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I've seen posts with regards the Pilot's habit of shifting above 3000 rpm. I've noticed that our Pilot does the same thing from stop especially when I put a heavier foot on the accelerator but usually I can avoid it with a gentler foot or with a little "technique" I use. Our 1994 Accord does shift above 3000 rpm from stop but rarely. I heard a long time ago that you can make a car with auto transmission upshift when you want it by releasing the gas pedal slightly (like on a manual transmission when you need to step on the clutch and release the gas pedal --- but not that much). So I tried it when I started driving cars w/ auto transmission. Well, it worked for me and the practice has stuck with me all these years. Note that if I do this with the rpm too low, the car won't upshift. So when the car reaches 2500 rpm or a little bit more, I release the gas pedal slightly and it shifts to the next gear. I do this for the 1st and 2nd gears. At the very least, I've avoided the 3000 rpm shifts and maybe saved some gas as a result of reaching the higher gears faster. Ok folks, just wanted to share this....
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Replying to: tombrady1 (Jul 08, 2008 8:11 am) |
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Replying to: nlv1 (Jul 09, 2008 12:26 am) My neighbor's 07 Ridgeline and my son's 08 Ridgeline do the same. Read somewhere that the automatics of today "learn" the driving style of the driver and shift accordingly. Could be something to that! My heavy footed wife primarily drives the CR-V. I've noticed that when I drive it, it seems to want to shift at around 2800, even with a light foot, and even when warm. Recently we were catching up on some errands and visiting. We used the CR-V and I drove. It was an all day affair. Try as I may, it refused to shift at below 2800. Total miles for the day were a little over 100, with a lot of it back roads and some local. Just before arriving home, it started shifting at 2300. I dropped my wife off at the house and went back out. Sure enough it was shifting at 2300. Next morning I ran some quick errands and it was still shifting at 2300, once warm. A few days later, after she drove it to work and so forth, I took it out again. It was shifting at 2800 again. Even when warm. Kip |
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Replying to: nlv1 (Jul 09, 2008 12:26 am)
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Replying to: davidd3 (Jul 09, 2008 4:51 am)  However, I believe you can still do it with a heavier foot when necessary, but you need to take a glance at the tachometer to check the rpm (since engines are much quieter now) --- I'm still "experimenting" with the Pilot on this, maybe w/ practice I can do it without looking everytime. |
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| We have a 2006 Pilot EX-L with AWD. We get between 15 and 16 MPG in city driving. Highway we get around 20-21 MPG. Car has 17,000 miles on it. | |
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I recently did a 1600 mile round trip from NJ to TN to MD and back to NJ over the July 4th weekend. I reset the odo to zero after the first fill up in NJ and then kept track of all the fill ups until the last fill up back in NJ so this the mileage calculation is over four fill ups. Most of my driving was with cruise control set to between 70 ~ 75 miles per hour. AC was on all through the trip and also did about 100 miles slow local driving (off highways). The load was two adults, two kids and bags for a week. The average I got was 21.8 mpg. I have an 07 EX-L AWD Pilot with about 10K miles on it. Frankly I think this is decent mileage for the space practicality of the pilot. Of course if I wanted 35 mpg, I could buy the Honda Fit, but you can't buy a large SUV and then complain about the mileage. I am almost certain that pilot will give a better avg that similar sized SUVs. Also one thing to note when you see some really alarmist posting on this forum. Click on the person's name and see when they joined edmunds. You will find that there are many who sign up and and then post a nasty thread about the vehicle on the same day and then you never hear from them again. My hunch is that it is someone who is maybe selling a competing brand, etc... You can know when a user joined by clicking on their username in the posting.
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Replying to: mercara (Jul 12, 2008 9:19 am) |
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I am still poking around this forum.......and with 13,000 miles on my 2007 4WD, I am getting around 19-20 mpg during my regular commute (mostly suburban/rural roads and highway) That is up from 18 mpg last year. I plan on changing the air filter and servicing the transmission at 15,000 miles. Hopefully that will squeak-out a little more efficiency. Joe
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Replying to: justaveragejoe (Jul 23, 2008 7:26 am)
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