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City Mileage?
by newdriver2
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Jul 24, 2007 (9:47 am)
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Does anyone live in Manhatton, NY and have the actual MPG want to share? Or any people only use the RDX for city use only and have the actual MPG. I travel a lot in NY City and want to know the MPG before buying it, thanks.
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- #167 of 189
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Re: City Mileage? [newdriver2]
by baldegl
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Aug 22, 2007 (10:39 am)
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Replying to: newdriver2 (Jul 24, 2007 9:47 am)
If Downtown Chicago (Water Tower Place) works, we average about 20.5 in mixed driving.
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- #168 of 189
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Re: City Mileage? [newdriver2]
by pmdesign3
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Aug 29, 2007 (11:33 am)
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Replying to: newdriver2 (Jul 24, 2007 9:47 am)
I just bought my RDX three months ago, I only do city driving in downtown Chicago. I was more than disapointed to learn my average MPG is 10.4. However, this has been during some of the worst continuously hot weather we have seen in years, so the AC is always on. I would not say that I drive crazy fast, just trying to keep up with traffic. Other than the low MPG, i love the car, much better than my 03 discovery
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- #169 of 189
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Re: City Mileage? [pmdesign3]
by carlitos92
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Aug 29, 2007 (12:40 pm)
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Replying to: pmdesign3 (Aug 29, 2007 11:33 am)
WOW. You either need to take that thing in for service immediately, or find a new way of calculating MPG. Even Hummer owners who race off-road would balk at 10.4. 
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- #170 of 189
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Re: City Mileage? [carlitos92]
by honwai
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Sep 04, 2007 (11:53 am)
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Replying to: carlitos92 (Aug 29, 2007 12:40 pm)
10.4 is the lowest I've heard... must be computer error or you are doing wrong maths.
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- #171 of 189
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First 143 mile = 15.7mpg
by honwai
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Sep 15, 2007 (9:56 pm)
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After drive my 08 RDX w/tech for one week with 143miles (delivery with 4 miles). just refill the full tank with 9.11 gal
143/9.11 = 15.7mpg (Trip Computer Show 15.8mpg)
Location, 95% local drive 5% highway in the Bay area CA.
I drive it very easy and slow since it's still breaking in..... but 15.7 doesn't sounds good. what do you think ?
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- #172 of 189
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1st 3K miles, 21.5mpg
by beyond_destiny
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Sep 16, 2007 (2:15 am)
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I bought my RDX a month ago and already got 3K miles on it (sounds like a greyhound).
80% highway and 20% city in varied terrain of pacific northwest. I think 20mpg is probably the average depends on the driving habit. I don't hammer the gas and use cruise control on highway. And open window/roof instead of AC in local.
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- #173 of 189
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20.8 mpg on 687 mile trip
by sciguy
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Dec 31, 2007 (11:59 am)
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Just returned from a 3 day trip from Irvine, CA to Paso Robles, CA and back. Got 20.8 mpg overall which was about 80% highway/interstate. About 10% was on narrow, hilly roads connecting the various vineyards in Paso. At home I'm getting 17+ mpg in suburban driving. The car is only about 3 weeks old and had about 500 mi at the start of the trip. My only complaint so far is that the tires generate considerable cabin noise, especially on concrete highways. The noise seems to interfere with the voice recognition system.
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Re: Acura RDX Real World MPG
by rickpoole
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May 13, 2008 (8:01 pm)
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Replying to: mtairyordge (May 25, 2007 11:31 am)
We've had an RDX three times when one of our cars was in the shop. We were surprised the mileage was so low the first time we had one so the next time we did an experiment. We filled it up, reset the mileage and drove it conservatively like we do our TLs. Then we filled it up again and drove it fairly aggressively. Then we filled it up again and drove it on the highway. Each drive was at least 20 miles, which was plenty of time to get a stabilized reading. Our results (as displayed by the computer) were 19 mpg city driving very conservatively (almost never letting the turbo kick in), 15 mpg driving aggressively, and a very surprising 23 mpg highway at only 65 mph. Actual computed mileage (miles / gallons) was slightly lower, 5-10%. When we reported this to the dealer they said the reason was "we always put regular in our loaners, you'll get much better mileage with premium". Then we told them we specifically got a loaner that was near empty and filled it up with premium so we could see what the best mileage the RDX could deliver. We definitely could tell a difference in performance and mileage compared to the prior loaners so the premium did make a difference. With gas up over 50% and continuing to rise since we did these tests the RDX is out of the running now for replacing our 1999 TL due to unacceptable mileage.
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Re: Acura RDX Real World MPG [rickpoole]
by mtairyordge
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May 28, 2008 (11:54 am)
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Replying to: rickpoole (May 13, 2008 8:01 pm)
Additional Wife /MPG report. She now has 11700 miles on her 2007 RDX recently switched to regular, about 500 miles ago. Mileage at 23 mpg, computed by hand. I do the calculations myself as I fill it up. I wish I could get that kind of mileage.
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