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We have had our 06' Pilot EX-L, AWD, 15 months now, with 19,800 miles. In town we average 18-19 MPG when wife drives, and 16-18 MPG when I drive. (I'm a little heavy footed off the line.) On highway driving, with 2 trips to Montana from Texas and a few more to Dallas, Houston, Missouri, we are not doing that bad compared to some other unhappy Pilot owners ~20-22 average overall. Montana trip in June this year loaded, air, cruse at ~80-85 MPH, average 20-22. We did get a couple of really good tanks through Wyoming and through Billings to Helena with 23.4 at 78 MPH with both level and mountains. Biggest issue is not gas on this vehicle. Nothing this size I am aware of does better with AWD for the price... I don't like the road noise and it leans a bit too much in turns, not to mention I had to replace all the stock paper speakers with high end Alpine to get reasonable sound from the 155 W high end stereo it comes with, and Michelins helped with road noise...hey, where is the memory for front seats, and how about moving the sunroof switch being next to the...sunroof?... great car for the money though!
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Replying to: mer66 (Aug 03, 2007 9:33 am) Who has said they are actually getting nearly 29 MPG? What part of tank to tank and average are two different things, do you have trouble understanding? TRUTH is, if you drive it at 80+ on the road it will get MUCH WORSE MILEAGE THAN DRIVING IT AT 65. That is a truth than neither you or I or anyone else can change. You can believe that or continue to get poor mileage. Your choice.  Kip
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Replying to: texaspilot (Aug 03, 2007 12:20 pm) How much to replace the speakers and are you satisfied with the way the stereo sounds now (Was it worth it?) I replaced the front two on our Odyssey last week with a set of $50 Pioneer and that made a nice improvement. I am thinking of replacing the ones in the Pilot now. By the way, I haven't been able to get better than 22 mpg.
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| Don't bother buying a Honda Pilot if you are looking for decent gas mileage- it just isn't there. Have had my Pilot for 2 years and can't wait to trade it in for something better. Best around town mileage is 15-16 mpg ( I'm not a lead foot) and on the hiway 20-21, if I'm lucky. The Pilot has extreme road noise also on the highway. I do like the way it handles on the road though, easy to drive. | |
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Well, I finally filled up after that long tank. I had 362 miles on the trip meter and got 24.3 MPG on that tank. This was straight HWY (and alot of back country roads.) Odie Odie's Carspace |
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Replying to: kipk (Aug 05, 2007 4:06 am) http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-mxa0801tempofuelishaug01,1,4805141.st- ory If you can crawl into a stop sign at a few miles per hour you can acieve 59 mpg by driving a Honda Accord. BUT it warned that do not try it at home.
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| Bought a 07 2wd EXL last monday(7-30-07). So far after three tanks I'm averaging around 20 mpg. The third tank which was mostly highway was around 21 mpg. The second tank with some in town and some highway was 18.8 mpg. The first tank was about 20 mpg. | |
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Replying to: oldbird (Aug 07, 2007 8:49 am) Of course some of the guy's practices are down right dangerous and others impractical. However for real world drivers there is a lot to be learned. Willingness is a major KEY to achieving better mileage from any vehicle we drive. Interesting that over on the Civic or the Fit or the Accord forums, when someone reports they are getting better than average mileage, the others want to know how, why, and so forth. On the Pilot forum, comments like absurd, can't be done, something wrong with the picture, and so forth are written more.  Thanks, Kip |
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Replying to: oldbird (Aug 07, 2007 8:49 am) I started enjoying my Pilot a few months ago when I was determined to utilize the V-TEC motor to it's potential. I now routinely tach my motor to above 4300 rpm to feel and hear the different valve duration kick-in. Fun, fun ,fun! Then I usually return to my regular driving habits which includes 7 of the 8 items recommended in the article. (I use my air conditioning often). Still getting around 19 mpg in my regular carpool commute. Joe
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Replying to: justaveragejoe (Aug 08, 2007 12:34 pm) averagejoe - When I tach higher than 2500 rpm, I think I can actually see the fuel gage moving down. What happens at 4300? Have fun, Jimmmmmy
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