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#43 of 108 Re: Vacation Trip – Real MPG [uga91] by ocmike3 Aug 11, 2006 (7:18 pm)
Replying to: uga91 (Aug 10, 2006 12:47 pm) Drove Portland, Or to Eureka Springs, AR and back. Left Aug 2 and arrived Aug 4. Return Trip was Aug 7 - 9. We did two days of 800 - 900 miles with 250 - 350 miles left for the 3rd day. Trip over was roughest as we planned to stay somewhere in western WY(Green River/Rock Springs, etc) on night one; but couldn't find a motel w/vacancy in WY. Finally caught a couple of hours at a rest stop just W of Cheyenne; then drove to St. Joseph, MO day 2. Got a good dinner and motel that night! The VUE was a pleasure to drive - comfortable and I could even walk after all those hours in the driver's seat. I've logged hundreds of thousands of road miles and I can say that about only a few of the vehicles we've owned.
#44 of 108 Daily mpg by ocmike3 Sep 16, 2006 (7:01 pm)
I've got over 8500 miles on our V6 FWD VUE. My daily commute is mostly city, about 13 miles one way. I'm consistenly getting 21.5 to 22 mpg with the V6 for this commute. I don't hit much stop and go, but do have at least 30 stop lights or signs to contend with.
#45 of 108 2004 FWD V6 VUE and its mpg by drivven Sep 17, 2006 (5:34 am)
We bought our VUE in Sept. 2003 and absolutely love it. It's perfect for my wife and I've found it extremely handy at times to haul wood for my hobbies, etc. For groceries it's a dream. It may not be a luxury car, but we didn't buy it for that - our BMW provides that (but not the reliability I might add).   With regards to mpg, it might not get what's advertised but it doesn't fall that far short. On the highway it'll managed 25-28 and around town between 17 and 18. Again, we bought it for its utilitarianship, not its economy, although we did consider that in the equation when comparing to others in its class. One of the biggest sellers was the ride, however. It was by far the best riding of the vehicles in its class.   There are so many factors when considering, or creating mpg that not one issue can decide the outcome. Proper tire inflation is very, very important. If you don't mind a bit harsher ride you can put a couple extra pounds in all around. That may improve you mileage a bit. Tire wear will be abnormal, but if you're after that all important extra 1-2mpg, give it a try. And I'm a firm believer that the makeup of the tire itself has a lot to do with the resistance to roll. Just a bad belt in one of them can cause some rolling resistance and upset the mpg. And what if more than one tire has that problem?   Driving habits can be the biggest culprit. Leaping away from a stop sign/traffic light is the worst offender. And believe me the V6 has a lot of capability to do that.   Someone on the forum mentioned wind resistance. We've found a 2-3 mile drop in mpg if we're fighting a wind on the road. Not much we can do about that, unless we travel at night when the wind is generally not as predominant.   If great mpg is your major desire in a vehicle, you bought the wrong vehicle - we didn't.   There are all kinds of tricks to improve the mileage, but basically it's common sense driving and good vehicle maintenance.
#47 of 108 bad gas mileage by trraffic Mar 14, 2007 (11:26 am)
I bought an 07 AWD V6 three weeks ago. First tank I got 15.8, the last (second) I got 14.8. I do about 95 percent city/traffic driving--my 10.5 mile commute takes me about 45 minutes, including the hills of western PA. When I am able to break free of the traffic for 10 minutes on the way home, I tend to drive around 55 mph. Reading a post above, I am hoping it will get better. I currently have over 1K on the car. I was not expecting to get in the 20s. But I was hopeful to get around 18, especially b/c another AWD V6 Vue owner (05 or 06) said she gets around 19 with city driving.   I also was surprised that my low fuel light did not come on this morning. I ended up getting over 14 gallons; I would have thought having only 2 gallons left would have triggered that. Good thing I got gas before going to work! Replies to this message: michaell (Mar 15, 2007 9:16 am) silvernickel07 (May 26, 2007 3:59 pm) speedingticket (Jun 13, 2007 9:21 am)
#48 of 108 Re: bad gas mileage [trraffic] by michaell Mar 15, 2007 (9:16 am)
Replying to: trraffic (Mar 14, 2007 11:26 am) Let the engine break in. My wife drives an '04 AWD V6 and, in our very unscientific calculations, she gets between 19 and 23 MPG on a tank.   Granted, her commute is about 15-20 miles of most two lane highway that she drives at 55-60MPH, but I suspect that your mileage will increase once you've got a few thousand miles on it.
#49 of 108 old V6 by twain Mar 27, 2007 (9:15 am)
We had a 2003 V6 FWD Vue with the old, nonHonda V6. It wasn't a bad engine either. We routinely got high 20s on the hwy and low 20s in town.   But the Honda V6 does about the same with 70 more horsepower.
#50 of 108 2006 FWD V6 by ocmike3 May 13, 2007 (1:39 pm)
I sat down and calculated the overall mileage we've gotten since we bought our 2006 FWD VUE w/Honda V6 new in April 2006. It's primarily my daily commuter ~ 30 miles per day, mixed driving. We've put ~15108 miles on it bought about 660 gallons reg octane petro... Avg = 22.89mpg. I'm pretty darn happy with that. In an excursion PDX, OR to E.S., AR (and back) we had several tanks register 28-29mpg cruising 65 -75 mph. (Head winds can be a mileage killer) Replies to this message: horatio (May 14, 2007 9:26 am) ocmike3 (May 15, 2007 7:56 pm) horatio (May 17, 2007 7:59 am)
#51 of 108 Re: 2006 FWD V6 [ocmike3] by horatio May 14, 2007 (9:26 am)
Replying to: ocmike3 (May 13, 2007 1:39 pm) Can you tell me what your range per tank of gas is? Are you able to get near 400 miles? Replies to this message: ocmike3 (May 15, 2007 7:56 pm) horatio (May 17, 2007 7:59 am)
#52 of 108 Re: 2006 FWD V6 [horatio] by ocmike3 May 15, 2007 (7:56 pm)
Replying to: horatio (May 14, 2007 9:26 am) its possible, we did it twice on the trip last summer. We were averaging 24-29 mpg running on the hwy - depending on the wind(strong headwinds in ND-WY killed the mileage). Even though it only has a 16 gallon tank, we could run 400+ miles between fill ups with the mileage we got.(you do have to look ahead for stops depending on whre you are at - we were running OR to AR and there are a lot of distances between gas stops in some parts) as I mentioned we were booking 65-75 mph all the time. Replies to this message: horatio (May 17, 2007 7:59 am)

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