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Re: I need MPG information [bill124]
by upstatedoc
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Dec 05, 2007 (1:42 pm)
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Replying to: bill124 (Dec 05, 2007 12:38 pm)
Is that from the computer or your calculations? Are you using 91 or higher octane? AWD is always on, even moreso w/ city driving. If you notice the SH-AWD read-out during highway cruising it should show mostly FWD torque. In the city, w/ starting and stopping all the time, there is more torque going to the rear wheels-----worse MPG.
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- #109 of 179
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Re: I need MPG information [upstatedoc]
by bill124
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Dec 07, 2007 (11:13 am)
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Replying to: upstatedoc (Dec 05, 2007 1:42 pm)
Thanks for the reply. That is the computer based on a reset. Wife says it is using at least 91 (at least that's what it's labeled as!).
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- #110 of 179
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Re: I need MPG information [bill124]
by upstatedoc
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Dec 07, 2007 (11:28 am)
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Replying to: bill124 (Dec 07, 2007 11:13 am)
Huh.... Maybe it's time for a diagnostic test at the dealership? Even w/ my leadfoot the poorest mileage I've managed is 16.5 mpg.
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- #111 of 179
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Re: I need MPG information [upstatedoc]
by bill124
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Dec 07, 2007 (11:45 am)
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Replying to: upstatedoc (Dec 07, 2007 11:28 am)
I may do that. I asked the manager and he said that with a 300 hp motor around long island with lots of stop signs and waiting, it isn't unusual but I sort of didn't expect otherwise.
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- #112 of 179
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Re: I need MPG information [bill124]
by upstatedoc
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Dec 07, 2007 (1:07 pm)
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Replying to: bill124 (Dec 07, 2007 11:45 am)
Long Island...that explains it. That's got to be the worst city driving on the planet.  I lived in Westbury for two years, that was enough for me. I think you have to grow up in that kind of driving environment in order to tolerate it. Let us know if your MDX passes it's tests.
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- #113 of 179
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Re: I need MPG information [upstatedoc]
by bill124
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Dec 07, 2007 (5:33 pm)
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Replying to: upstatedoc (Dec 07, 2007 1:07 pm)
I'm East Williston. Anyway, I always say the only people that live on LI either grew up there or moved for family. No one chooses it as a destination because (i) too crowded, (ii) too expensive to buy property, and (iii) very high property taxes. So, maybe it's LI traffic and congestion that explains it. Plus, dropping off kids in a "line" -literally a line -- of cars waiting to get to the school doors to drop off kids too spoiled to take the bus. None of that helps.
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- #114 of 179
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Re: I need MPG information [bill124]
by jaxbax77
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Dec 08, 2007 (6:08 pm)
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Replying to: bill124 (Dec 05, 2007 12:38 pm)
We are getting only 12.1 mpg. Horrible mileage...local driving western suburbs of Philly. The terrain is hilly, not big hills but not flat. I am very disappointed in the MDX. We had a 2001 = about 17mpg....then a 2004 BMW X5 = 16.2 mpg. Now this. I feel like I have bought a Hummer. I talked to the service manager and he asked if I had calculated the mpg's the old way, by manual tabulation...yes! It comes up to a lower mpg. Two more years left on our lease and then it's hello BMW again.
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- #115 of 179
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Re: I need MPG information [jaxbax77]
by bill124
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Dec 10, 2007 (8:06 am)
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Replying to: jaxbax77 (Dec 08, 2007 6:08 pm)
Jaxbax,
Sorry to hear you are in same boat as me. Yes, very disappointing. I thought the new MPG estimates were supposed to be accurate but I guess not in our case. Maybe we'll hear about some problem other than big engine = low mpg.
Anyone else?
Bill
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Re: I need MPG information [bill124]
by momster1
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Dec 12, 2007 (4:07 pm)
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Replying to: bill124 (Dec 10, 2007 8:06 am)
We got our MDX a week ago and have already driven 400 miles in it. (We live in the country and everything is a drive!) The meter is showing 15.1 MPG, and I've had to fill up the car twice this week! What a gas eater this car seems to be....
I can't figure out how to reset the trip meter and haven't yet read the manual. I also can't figure out why the meter sometimes shows total miles under the mpg reading that are more than what the car has in total! Other times, it's much less. I'm sure there's a simple explanation for this but it's driving me nuts!
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- #117 of 179
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Re: I need MPG information [momster1]
by bill124
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Dec 12, 2007 (4:14 pm)
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Replying to: momster1 (Dec 12, 2007 4:07 pm)
Welcome to crappy mileage. I reset it by bringing the manual into the car and then using the buttons on the steering wheel that take you through the screen. Sorry I don't recall it offhand but please keep posting about mileage. Surprised yours is so bad if all country driving. Ours it total stop and start.
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