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981 messages, Last post on Oct 23, 2009 at 12:54 PM
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I have owned my EX for a week now. My trip meter says my mileage is 15.1 mpg, which is abysmally low even for city driving. What could be causing it. Also the car had 120 miles on it when I bought it. In m excitement of buying a new car, I forgot to ask the dealer about it. Isnt that a bit too high unless it was a demo?
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Replying to: tornadog (Aug 03, 2009 4:26 am) |
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Replying to: tornadog (Aug 03, 2009 4:26 am) If the city driving involves lots of traffic and traffic lights, you are doing good to get 15 MPG. |
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Replying to: tornadog (Aug 03, 2009 4:26 am) 15 mpg seems a bit low, but it might improve with more miles. My mileage kept improving until I had 15,000 miles. |
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Replying to: justaveragejoe (Aug 03, 2009 11:57 am) Just an update on the Scan Gauge vs odometer, etc.. From the git go I had to tell the SG that the Pilot is traveling a bit faster (and farther) than it's default. That is a permenant setting until the driver changes it. With that setting the TANK MPG, miles driven, fuel used, and so forth agree with hand calculations at the pump. Therefore the instant and avg trip mpg are probably also real close. Now when the speedometer needle is sitting on 50 mph, the gauge says 52 mph. Got a Garmin 265WT GPS a couple of weeks ago. It agrees with the SC on the speed. Kip
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Replying to: kipk (Aug 04, 2009 3:57 am) I haven't checked the Pilot. I used to check them by watching the milepost markers and timing them at 60 mph. We used the neighbor's GPS in the Odyssey the other weekend. That speedo was accurate.
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Replying to: justaveragejoe (Aug 04, 2009 7:47 am) It is allowable (legally, anyway) for the odometer to be off by as much as 5% (or 3 MPH either direction at 60MPH); I assume this would stand for the speedo too. Yea/Nay? I don't own a Pilot, I typically just lurk and read here, but thought I'd comment. Happy Hondaing! TheGrad |
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Replying to: justaveragejoe (Aug 04, 2009 7:47 am) |
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Almost time to give back our 2007 Pilot EXL AWD, after nearly 3 years and more than 40,000 miles. We averaged 17.88mpg overall. Best (highway) was 22. Worst (city) was 14. Looking forward to replacing it with something that will average 20+ mpg. Still need a considerable amount of space for passengers and cargo, but willing to give up 3rd row and down-size to a crossover, something bigger than the CRV though. Would like more comfort and luxury too. The new RX350 might fit the bill this time around. We shall see.
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Replying to: go_orange (Aug 25, 2009 7:11 pm) |
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