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Replying to: thegraduate (Aug 11, 2008 9:57 am) If you push the throttle hard, the A/C compressor will cut out automatically to give you maximum power until you back off the throttle; no need to push the button. Yeap, OP was not pushing CR-V hard enough. The A/C cuts out when the engine is pushed. Don't be affraid to rev that puppy. It is made to rev.
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Replying to: blueiedgod (Aug 12, 2008 10:59 am)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Aug 14, 2008 7:39 am) Thanks for tip about the automatic A/C cut out at full acceleration, I’ll try it out. Doing the manual A/C shut off in crunch passing situations is an old habit of mine that goes way back. Fangled techo-gadets  Oh Yeah, I revved the heck out of it, to the floor boards, on most of those passing occasions. Reflecting back I believe the dead pan passing acceleration could be attributed to: 1. 900 pounds of passengers and baggage. 2.High altitudes. 3.85 Octane fuel dispensed in that beautiful Big Sky country. The CR-V is the wife’s and she averages about 23 MPG year round running around town and work. It can vary a couple either way depending on seasons. Normal Highway MPG for us is in the 26-28 range with 87 Octane fuel. |
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We had just bought a very nice, used CR-V. 2000 SE with 113K mi. The first full tank of fuel with about a 40/60 mix of city/hwy driving yielded 26.3 mpg. We did drive the speed limit and tried to maximize the mileage but at that point it was probably achieving at least 28 mpg on the highway. I had previously owned a 99 EX, bought new and don't remember getting more than 25 hwy. at that time. Maybe it just wasn't completely broken in. Probably needed the first 100k just to loosen up enough. 
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Replying to: mjb56 (Aug 16, 2008 5:56 pm) Was your previous CR-V 4WD? Is this one?
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Replying to: thegraduate (Aug 17, 2008 7:25 am) |
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| Just completed a 800 miles trip to niagara falls from New Jersey on my 2008 CR-V. While going I was doing 60 to 65 mph and got 29.7 miles per gallon. while coming back doing 70 to 75 mph. overall MPG 28.1. Satisfied with CR-V's MPG. | |
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New 2008 CRV 2WD Around town: 22 MPG HIghway travel going 70: 31 MPG Much better than my 2005 Pilot, which got 15-16 around town and 18-19 highway. |
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Replying to: thegraduate (Jul 16, 2008 7:49 am) Sadly, this issue has nothing to do with tire pressure, though I certainly wish it were that simple and easy to correct. I have extensively searched the Internet, and I can find no other driver reporting the 14-17mpg that I and my unfortunate colleague from San Francisco are getting. These numbers fall outside the large range for city driving provided by Honda and processed and occasionally verified by EPA (see the Final Rule published in December 2006 governing the new test methodologies). City mileage this low could only be explained by either (1) driving uphill both ways with six passengers and tons of cargo with the A/C on and an ambient temp of 40 degrees or less and the tires half full or (2) there is something incorrectly adjusted or not operating properly in the car. Are there any other ideas out there? There are |
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Replying to: dpp8f (Sep 19, 2008 2:04 pm) My CR-V was a 2003, but driving up and down hills would approximate to less than 18 MPG in my experience. The CR-V has "hill grade logic" that uses the transmission to hold speed downhill, which will use gas. Going uphill, especially accelerating, uses LOTS of gas. Your CR-V weighs over 3500 lbs, and it REALLY hurts MPG to accelerate, and REALLY REALLY hurts MPG to accelerated uphill. The engine is small, and it compensates by going into the HIGH RPM (and high gas useage) when extra power is needed - like going up hill. I'm sorry for your experience, but it doesn't sound like the CR-V is broken. You have a tough driving cycle for the Honda CR-V design. My driving was in LA, but if I pushed the CR-V it would return 18 MPG. My normal was 21 MPG, but that was very carefully accelerating, planning for stop lights, etc.
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