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Replying to: latino71 (Aug 18, 2005 3:46 pm) 1. Fill up the tank completely 2. Set your trip meter to zero miles. 3. When it gets close to empty, fill it up all the way again. When you do this, keep the receipt and write down how many miles are on the trip meter. 4. Then, your mpg will be equal to the number of miles you wrote down from the trip meter divided by the number of gallons your receipt says you put in. I hope this helps! |
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Replying to: latino71 (Aug 18, 2005 3:46 pm) |
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Replying to: latino71 (Aug 18, 2005 3:46 pm) How can you divide Dollars by Miles and get miles per gallon??????? What you have is 16.7 cents per mile. To get miles per gallon you need to divide miles driven by gallons used. The simplest way is to: 1) Wait until your first tank is empty, or until the light comes on. 2) Go to the station that you know you will be able to return to for the consecutive fill up. 3) Fill up until the auto shut off clicks. DO NOT TOP OFF. 4) Reset the trip odometer. 5) Drive as you normaly do. 6) When the gas light is on, return to the SAME STATION, SAME PUMP, SAME TIME OF DAY, preferrably SAME WEATHER CONDITONS. 7) Fill up, until the automatic shut off clicks. DO NOT TOP OFF. 8) Take the miles driven on the trip odometer and divide by the GASOLINE VOLUME (not price). e.g. Trip odometer says 280 miles, it took 11 gallons to fill. 280/11=25.5 miles per gallon or mpg. 9) Reset the trip odometer and repeat procedure 5 or more times. 10) AVERAGE the 5 or more fill ups. |
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Replying to: latino71 (Aug 18, 2005 3:46 pm)
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[I posted this on the SUV mileage thread too; sorry for the duplication] Well, I just got my 6th fill-up or so. This tank was completely city-driving - I did not set foot (er, tire) on a road with a speed limit above 35 the entire tank. I got 20.9 mpg (on the lowest grade of fuel), which is about the same as my VW Passat Wagon (4-cyl turbo) got, for a car with a lot more pep and space. The previous tank was mostly Rocky Mt highway driving, and I got 25.1 mpg. The previous tank, which was all Rocky Mt highways (including a lot of driving through Rocky Mt National Park), I got 28 mpg. Altogether, I've gotten 24.2 mpg to date. I haven't tried mid-grade fuel yet, which is what's recommended in the owner's manual. |
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Replying to: tamaraster (Aug 19, 2005 2:37 pm) That's odd. The Honda website lists "regular unleaded" as the correct grade of fuel for the 2005 CR-V. |
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Replying to: tamaraster (Aug 19, 2005 2:37 pm) This tank was completely city-driving - I did not set foot (er, tire) on a road with a speed limit above 35 the entire tank. I got 20.9 mpg (on the lowest grade of fuel), which is about the same as my VW Passat Wagon (4-cyl turbo) got, for a car with a lot more pep and space. The previous tank was mostly Rocky Mt highway driving, and I got 25.1 mpg. The previous tank, which was all Rocky Mt highways (including a lot of driving through Rocky Mt National Park), I got 28 mpg. Altogether, I've gotten 24.2 mpg to date. I haven't tried mid-grade fuel yet, which is what's recommended in the owner's manual. READ THE MANUAL AGAIN!!!! You probably missed the part where it says to use octane 86. Unless you are in Brazil, Eastern Europe, other developing country, or Rocky mountain region still gets 76 octane. The lowest grade sold in most of the US is 87, which is higher than recommended 86. By the way, I am getting 26 mpg 95% City driving in a 2005 CR-V EX manual with 3 oz of acetone per 15 gallon tank. 24 mpg without acetone
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Replying to: blueiedgod (Aug 22, 2005 7:40 am) |
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Replying to: sky23213 (Aug 22, 2005 10:28 am)
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Replying to: tamaraster (Aug 22, 2005 10:51 am) I guess you are right, and I am wrong. I have been to CO and never saw 85 octane. Even CA, which has the most stringent emission requirements does not sell 85 octane. Does it have to do with the lower air pressure, lower O2 concentration in the mile high city?
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