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Replying to: drive62 (Dec 08, 2006 5:31 am) I will keep your advice in mind if I have the same issue with my new CR-V. Thank you. |
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Replying to: al63017 (Nov 14, 2006 8:06 am)
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Replying to: thestormer (Dec 07, 2006 9:51 pm) Regardless of your driving ability that ratio will always result in poor millage especially if those city/suburbs millage are of the short barely-warmed up engine vareity.
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Replying to: biker4 (Dec 08, 2006 12:17 pm) |
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Replying to: gpolt (Dec 08, 2006 9:50 am) Owned a 01 Rav 4 also more plush than 2000 crv I had but 07 CRV is real upgrade from 2000 CRV. In St. Louis you might need awd once every 5 years so have not really made that a priority but you would get most of your money back if you bought 4wd. I very well may buy a HL again but wanted all the safety features 07 crv offered that 2001 HL did not have. I like the CRV a bunch but HL would be fine I am sure as well as RAV 4 but did not really like the 07 RAV4. I also own a Acura TSX and it seems like there is something about the way a Honda steers and rides that I tend to like. HL and RAV 4 were great cars so duhhhhhhhhh you can't go wrong with either one. I just can't really say anything bad about either one other than HL 2001 mpg was not what I wanted when gas goes to $4.00 a gallon again. Also had Honda Pilot and that also was great vehicle that consistently got 20mpg fwd only. It seemed much bigger than HL. Also had Murano which I may have liked better than any of them but put so many miles on cars that I trade in less than two years. Just would not want same car back to back. Murano was a great car also and avg about 20 mpg at best, fwd only. I have never felt I had to have fwd instead of awd had not hurt me in the least when I traded. I have access to dealer auction site so I can see what dealers are paying or selling cars for on National basis and I have always gotten very close or more than these averages. Use Kelly blue book some times but they I think are always low and NADA seems to be high sometimes. But all of this my opinion only. So don't think you can make a mistake with either one. I find the CRV 4cyl power to actually be pretty zippy when needed. hope it helps |
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Replying to: thestormer (Dec 07, 2006 9:51 pm) Did your vehicle spend a lot of time idling, which would contribute zero mpg to your gas average? Or is there any chance of some out-of-the-box problem? Like a dragging emergency brake? A fuel leak? A phantom siphoner? Hope your new ride treats your wallet better. |
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| Unfortunately, we are owners of an 07 AWD EX who have experienced pretty poor mpg. Granted we have not been doing any appreciable highway driving, but our mileage has been about 18 in the first 750 miles on the car. No, we don't speed away from lights, etc., and we got about 26 mpg average on our old '91 Accord wagon. My question is: Is there anything mechanical in the car that would explain this kind of difference from the "expected" mileage? | |
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Replying to: lawros (Dec 19, 2006 2:38 pm) |
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Replying to: lawros (Dec 19, 2006 2:38 pm)  Just asking that because I know that we tend to check mileage on new vehicles and once established we kind of let it slide, but use that original as reference. How similar are the 91 Accord and the 07 CR-V? Keep in mind the CR-V is heavier, less aerodynamic, AWD, larger engine, more HP, AT where the Accord may have been MT.. Also traffic conditions change. A town near us is 11 miles. I don't believe there were any traffic lights between our town and that one in 1990. Now there are 12-13 depending on destination. We still say it's 10 minutes away. Actually it's more like 20+. Our old '82ish 1500cc AT Civic wagon averaged 30-32 mpg day in and day out as I drove it loaded with 200+# parts as an outside service rep for IBM. A Dodge Colt 1600 8Spd MT averaged 35+ mpg under similar conditions. 40+ at posted limits on the road. A Mitsubishi Montero 5 spd, MT, 4WD, 2600cc (I think) got 16 mpg under same conditions. 14-15 if there was much traffic. 18 highway. My wife gets 21-23 local driving and 27+/- highway in her 03 AT AWD CR-V. I get 2-3 better driving her car, same conditions. 25-31 for me! Give your car a chance to break in. Remember that cold engines burn more gas. Hang in there, ya done good!  Kip
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Replying to: kipk (Dec 20, 2006 2:21 am) 
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