bluenandu
4/3/2007 11:32:25 PM
Hi,
I bought a used 2003 Accord LX about 2 months ago (had 37,000 miles on it). Yes, I am a treehugger and do everything in my capacity to get that last yard out of my gas. Nothing great has happened in the first month after I bought it but after a 600 mile trip last week, I noticed my gas mileage spike to 37.1 miles/gallon. It is rated at 33 for highway driving. That is 12% more than the rated number. I am thrilled but I am also skeptical. Am I the only one or is there someone out there getting similar results??
03Sleeper
4/3/2007 11:37:43 PM
Once you start cruising and you don't have a heavy foot like me....honda's efficiency is mind-blowing. I've gotten up to 35 mpg...but 37? That's awesome!
During the first 120k miles or so with my 99 Accord I would get about 34mpg on Hwy trips if i kept the speed around 68mph and the cruise control on.. since then gas mileage has gone down a bit..
legionofone
4/4/2007 4:35:10 AM
35-40 MPH with a average speed of over 85 MPH on a 1200 mile trip... Our weaker Vtec alows for amazing gas mileage... if we had a smaller displacement it would be over 40 easily
RTexasF
4/4/2007 10:54:22 AM
It's doable.My personal best was 37.9 mpg, I was trying for best mileage and being ultra conservative.
sir_nasty
4/4/2007 12:38:18 PM
I've pulled of 35MPG on a 220 mile roadtrip in my 94...
BuntinBoy9
4/4/2007 2:59:27 PM
same here i bought my 94 5speed from my uncle and drove it from tuscon arizona back to indiana and i think we were averaging like 36-37 and i drove it back last summer
JimBlake
4/4/2007 5:14:49 PM
I've gotten as high as 39 while moving my daughter to/from her co-op job. It's closer to 30 during normal day-to-day driving.
bluenandu
4/4/2007 9:40:42 PM
theres probably a thing or two i can learn on driving from u Mr. Blake!! i mean it!!
JimBlake
4/5/2007 8:51:19 AM
Nothing magic, just one time driving that trip, the weather was nice, and there was plenty of speed traps (cops were EVERYWHERE). So a nice constant 65mph for 500 miles without stopping. Switch off the testosterone, sit back & relax even when the traffic goes down to 60 or 55.
If there wasn't 400 pounds of my daughter's junk in the car I bet it would have broke 40mpg.
Mine's a 5-speed, which should do better than an auto. Don't know which type you have...
RTexasF
4/5/2007 9:48:31 AM
Switch off the testosterone, sit back & relax even when the traffic goes down to 60 or 55.
I love it, now THAT is funny!
poser_pilot6
4/5/2007 9:51:26 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: RTexasF
Switch off the testosterone, sit back & relax even when the traffic goes down to 60 or 55.
I love it, now THAT is funny!
Funny, yet so hard to do... LoL
JimBlake
4/5/2007 3:53:14 PM
Easy in the Accord - hard to do that in my Saabaru WRX...
