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took the frist long trip in our 'Ody since S-mas. About 600 miles, phila. to NY and back. Averaged just about 26 overall. Much better than any previous trip (and we do the same run quite often). A combo of highway, with average speeds of 70-75, except when we were stuck in long traffic jams (love the GSP and NJ Turnpike). Also some back highwya running, with lots of lights, and some local side trips. The AC was on most of the way on the return leg. Not needed on the way up. And I was driving more for getting to the end rather than maximizing MPG. overall, very impressive for the driving we did, since there was a lot of stuff (and 4 people) in the van, and the level of comfort. I have no doubt that if I pointed it south and drove straight highway at 72ish, it would easily return 28MPG. |
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Replying to: user777 (Apr 11, 2006 8:56 am)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Apr 20, 2006 8:38 pm) then again, "cruising on the highway" is a relative term. to some that may be 40 or 45MPH. yeah, i could still see some driving on the HWY with O/D off. |
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I'm leasing a 2004 EX with leather + DVD. Lease is up in mid-Nov. Will probably lease a new Ody. My only concerns, based on my experience with my 2004, are road noise (especially wind noise on the highway) and gas mileage (worse than expected). If memory serves, the EPA mileage rating on my 2004 was something like 18/25. Real world? In mixed driving I typically get just 16-18. Occassionally, in case of mostly highway, I get about 20. 25 is only seen on total highway trips. I'm wondering how much better gas mileage the new Ody gets with its VCM fuel-efficiency technology. I see that the EPA mileage rating is 20/28. I'd welcome an improvement of 2 or 3 mpg over my 2004. I wish that 20mpg would be my worst case instead of my best case. I'd like to hear from people who have the new generation Ody now and had the previous generation Ody before. They would know best how the two generations compare in terms of real world gas mileage.
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Replying to: davidd3 (Apr 21, 2006 11:36 am) The absolute best mileage I ever got with the '99 was 26 MPG on the highway and usual mileage was between 22 and 24. The '05 has hit slightly better than 28 and the usual is 23-24. Can't really give you a good comparison on city mileage since it is a decided minority of my driving but my impression is that they are about the same in spite of the increased weight of the '05.
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Replying to: cccompson (Apr 22, 2006 10:21 am) Seems like VCM doesn't make much of a difference in terms of improving gas mileage, not even for someone such as yourself who does mostly highway driving. |
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My first tank mileage is 14  . 100% city driving with A/C on most of the time. We love the van and would be happy to see the mileage improve.
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Replying to: thegraduate (Apr 20, 2006 8:38 pm) Do you own a 2006 Odyssey? When you have an engine which is so incredibly smooth and built to rev, you do not necessarily notice the higher rpm. I left my 2006 EX-L in D3 at 60 mph once on the highway. Only noticed by looking at the tack. In my Dodge Grand Caravan with the 3.3 I am sure that I would have thought that a plane was going to land on my roof if I had left it in third gear on the highway.
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Replying to: fred222 (Apr 24, 2006 6:24 pm) then again, in our odyssey, before the torque convertor lockup, the engine doesn't sound like its working too hard. 
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| Recent trip FL to NJ and return, about 2200 miles, averaged 26.3 mpg. Almost all interstate driving at 72 mph with a/c on about 40% of the time. Averaging 18-19 mpg "city" driving. Ody has 6000 miles on it. | |
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