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Replying to: justaveragejoe (Jul 30, 2007 7:51 am) Recon that '03 "Brick" moving through the air at 80 mph combined with the gravitational pull of the up hill kind of overwhelms the engine/gear combo. That could be the reason that Honda lowered the final drive on the newer Pilots.  Kip |
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I will continue to post my MPG records and MPG theories for my new 2WD PILOT. My first record (Summer 2007) is at the top of this post and the latest record will be on the bottom of this post. - 22 MPG, 90% highway 65 mph and moderate rolling terrain, fully loaded, 100% AC, dry conditions, MI, WI, MN - 17.6 MPG, 100% city, 0-50 mph, flat terrain, half loaded, 100% AC, dry conditions, MN - 18.5 MPG, 100% highway 80 mph, moderate terrain, fully loaded, 100% AC, dry conditions, MN, IA - 20.5 MPG, 100% highway, 85 mph, flat terrain, fully loaded, 100% AC, dry conditions, NE The best highway MPG might be produced from 60-70 MPH. Increasing to 80-85 seems to drop fuel efficiency. My goal is to learn to drive this car to obtain its RATED MPG in city and highway. - 20.6 MPG, 90% flat highway 80 MPH then 10 % slowly up 2000' in elevation, fully loaded, 100% AC, dry conditions, CO - 22.2 MPG, 90% flat highway 70 MPH and 10 % slowly down 2000' in elevation, fully loaded, 100% AC, dry conditions, CO - 21.4 MPG, 100% flat highway 84 MPH, fully loaded, 100% AC, dry conditions, CO, NE - 21.0 MPG, 100% highway medium terrain 82 MPH, fully loaded, 100% AC, dry conditions, NE, IA - 22.2 MPG, 100 % highway medium terrain 78 MPH, fully loaded, 100% AC, dry conditions, IA, MN - 19.7 MPG, 100 % city driving with a LIGHT-LIGHT foot, half loaded, 100% AC, dry conditions, MN I'll keep you posted. Jimmmmmy July 30, 2007 |
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298.6 miles, filled (5th tank) at 18.331 gallons = 16.289 mpg. AC on at any hint of heat, around 45 miles highway, rest to and from work/store. Pushed her quite a few times just to see. Almost at 1000 miles soon, so break in should be almnost there I would think. Have weekend trip coming, will post afterwards. |
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Replying to: larsca (Sep 10, 2005 4:02 am)
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Replying to: bsolve1 (Aug 01, 2007 6:24 pm) What is your driving style? What are your driving conditions? Hilly, flat, heavy traffic, ?? Distance and time for typical commute? What is your typical load? Are you using 87 octane GAS? Are you using an ethanol blend? What state/city are you in? Have you done the ILP? (see post 201) What speed is comfortable for you to maintain on the highway? These may seem like silly questions, but the answers can be helpful. Also have you read as many of the posts as possible? There are tips on getting better mileage scattered throughout this forum. Some of them may help you!  Kip
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Replying to: rich1945 (Jul 29, 2007 10:43 am) |
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Replying to: rich1945 (Jul 29, 2007 4:53 am) If anyone has successfully tackled this issue PLEASE share your info. I love the car but would have seriously considered something more economical if I knew 13-15 is the best I could get. Its funny that I hear Honda is thinking of increasing the fuel tank size for future models. This is hardly a solution.
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Replying to: tidester (Jul 29, 2007 10:27 pm) I will be filling up 'The Beast' tomorrow and I'm looking forward to seeing what my mileage was. I filled up tuesday morning and drove up to Clearfield for the Fair, and made a few side trips over to Punxsutawney and then back down to the Hershey. My trip meter is reading 335 and I have about 1/4 tank left. This was an ALL highway trip. Odie Odie's Carspace P.S. - The reason I haven't been around, I've been trying to get the house up and situated. |
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Replying to: hos (Aug 02, 2007 4:21 pm)
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Replying to: mer66 (Aug 03, 2007 9:33 am) The rating for a 2008 2WD Pilot is 22 highway. (link). It was 24/highway under the old EPA ratings for the 2007, 22 for the AWD. I just looked up the base trim. It's easy enough to check speedos with GPS's these days if you don't have one of those measured mile sections of highway near you. It seems like in most every Real World MPG discussion, there's a few owners beating the EPA estimate by some percentage. |
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