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Well as of this coming Tuesday (July 31st) I will have had 'The Beast' for 1 year. I just turned 18k and am averaging 18.7 mpg (mixed driving). The best MPG I got was 21.5 mpg all highway (with a strong tailwind). The worst I have received was 12.45 mpg (a lot of idling and off-roading on that tank). I have heard a rumor that the 2009 will have an optional 35 gallon tank upgrade, has anyone else heard this? Oh yeah, 'The Beast' is a 2006 EX 4WD. Odie Odie's Carspace |
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| 2007 EXL 4WD. Now averaging 17.2mpg over 9,000 miles. Best tank 21.5mpg. Worst tank 15.3mpg. | |
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Replying to: odie6l (Jul 29, 2007 5:36 pm) tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper
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Replying to: rich1945 (Jul 29, 2007 4:53 am) Worst tank local driving = 16.1. Average tank local driving = 17-19. Highway worst with full load 100% AC, 90% cruise and 80+ mph = 18.4 Return trip next day, same load but with very little AC or CC  65 MPH = 28.7 Avg highway with 2 aboard at 65-70 mph, AC as needed and CC on flat ground only = 25-27 MPG. Recent trip of 300+ miles with AC on 100% and cruise 90% with 2 souls at 68-70 MPH and rolling terrain = 23.7 MPG Posts 502 and 503 have more detail! Worse tanks and best tanks have some meaning, but not as much as several tanks averaged.  Kip |
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Replying to: odie6l (Jul 29, 2007 5:36 pm) That's very close to my experience exactly and what the vast majority of owners of Pilots report. There is no doubt in my mind that this truck is certainly not capable of getting 28.7 mpg, and hearing that absurd claim repeated over and over and over does not make any more believable. No doubt isolated instances of what "appears" to be great mpg do occur due mainly to differences in how "full" the tank is at each fill up. I have accepted the mpg you state as what my truck will turn in, and given the size and weight of this vehicle, it is okay.
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Replying to: odie6l (Jul 29, 2007 5:36 pm) Joe |
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Replying to: mer66 (Jul 30, 2007 5:31 am) I do believe that "absurd" remark is aimed directly at me. Spend a little more time reading and a little less time with the personal attacks and just maybe you can learn something about averages and how you can get better mileage. As I said, individual tanks don't have as much meaning to me as the averages of several tanks do. In an earlier post I stated that particular trip involved 2 fill ups other than the starting one. One when I got toward the destination and one when I got back. I went over this one time, but for you, I'll do it again. Suppose, for a moment, that the first fill up received a gallon or so more due to the angle the Pilot was sitting compared to the way it was sitting in the get ready for trip fill up. Then when I got back and filled at the starting fuel pump it was more level again. That near destination fill up of 318 miles and 17.3 gallons was with the front of the car sitting considerably lower than the front. If it were level it may have taken only 16.3 or less gallons. That would have reflected 19.5 MPG or more instead of the 18.4 mpg. Then with 1 that gallon less in the tank leaving the destination, the 456 miles returning would have taken a gallon more to re fill. That would have dropped the 28.7 to 26.9. A 2 gallon difference would have meant 20.7 and 25.7! Any way you choose to slice it, that trip with 318 miles at 80+ mph and the AC and Cruise on full and another 456 miles at 65 mph with very little use of the AC and Cruise averaged 774 miles driven and 33.2 gallons of fuel used. That is an average of 23.3 MPG for the trip. Whether or not you or you vehicle have the ability to do that is really YOUR problem. To say someone else can't do it is indeed absurd! I use those numbers to illustrate the differences in mileage that can be achieved with different driving styles and speeds and accessories used under the same load and road conditions. Sorry if you don't comprehend that. On a trip to Indiana from Georgia with 2 people and light luggage we averaged 26.8 MPG for the entire trip including running around town a good deal in Indiana. Average speed 65+, little AC or Cruise. Those 5 tanks figured 28.8, 26.2, 21.3, 30.3, and 27.6 mpg. Notice the correlation between the 21.3 and the 30.3? The tank that got 21.3 mpg was filled with the right front of the car considerable lower than the left rear. It took more gas than if it had been sitting level. Consequently that extra full tank reflected better mileage on the next fill up. Had I driven at 70-80 mph on those trips, with the AC and cruise on the whole time, I imagine the mileage would have been closer to the 21-22 mpg. Kip |
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Replying to: mer66 (Jul 30, 2007 5:31 am) I have gotten 22 mpg on occasion, but typically get around 19 mpg in normal commute driving in my 2007 4WD (18mpg last tank and my wife drove around town with it for a day). I only have 5600 miles on it and my mileage is still improving. But I do NOT expect to see 28mpg with my vehicle. Joe
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Replying to: justaveragejoe (Jul 30, 2007 7:25 am) You realize, of course, those numbers for me are Tanks, not averages. Think we once figured my total average for the life of the vehicle is 19+ or so over all. Close to yours! Something I have trouble understanding is how some of the guys with the newer, lower geared Pilots get better mileage than I do at the higher speeds. Drive mine at 80 and it seems to develop a hole on the tank!  Kip
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Replying to: kipk (Jul 30, 2007 7:38 am) The only thing that I can think of is that the new ones, due to their lower gear ratio, stay in the top gear longer (or always) when going over small hills. Our 2004 Odyssey doesn't like to stay in top gear even for the smallest hills at around 70 mph. Joe
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