lostang

hahaha

i can't find anymore of my type-s

but here is one from my 6-spd tl
faster mph

Joneill44

Since we are all posting our MID

CLtotheTL32

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JDM_GSR_131

I average 28 mpg on the highway and 22 mpg in the city.

I hate cars

I guess I'm going to have to take a picture of the next time I go down the Grapevine. >50mpg at 70mph for 30 miles.

Triscuit

Living in the DC area I get about 14-17 city and cruising on the highway anywhere from 30-35mpg at around 65MPH. This is with a 6spd transmission.

NavS

23.5mpg

kpc2593

26mpg combined

TurboGSR96

at 23mpg combined right now

Nick216

A MPG thread with 50 posts !?! This is blasphemy.

Dayton937

29-31 hwy @ 74mph cruise

ShadowAcura

Alright Alright......we know there are plenty of MPG Threads but hey at least this one is specific to one car and he/she is asking is it normal in summer time to have such poor MPG....so lets just answer the question then thread is closed

Well no getting 15 even just city isnt normal even in the Winter time. So definitely do a tune up, run better gas if possible, check to see if you have any exhaust leaks, check tire pressure, and check fluids overall.

On my Tl Type S (2007 auto) with some modification, I avg 23 all city 25-28 mixed city/highway 30-32 all highway depending on my how gas pedal heavy I want to be. I also use only Shell Gas 93 or sometimes Sunoco Ultra 93.

My mileage as of now is 26 because I have been driving around major cities in stop and go traffic with some highway (70/30)

My input.....take it or leave it

Thread DONE

dannyz

I just got 32 on a highway trip, running at about 75mph. Resonably happy with that.

I average 23 mixed, with a light foot.

paperboy42190

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LaCostaRacer

We were due for another MPG thread. I find it interesting how many people give the driving mix of city .vs. highway and think that means a lot to us. Some cities are better than others for driving. I could be in a rural city like Gustine CA and probably get 25 MPG because there are lots of roads and few traffic lights. In San Diego, I'm lucky to get 20 MPG. The big difference will be what my MID MPH reads.

The MPH read from the MID is the best bit of info. For example, I could easily see a Type S get 15MPG if the average is 15 MPH and no tune up will ever help you.

llllBULLSEYE

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yeah you're right to make the thread better you have to post your average MPH along with the MPG. I get 16MPG average speed 18MPH in NYC

whoismiked

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Mine gets about 15ish in the city.

On the HWY, If I reset it while on cruise control, I can get 24-25.

What's weird is my good friend has an 08 TL-S .... just like mine, and he gets like 18 in the city and 29-30 on the HWY ... I'm not sure why

RedsTL

I usually average 18-24 depending on how much city/highway.

I've never been as low as 15 though, even with all city...maybe you're just stepping on the gas at every acceleration?

I think I win for Type S MPG on a trip though:

JTS97Z28

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Last fill up I averaged 22.8mpg hand calculated. MPH average was 29 this is with no highway miles at all. My driving is all far suburban (Plainfield/Naperville IL area).
My 6mt Type S is consistently about 2mpg better than my 5at Type S with exact same driving.
To you guys posting those incredible numbers above, not sure how you achieve 30+mpg highway unless your going partially downhill. That's simply just not really a realistic number. My 6mt Type S showed 30mpg highway in absolute perfect conditions. Never any higher. Some guys also said 26 mixed. That also seems high especially for an automatic Type S. Unless it's like 95% highway and 5% city lol, I just don't see those numbers being accurate, but that's just my opinion based off of years of driving different TL's.

Acura604

The 6MT TypeS absolutely ROCKS on the open highway... getting down to 6L-7L/100KM which works out to be approx. 33 - 38MPG! ... when driven at the posted speed limit. I FRICKIN LOVE IT!...heck if I dumped the 18" a-specs and reverted to the 17" waffles, I'd probably get even better econ ! ! !

Acura_Dude

No! I'm not dissin the waffles, they look great, but A-specs look killer on the TL-S.

LaCostaRacer

One reason a type-s or base TL may not do as well as some expect on the highway might be using cruise control. I find I can do much better with my foot than a cruise that keeps a constant speed and guns it going up hills and such. If you keep the tire pressure up with some reasonable tires, you should get 30+ MPG even with an automatic. I have routinely gotten 35 MPG with my 3.2L auto at 70-74 MPG- subtract 2mpg for the 3.5L and you should be around 32/33 MPG for an auto TypeS.

JTS97Z28

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No way does a type s get 33-38mpg highway (6mt or not). It's just not possible unless your going slightly downhill with a tailwind. A completely empty type s 6mt with just the driver in absolute optimal conditions, very low 30's would be achievable, but anything more then there are some other external factors helping. Unless there was something wrong with all three 6mt type S's I have had, I just don't believe it ;-)

Acura604

^^

Well u must have a lead foot and / or mixing too much city into hwy.

I consistently get 6-7L/100km when on level hwy.

I hate cars

Fully agrreed. People see a good number and accept it without question because they like the number. You must have a 2 way average to get anything meaningful. You can be on a steep enough grade to push mileage to 38mpg yet it's not enough for the driver to notice. I've said it many times but my car gets in the 25-ish mpg with all freeway driving to work, even if I reset it once I'm up to crusing speed. On the way home it gets around 38mpg. Watching the elevation there's a big change but it's something I never noticed or even suspected until I saw the huge difference in mpg.

And this is exactly why posting average mph is so important than saying just "city" or "highway" or a %-% mix of both. Where I live, after 3 weeks of pure city driving I have an average mph of 12 and 13mpg and that's driving it easy.

ZOMGVTEK

I averaged over 30 on my last 3 tanks without trying. I'm quite confident it would not be hard to average at least mid 30's in a 6MT Type-S round trip below 60 MPH or so. At 70+ you'd probably be looking closer to high 20's or so.

Generally every time I'm driving a while on the highway I happen to be towing. I average 28-29 MPG at 60 towing a single place PWC trailer, accelerating slowly, whereas I normally get almost 40, accelerating hard, without it. It really takes a LOT more throttle to get up small hills with a >1000 LB trailer, along with the aero drag and additional axle. Flat ground it's not very noticeable, but go up or down a grade and you sure know its there.

Acura604

Planning a 5hr interstate5 road trip in next few weeks from Vancouver, BC to Portland, OR... so definitely gonna check this out. Will have 4 people in the car so should be a good measurement of a 'standard' road trip. The i5 is pretty much level but sometimes gets all bottlenecked around the Seattle area.

JTS97Z28

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No, I absolutely do not have a lead foot. I drive extremely conservatively 99% of the time. And its not possible for me to be mixing too much "city" driving because I live in the very far suburbs and rarely if ever go anywhere near Chicago. Infact, my commute to work is at odd hours so never any hint of traffic, and is on rural and country roads. So if anyone was to have a good example of mileage it would be me because it is so consistant week in and week out. I just filled up today and hand calculated it was at 24.0mpg with the DIC showing 29mph average speed. That was with zero highway miles just all far suburban. So not sure how you can say I have a lead foot with too much city driving when im averaging 24mpg without ever touching a highway.
So im not saying by any means that the Type S is poor on fuel because it most certainly is not and for what it is does very decent on fuel. But when someone is claiming 33-38mpg there is just simply no way. Its just not capable of achieving those numbers.

I have mentioned this before, but since I have had both 5at and 6mt, in my experience the 6mt consistantly does 2-3mpg better than the 5at. That is proven throughout the years of doing the exact same commute with both vehicles.

So again, im not bashing anyone I just want to clarify that in my years of driving these cars and having an actual logbook of fillups, the numbers some people are claiming in this thread are unachievable. Sure, maybe you can get the DIC to read that high under certain circumstances, but by no means does that make it accurate. BTW, I have calculated my fillups so accurately that I have actually used the exact same pump each and everytime at the same station. I have never been able to log consistant highway trips, but on trips where I have purchased my Type S's (Philly to Chicago, Atlanta to Chicago, Kansas City to Chicago etc etc lol). I was never able to get anything above 30mpg. This is with just me in the car with no extra weight, and 100% highway driving.

mtxjohn

Posting your MID info is a complete waste of time. Mine regularly posts as much as 6mpg high.

The ONLY real way to measure MPG is at fillup. And on a complete tank. If youre not posting those numbers youre just making stuff up.

That said, we average 30MPG and best tank was 33.8mpg, loaded with 600lbs of cargo, 60mph, 438.9 miles 13.00 gallons and ac on.

Driven empty, no ac, under optimal conditions Im sure I could hit 36 or better.

We run amsoil SSO oil, and stock dw1 atf.

LP700-4

I got my Type-S a couple days ago from a dealer where the tank was full.

I have done 110km so far and its down to half a tank almost.

Is there any chance the VW dealer i bought the car from filled it with regular instead of the premium needed for good mileage?

MID says 14L/100km avg 25km/h

I hate cars

Wrong. The MID is extremely accurate. You might want to look at all variables, you're probably forgetting something. You also might want search the tens of thousands of mpg threads that have popped up, it might be enlightening.

kbali

I am new to Acurazine, so my apologies if this has been asked before (as Im sure it has), but what are the differences between the 2007 Type S and the 2008 Type S?

I have been looking for a CPB 08 for some time now, but was wondering if there are any noteworthy changes/additions/differences between the 07 and 08 models.

Thanks for the help.

kbali

My bad, meant to create a new thread with this question...

MarcoNorthPolo

Oh, I'd say there's a good chance of that. In addition, I'd bet that you've been pretty heavy on the pedal trying out that 3.5L VTEC. That's terrible mileage. My MID shows I'm getting 8L/100km, avg 68 km/h.

mtxjohn

Are you just in denial or incapable of logic? Your logical fallacy is .."Bandwagon:
Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation"

I'm not "forgetting" anything. Getting your MILES per GALLON is as simple as on every fillup, dividing the MILES you traveled by the GALLONS you put in the tank..hence M/G. Its 4th grade math.

Not sure how much simpler I can make it.

Maybe you should pay attention to what I say and get enlightened yourself, I have the top MPG for the RSX-S and 3g TL on fuelly.com.
http://www.fuelly.com/driver/mtxjohn/tl

Nick216

Ive never even seen above 18 mpg, curse u all.

I hate cars

This is fun. So you're saying you trust your self calculations with several variables over the MID which knows the precise amount of fuel consumed, more precise than any hand calculation that relies on pump cutoff and temperature to be identical each time which it never will be. I've had a 3 gallon variance where the pump shuts off at. Use your 4th grade education to figure out that variance.

The problem is you're so close minded you've already decided the old way is better without understanding the flaws of the hand calculation (and its not in the math as the simpleminded would believe) and the benefits of the MID. The flaw with the MID is that it only shows whole numbers. If the resolution were better it would be flawless.

How you having the self proclaimed top mpg applies to the topic of mpg calculation is unknown. Mpg is directly related to average mph so don't get too excited there smart guy.

mtxjohn

You are literally out of your mind. MILES per GALLON simply means how many miles and how many gallons. Now youre logical fallacy is red herring-you're changing the discussion to attempt to validate your point.

My fun is pointing out TROLLS like you and your logical fallacy.

I'll feed you troll -there are no variables, and FYI I use a Scanguage 2 OBD2 sensor while driving to monitor my realtime MPG. The ONLY possible variable that would make my numbers wrong would be if my TL's odometer was wrong, but I have a GPS that backs it up.

In short, I'm not buying your bullshit. At the end of the day, its how many GALLONS you've put in your car (and dollars from your wallet) that people care about.

So you insist to claim that the readings on your MID are more accurate than the miles driven and ACTUAL gallons put in your car?

Keep living in fantasyland, I've got actual stats to back up my claims on fuelly, you have nothing. If you want to keep believing in your fairy-tale meter and unicorns, be my guest.

I hate cars

So much anger from the little guy. You can't get over the basics. I've done the research, now it's your turn. You can't comprehend that pumps shut off at different points and it can be a big difference. Unless you fill it up until there's fuel remaining in the filler neck you don't know exactly how much fuel was consumed. You know the miles but not the gallons. So stop talking about trolls and unicorns, you're not getting out of this. You don't have stats, you have your own misguided data that means nothing because you haven't accounted for the variables.

Now show me how the MID is inaccurate and trolls and unicorns are not a part of the explanation.

Nick216

Doesnt the ammount of gas fluctuate with temperature, and also evaporate. Im no expert here, but i doubt acuras method of finding mpg is wrong. They make the cars, we do not.