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08 EXL-V6, from central Mass to Western Mass to Northern Vermont and back. 85% hwy avg 70 mph max 80 mph, balance primary state roads avg 40-50 mph, some extended idling and several cold starts, morning temps mid to high 30's and daytime temps 60-70, tach never exceeded 4,000 rpm AC use was minimal. 566 miles, 20.072 gal = 28.2 mpg. Once again I had to add a quart of oil  around 6,000 miles since last change. While some have mentioned in these forums that their experience has shown that Honda engines do not consume oil, my personal experience is add a quart every 6,000 miles. Engine currently has 6,100 miles miles on its' current oil with MM showing 30% oil life. Could the oil consumption be another result of VCM? The system is electronically controlled, and uses special integrated spool valves that do double duty as rocker-shaft holders in the cylinder heads. Based on commands from the system's electronic control unit, the spool valves selectively direct oil pressure to the rocker arms for specific cylinders. This oil pressure in turn drives synchronizing pistons that connect and disconnect the rocker arms. 08-09 V6 owners with VCM, do your self a favor and check your oil levels. |
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Hey all- My quest to crack 30 is in full swing. I'm not there yet, but I just filled up today and got 27.08ish. I've been trying to moderate my speeds and keep the revs down. I have been able to use cruise control more often. I've noticed that it's easier not to speed when you aren't driving during peak times. I'm not as tempted to keep up with people as there aren't that many people on the road. |
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Unfortunately, my quest to crack 30 isn't going to come to fruition, but I've leveled off at 26-27. The nice part is that if I'm smart, but still drive pretty much the same as always I can hit 27 which I'm happy with. Sure 29 is nice, but with winter coming I have to get ready to take the hit again. Snow, defrost, different fuel mix all add up to nasty mileage. 
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Got my 08 Accord LX-P back in February. Heading into this past week, I was sitting on around 6100 miles, all but a couple of hundred being city driving. First few tanks were a little lower than I expected - 20.5 - 21.2 range. Not what I was getting in my old 4-cylinder 96 Chevy Beretta (24-26), but at least the Accord is much bigger, has four doors and is a lot more comfortable. Last fillup on only city driving saw it increase up to just over 22. Finally took a long highway trip for a postal union meeting - Panama City to Jacksonville, Fla. Trip there, averaging 68-70 mph and hitting Jax rush hour, I got 31.22 mpg never running the A/C. Coming back, same route and probably similar average though I did hit 100 briefly to get away from a block of cars and semis and using the A/C for defrost, I topped off and tallied a 35.96 mpg average.  While I do wish the city average would be a little better, given how I drive it, getting at least what the sticker said (21/31) is OK, unlike our previous 06 Odyssey.
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Replying to: bigbutr (Oct 25, 2008 2:37 pm) |
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Woot, I was able to fill my car today for $22 and change. I got a net 26 mpg or so. Not happy, but not upset. It is what it is. I've had the heat going on and off since the temperatures are trending down in my area. Trying to keep my mileage up, but you know I'm only human and there are factors up here in MN that I can't control. The other day I even had a Canadian tell me that he prefers Canadian winters to the winters in MN because it's too cold here. |
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Hey all- I just filled up and got just under 28 mpg mixed with a 60/40 city/hwy split. Excited. Today it cost me $16.41 for 8.465 gallons of gas. Awesome. Just thought I'd report back. Oh and I'm not sticking to 65 or anything like that. I'm just avoiding jackrabbit starts. That is such a buzzword anymore. Anywho, I'm happy. |
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Friends, My 08 EXL has 4500 miles on it. Highway gives me 32mpg (I always drive btwn 70-75 m/h) and city limits 23 mpg (avg 40 m/h). I am doing something which I think helps to reduce the gas consumption. I would like to check with the experts in this forum. I always try to keep the rpm below 2500. After stopping at a red light, when I continue, I dont give much acceleration to keep the rpm below 2500. Once the vehicle is running in its top gear, (like 45-50 mph) the rpm is nearly 2000. In highways (70mph) the rpm is close to 1500. To those who doesn't get good mileage in city, you can try to drive closely watching the rpm. If you have never done this before, be careful as it takes half of your concentration while driving. But It helps I think. Friends, please advice whether this is correct or not. I also noted some of you are getting highway mileage like 40 mph. I would like to improve my gas efficiency, and would like to know is there any special driving style to adopt. What kind of rpm you guys keep while driving in the highways.?..Please share.
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Replying to: rambo007 (Nov 05, 2008 8:29 am) On the highway, I've gotten 40-41 MPG on two occasions, and haven't replicated those again. To get 37 or 38 MPG, I just drive normally. Fill up, maybe do a small bit of local driving, then hit the highway, set the cruise control around 75 MPH. Sometimes 78. Sometimes 72. It all depends on the conditions, and my anxiousness for getting the trip overwith. At 75 MPH, my 2006 Accord runs exactly 2,500 RPM. When accelerating, I typically keep things under 3,000 RPM, just as a matter of normal driving style. However, I'm not against gunning it to pass an annoying or unsafe driver and revving it up a good bit. I swear, that car feels stronger than the 166hp rating suggests, sometimes!  TheGraduate
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Replying to: thegraduate (Nov 05, 2008 8:47 am) On a highway sometime you do not need to push the throttle wide open to keep the car moving at the same speed, because at highway speed there is a lot of air getting into the intake faster than the car can digest, this fast moving air may just insight the computer to through unnecessary more fuel to keep up with the air flow, not because the car need all that fuel to keep the 70 MPH, but just to keep up with the emission demand that the ECU (computer) was programmed to handle. In perfect world if the accelerator we use in our cars was designed to control the fuel flow instead of the air flow, we will get better gas mileage, but automaker always take the easy way. Diesel gets good gas mileage because the throttle does not control the air flow. I hope this help to understand why some people are getting a good gas mileage with the same car that other are struggling to get even the EPA mileage. lol |
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