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V6 has VCM. It runs on 3 cyl cruising and has a taller final drive ration when in 9th gear. Do the math, 3 vs 4 cyl and lower rpm versus higher. 6 cruising does great.
V6 has VCM. It runs on 3 cyl cruising and has a taller final drive ration when in 9th gear. Do the math, 3 vs 4 cyl and lower rpm versus higher. 6 cruising does great.
^agree, the 4 cyl is only better in the city and if that barely.
V6 has VCM. It runs on 3 cyl cruising and has a taller final drive ration when in 9th gear. Do the math, 3 vs 4 cyl and lower rpm versus higher. 6 cruising does great.
I don't know how you guys get that gas mileage. On a recent 600 mile round trip, I averaged 31mpg and never saw anything near 35mpg was running in normal mode and most of the time averaged 70 mph *shrug*
As they say, "your mileage may vary". In any case, I'm getting about 15% better mileage than the IS250 that the TLX replaced, and about 25% better than my wife's turbo 4 Cadillac ATS. Mostly city driving.
For my first year in the car I got 32.7 overall which includes a couple months of wicked cold temps last winter which really kill the MPG. I drive mostly conservative highway miles - probably 85% of the time. I can get close to 40 on a pure highway trip with Summer gas.
I always drive in sport mode and I can hit 40 mpg with strictly highway driving. My combined driving varies from 31-34 mpg depending on how aggressive I drive.
For my first year in the car I got 32.7 overall which includes a couple months of wicked cold temps last winter which really kill the MPG. I drive mostly conservative highway miles - probably 85% of the time. I can get close to 40 on a pure highway trip with Summer gas.
I just made a trip to Houston and back a couple of weekends ago (around 600 miles round-trip). I got about 36 mpg on the way to Houston and 39.5 on the way back in my V6 FWD. The trips were probably about 95-98% highway/freeway driving. Amazingly the 39.5 mpg included sitting in a traffic jam in Houston for about 10-15 minutes while moving around 5-15 mph. Over the first 50+ tanks, I've noticed a variance between the MID mpg reading and my hand-calc'ed readings of about 1-1.5 mpg.
I watched the show but could've sworn they said something about not taking it easy on the engine, but I could be wrong because from looking at the following transcript/text of the show, they didn't :
Summertime usually means one thing around our shop…summer vacations! And, for long road trips this year our 2015 Acura TLX has been a great, smooth-performing choice.
Sure there’s not quite as much room as a full-size ride, or even the TL that it replaced; but all except our tallest staffers had no problem getting comfortable or packing plenty of stuff into the TLX.
On a 2,000-mile round trip to Northern Michigan, the TLX proved plenty hospitable with minimal complaints from those onboard. The ride is firm yet silky, and lane keeping assist helped us color between the lines.
With the thrifty 2.4-liter averaging 30.2 miles-per-gallon and 17.0-gallons in the tank, stops were more for emptying bladders and filling stomachs than getting gassed.
As the miles have racked up, now over 16,000, we’re noticing more undecidedness from the TLX’s 8-speed DCT. But, it behaves best when the Integrated Dynamics System is set to Sport. So as fall nears, we motor on in the TLX.
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I drove from Wilmington Beach back to Raleigh, NC a couple of days ago and averaged around 80mph for the 2 hours or so trip and 35.5mpg. 65-70mph interstate trips yield 38-40mpg consistently for me.
I don't know how you guys get that gas mileage. On a recent 600 mile round trip, I averaged 31mpg and never saw anything near 35mpg was running in normal mode and most of the time averaged 70 mph *shrug*
Don't lose any sleep over this. I personally don't consider any gas mileage report valid unless it's calculated (not the trip computer) on 3 consecutive tanks and at least 1000 miles total.
Don't lose any sleep over this. I personally don't consider any gas mileage report valid unless it's calculated (not the trip computer) on 3 consecutive tanks and at least 1000 miles total.
I have averaged 6.85 lites per 100 kms over the last three tankfuls, beating 1000 kms on one tank when I ran to 6kms range left. Mostly rural driving. That's over 600 miles on a tank as opposed to the 510 motorweek got. All in sport mode. Best I dividual run was 5.5, well over 40 mpg US, over 50 imperial. Still can't beat my TSX MT which once got over 1200 kms. Lighter load. But very similar in economy terms, just hampered by smaller tank.
Wish my mileage was close to what some of you guys are getting. Been daily driving the TLX, and have only taken the MDX on long trips, and the Audi on nice, light traffic days, but with 8500 miles on the clock, I'm averaging 22.6 mpg with an average speed of 28 mph. :-(
I just did a 250 mile trip to Boston. Mine is a V6 AWD and I averaged 32.7 travelling between 70-80MPH. I have to be honest, I'm blown away at the mileage from this car. It only has 650 miles on it so its not even broken in, and I'm getting better mileage than my 08 TSX.
Wish my mileage was close to what some of you guys are getting. Been daily driving the TLX, and have only taken the MDX on long trips, and the Audi on nice, light traffic days, but with 8500 miles on the clock, I'm averaging 22.6 mpg with an average speed of 28 mph. :-(
Same here, Mr Hyde, maybe just a bit more. I think it's all the city driving, in sport mode, with brisk acceleration almost all the time.
But as I said in Post #10, I'm pleased since it's significantly better than other cars I've had when driven in a similar manner.
Wish my mileage was close to what some of you guys are getting. Been daily driving the TLX, and have only taken the MDX on long trips, and the Audi on nice, light traffic days, but with 8500 miles on the clock, I'm averaging 22.6 mpg with an average speed of 28 mph. :-(
This is closer to what I am getting. Since owning the car, my overall average is 18.5 with 5600 miles on the car
I have averaged 6.85 lites per 100 kms over the last three tankfuls, beating 1000 kms on one tank when I ran to 6kms range left. Mostly rural driving. That's over 600 miles on a tank as opposed to the 510 motorweek got. All in sport mode. Best I dividual run was 5.5, well over 40 mpg US, over 50 imperial. Still can't beat my TSX MT which once got over 1200 kms. Lighter load. But very similar in economy terms, just hampered by smaller tank.
That's some nice numbers you're getting. Stoney Trail driving? When I used to live there I remember the ring was only starting to be built.
Wish my mileage was close to what some of you guys are getting. Been daily driving the TLX, and have only taken the MDX on long trips, and the Audi on nice, light traffic days, but with 8500 miles on the clock, I'm averaging 22.6 mpg with an average speed of 28 mph. :-(
Do you have AWD? And any idea what you keep your tire pressure at?
Do you have AWD? And any idea what you keep your tire pressure at?
AWD Advance model which is the heaviest model. Tires are kept at 35 PSI, and I've been on Michelin PSS tires on 19" Koenig Oversteers (pretty light) for about 1k. Didn't notice a hit since the swap.
It's the traffic. An average speed of 28 mph over the last 8k miles is pretty low, and in traffic, the car isn't getting the benefit of all those gears in the tranny. Don't engage start/stop in those situations either.
I use Waze every day, but zipping through side streets with stop signs, lights, local traffic, etc probably gives worse mpg than slowly crawling along the highway. The few minutes I save, along with my sanity are worth the trade off.
In the summer when school is out, traffic is light, and the weather is good, I take my other car to work. The MDX is used for long trips due to having the DVD entertainment package for my 4 year old, so the TLX has been mainly doing the daily grind which it's great at. MDX actually has almost the same mpg as it's also driven in less traffic.
I've seen upper 20s, and over 30 after filling up the tank, and not hitting any traffic, I just don't get that lucky for an entire tank. I was also averaging 23.x mpg in my 4 cylinder TSX, so I'm not complaining at all.
^^ My last 2 tanks have been in city traffic. My commute to and from is on a tollway where I drive about 30 miles. Most of it is bumper-to-bumper traffic where I barely go over 10-15 mph if I'm lucky, but at the beginning and end for maybe 10 miles, I'm doing 60-70mph. The last 2 tanks where this trip was most of the tanks' mileage, I was in SPORT mode and I averaged 28 mph for both tanks. For one tank, according to the MID I got 26.2 mpg (hand-calc'ed : 25.089), and the other tank I got 26.6 mpg (hand-calc'ed : 25.087). From looking at other fill-ups I've recorded, when I average about 28 mph, I get about 26-28 mpg. I'm driving the V6 FWD model.
I drove from Wilmington Beach back to Raleigh, NC a couple of days ago and averaged around 80mph for the 2 hours or so trip and 35.5mpg. 65-70mph interstate trips yield 38-40mpg consistently for me.
Such a nice drive for the TLX! I have pictures from getting 39.5 on that drive. I was so amazed.
That's some nice numbers you're getting. Stoney Trail driving? When I used to live there I remember the ring was only starting to be built.
Nope was mostly in British Columbia when staying at the cabin for the Summer. The boat's mileage is...not quite so good.... But I can get that mileage on stoney if I don't breach to speed limits too much. Have seen as good as high fives between rocky ridge and the airport, but helped by a good deal of altitude loss.
V6 has VCM. It runs on 3 cyl cruising and has a taller final drive ration when in 9th gear. Do the math, 3 vs 4 cyl and lower rpm versus higher. 6 cruising does great.
I'm sorry but you have no clue what you are talking about.
I routinely get 45-46 mpg highway in my 2.4L TLX, and my personal best was 55.8 mpg (driving at 55 mpg on a practically flat section of a highway). But adding city driving eats up the overall mpg pretty quickly, so I end up with about 35 mpg on average for a full tank. The actual refuel measurements are within +/-1 mpg of the trip computer value.
I know it sounds too good to be true but there are a few simple changes in your driving style that will get you there. In order of importance, they are:
1) Drive at lower speed;
2) Turn off A/C (fan only is ok);
3) Turn on cruise control;
4) Make sure all tires are inflated to the same pressure. Using pressure slightly higher than the specified 32 mpg is ok.
The fuel consumption also seems to improve during the first 20-30 minutes of highway driving. I think this may have to do with the tires warming up. Warmer temperatures also boost mpg quite a bit because you have less dense air to push through. Having a nearly empty fuel tank helps too.
To get to mid-40's, you need to stay on a cruise control at 65 mph and kill the A/C. To get into the 50's, you need to additionally drop the speed to 55 mph, have well balanced tires (in my case, the pressure is 34-35 psi when fully warmed up), and drive in warm weather (80F or higher). Feel free to try it and let me know.
I know it sounds too good to be true but there are a few simple changes in your driving style that will get you there. In order of importance, they are:
1) Drive at lower speed;
2) Turn off A/C (fan only is ok);
3) Turn on cruise control;
4) Make sure all tires are inflated to the same pressure. Using pressure slightly higher than the specified 32 mpg is ok.
The fuel consumption also seems to improve during the first 20-30 minutes of highway driving. I think this may have to do with the tires warming up. Warmer temperatures also boost mpg quite a bit because you have less dense air to push through. Having a nearly empty fuel tank helps too.
To get to mid-40's, you need to stay on a cruise control at 65 mph and kill the A/C. To get into the 50's, you need to additionally drop the speed to 55 mph, have well balanced tires (in my case, the pressure is 34-35 psi when fully warmed up), and drive in warm weather (80F or higher). Feel free to try it and let me know.
Well I have an 07 TL Type-S 6MT until early December when my TLX SH-AWD V6 Elite is delivered, but in my current car I never have the A/C on anyway given where I live. I always press the off button for it. The new engines are simply way more efficient. The best I can do is 35 MPG in my car following all these tips, and then I find out there are guys getting up to 39 mpg in the TLX SH-AWD! Wow. And it's a heavier car.
Well I have an 07 TL Type-S 6MT until early December when my TLX SH-AWD V6 Elite is delivered, but in my current car I never have the A/C on anyway given where I live. I always press the off button for it. The new engines are simply way more efficient. The best I can do is 35 MPG in my car following all these tips, and then I find out there are guys getting up to 39 mpg in the TLX SH-AWD! Wow. And it's a heavier car.
Who got 39 mpg in an AWD? That would be pretty incredible.
I don't know how you guys get that gas mileage. On a recent 600 mile round trip, I averaged 31mpg and never saw anything near 35mpg was running in normal mode and most of the time averaged 70 mph *shrug*
Expect some are cherry picking or high mileage running at 50/55 or so mph. Running the car at a good 70mph+ average takes a bit of into the 80mph's & will knock the average down.
Been as high as 90mph for good long stretches to maintain a 70mph average over 600+ miles including 4 days in town, not much actual driving, on a recent quick vacation.
Second time I checked mileage by going to zero to start & was happy with the numbers. First time was about a 300 mile trip home when I picked the car up new at the BMW Performance Center in SC. Was 32mpg IIRC.
One of the issues with a non-turbo 4 is having to get your foot or the auto pilots electrons into it more often than with a V6 to maintain a 70mph average.
That said I am not a mileage person & tend to drive quickly. This thread had me curious what kind of spread there was between cars at higher average MPH's since average speed is generally the determining factor between MPG numbers
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09-07-2015, 08:44 PM
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That's absurd!
