Acura RDX Real World MPG

"Glad to hear. That's real decent MPG. I'm about 95% final on my decision to get one. "

Go for it! Just picked up our FWD with Tech on Friday. Drove through a blinding frog-strangler yesterday and the RDX handled it nicely. Thought I might need the AWD of the XC60 we swapped in. So far, so good. I'm sure there will be times I'll miss the turbo-boost of the T6 in the Volvo, but getting on the highway with the RDX shows it has plenty of power! Missing a couple of 'things' from the Volvo, but DW is giddy about the Tech pkg!

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m6user (Aug 19, 2012 6:02 pm)

#208 of 218 Re: 2013 RDX mpg [4mercoachrick] by m6user

Aug 19, 2012 (6:02 pm)

Replying to: 4mercoachrick (Aug 19, 2012 8:13 am)

Yeah, I'm still going back and forth(with myself) over the fwd vs. awd thing. I've had a SUV with AWD and 4wd both hi and lo. I've had it ten years in the Chicago area and have never actually driven in 4wd hi or lo. Have used the AWD a couple of times each winter but even then it just prevented a little wheel spin, not really got me through huge piles of snow. Also have a rwd pickup with v8 that I feather around in the winter and really don't even have a problem with that. They clean the roads pretty quick around where I live. So I'm kind of leaning towards just getting the fwd and saving some upfront costs and and long term maint. costs and gaining 1 mpg. Everyone around here seems to take for granted that any SUV/CUV will automatically have at least AWD but I personally think it's overkill 99.9% of the time so resale is a consideration.

On those really bad days I just work from home.

#209 of 218 Disappointed with 2013 MPG by smarty666

Oct 06, 2012 (6:24 pm)

I have a 2013 RDX AWD. It only has about 2k miles on it currently, so I'm hoping this gets better as the car ages, but overall, I've been disappointed with the mpg.

Some background on my car/driving habits:
* always fill up with Shell 93 Octane
* almost 80-90% highway driving for both work and around town. I live in a rural area so very little stop and go traffic.
* keep tire pressures cold at 35 PSI

I've been consistently getting 22mpg avgs per tank with one 23 mpg avg on a tank. That is the best I've been able to do. With the large amount of highway driving I do, I was hoping for 25mpg per tank, especially its rated 27mpg highway and Acura touted the RDX as best in class fuel economy. I've had other CUVs with avgs per tank at 21-22mpg so this is no better. I hope with time I can get up to my goal 25mpg per tank.

#212 of 218 13 by stickguy

Oct 08, 2012 (7:56 pm)

just crossed 1K on our 2013 AWD. Did a trip from Philly to Albany NY area this weekend. Got (per the computer) 29 on the way up, and 28 on the way back. Coming back included a 1 hour long traffic jam, and both ways had some local roads in the middle.

overall, got about 27.5 including a couple of days running around the back country in NY.\

around town, depending on if it is real short hop (city) or with a little local highway mixed in, we have had a tank in the 17s (mostly stop and go) and a couple in the 22 range.

so, with mostly highway, 25 overall seems quite reasonable.

#213 of 218 1st tank by m6user

Oct 12, 2012 (4:15 pm)

1st tank of gas = 24.6 on computer. Will track miles/gals in addition but since I don't know how they topped it off on the first fill I won't try to do the computation myself until I get about 3 fills. Then I'll see how it compares to the computer. Driving was about 70% surburban/stoplights etc and about 30% expressway. No rush hour bumper to bumper at all.

#214 of 218 Finally...a highway mileage reading by 4mercoachrick

Dec 09, 2012 (9:03 am)

Had the RDX almost 4 months, but hadn't gone on any trips of more than 50 miles. Hard to get a feel for highway mileage like that.

Finally, a Dallas road trip with a bit of local driving and 75mph expressway showed 27,6 mpg for the trip. Not too bad, considering the driver(not me) is known for the 'straight from the accelerator to the brake' style of driving. We had been getting 21-22mpg in our overall driving which includes quite a bit of 60mph expressway between stop lights. I'm sure a lighter foot on take-off could improve that mileage a bit, but we're satisfied so far. BTW, I use 87 octane, top tier fuel the majority of the time with the occasional top-off of 93 whenever the mood strikes. I've not been able to perceive a change in performance or mileage based on octane used. This mileage is 10% better overall and about 20% better highway mileage compared to our '10 Volvo XC60 T6 we swapped. I miss the smooth turbo a bit; but, we're very happy so far.

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lego34 (Feb 25, 2013 6:10 pm)
- 4mercoachrick (Feb 25, 2013 8:36 pm)
  - lego34 (Feb 27, 2013 1:08 pm)

#215 of 218 Re: Finally...a highway mileage reading [4mercoachrick] by lego34

Feb 25, 2013 (6:10 pm)

Replying to: 4mercoachrick (Dec 09, 2012 9:03 am)

Thank you for your fedback. may i ask you, The general cost of the volvo t6 is it greater than rdx? and the reliability? I am considering both volvo and acura. Thank you

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4mercoachrick (Feb 25, 2013 8:36 pm)
- lego34 (Feb 27, 2013 1:08 pm)

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