lkoszela

yes everyone, on my way back from work I managed to get 31.2 MPG ...
go RL!


By lkoszela at 2012-03-19


By lkoszela at 2012-03-19

SSjTrunks112O

Wow very nice.. How many total miles was the trip? Bet it was mainly highway driving right?

oo7spy

My trip computer said 81 mpg once. I reset it at 60 mph and then coasted to a stop. More details or GTFO.

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

With that range, someone just filled up. LoL

I think trip A is more accurate.

SSjTrunks112O

Yeah I avg about 20mpg with a bit more local than highway driving..

23109VC

no way you can get 31 MPG with an average mph of 25....

HondaV10

Sounds like Trip B just rolled over and "reset."

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

Had biscuits and gravy this morning, how about you guys?

EL19

iTrader: (4)

I'm averaging 22mpg after the jpipe

chickenmagnet

It's not impossible. with an unloaded car and cruise control on most people should be able to get that and more. I just did a 1075 mile loop through southern Colorado - 60% highway 25% mountain passes and 15% city driving approx and got 27.3 avg for the trip. That included one extremely windy day as well. And the trunk was full of catalogs and samples.

set cruise control on that car and drive for 100 miles on the highway. Your totals will be higher than you think possible. I think these cars get great hwy mpgs. I couldn't be happier.

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

Great post chicken, BUT did you do that in 18 mins with an average speed of 25mph?

Although you are right, that isnt what we are saying about OPs post.

oo7spy

Do I believe 31.2 mpg is possible in an RL? Sure. If you are going down a gentle slope with the wind at your back and cruise control on 50-55, I don't have a doubt. But like Heavy stated, I don't think that's what happened on the OP's drive home from work in North Jersey.

getakey

If you do not have the trip meter set to auto reset on fill-up, the ave speed will only resset when you do a manual reset on the MID

So, 25mph was probably not his average for the elapsed time of 18 minutes

rlx015

I don't believe these things unless someone has been driving the car on a highway for 20hrs straight and somehow managed to trick the computer trip thingy..

Whatever I try it simply CANNOT go over 19.5mpg... I get on the highway occasionally but that actually keeps me on 19 / 19.5mpg... otherwise I would be on 17/18s

mAgn8

lucky you then, hope that continues =)

rogeroger

MPG of over 30 although not the norm is certainly attainable. On my most recent trip from Lafayette, LA to Fort Smith, AR I got 32.1 MPG as shown on my trip meter and 31.8 as calculated by gallons top-off to top-off divded into total milage. I should note that this was without tailgating, using air all the trip, without a tailwind or headwind, one passenger, about 80 lbs of luggage, using mainly Chevron 93 octane with no ethanol, tire pressure 37 - 35 F-R, and all synthetic friction fluids. My car is a 2005 RL with 119K. Love my RL.

rogeroger

I forgot to note that the total trip was about 500 miles with over 200 miles of interstate. Drove the speed limit which included about 180 miles of 75 mph on I-49.

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

The problem is that its an average and its never going to calculate accurately when compared to math.

I do love that a BS pic is getting so much traffic. LoL

FYI I get 22-24 on average

lkoszela

wow.. talk about a heated discussion ... lol
yeah i just fueled up and rolled to my house , im pretty sure i had to push it one time or another just to get that .2 mpg lol

i wish we got 30+ mpg out of that motor ...

oo7spy

Stupid ethanol...

I have averaged 27 mpgs more than once. It is doable. We have 10% ethanol.

TonyCD

Wow. I've inflated my tires to 36 all around, set the cruise at 75, left the air off, gone the same speed for hours and never beaten 27.

I don't think I could reach 31.2 if I shut down my RL's engine and dropped it out of an airplane. :.)

lkoszela

^ lol

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

ZOMG!!!!

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

It all in how you drive it, the RL is a great car BUT it will drink like a college girl if you put your foot down.

oo7spy

75 mph is your problem. Well, my problem too. You need to be between 55-65 to get in the 30s.

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

LOL at the elapsed time.....

mtxjohn

Yep this guy has got it right. "Everyone" on c l u b r s x thinks 40MPG is impossible with a RSX-S yet Ive done it a few times.

And the MID is a DREAM_O_METER! Unless you have the entire tank miles/gallons used GTFO.

People will make excuses about their MPG but the problem lies within. We just got 33.8MPG on a trip with 600LBS of cargo in our 2008 tl. 438.9 miles 12.998 gallons.

oo7spy

If you're wondering what happened to your link ^, you can't post competing forum URLs. Just an FYI. Circumventing the filter can result in a ban.

lkoszela

Lol damn HEAVY !! Nice

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

i work out

oo7spy

oo7spy

alex1372

Not to brag or anything but gas prices in Chicago and my frequent trips to downtown in rush hour in my RL were just killing me, not to mention lack of utility... I had to step into something more usable in my situation... Had to part with my RL and get into rx400h
This is driving like i drove RL rushing to work in traffic at about 50-70MPH 80% expressway... In the city only it's even better

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

What the spaceship.

TonyCD

As long as we're making irrelevant comparisons of dissimilar vehicles, my bicycle gets even better mileage than that. And it's really really high-tech -- it has a 10-speed manual.

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

take it on any sweet jumps?

oo7spy

It wasn't 81 in Chicago.


I'm pretty sure my Honda lawnmower gets like 2-15 miles per gallon. I haven't measured my yard yet, but I'm pretty sure that's accurate.

johnuf78

I can get around 27mpg roundtrip from home to work. It's about 100 miles total and around 70% highway with up and downhills. I have a 2006 RL with 65k miles on it... I did notice a slight drop to around 24mpg but after a tank of Techron it seems to have come back up.

thenewblack

For the record, I get 14 city / 27 hwy.

steve807

Getting 12 city. Girlfriend's car, '2006, 47K miles. Put 1800 miles on it in the last 12 months. She only goes to a few stores and the gym (daily). Short trips.