Hi acurazine, this is my first post in the 3rd generation Tl section, but anyways my friends just got NEW NEW acura tl 2008 model it has 5000 KM on it and its taking 16-17 Litres/ 100 Kilometers why is it so much it should not be like this right? should like 12-13?? they went to dealership and they said wait till the car gets to 10,000 KM so the computer restarts or something electronical.


Anyone have had this problem? or experiencing same issue? please tell me how much you guys get out of your tank.

Thank acurazine!

 

guys anyone....?

 

Yes the other rest is in the reserve tank.

 

Yes the other rest is in the reserve?

 

what do you mean in reserve? did understand my question?

 

lol did you wait until 10k km? i have heard cars take in more gas during break in.

 

check the tire air pressure. Also are you using premium fuel with 91+ octane? If not that is probably the cause.

 

do beat the crap out of it ?

 

What you mean, Just go crazy on highway? yea its being filled with supreme

 

check tire pressure first ... probably number one cause that people waste gas ...

other than that, always keep in mind that mileage can fluctuate a lot depending on driving conditions and driving style ... high acceleration will decrease mileage substantially (ideal gas-saving driving would be to accelerate slowly to your desired speed and not introduce sudden changes in speed.) Secondly, the more stop-and-go traffic you're in (or stop-and-go due to numerous stop lights,) the more gas you will be using ... again you're introducing more frequent accelerations from 0 km/h to X km/h. That's why highway cruising at a constant velocity around 65mph (whatever that converts into in km/h) saves you the most gas and therefore the higher highway gas mileage ratings (i.e. 23city/27highway or something like that.)

Most likely tire pressure I would say though ...

 

lol my car drinks gas too. it sucks!

 

I live in Toronto too and my car use to be burning that much when I first bought it, I use to get 16-18L/100km with 91 octane all the time. Since I reset my MID & Nav Screen settings, the cars been saying I get 10-12L/100km, mind you I do mostly all city driving, but the most I ever get on my car with a full tank is around 370-390km, don't know why, it's the way it is............on the highway I've gotten 460 before.

 

waaa only 390 max i drive 40 city 60 highway i get more then 500 Km on full tank ( 57 L ) and i'm from montreal we got a stop sighn every 100 Meteres

 

The 'break-in' theory is false. Maybe 15 years ago this was true but there isn't really a break in period anymore. Notice our cars didn't have big yellow "CAUTION" stickers on the steering wheel warning about break in like cars used to. Doesn't mean you should flog it right out the dealership parking lot...

 

I thought this too but amazingly around 10K miles I noticed a significant improvement to my gas mileage on my 06 TL. During the first 10,000 miles I would average 19MPG and after 10,000 miles it averaged around 22MPG. That is close to 15% increase. I did not drive any different, keep a similar ratio of highway and back roads driving, and the weather and air temperature didn't change enough to cause that much of an improvement. Just something that I noticed and may not be true for all cars. Also, I noticed a similar increase in fuel economy on my Nissan Altima around 10,000 too.