isn't the be all and end all, but it DOES recognize the load under which the engine is at any time and the numbers have been consistent for over a month now.
25% guys...
Oh - by the way: the 5 mph difference adds about 2 minutes to my commute (in case anyone wanted to go down THAT road).
All the best - drive safe and smart
My morning commute is probably the most fuel efficient around. I usually take about 4 miles of freeway, and the rest is stop and go, but on the stop and go portion it's a main drag and at the time that I am going to work it's about 3:45 am so most of the lights are green when I hit them. Meaning that my average speed for that portion is about 43 mph with minimal stopping.
If only my afternoon commute would be a little smoother.
If only everybody had the patience to figure out what the difference is when going slower. I could probably do just fine going that far under the limit. Maybe I will try it. I usually have about 10 minutes before I have to be work and on the clock anyway by the time I get there.
I'll have to report back. Just filled up today. I'll be seeing you soon.
They pass me like I'm standing still...! Amazing
Maybe I should stay out of the fast lane...?
Your right about the Techron I once leased a 1986 Audi 4000S had a little problem 2 year later an the tech said to use it after one tank ful the hesitation disappeared.
Also what size tires do you have, I have th 08 Accord LX-P 16" what is the highest PSI I can go with.
On a side note I did the math and the difference between going 70mph versus 55mph when boiled down to the minute is 1.166 miles/minute and 0.916 miles/minute respectively. Which means that we really aren't getting anywhere too much faster at the higher speed.
That difference is going to be greater 55 vs 80, but anyway. In terms of short distances the difference is minescule. Sorry I can't spell. I figured that if I were to go exactly the speed limit, my commute would only be lengthened by 1.2 minutes.
You can check my math, I may be off.
it's amazing, isn't it? Sure, if you're on a long road trip, the difference could add up to some real time but, like you said, at nearly $4/gal, time really IS money.
I'm not patting myself on the back or anything but i still can't get over the impact 5 mph had... Now I'm on a mission.
I'll have to see if the difference is really all that noticeable, especially since I'm used to 70 on the freeway with occasional flies up to 80, now it'll be 55-60 with occasional flies up to 70. I'll report back when I fill up next. It'll take a lot of self-control, but I think I can do it.
Sorry, Host, if I've strayed too far off topic.
Also, how often did you have to use that product?
2.4 liter 6 cylinder turbo diesel with 111 HP, but GOBS of torque. Power at 80 was inpressive. 0-60 in 11 secs. - fastest diesel at the time.
Used the BG 44K about every 5000 miles - about $20 a can You can find it online. Just do a search.
304.8 15.366 19.84
5/12/08 615 310.2 15.091 20.55529786
5/20/08 952 337 14.768 22.81960997
27-May 1310 358 15.4 23.24675325
Overall average is over 25 now and getting better I think. Curious to see if anyone else getting better than EPA estimates on new Accords. Can't say I'm ecstatic but I was initially unimpressed with the city numbers.
For most of the time that I have had this car, I have been deliberately driving in a conservative manner, although the car is truly capable of some fun driving. Last week, I made two, 180-mile round trips, mostly interstate. I set my cruise control for 55 m.p.h., and the car got nearly 37 miles per gallon. The weather was cool, around 60 degrees, so I did not run the A/C. However, I did turn on the vents for fresh air. In my normal daily commute (25 miles), I am getting around 31 miles per gallon. Again, I have been driving conservatively by accelerating mildly, and anticipating traffic stops.
Just rolled 50k today in my 03.
I might add that normally when I am two ticks below half-tank the trip meter is sitting at about 220. I must admit that I've only been doing 55 in the morning when there isn't anybody behind me, literally in the morning I see maybe 6 other cars, that's beside the point, and I've been doing 70 in the afternoon. People get very angry when you are disrupting their flow, even when in the slow lane. It's a balancing act. Making others somewhat happy and keeping your pocket-book in the black.
One advantage to driving at or below the limit that nobody has mentioned and I'm surprised is that we are reducing our risk of getting a ticket, because that is the main thing most of us do that would warrant a ticket. Anyway sorry to ramble.
I'll let you all know on Friday what the reading is.
I didn't make quite make it to 30,
It probably would have been better if I had kept under 60 in the afternoon, but as I said It's a delicate balance of keeping the bank as full as possible while not pi$$ing too many people off. I should have stayed under 60, but it's a case of woulda, coulda, shoulda, didn't.