Hello I am new to the forums and I've recently purchased a 2012 special edition Acura tsx. According to edmunds the tsx averages 22/31 mpg. Currently I am getting 17.7 mpg. I drive through a mixture of local and highway roads. Ive driven the car for around 400 miles. (it had 5 miles) and I have been refueling using 93 premium. I haven't driven it in sport mode yet. What are some ways I can in raise my mpg?

 

stop driving local. stop gunning the engine if u do.

 

Don't step on the gas too hard when u r taking off. Once u hit ur target speed ease off gas n slightly reapply pressure so u can ride the momentum of the car. On highway u can use cruise control. Speeding kills mpgs too. I get about 31ish mpg.

 

get rid of the wife

 

the tsx is heavy at around 3500lbs

it takes a lot for it to get up and go.
this kills gas mileage.

so, stop signs stop lights are a killer for gas mileage.
also, idling kills fuel economy

 

Get a few more tanks of gas through and drive normally. It'll go up after the ECU maps it. But I doubt you'll be caring about MPGs for much longer. If you are on a forum like this you'll probably start modding. I get an average of 24.6 MPG now even though I drive it like I stole it.

 

i'm only getting averaging around 19mpg with over 80% city driving after 2,400 miles on a 2012 tsx 4cyl. 93 oct.

whenever i hit the highway for a stretch it always goes up anywhere from 1-2mpg more...

 

^ Yep, I averaged around 19mpg driving around the city, to and from work, etc.

On the odd occasion that I took a long road trip, I averaged 31mpg. So, it's all in what kind of driving you do.

 

thanks, and yea this is probably why i am getting shitty mileage. I live in a suburban area which has a stop sign literally every block. It takes about 5 minutes to exit my neighborhood then i take the highway from there on. However, I do drive daily to my gym locally at night which is probably the biggest reason why im getting such bad mileage. But anyways, thanks for your advice everyone!

 

I get about 17mpg average driving in NYC and Brooklyn. It can average 34mpg when I can get it up to 60mph (cruise control).

I find that when I'm at ~40mph, sometimes its still in 4th gear. A flick of the right paddle will put it in 5th gear and the fuel economy will go up.

 

Try to drive smoother. I average 24MPG easily with my mixed daily driving and long freeway trips average 33+MPG over almost 3 tanks (just got back from a 1,000+mile road trip to SoCal and back). That's 80+MPH in the left lane, so speed isn't the issue. On a 250 mile run from Apple Vally to San Diego I was averaging 38MPG, which took me by huge surprise.

Mine is a 6MT, 91 octane California gas, 5K on the car now. Never seen the average display at 17 for longer than a few minutes, lowest sustained was around 21MPG. I do not drive slow (bit too fast, actually), but I'm smooth.

Stan

 

my TL has been getting 24-25mpg recently and mind you that i live on socal..

40% local 60% highway. 30 miles per day. cruise on fwy at 70-75mph

 

Same here just got back from a 1000+ mile road trip and i was averaging 460miles a tank and i was crusing 80mph and occasionally let it rip

 

I didn't know the Special Edition had a sports mode? Though they all came in 6-Speed?

 

Most are 5EATs, 6MT is an option.

Stan

 

Drive like you have a full cup of piss on your dashboard and you will get better mpg

 

quit racing every1

 

its how its driven. My wife and I did an experiment to see who gets better mpgs under 'normal' driving conditions on a single tank. We gave it an honest run and I averaged just a tick above 28mpg compared to her 22mpg. Same thing happend on our SS. I averaged 15.5mpg compared to her 12.2mpg.

 

Your MID tracks the average MPH in addition to the MPG value. Everybody's 80% city driving is going to be different, but the one common data item you can all share is the MPH value your MID displays in addition to the MPG value. To get a 17MPG value out of a TSX, I bet you have an MPH value of maybe 20MPH and possibly below that.

Your car is new so you should allow 1-2 MPG for a tight engine for the first 1000 or so miles. You'll also need to fill up consistently. I remember when I picked up my car, we had the car idle for an hour while the sales guy was showing me all the bells and whistles my car had- that was definitely a subpar MPG for that tank.

For comparison sake, my V6 TL usually does 18MPG with a 26 MPH MID value per tank with 80% non-freeway driving. I filll up until the 3 click of the gas pump and usually at the same station (Costco). A 4 cylinder TSX will definitely beat that number with the same MPH value- my guess is it would get about 21 MPG after break-in.

 

Don't get a cold air intake. That is all.

 

Don't know if it happens to everyone else but the MID displayed and the real MPG are different. They're usually off by at least 1, in my case, almost 2.5 mpg.

 

Not much to add to the posts here. I drive my 4 cylinder 2012 Tech smoothly but not slowly, do not race off line, use cruise in the city whenever I have a reasonably long stretch without lights or stop signs and find I get good mileage. My Canadian numbers converted to US gallons would be an average of 22.5 mpg in the 37 weeks I have had my car with just under 6400 miles driven, 90% of which are highway and most to and from work. That goes up to over 23 mpg when you exclude Canadian winter months data. BTW, I spreadsheet weekly numbers.

 

Correction to my post above - 90% CITY!!

 

That seems a little odd with that much variance worth about 45 miles range or 1+ gallons of gas in error. I have found the MID to be very precise in the calculation vs the actual- usually within .5 MPG. I fill up the same way each time and often at the same gas station. I usually fill up just before the light comes on.

Could you be doing something a little different each time you fill up? Something is up and I doubt it's the car.

 

Oh I love my 6 speed SE. I get around 580 miles a tank which is about 32+ MPG. I generally average 32-33mpg a tank.

 

I'm in the same boat as you. Granted, I've only filled up once so far, but the car calculated the MPG almost exactly. I think it was off by .1 when I calculated it myself, and that difference was mostly due to the car just rounding.

Stick with what these guys are saying. I'm finding that the engine just loves to rev coming off the line, so just be cautious of that and it should help a bit.