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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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Replying to: stevedebi (Sep 22, 2008 1:56 pm) Hondas are great cars, but no enterprise of that magnitude can get 100 percent of their products perfect. My previous two cars were a 1989 Prelude Si and a 1994 Civic Si and I consistently beat the old over-inflated EPA mileage estimates in both cars (and in conditions flat, hilly, and in between).
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Replying to: dpp8f (Oct 06, 2008 7:32 pm) Sorry, I saw one of your subsequent posts, and thought that you were in San Francisco. One thing I found with my 2003 was that I needed a brisk acceleration up to speed, rather than a slow acceleration. Slow acceleration used more gas. So I found that a steady acceleration was better. Try setting it to around 2000 = 2200 RPM until up to speed. THEN try and stay at speed. All vehicles get better mileage when they are coasting, so try and plan for those stops. Speaking of which, are your trips perhaps very short (5 miles or so)? That kills MPG as well. Another thing to try is changing brands of gasoline, and stay with a brand for several months. The worst I ever saw was 18, and that was hot-dogging the accelerator. Your CR-V has more gears than mine had, so you should be doing better than a 2003. |
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I put 2.6k miles on my new '08 CR-V LX AWD over the last 4 weeks. Honda's mpg estimates seem to be pretty accurate for the average driving style. BTW, CR-Vs now sell for invoice or slightly below, so may be a good time to buy  I usually average 20mpg in the city and 25-26 mpg highway. If I drive feathering the gas pedal, I get 22.5 city and 27 highway, but that temps the cars behind me to use their horns.  On the several highway trips through hilly northeast, having the criuse control at 67mph for the entire tank gave me 27.5mpg. At 74mph for the whole tank, I got around 26.2mpg . I also tried runnig at 62mph, which gave me 28.5mpg, but I could not take driving that slow for more than 95 miles. The computer estimate of average mpg has been very accurate, but a little optimistic, showing about 0.5 - 0.8 mpg over the real figures. I also noticed the oil quality display drops by 10% every 1200 miles or so. I'll do an update when I get 10k+ on the car. |
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Replying to: dpp8f (Oct 06, 2008 7:32 pm) If one were to combine that with lots of short trips where the engine is running cold as often as it is running hot, it wouldn't be surprising at all to achieve only 14.5 mpg, especially in a model with such a large 4-cylinder as the CRV has. Your last two cars had much smaller 4-cylinder engines, so they would be bound to do a lot better if a lot of your driving is in town, especially if it is mostly short trips (5 miles or less). |
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at around 400 miles now, overall mpg is 23.5 with 300 of the 400 miles on highway. will it get any better?
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Replying to: niteflite888 (Nov 10, 2008 2:47 pm) I seriously doubt it. My best mileage was during the first 1,000 miles, even with switching to full synthetic and duralube additive. I'm getting about what you did with 30,000 miles now. Also listen for clicking in the rearend on turns. I was warned and, sure enough, have just had to have the clutches burnished and new fluid in the rear end, under the warrenty. |
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Replying to: niteflite888 (Nov 10, 2008 2:47 pm) Your mileage will depend a lot on your driving style, load, terrain and traffic conditions. I consistantly get 2-4 more mpg in our 03 CR-V than my wife does, under the same conditions. . Keep in mind that high speeds produce more wind resistance and burns more fuel, Also every time you touch the brake and the pressure and duration of that touch indicates you just did or are about to waste some fuel. Kip |
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