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Replying to: birdieboy (Sep 15, 2006 10:36 am) A good way to build confidence in your car will be to curl up in a comfortable chair with your owner's manual. Lot of great stuff in there, including an explanation of when to use D3 (no, not highway, unless, possibly, you're in a blizzard). Good luck. |
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Replying to: birdieboy (Sep 15, 2006 10:36 am) On a sidenote, I sold my 1990 F150 and bought a 2001 Chevy Prizm - talk about awesome gas mileage! For those of you not familiar with the Prizm, it's just a rebadged Corolla. I'm getting right around 40 mpg on the hwy in my little 5 speed! Right now I'm feeling pretty good having two four cylinders in the family garage, even with gas prices coming down. 
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Replying to: dromedarius (Sep 16, 2006 2:05 pm) Mark |
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I started out getting about 24 city and 29-33 on the highway. Now 4 yrs later, 19-21 city and 22 highway (on a good day). My honda mechanic told me that's it being caused by two things. The ethanol in the gas (10% drop in fuel economy) and the A/C compressor problem that's going on with the CRv's. Guess it's just a matter of time before my compressor blows. |
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Replying to: richbrave (Oct 04, 2006 11:58 pm) Driving style, road conditions, Hway or City, sure makes a big diff. I traded in my 1999 CRV EX AWD, and I think I was getting 20MPG overall on my old CRV. I was disappointed because I was hoping for much better mileage. But I do like the drive and everything that comes with it, so stuck it out with a CRV. The real time MPG indicator in the new CRV really helps a lot in understanding how economical you are with with your driving. First two fill ups, I was only getting an average of 20 MPG again. But since I'm able to see real time what my MPG is, I understand why this is so, and wasn't really in panic mode at that point In fact I was expecting this since I was doing a lot of idling (staying in car while wife goes shopping w A/C on), a lot of ogling at the new car, admiring the interior etc  , mostly mall/city driving (less than 20% hway). But since I do have the MPG indicator, I can readily see that my bad driving habits are causing me to expend more gasoline than should be - aggressive acceleration, etc... At the same time, with relaxed or conscientious driving, I readily see that my MPG can go 30 to 40 on a good drive, esp. at Hways. We were at an outlet mall during my last fill up (Ontario Mills), and was going to drive back to Orange County. Traffic was light, and I decided to test how good mileage I can really get if with relaxed driving. By this, I don't mean to go slow but as steady as possible and less gas pumping. So we were actually doing 80 at stretches, and not going slow, just doing it, I guess, the right way. I was very impressed with the mileage I was getting. In fact close to OC, and just before the uphill driving, I was actually averaging 35MPG! After the uphill drive, mall trip and city drive, I got home and our final MPG was 29.2. Not bad, in fact, so much better than I expected. So I'm impressed, and think that the advertised mileage for the new crv (23City/30Hway) is just right. I just need to learn the good habits, and consider the conditions under which I'm driving b4 I start complaining again of how low mpg I'm going to get in future drives
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Replying to: dvdgamer (Oct 26, 2006 7:11 pm) I wish more people would come to mileage boards saying the exact same thing (...I need to consider the conditions I'm driving...). Some people will complain that they only get 13 MPG in a car supposed to get 23 MPG...they fail to realize that living in MANHATTAN, NY isn't your average "city" commute! LOL More power to ya with your new CR-V. I have an Accord I-4 2006 model (same engine as CR-V)...your mileage will improve another MPG or 2 as it breaks in... passing the 10,000 mile mark I saw a marked increase from averaging 29 MPG to averaging around 31 MPG (my car stickers at EPA 24/34)- this is mixed driving, so I'm MORE than pleased! |
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I have had my 2007 EXL AWD in Whistler Silver Metallic for 9 days. It is hands down a great vehicle for today's type of driving. First tank got 24.5 mpg (60% hiway,40% city). Second tank (just filled up) 25.7 mpg.....  sweet !!!!!!!!!
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