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#187 of 189 Re: 1st tank of gas = 22.1 miles/gallon [mark4490] by mark4490 Apr 26, 2009 (8:06 am)
Replying to: mark4490 (Apr 19, 2009 3:24 pm) I got back from a trip north to the coast. From the South Bay, N101 to Fortuna and back along the Pacific Coast Hwy (CA-1).   720 miles/35.196 gallons = ~20.5mpg   Not bad considering we were rolling through high elevations so the boost was kicking in even while descending.   The drive down CA-1 was a BLAST! I finally got to really test the SH-AWD. I'm not sure, but I think the VSC kicked in on one corner that I overcooked. It was both downright terrifying and thrilling at the same time. There was no way I was going to take my eyes off the road and glance down to check how many bars I was up to, but on one sweeping corner I saw the meter go up to 3 bars.   We also had a huge scare and almost ran out of gas on N101. The low fuel indicator had gone off, but I thought I could go another 50 miles before it got serious and we'd have to look for a gas station. The low fuel light had gone off on me before. That time I went 40 miles and found out that I still had 4+ gallons left in the tank when I filled up. Luckily, my GF is from the area so she knew that there was a 24 hr gas station near Garberville. When we filled up I was surprised that we put in 17.3 gallons! I thought we'd have ~3 gallons left! I'm not sure if we would have made it to Garberville. We'll fill up when it gets down to 1/4 tank next time.   This brings up an issue I have with the navi system. Little towns with little to no services show up (Leggett, Piercy), but bigger towns with (ie., Cloverdale) don't unless you zoom all the way in. I don't think that gas station showed up on the RDX navi system, either. My Garmin handheld GPS is much better and more reliable. If I didn't have a "local" with me I could have been in serious trouble. Replies to this message: geohov (Nov 08, 2009 6:51 am) wwest (Nov 08, 2009 3:44 pm)
#188 of 189 Re: 1st tank of gas = 22.1 miles/gallon [mark4490] by geohov Nov 08, 2009 (6:51 am)
Replying to: mark4490 (Apr 26, 2009 8:06 am) I'm wondering why everyone gets such poor mileage? On my 2010 RDX I'm on my second tank of gas. I'm getting 22-23 mpg driving around the northern suburbs of Chicago. This includes about 40% highway at which I drive 70-80 mph. I don't gun it from a stoplight. I find that it still moves out ahead of the cars around me without having the turbo kicking in. It has awesome power when you ask for it. I'm as happy as can b with my RDX! Replies to this message: wwest (Nov 08, 2009 3:44 pm)
#189 of 189 Re: 1st tank of gas = 22.1 miles/gallon [geohov] by wwest Nov 08, 2009 (3:44 pm)
Replying to: geohov (Nov 08, 2009 6:51 am) "..I'm wondering.."   Why..?   Most of the time the RDX runs in detuned/"derated" mode. During "cruise" mode the compression ratio is significantly reduced from the Otto mode standard.

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