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#2493 of 2672 Re: Mostly Local Driving [wildman63] by tallman1 Feb 10, 2009 (3:38 pm)
Replying to: wildman63 (Feb 10, 2009 3:24 pm) Whidbey is a pretty place. I'm in the south Puget Sound area.   You must make a lot of short trips though because I'd think that with the mild weather and lack of heavy traffic you'd do fairly well. 18k probably confirms that.   My 06 EX-L has 62k. But I don't live on an island.
#2494 of 2672 Re: '09 LX-P [packer3] by icyou812 Feb 10, 2009 (7:22 pm)
Replying to: packer3 (Feb 09, 2009 5:05 pm) At 5K We were getting 30 +/- about 1mpg depending on amount of in town driving and running the A/C last fall. The 5 speed and auto. have the same mpg ratings, highway anyways. I always try to upshift before 2500rpm. My wife drives it the most though and she doesn't ever push it hard either. It gets driven on 4 mile short round trips to drop the kids off at school 5 times a week and driven at 70mph on interstate to Iowa City - 60 mile round trip. That's probably why we get the mileage we do. And it helps tremendously too that we don't use ethanol. We really enjoy the manual, but it would be a pain if we lived in a city. Rowing through the gears gets a little old in heavy stop and go traffic.
#2495 of 2672 Re: mileage [tankbeans] by hondaowner10 Feb 10, 2009 (8:37 pm)
Replying to: tankbeans (Feb 09, 2009 7:20 pm) I'm posting a couple of pictures of my former 05 Accord coupe in the photos section of the site. Take a look.   Thanks.
#2496 of 2672 Mileage for 2nd fill up by hondaowner10 Feb 12, 2009 (5:53 pm)
I just put the 2nd tank of gas in my Accord and I achieved 27mpg this past week. Granted the weather was a little warmer so there was less warming up and we didn't get any bad weather either. I'm confident that the mileage will increase in the spring and summer to over 30mpg. Replies to this message: kipk (Feb 13, 2009 5:20 am) tankbeans (Feb 13, 2009 1:16 pm) packer3 (Feb 13, 2009 3:53 pm)
#2497 of 2672 Re: Mileage for 2nd fill up [hondaowner10] by kipk Feb 13, 2009 (5:20 am)
Replying to: hondaowner10 (Feb 12, 2009 5:53 pm) Something I saw on TV recently said that it is better on the car to crank it and begin driving it immediately, gently. They said that warming a car in the drive way is hard on the engine and results in serious carbon buildup on the valve train over time. I've hear and read that before!   Kip Replies to this message: tankbeans (Feb 13, 2009 1:16 pm) packer3 (Feb 13, 2009 3:53 pm)
#2498 of 2672 Re: Mileage for 2nd fill up [kipk] by tankbeans Feb 13, 2009 (1:16 pm)
Replying to: kipk (Feb 13, 2009 5:20 am) I've been reading things to that affect for a while. I've only been driving for 6 years, but I have spent some time trying to find the best way to save a little gas. I don't warm the car up as my trips are generally short anyway.   Double whammy when it comes to warming up and short trips. I just start it and go. The only time I warm the car up is to get the cabin warm and that's only when my nephew will be riding with, he's only 5 so he can't warm himself up that well.   A lot of this I learned from my dad, who is a penny-pincher in the extreme, he won't even fix his car if he can avoid. I'm not that bad, but I just see wasted gas if I let it warm-up. With my short trips I'm already not getting optimum mileage out of my 03 Accord I4.   Anyway sorry for the bloated post. I agree it is counterproductive to let the car warm up if it doesn't have a carb, most don't anyway.
#2499 of 2672 Re: Mileage for 2nd fill up [kipk] by packer3 Feb 13, 2009 (3:53 pm)
Replying to: kipk (Feb 13, 2009 5:20 am) The old days you had to warm up the car because of the Carb. with fuel inj. start and go don't give the car any to think. I'm 55 and I have driven and started all my cars every which way and I have never seen any mileage diff. or have any kind of issues with fuel inj, having a Carb was a whole different story.
#2500 of 2672 Finally Some Hwy Miles by dpmeersman Feb 17, 2009 (3:48 am)
Central Mass to New Hampshire & Southern Maine, 496.4 miles overall using 18.396 gal = 26.98 MPG's. Low temps in the teens with afternoon temps in the high 30's, 20-40 MPH gusty winds. Used CC most of the time and did not exceed 75 MPH. 17,269 total miles using 771.28 gal for 22.39 avg for life of car. Those new EPA mileage estimates seem to be spot on.   08 EX-L V6 Replies to this message: blufz1 (Feb 17, 2009 8:06 am) ezshift5 (Feb 17, 2009 5:34 pm)
#2501 of 2672 Re: Finally Some Hwy Miles [dpmeersman] by blufz1 Feb 17, 2009 (8:06 am)
Replying to: dpmeersman (Feb 17, 2009 3:48 am) 22 mpg on my 02 v6 accord highway,pump to same pump. Not bad when you consider winter blend,ethanol,and,oh yeah,towing my Bass boat. 55-65. Replies to this message: ezshift5 (Feb 17, 2009 5:34 pm)
#2502 of 2672 ....87 Octane.... by ezshift5 Feb 17, 2009 (5:34 pm)
Replying to: blufz1 (Feb 17, 2009 8:06 am) ...didn't see any ethanol disclaimer; - - - probably winter blend - even in (chortle) sunny CA   zero towing........   .....last 30 days on my 2005 6M calcs out at 27.9 MPG around the state capital...   all the best, ez....

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