russianDude

First of all buddy, I am not Russian, which I guess your primitive logic concluded from my login name. Second, I am on this forum since year 2000, how long have you been here? 3rd, how did you arrive on my political stance towards Ukraine? I guess I will have to re-think about my donations to Ukraine given your condescending feedback .

bdawwg

bit rich you crying about condescension. making humanitarian decisions based on some internet comment, good luck with that approach. being a forum veteran doesn't make you anything.

Unobtanium

I disagree. Think of rising oil prices like you would a river. As the cost of oil goes up, profitability goes up, and sources that were a loss at $80/barrel become profitable at $90 a barrel. Just like a river that rises 5ft because you add 5" of rainfall, it will not rise another 5ft with another 5", because it now covers much more surface area. This is why I found it so amusing that people wanted "American Oil!" in one breath while whining about gasoline prices in the next. Everyone LOVED that $1/gas a while back, but now they are all "Why isn't America making oil!?" Well because oil in America is stupid at under $40/barrel, and many wells were shut down because it was stupid to waste money pumping oil. Anyway, noone likes it, it's whatever. They just want to rant on FB.

Unobtanium

Well, we know you're not actually Russian, but we do believe you when you claim to be from Jersey, rofl!

bdawwg

In theory they will bring new capacity online, but they know what happens when you do that, their profitability goes down, so they should be reluctant to invest in capex vs. riding higher prices for longer- investors want the latter. From what I hear, the US government isn't being quick to pressure US drillers, their solution is to release reserves. I've been hearing $130/barrel is the base case as we go into the high demand season if the geopolitical risk doesn't worsen. If the situation gets worse, I've heard that $150+ target. Also depends on where demand destruction lies, and its pretty untested where that really is, especially given COVID restrictions are finally subsiding and surely this summer will be big for travel, as hospitality has added a lot of jobs as we see in today's jobs report.

russianDude

thats right, I am a jersey boy And in year 2000s it was still OK to use “russian” word

sonyfever

Some love numbers, let them do so. We just continue enjoy our RDXs (or I hope you will like it better this time!). Acura is not fast, and that is ok because it is priced accordingly.

hand-filer

With a very stiff tail wind.

JustMe...

Does primitive logic equate to basic reading comprehension? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the majority of people that see your posts, think you're of Russian descent and male. If you're not a "Russian Dude", why the screen name? I personally don't care, as long as you're not a Putin backer, but just curious.

russianDude

I am American first. But yes, I am of Russian decent but not Russian. The same way we do not combine Mexicans, Spaniards, and Puerto Ricans in the same category because the all speak Spanish. Also, the vast majority of Russian decent people in US hate Putin, just as FYI.

leomio2.0

87 is ~$4/ga here in NY. Shit is getting out of hand, and it looks like it's going to get worse before it gets better. I'm going to start filling the RDX with 87 from now on until things alleviate.

fiatlux

But we do. They're all considered Hispanic.

russianDude

Ok, and?

EFR

Regular unleaded in Vegas just hit $4.48 (thanks 'squad')...so Cali has to be over $5, as does Reno, as they instituted their own .70 a gallon tax a few years back.. Thank God I sold my Land Rover, and an EV may be closer than I thought, assuming the cost of a .kwh doesn't get materially worse than it already has. I guess I will be anxious to hear the EV comments of the Mach E and ID4 (and others...Kia/Hyundai/Nissan/Cadillac, whatever else...they are coming fast now) buyers on here.

fiatlux

Just pointing out that out, though I'm not sure why you even brought them up anyways. Not sure how language commonalities has anything to do with whether or not you're Russian (which you ethnically are, regardless of whether or not you consider to be Russian as a nationality). So biologically you literally are a Russian Dude, even if you say you aren't.

russianDude

I am as much of Russian as Mexican is a Spaniard from Spain, but both are Spanish ethnically, right?

fiatlux

Most Mexicans are not ethnically Spanish, at least not fully. That's like saying Native Americans are ethnically British...I get the feeling you don’t know what Hispanic actually means…

I just find it amusing that someone who has the username "russianDude" and is of Russian descent claims he's not Russian. OK whatever you want to identify as, I suppose.

leomio2.0

Just read that CA's statewide average is $5.07/ga. Insane.

fiatlux

I find it kind of funny when luxury car owners start freaking out over $1 more per gallon of gas. For people making ends meet, yeah it’s a material increase and it sucks, but it amounts to maybe $50/month more. I feel like if someone can’t absorb an extra $50 expense each month, buying a $50K car was probably a poor decision.

Of course, easy for me to say that here sitting in my “palace”.

russianDude

exactly, and it should not even matter

leomio2.0

It's not like I'll have to resort to eating cup ramen to fill up the car, but it's still an annoyance having to pay extra. That, and I'm a cheap SOB ...

fiatlux

Not you specifically, but I mean there are some people I know who are acting like the sky is falling over this. The only thing keeping me from saying something to them is that I have yet to expose my true asshole self to people in RL

leomio2.0

sonyfever

Or perhaps yacht?

For me, the high gas price has been an annoyance, feeling like losing money in an investment if you will. I have been exploring EV, but cars I want are all close or above $70k. At that point I want to wait for Macan EV, but the other day I read it's starting price is going to be 80k.... so my sensible side said EV is not going to save much compared to keeping RDX. BTW, my RDX does drive better and better as it ages, giving me few excuses to get out of it soon.

bdawwg

Someone posted the premium fill on their MDX Type-S...over $100

https://www.reddit.com/r/Acura/comme...x_type_s_on_e/

ross7777

It's temporary. The price will come back down. Get a Costco membership and credit card with cash back.

fiatlux

Pair it with a BoA Cash Rewards card (no annual fee) and if you have platinum honors status you can get 5.25% cash back on gas.

Unobtanium

Exactly. WTI is not worth >$100 barrel. There is some quick cash to be made though, if you're into it!

russianDude

yep, it will pass. Too much panic, some are saying $8 per gal

ELIN

EPA combined mpg should have been 19 mpg but Edmunds only got 17.8.

mathnerd88

Ehh, if the gas price does come down, it won't come back down to COVID levels, especially with the inflation increases we've been seeing. My guess is still around $3.50-$4 a gallon after all this is said and done.

bdawwg

Yep, we're in for a decade, at least, of prices higher than we were all accustomed to on just about everything.

ColoRDX

The 0-60 numbers for an RDX 4 popper are neither good or bad. But 0-60 numbers do matter to driving enthusiasts. A second difference between to vehicles from 0-60 is huge.

ColoRDX

The oil companies have punched plenty of holes in the ground. They're just not choosing to pump all they've drilled.

Unobtanium

exactly. Its a waste of money, and they pay for the oil they pump at under $40, so a lot of those holes got capped at $20-40 back in 2020, and its big money and no guarantee to uncap them.

Unobtanium

I put my RDX on my clock and like the Prime and CX5, I mirrored his testing, at around 6 to 60, throwing out the 1ft roll-out as is industry standard.

At 0.3 seconds, the vehicle begins to move/register on the digital dash/analog gauge.
At 6.75 seconds the digital cluster clicks over to 60mph. The analog gauge is unreliable because it is seen from an angle and does not indicate true speed, so appears the vehicle is going quicker than it is.
This is an elapsed time of 6.45 seconds, including 1ft roll-out. If we remove the universal 0.3 seconds for the 1ft roll-out, we have an elapsed time of 6.15 seconds 0-60.
I was running 91 octane 10% ethanol and you can see the fuel gauge.

This is close enough that I would say that again, I have mirrored Redline's testing, as it was a bit cooler where he was and maybe he had 93 octane in the tank for his runs, one of which was 6.08 seconds, which is within 0.07 of my run, again, well within the realm of "the cars are the same and he isn't FOS".

Even if we do none of these things, I am pleased that just punching it nets a raw 0-60 of 6.45 seconds. That is plenty enough to keep me entertained, and I feel like I got exactly what I thought I was getting when I bought the vehicle.

ColoRDX

I'm not seeing the clock. Where is your clock?

Unobtanium

YouTube editor timestamps is what I use. I frame-by-frame it and do the math. Works the same, just less "review friendly", but then, car reviews aren't really my thing. You just have to take my word that the timestamps be what they be, and I just have to trust that the video isn't a time warp. Regardless, it passes muster for me, which was what I cared about, anyway, since I pay the note. Pleased with it! Got what I thought I'd get with it (unlike the CX5, which, I guess I kinda did. I went back and looked at my video and I got 6.4s out of it, which ties MotorTrend, once I take the 1ft Rollout into account. It's wild to me how MT and C&D are worse than me by such a large amount in the RDX. Redline came through again though, spot on maybe adjusted for variables, as our runs were 0.07s different).

leomio2.0

Just like him, if you ran a hotlap of a back to back 0-60, you'd very likely see a significant drop-off in your times as well. So his 0.4s fall off would be seen by you as well.

What program do you use to be able to slow frames and see to the hundredth of a second videos you capture? I'm curious to try this myself as well.

Unobtanium

YT editor lets you see 30fps. I rounded from that. Usually I will just upload a video and then time it oit from there. Its been close enough on that it falls within run to run variance. I used this method to verify the CAI on my cx5 turbo using 20-80 times, and compared them to 87 and 93 octane. It split the difference, which was 27hp, whilebusing the 87. this showing the around 10whp the dyno claimed it gave. In short, I've found this method to be very high fidelity.

Also, yes, turbo engines and heat are a thing, but my 6.15 makes me happy with it. Its an improvement on my former cx5s 6.4. Watching them frame by fram back to back, the cx5 turbo kept near direct pace until about 50mph, and from 50 to 60, the RDX began pulling. It was readily apparent that all of 1st and part of 2nd saw significant boost nerfing. From a 50 roll or something, I bet it's notably faster than its paper times for 0-60 and 1/4 would indicate.